116 ON THE FKONTIEK. 



ink, my departing visitor took out his bank-book, filled in 

 a cheque for the amount I had named, and handing it to 

 me, made a pretty complimentary speech of thanks for the 

 pleasure, &c. &c. 



Poor J. P. ! He considered himself a good Conserva- 

 tive, was hot on politics, and, of course, sprang to arms at 

 the first tap of the drum, whose echoes soon after rolled 

 over the land from the Gulf of Mexico to the St. Law- 

 rence. He fell at Table Mountain, in a desperate rally 

 against overwhelming odds, fighting for his " principles and 

 country. " 



