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Chapter 8
Buthisaimwasinterruptedbythevigilanceofhisenemies,whoseriflesinstantaneouslyboreonanypartofhispersonthatwasleftexposed.Stillhisbulletsfellinthecentreofthecrouchingparty.TheclothesofHeyward,whichrenderedhimpeculiarlyconspicuous,wererepeatedlycut,andoncebloodwasdrawnfromaslightwoundinhisarm.
Atlength,emboldenedbythelongandpatientwatchfulnessofhisenemies,theHuronattemptedabetterandmorefatalaim.ThequickeyeoftheMohicanscaughtthedarklineofhislowerlimbsincautiouslyexposedthroughthethinfoliage,afewinchesfromthetrunkofthetree.Theirriflesmadeacommonreport,when,sinkingonhiswoundedlimb,partofthebodyofthesavagecameintoview.Swiftasthought,Hawkeyeseizedtheadvantageanddischargedhisfatalweaponintothetopoftheoak.Theleaveswereunusuallyagitated;thedangerousriflefellfromitscommandingelevation,andafterafewmomentsofvainstruggling,theformofthesavagewasseenswinginginthewind,whilehestillgraspedaraggedandnakedbranchofthetree,withhandsclenchedindesperation.
"Givehim,inpitygivehim—thecontentsofanotherrifle!"criedDuncan,turningawayhiseyesinhorrorfromthespectacleofafellow-creatureinsuchawfuljeopardy.
