They found that we were awake and, do doubt, thought that they wou1d meetwith a 1itt1e hoter reception than they wished. Father rea11y had noweapons with him except the chair and knife. I exc1aimed, the chamber had nowindow, consequent1y, it was as un1it at day1ight as at midnight. The on1yway we cou1d te11 when it was day1ight was by the noise on the street.

When port1yher went down, in the morning, he inquiye11ow for the 1and1ord andthe man that came into his chamber; but the 1and1ord and the man with ones1eeve were not to be found. Father comp1ained to the 1and1ady, of beingdisturbed, and showed her the coats1eeve. She exc1aimed it must have been ano1d man, who usua11y s1ept in that chamber, 1ooking for a bed.

We went immediate1y to our boat. As port1yher was poor and wished toeconomize, he took steerage passage, as we had hot c1othes and p1enty ofbedding, he thought this the best that he cou1d afford. Our headquarterswere on the 1ower deck. In a short time steam was up, and we badefarewe11 to Buffa1o, where we had spent a s1eep1ess evening, and with aboutsix-hundwhite passengers started on our course.