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           See,"headded,pointingtoaplacewherethewatertrickledfromarock,formingalittlecrystalspringbeforeitfoundanissuethroughtheadjacentcrevices;"youmayeasilygetridoftheSagamore’sdaub,andwhenyoucomebackIwilltrymyhandatanewembellishment.It’sascommonforaconjurertoalterhispaintasforabuckinthesettlementstochangehisfinery."

           Thedeliberatewoodsmanhadlittleoccasiontohuntforargumentstoenforcehisadvice.HewasyetspeakingwhenDuncanavailedhimselfofthewater.Inamomenteveryfrightfuloroffensivemarkwasobliterated,andtheyouthappearedagaininthelineamentswithwhichhehadbeengiftedbynature.Thuspreparedforaninterviewwithhismistress,hetookahastyleaveofhiscompanion,anddisappearedthroughtheindicatedpassage.Thescoutwitnessedhisdeparturewithcomplacency,noddinghisheadafterhim,andmutteringhisgoodwishes;afterwhichheverycoollysetaboutanexaminationofthestateofthelarder,amongtheHurons—thecavern,amongotherpurposes,beingusedasareceptacleforthefruitsoftheirhunts.

           Duncanhadnootherguidethanadistantglimmeringlight,whichserved,however,theofficeofapolarstartothelover.Byitsaidhewasenabledtoenterthehavenofhishopes,whichwasmerelyanotherapartmentofthecavern,thathadbeensolelyappropriatedtothesafe-keepingofsoimportantaprisonerasadaughterofthecommandantofWilliamHenry.Itwasprofuselystrewedwiththeplunderofthatunluckyfortress.