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A Bold Stratagem

           Glenarvanwatchedwithabeatingheart,lookingfromalltheintersticesofthepalisadedenclosure,andobservedthemovementsinthenativecamp.

           TheMaorieshadfledtotheneighboringledges,outofthereachofthevolcano.Somecorpseswhichlayatthefootofthecone,werecharredbythefire.Furtherofftowardthe"pah,"thelavahadreachedagroupoftwentyhuts,whichwerestillsmoking.TheMaories,forminghereandtheregroups,contemplatedthecanopiedsummitofMaunganamuwithreligiousawe.

           Kai-Koumouapproachedinthemidstofhiswarriors,andGlenarvanrecognizedhim.Thechiefadvancedtothefootofthehill,onthesideuntouchedbythelava,buthedidnotascendthefirstledge.

           Standingthere,withhisarmsstretchedoutlikeanex-erciser,hemadesomegrimaces,whosemeaningwasobvioustotheprisoners.AsPaganelhadforeseen,Kai-Koumoulaunchedontheavengingmountainamorerigoroustaboo.

           Soonafterthenativeslefttheirpositionsandfollowedthewindingpathsthatledtowardthepah.

           "Theyaregoing!"exclaimedGlenarvan."Theyhavelefttheirposts!Godbepraised!Ourstratagemhassucceeded!MydearLadyHelena,mybravefriends,wearealldeadandburied!Butthiseveningwhennightcomes,weshallriseandleaveourtomb,andflythesebarbaroustribes!"

           Itwouldbedifficulttoconceiveofthejoythatpervadedtheoudoupa.Hopehadregainedthemasteryinallhearts.

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