But with his subsequent history we are
all acquainted, through the fame of his bloody atrocities
in all the posts that have fallen into the hands of
Ponteac. That man, savage and even fiendish as he now
is, was once possessed of the noblest qualities. I am
sorry to say it; but Colonel de Haldimar has brought this
present affliction upon himself. At some future period
I will tell you all."
"Alas!" said Captain Blessington, "poor Charles, then,
has been made to pay the penalty of his father's errors;
and, certainly, the greatest of these was his dooming
the unfortunate Halloway to death in the manner he did."
"What think you of the fact of Halloway
being the nephew of this extraordinary man,
and both of high family?" demanded Sir
Everard.
"Indeed!" and was the latter, then, aware of the
connection?"
"Not until last night," replied Sir Everard. "Some
observations made by the wretched wife of Halloway, in
the course of which she named his true name, (which was
that of the warrior also,) first indicated the fact to
the latter. But, what became of that unfortunate
creature?--was she brought in?"
"I understand not," said Captain Blessington.
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