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Chapter 19

           Therearealwayssomehonestmenineverynation,thoughheavenknows,too,thattheyarescarceamongtheMaquas,tolookdownanupstartwhenhebragsag’inthefaceofreason.Thevarletsenthisleadwithinwhistleofyourears,Sagamore."

           Chingachgookturnedacalmandincuriouseyetowardstheplacewheretheballhadstruck,andthenresumedhisformerattitude,withacomposurethatcouldnotbedisturbedbysotriflinganincident.JustthenUncasglidedintothecircle,andseatedhimselfatthefire,withthesameappearanceofindifferenceaswasmaintainedbyhisfather.

           OftheseseveralmovementsHeywardwasadeeplyinterestedandwonderingobserver.Itappearedtohimasthoughtheforestershadsomesecretmeansofintelligence,whichhadescapedthevigilanceofhisownfaculties.Inplaceofthateagerandgarrulousnarrationwithwhichawhiteyouthwouldhaveendeavoredtocommunicate,andperhapsexaggerate,thatwhichhadpassedoutinthedarknessoftheplain,theyoungwarriorwasseeminglycontenttolethisdeedsspeakforthemselves.Itwas,infact,neitherthemomentnortheoccasionforanIndiantoboastofhisexploits;anditisprobable,thathadHeywardneglectedtoinquire,notanothersyllablewould,justthen,havebeenutteredonthesubject.

           "Whathasbecomeofourenemy,Uncas?"demandedDuncan:"weheardyourrifle,andhopedyouhadnotfiredinvain."

           Theyoungchiefremovedafoldofhishunting-shirt,andquietlyexposedthefataltuftofhair,whichheboreasthesymbolofvictory.

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