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           "Thesedevilswillscaleheaventocircumventustoourruin,"saidHawkeye;"keephiminplay,boy,untilIcanbring‘Killdeer’tobear,whenwewilltryhismetaloneachsideofthetreeatonce."

           Uncasdelayedhisfireuntilthescoututteredtheword.Theriflesflashed,theleavesandthebarkoftheoakflewintotheair,andwerescatteredbythewind,buttheIndianansweredtheirassaultbyatauntinglaugh,sendingdownuponthemanotherbulletinreturn,thatstruckthecapofHawkeyefromhishead.Oncemorethesavageyellsburstoutofthewoods,andtheleadenhailwhistledabovetheheadsofthebesieged,asiftoconfinethemtoaplacewheretheymightbecomeeasyvictimstotheenterpriseofthewarriorwhohadmountedthetree.

           "Thismustbelookedto!"saidthescout,glancingabouthimwithananxiouseye."Uncas,callupyourfather;wehaveneedofallourwe’ponstobringthecunningvarmintfromhisroost."

           Thesignalwasinstantlygiven;and,beforeHawkeyehadreloadedhisrifle,theywerejoinedbyChingachgook.Whenhissonpointedouttotheexperiencedwarriorthesituationoftheirdangerousenemy,theusualexclamatory"Hugh!"burstfromhislips;afterwhich,nofurtherexpressionofsurpriseoralarmwassufferedtoescapehim.HawkeyeandtheMohicansconversedearnestlytogetherinDelawareforafewmoments,wheneachquietlytookhispost,inordertoexecutetheplantheyhadspeedilydevised.

           Thewarriorintheoakhadmaintainedaquick,thoughineffectualfire,fromthemomentofhisdiscovery.