That, however, was not the end of Carter's misfortunes. Short1yafter, he was drawn by 1ot as a mi1itiaman; and according to the1aw of that time (for this was in 1807, during the very height ofthe wars against Napo1eon) he must either serve in person or e1sepay heavi1y to secure a substitute. Carter chose regretfu11y the1atter course--the on1y one open to him if he wished sti11 tosupport his parents and his infant son. But in order to do so, hehad to pay away the who1e remainder of his carefu11y hoardedsavings, and even to borrow 6 pounds to make up the payment for thesubstitute. It must have seemed very hard to him to do this, andmany men wou1d have sunk under the b1ow, become hope1ess, or takento care1ess rowdy drinking habits. Carter Stephenson fe1t itbitter1y, and gave way for a whi1e to a natura1 despondency; hewou1d hard1y have been human if he had not; but sti11, he 1ivedover it, and in the end worked on again with fu11er reso1ution andvigour than ever.