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Chapter 4

           "Hold!"interruptedHeyward,"itwillnotdowemustthinkofsomeotherscheme;andyet,Ihavemuchreasontobelievetherascalhasdeceivedme."

           Thehunter,whohadalreadyabandonedhisintentionofmaimingtherunner,musedamoment,andthenmadeagesture,whichinstantlybroughthistworedcompanionstohisside.TheyspoketogetherearnestlyintheDelawarelanguage,thoughinanundertone;andbythegesturesofthewhiteman,whichwerefrequentlydirectedtowardsthetopofthesapling,itwasevidenthepointedoutthesituationoftheirhiddenenemy.Hiscompanionswerenotlongincomprehendinghiswishes,andlayingasidetheirfire-arms,theyparted,takingoppositesidesofthepath,andburyingthemselvesinthethicket,withsuchcautiousmovements,thattheirstepswereinaudible.

           "Now,goyouback,"saidthehunter,speakingagaintoHeyward,"andholdtheimpintalk;theseMohicansherewilltakehimwithoutbreakinghispaint."

           "Nay,"saidHeyward,proudly,"Iwillseizehimmyself."

           "Hist!whatcouldyoudo,mounted,againstanIndianinthebushes?"

           "Iwilldismount."

           "And,thinkyou,whenhesawoneofyourfeetoutofthestirrup,hewouldwaitfortheothertobefree?Whoevercomesintothewoodstodealwiththenatives,mustuseIndianfashions,ifhewouldwishtoprosperinhisundertakings.Go,then,talkopenlytothemiscreant,andseemtobelievehimthetruestfriendyouhaveon‘arth."

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