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Chapter 7

           ThefirstgenerousimpulseofDuncanwastorushtotherescueofthehaplesswretch;buthefelthimselfboundtothespotbytheirongraspoftheimmovablescout.

           "Wouldyebringcertaindeathuponus,bytellingtheMingoswherewelie?"demandedHawkeye,sternly;"’tisachargeofpowdersaved,andammunitionisaspreciousnowasbreathtoaworrieddeer!Freshentheprimingofyourpistolsthemistofthefallsisapttodampenthebrimstoneandstandfirmforaclosestruggle,whileIfireontheirrush."

           Heplacedhisfingerinhismouth,anddrewalong,shrillwhistle,whichwasansweredfromtherocksthatwereguardedbytheMohicans.Duncancaughtglimpsesofheadsabovethescattereddrift-wood,asthissignalroseontheair,buttheydisappearedagainassuddenlyastheyhadglanceduponhissight.Alow,rustlingsoundnextdrewhisattentionbehindhim,andturninghishead,hebeheldUncaswithinafewfeet,creepingtohisside.HawkeyespoketohiminDelaware,whentheyoungchieftookhispositionwithsingularcautionandundisturbedcoolness.ToHeywardthiswasamomentoffeverishandimpatientsuspense;thoughthescoutsawfittoselectitasafitoccasiontoreadalecturetohismoreyouthfulassociatesontheartofusingfire-armswithdiscretion.

           "Ofallwe’pons,"hecommenced,"thelong-barrelled,true-grooved,soft-metalledrifleisthemostdangerousinskilfulhands,thoughitwantsastrongarm,aquickeye,andgreatjudgmentincharging,toputforthallitsbeauties.

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