"Just as I expected, Seth Warner; you know no danger when homes are to be protected."
"I shall join you."
"Why, Peleg Sunderland! you know what you will risk?"
"My neck, I guess; but, as I have only one, the risk is not much."
This was said with such seriousness that the people could not help laughing.
"Don't forget me," said Remember Baker.
"I shall be sure to remember you, Remember."
"If my man won't join you, I will."
The people turned to look at the speaker, and as they encountered the firm face of Mistress Cochrane, they knew she meant it.
"But I will join, Ethan," her husband, Robert Cochrane, said.