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Chapter 32
"Mercy!mercy!Huron,"criedHeyward,fromabove,intonesnearlychokedbyhorror;"givemercy,andthoushaltreceiveit!"
Whirlingthebloodyknifeupattheimploringyouth,thevictoriousMaguautteredacrysofierce,sowild,andyetsojoyous,thatitconveyedthesoundsofsavagetriumphtotheearsofthosewhofoughtinthevalley,athousandfeetbelow.Hewasansweredbyaburstfromthelipsofthescout,whosetallpersonwasjustthenseenmovingswiftlytowardshim,alongthosedangerouscrags,withstepsasboldandrecklessasifhepossessedthepowertomoveinair.Butwhenthehunterreachedthesceneoftheruthlessmassacre,theledgewastenantedonlybythedead.
Hiskeeneyetookasinglelookatthevictims,andthenshotitsglancesoverthedifficultiesoftheascentinhisfront.Aformstoodatthebrowofthemountain,ontheveryedgeofthegiddyheight,withupliftedarms,inanawfulattitudeofmenace.Withoutstoppingtoconsiderhisperson,therifleofHawkeyewasraised;butarock,whichfellontheheadofoneofthefugitivesbelowexposedtheindignantandglowingcountenanceofthehonestGamut.ThenMaguaissuedfromacrevice,andsteppingwithcalmindifferenceoverthebodyofthelastofhisassociates,heleapedawidefissure,andascendedtherocksatapointwherethearmofDavidcouldnotreachhim.Asingleboundwouldcarryhimtothebrowoftheprecipice,andassurehissafety
