Останній з Могікан
Chapter 8
"Thesedevilswillscaleheaventocircumventustoourruin,"saidHawkeye;"keephiminplay,boy,untilIcanbring‘Killdeer’tobear,whenwewilltryhismetaloneachsideofthetreeatonce."
Uncasdelayedhisfireuntilthescoututteredtheword.Theriflesflashed,theleavesandthebarkoftheoakflewintotheair,andwerescatteredbythewind,buttheIndianansweredtheirassaultbyatauntinglaugh,sendingdownuponthemanotherbulletinreturn,thatstruckthecapofHawkeyefromhishead.Oncemorethesavageyellsburstoutofthewoods,andtheleadenhailwhistledabovetheheadsofthebesieged,asiftoconfinethemtoaplacewheretheymightbecomeeasyvictimstotheenterpriseofthewarriorwhohadmountedthetree.
"Thismustbelookedto!"saidthescout,glancingabouthimwithananxiouseye."Uncas,callupyourfather;wehaveneedofallourwe’ponstobringthecunningvarmintfromhisroost."
Thesignalwasinstantlygiven;and,beforeHawkeyehadreloadedhisrifle,theywerejoinedbyChingachgook.Whenhissonpointedouttotheexperiencedwarriorthesituationoftheirdangerousenemy,theusualexclamatory"Hugh!"burstfromhislips;afterwhich,nofurtherexpressionofsurpriseoralarmwassufferedtoescapehim.HawkeyeandtheMohicansconversedearnestlytogetherinDelawareforafewmoments,wheneachquietlytookhispost,inordertoexecutetheplantheyhadspeedilydevised.
Thewarriorintheoakhadmaintainedaquick,thoughineffectualfire,fromthemomentofhisdiscovery.
