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Part 1 - Chapter 1. A Soiree At Fort Reliance
_ CHAPTER I. A SOIRÉ;E AT FORT RELIANCE
On the evening of the 17th March 1859, Captain Craventy gave a fê;te at Fort Reliance. Our readers must not at once imagine a grand entertainment, such as a court ball, or a musical soiré;e with a fine orchestra. Captain Craventy‘s reception was a very simple affair, yet he had spared no pains to give it é;clat.
In fact, under the auspices of Corporal Joliffe, the large room on the ground-floor was completely transformed. The rough walls, constructed of roughly-hewn trunks of trees piled up horizontally, were still visible, it is true, but their nakedness was disguised by arms and armour, borrowed from the arsenal of the fort, and by an English tent at each corner of the room. Two lamps suspended by chains, like chandeliers, and provided with tin reflectors, relieved the gloomy appearance of the blackened beams of the ceiling, and sufficiently illuminated the misty atm
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