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           Whenwithinahundredyards,however,ofthecoverbehindwhichtheDelawarecouncilhadassembled,thestrangerhesitated,appeareduncertainwhatcoursetotake,andfinallyhalted.AlleyeswerenowturnedonUncas,asifseekingdirectionshowtoproceed.

           "Hawkeye,"saidtheyoungchief,inalowvoice,"hemustneverspeaktotheHuronsagain."

           "Histimehascome,"saidthelaconicscout,thrustingthelongbarrelofhisriflethroughtheleaves,andtakinghisdeliberateandfatalaim.But,insteadofpullingthetriggerheloweredthemuzzleagain,andindulgedhimselfinafitofhispeculiarmirth."ItooktheimpforaMingo,asI’mamiserablesinner!"hesaid;"butwhenmyeyerangedalonghisribsforaplacetogetthebulletin—wouldyouthinkit,Uncas—Isawthemusicianer’sblower;andso,afterall,itisthemantheycallGamut,whosedeathcanprofitnoone,andwhoselife,ifhistonguecandoanythingbutsing,maybemadeserviceabletoourownends.Ifsoundshavenotlosttheirvirtue,I’llsoonhaveadiscoursewiththehonestfellow,andthatinavoicehe’llfindmoreagreeablethanthespeechof‘Killdeer.’"

           Sosaying,Hawkeyelaidasidehisrifle;andcrawlingthroughthebushesuntilwithinhearingofDavid,heattemptedtorepeatthemusicaleffort,whichhadconductedhimself,withsomuchsafetyandéclat,throughtheHuronencampment.