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The Children Are Carried Off

           

           ThePiccaninnies,ontheirpart,trustedimplicitlytohishonour,andtheirwholeactionofthenightstandsoutinmarkedcontrasttohis.Theyleftnothingundonethatwasconsistentwiththereputationoftheirtribe.Withthatalertnessofthesenseswhichisatoncethemarvelanddespairofcivilisedpeoples,theyknewthatthepirateswereontheislandfromthemomentoneofthemtrodonadrystick;andinanincrediblyshortspaceoftimethecoyotecriesbegan.EveryfootofgroundbetweenthespotwhereHookhadlandedhisforcesandthehomeunderthetreeswasstealthilyexaminedbybraveswearingtheirmocassinswiththeheelsinfront.Theyfoundonlyonehillockwithastreamatitsbase,sothatHookhadnochoice;herehemustestablishhimselfandwaitforjustbeforethedawn.Everythingbeingthusmappedoutwithalmostdiabolicalcunning,themainbodyoftheredskinsfoldedtheirblanketsaroundthem,andinthephlegmaticmannerthatistothemthepearlofmanhoodsquattedabovethechildren’shome,awaitingthecoldmomentwhentheyshoulddealpaledeath.

           Heredreaming,thoughwide-awake,oftheexquisitetorturestowhichtheyweretoputhimatbreakofday,thoseconfidingsavageswerefoundbythetreacherousHook.

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