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Chapter 16

           Theywereeloquentintheirdistress; buttheypresentlydiscoveredthatthefirehadeatensofarupunderthegreatlogithadbeenbuiltagainst(whereitcurvedupwardandseparateditselffromtheground),thatahandbreadthorsoofithadescapedwetting; sotheypatientlywroughtuntil,withshredsandbarkgatheredfromtheundersidesofshelteredlogs,theycoaxedthefiretoburnagain. Thentheypiledongreatdeadboughstilltheyhadaroaringfurnace,andwereglad-heartedoncemore. Theydriedtheirboiledhamandhadafeast,andafterthattheysatbythefireandexpandedandglorifiedtheirmidnightadventureuntilmorning,fortherewasnotadryspottosleepon,anywherearound. 

           Asthesunbegantostealinupontheboys,drowsinesscameoverthem,andtheywentoutonthesandbarandlaydowntosleep. Theygotscorchedoutbyandby,anddrearilysetaboutgettingbreakfast. Afterthemealtheyfeltrusty,andstiff-jointed,andalittlehomesickoncemore. Tomsawthesigns,andfelltocheeringupthepiratesaswellashecould. Buttheycarednothingformarbles,orcircus,orswimming,oranything. Heremindedthemoftheimposingsecret,andraisedarayofcheer. Whileitlasted,hegottheminterestedinanewdevice. Thiswastoknockoffbeingpirates,forawhile,andbeIndiansforachange. Theywereattractedbythisidea;soitwasnotlongbeforetheywerestripped,andstripedfromheadtoheelwithblackmud,likesomanyzebrasallofthemchiefs,ofcourseandthentheywenttearingthroughthewoodstoattackanEnglishsettlement. 

           Byandbytheyseparatedintothreehostiletribes,anddarteduponeachotherfromambushwithdreadfulwar-whoops,andkilledandscalpedeachotherbythousands. Itwasagoryday.Consequentlyitwasanextremelysatisfactoryone. 

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