He is in the act of supplicating his captors to let him escape, the discovered papers are in the hands of one of them, and the stern eyes of the others evince the determination to listen to no suggestions but those of patriotism. The form and features of Andre are admirably depicted, and a miniature hangs in his bosom exquisitely finished. This was a likeness of Miss Honora Sneyd, to whom he was devotedly attached.*1 The picture had been painted by himself from the living features of the object of his affections. In 1775, he was taken prisoner by General Montgomery, at St. Johns, Canada ; a few months afterwards, in a letter to a friend, he observes, " I have been taken prisoner by the Americans, and striped of every thing except the picture of Honora, which I concealed in my mouth. Preserving that, I think myself fortunate."6 To this touching incident Anna Seward refers in her poem upon Andre.

' ' Shade of my love 'Tis free ! These lips shall resolute enclose The precious soother of my ceaseless woes."

The above vignette suggested the following stanzas :

" Before their country's foe they stand,

Each with a stern and searching eye ; Grasped with a firm and honest hand,

The hostile records open lie ; They read, and as each noble brow

Wears the quiet shadow of resolve, The true and just exhibit now,

The secret which they dared to solve.

Away with gold ! It has no power