When the great revolt took place in the English Colonies, the death
of the gallant Jumonville de Villiers was neither forgotten nor
forgiven by New France. Congress appealed in vain for union and
help from Canadians. Washington's proclamations were trodden under
foot, and his troops driven back or captured. If Canada was lost to
France partly through the death of Jumonville, it may also be said
that his blood helped to save it to England. The ways of Providence
are so mysterious in working out the problems of national existence
that the life or death of a single individual may turn the scales of
destiny over half a continent.
But all these events lay as yet darkly in the womb of the future.
The gallant Jumonville who fell, and his brother Coulon who took his
"noble revenge" upon Washington by sparing his life, were to-day the
gayest of the gay throng who had assembled to do honor to Pierre
Philibert.
While this group of merry guests, half in jest, half in earnest,
were trying to discover in the stars the "far-reaching concords"
that moulded the life of each, Amelie led her brother away from the
busy grounds near the mansion, and took a quiet path that led into
the great park which they entered.
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