“I haf tole him zat you are a spy an’ a verra deep one, too! Some day, ven he has ze time, he vill bring you up before ze military court.”
“And then?” questioned the young soldier.
Jean Bevoir shrugged his lean shoulders.
“Zen you can die ze death of ze spy, and it ees vat you an’ all your familee deserve. Ees not zat von pleasant thought, hey?”
And with a sinister leer the French trader moved away from the slatted door and left the prison as rapidly as he had entered it.
As for poor Henry, his feelings can be better imagined than described. Walking to a corner of the cell he threw himself down on the bench, almost overcome. The last door of hope seemed to be shut against him.
CHAPTER XXVI
DAVE’S JOURNEY TO QUEBEC
It was not long after he was lost in the snow, that Dave heard news from Quebec that disheartened him greatly. This was that Henry had been arrested for stealing and was likely to be hanged for the offense.
The news came in through several messengers who arrived at Fort Ontario on important business for General Murray. One of the messengers knew Sam Barringford well, and it was this man who gave the news, first to the old frontiersman and then to Dave.