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A Sight which I shall Never Forget

           "Well,now,youngfellah,I’lltellyouwhatwillsurpriseyou.Yousayyousawsignsofmen,andfires,traps,andthelike.Well,wehaveseenthenativesthemselves.Poordevilstheywere,down-facedlittlechaps,andhadenoughtomakethemso.Itseemsthatthehumansholdonesideofthisplateauoveryonder,whereyousawthecavesandtheape-menholdthisside,andthereisbloodywarbetweenthemallthetime.That’sthesituation,sofarasIcouldfollowit.Well,yesterdaytheape-mengotholdofadozenofthehumansandbroughttheminasprisoners.Youneverheardsuchajabberin’andshriekin’inyourlife.Themenwerelittleredfellows,andhadbeenbittenandclawedsothattheycouldhardlywalk.Theape-menputtwoofthemtodeaththereandthenfairlypulledthearmoffoneofthemitwasperfectlybeastly.Pluckylittlechapstheyare,andhardlygaveasqueak.Butitturnedusabsolutelysick.Summerleefainted,andevenChallengerhadasmuchashecouldstand.Ithinktheyhavecleared,don’tyou?"

           Welistenedintently,butnothingsavethecallingofthebirdsbrokethedeeppeaceoftheforest.LordRoxtonwentonwithhisstory.

           "Ithinkyouhavehadtheescapeofyourlife,youngfellahmylad.Itwascatchin’thoseIndiansthatputyoucleanoutoftheirheads,elsetheywouldhavebeenbacktothecampforyouassureasfateandgatheredyouin.

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