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The Outlying Pickets of the New World

           "Howcantheywatchus?"Iasked,gazingintothedark,motionlessvoid.

           Thehalf-breedshruggedhisbroadshoulders.

           "TheIndiansknow.Theyhavetheirownway.Theywatchus.Theytalkthedrumtalktoeachother.Killusiftheycan."

           BytheafternoonofthatdaymypocketdiaryshowsmethatitwasTuesday,August18thatleastsixorsevendrumswerethrobbingfromvariouspoints.Sometimestheybeatquickly,sometimesslowly,sometimesinobviousquestionandanswer,onefartotheeastbreakingoutinahighstaccatorattle,andbeingfollowedafterapausebyadeeprollfromthenorth.Therewassomethingindescribablynerve-shakingandmenacinginthatconstantmutter,whichseemedtoshapeitselfintotheverysyllablesofthehalf-breed,endlesslyrepeated,"Wewillkillyouifwecan.Wewillkillyouifwecan."Nooneevermovedinthesilentwoods.AllthepeaceandsoothingofquietNaturelayinthatdarkcurtainofvegetation,butawayfrombehindtherecameevertheonemessagefromourfellow-man."Wewillkillyouifwecan,"saidthemenintheeast."Wewillkillyouifwecan,"saidthemeninthenorth.

           Alldaythedrumsrumbledandwhispered,whiletheirmenacereflecteditselfinthefacesofourcoloredcompanions.Eventhehardy,swaggeringhalf-breedseemedcowed.Ilearned,however,thatdayonceforallthatbothSummerleeandChallengerpossessedthathighesttypeofbravery,thebraveryofthescientificmind.TheirswasthespiritwhichupheldDarwinamongthegauchosoftheArgentineorWallaceamongthehead-huntersofMalaya.ItisdecreedbyamercifulNaturethatthehumanbraincannotthinkoftwothingssimultaneously,sothatifitbesteepedincuriosityastoscienceithasnoroomformerelypersonalconsiderations.

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