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The Children Are Carried Off

           Fromtheaccountsafterwardssuppliedbysuchofthescoutsasescapedthecarnage,hedoesnotseemeventohavepausedattherisingground,thoughitiscertainthatinthatgreylighthemusthaveseenit:nothoughtofwaitingtobeattackedappearsfromfirsttolasttohavevisitedhissubtlemind;hewouldnotevenholdofftillthenightwasnearlyspent;onhepoundedwithnopolicybuttofallto.Whatcouldthebewilderedscoutsdo,mastersastheywereofeverywarlikeartificesavethisone,buttrothelplesslyafterhim,exposingthemselvesfatallytoview,thewhiletheygavepatheticutterancetothecoyotecry.

           AroundthebraveTigerLilywereadozenofherstoutestwarriors,andtheysuddenlysawtheperfidiouspiratesbearingdownuponthem.Fellfromtheireyesthenthefilmthroughwhichtheyhadlookedatvictory.Nomorewouldtheytortureatthestake.Forthemthehappyhunting-groundsnow.Theyknewit;butastheirfathers’sonstheyacquittedthemselves.Eventhentheyhadtimetogatherinaphalanxthatwouldhavebeenhardtobreakhadtheyrisenquickly,butthistheywereforbiddentodobythetraditionsoftheirrace.Itiswrittenthatthenoblesavagemustneverexpresssurpriseinthepresenceofthewhite.Thusterribleasthesuddenappearanceofthepiratesmusthavebeentothem,theyremainedstationaryforamoment,notamusclemoving;asifthefoehadcomebyinvitation.Then,indeed,thetraditiongallantlyupheld,theyseizedtheirweapons,andtheairwastornwiththewarcry;butitwasnowtoolate.

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