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The
Indian
paused
,
as
if
doubtful
whether
to
proceed
,
and
permitted
his
companion
to
approach
his
side
.
A
large
black
ball
,
which
at
first
seemed
stationary
,
now
began
to
move
in
a
manner
that
to
the
latter
was
inexplicable
.
Again
the
fire
brightened
,
and
its
glare
fell
more
distinctly
on
the
object
.
Then
even
Duncan
knew
it
,
by
its
restless
and
sideling
attitudes
,
which
kept
the
upper
part
of
its
form
in
constant
motion
,
while
the
animal
itself
appeared
seated
,
to
be
a
bear
.
Though
it
growled
loudly
and
fiercely
,
and
there
were
instants
when
its
glistening
eyeballs
might
be
seen
,
it
gave
no
other
indications
of
hostility
.
The
Huron
,
at
least
,
seemed
assured
that
the
intentions
of
this
singular
intruder
were
peaceable
,
for
after
giving
it
an
attentive
examination
,
he
quietly
pursued
his
course
.
Duncan
,
who
knew
that
the
animal
was
often
domesticated
among
the
Indians
,
followed
the
example
of
his
companion
,
believing
that
some
favorite
of
the
tribe
had
found
its
way
into
the
thicket
,
in
search
of
food
.
They
passed
it
unmolested
.
Though
obliged
to
come
nearly
in
contact
with
the
monster
,
the
Huron
,
who
had
at
first
so
warily
determined
the
character
of
his
strange
visitor
,
was
now
content
with
proceeding
without
wasting
a
moment
in
further
examination
;
but
Heyward
was
unable
to
prevent
his
eyes
from
looking
backward
,
in
salutary
watchfulness
against
attacks
in
the
rear
.
His
uneasiness
was
in
no
degree
diminished
when
he
perceived
the
beast
rolling
along
their
path
,
and
following
their
footsteps
.
He
would
have
spoken
,
but
the
Indian
at
that
moment
shoved
aside
a
door
of
bark
,
and
entered
a
cavern
in
the
bosom
of
the
mountain
.
Profiting
by
so
easy
a
method
of
retreat
,
Duncan
stepped
after
him
,
and
was
gladly
closing
the
slight
cover
to
the
opening
,
when
he
felt
it
drawn
from
his
hand
by
the
beast
,
whose
shaggy
form
immediately
darkened
the
passage
.
They
were
now
in
a
straight
and
long
gallery
,
in
a
chasm
of
the
rocks
,
where
retreat
without
encountering
the
animal
was
impossible
.
Making
the
best
of
the
circumstances
,
the
young
man
pressed
forward
,
keeping
as
close
as
possible
to
his
conductor
.
The
bear
growled
frequently
at
his
heels
,
and
once
or
twice
its
enormous
paws
were
laid
on
his
person
,
as
if
disposed
to
prevent
his
further
passage
into
the
den
.
How
long
the
nerves
of
Heyward
would
have
sustained
him
in
this
extraordinary
situation
,
it
might
be
difficult
to
decide
;
for
,
happily
,
he
soon
found
relief
.
A
glimmer
of
light
had
constantly
been
in
their
front
,
and
they
now
arrived
at
the
place
whence
it
proceeded
.
A
large
cavity
in
the
rock
had
been
rudely
fitted
to
answer
the
purposes
of
many
apartments
.
The
subdivisions
were
simple
but
ingenious
,
being
composed
of
stone
,
sticks
,
and
bark
,
intermingled
.
Openings
above
admitted
the
light
by
day
,
and
at
night
fires
and
torches
supplied
the
place
of
the
sun
.
Hither
the
Hurons
had
brought
most
of
their
valuables
,
especially
those
which
more
particularly
pertained
to
the
nation
;
and
hither
,
as
it
now
appeared
,
the
sick
woman
,
who
was
believed
to
be
the
victim
of
supernatural
power
,
had
been
transported
also
,
under
an
impression
that
her
tormentor
would
find
more
difficulty
in
making
his
assaults
through
walls
of
stone
than
through
the
leafy
coverings
of
the
lodges
.
The
apartment
into
which
Duncan
and
his
guide
first
entered
,
had
been
exclusively
devoted
to
her
accommodation
.
The
latter
approached
her
bedside
,
which
was
surrounded
by
females
,
in
the
centre
of
whom
Heyward
was
surprised
to
find
his
missing
friend
David
.
A
single
look
was
sufficient
to
apprise
the
pretended
leech
that
the
invalid
was
far
beyond
his
powers
of
healing
.
She
lay
in
a
sort
of
paralysis
,
indifferent
to
the
objects
which
crowded
before
her
sight
,
and
happily
unconscious
of
suffering
.
Heyward
was
far
from
regretting
that
his
mummeries
were
to
be
performed
on
one
who
was
much
too
ill
to
take
an
interest
in
their
failure
or
success
.
The
slight
qualm
of
conscience
which
had
been
excited
by
the
intended
deception
was
instantly
appeased
,
and
he
began
to
collect
his
thoughts
,
in
order
to
enact
his
part
with
suitable
spirit
,
when
he
found
he
was
about
to
be
anticipated
in
his
skill
by
an
attempt
to
prove
the
power
of
music
.
Gamut
,
who
had
stood
prepared
to
pour
forth
his
spirit
in
song
when
the
visitors
entered
,
after
delaying
a
moment
,
drew
a
strain
from
his
pipe
,
and
commenced
a
hymn
that
might
have
worked
a
miracle
,
had
faith
in
its
efficacy
been
of
much
avail
.
He
was
allowed
to
proceed
to
the
close
,
the
Indians
respecting
his
imaginary
infirmity
,
and
Duncan
too
glad
of
the
delay
to
hazard
the
slightest
interruption
.
As
the
dying
cadence
of
his
strains
was
falling
on
the
ears
of
the
latter
,
he
started
aside
at
hearing
them
repeated
behind
him
in
a
voice
half
human
,
half
sepulchral
.
Looking
around
,
he
beheld
the
shaggy
monster
seated
on
end
in
a
shadow
of
the
cavern
,
where
,
while
his
restless
body
swung
in
the
uneasy
manner
of
the
animal
,
it
repeated
,
in
a
sort
of
low
growl
,
sound
,
if
not
words
,
which
bore
some
slight
resemblance
to
the
melody
of
the
singer
.
The
effect
of
so
strange
an
echo
on
David
may
better
be
imagined
than
described
.
His
eyes
opened
as
if
he
doubted
their
truth
;
and
his
voice
became
instantly
mute
in
excess
of
wonder
A
deep-laid
scheme
,
of
communicating
some
important
intelligence
to
Heyward
,
was
driven
from
his
recollection
by
an
emotion
which
very
nearly
resembled
fear
,
but
which
he
was
fain
to
believe
was
admiration
.
Under
its
influence
,
he
exclaimed
aloud
--
"
She
expects
you
,
and
is
at
hand
;
"
and
precipitately
left
the
cavern
.
