THE CAMP-FIRE AT DORCHESTER HEIGHTS (continued) <BGSOUND SRC="carolina.mid" LOOP="10">

"No doubt of it, boys!" Green ejaculated; "but there's some of them on the bay, or I'm mistaken. Just listen."

"I hear men's voices," Whispered Barry, after a pause.

"So did I. They seem to be crying for help."

There ensued a short period of racking silence.

"Hark, " said Stuart; --- "if the wind would only stop blowing for a minute."

Then came the report of a gun, pealing faintly up the Heights; --- another and another followed. The hearts of the four men leaped with excitement.

"They are sinking!" Green exclaimed.

"Another interval of anxiety followed; but they heard no more; and at length each one retired to his rude bed. Their camp-fire faded and expired during the storm, and when daylight broke over the Heights of Dorchester, it apprized the anxious provincials of the frustration of the plans of the enemy. An attempt of General Gage to effect a passage for his troops to the American side was prevented by the storm; and the militia who had heard the sounds from the water during the night believed that they were uttered by some of the soldiers who had perished in the storm.

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