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"
No
;
it
would
be
better
to
mislead
the
imps
,
and
make
them
believe
they
must
equal
a
horse
's
speed
to
run
down
their
chase
.
Ay
,
ay
,
that
will
blind
their
fire-balls
of
eyes
!
Chingach
--
Hist
?
what
stirs
the
bush
?
"
"
The
colt
.
"
"
That
colt
,
at
least
,
must
die
,
"
muttered
the
scout
,
grasping
the
mane
of
the
nimble
beast
,
which
easily
eluded
his
hand
;
"
Uncas
,
your
arrows
!
"
"
Hold
!
"
exclaimed
the
proprietor
of
the
condemned
animal
,
aloud
,
without
regard
to
the
whispering
tones
used
by
the
others
;
"
spare
the
foal
of
Miriam
!
it
is
the
comely
offspring
of
a
faithful
dam
,
and
would
willingly
injure
naught
.
"
"
When
men
struggle
for
the
single
life
God
has
given
them
,
"
said
the
scout
sternly
,
"
even
their
own
kind
seem
no
more
than
the
beasts
of
the
wood
.
If
you
speak
again
,
I
shall
leave
you
to
the
mercy
of
the
Maquas
!
Draw
to
your
arrow
's
head
,
Uncas
;
we
have
no
time
for
second
blows
.
"
The
low
,
muttering
sounds
of
his
threatening
voice
were
still
audible
,
when
the
wounded
foal
,
first
rearing
on
its
hinder
legs
,
plunged
forward
to
its
knees
.
It
was
met
by
Chingachgook
,
whose
knife
passed
across
its
throat
quicker
than
thought
,
and
then
precipitating
the
motions
of
the
struggling
victim
,
he
dashed
it
into
the
river
,
down
whose
stream
it
glided
away
,
gasping
audibly
for
breath
with
its
ebbing
life
.
This
deed
of
apparent
cruelty
,
but
of
real
necessity
,
fell
upon
the
spirits
of
the
travellers
like
a
terrific
warning
of
the
peril
in
which
they
stood
,
heightened
as
it
was
by
the
calm
though
steady
resolution
of
the
actors
in
the
scene
.
The
sisters
shuddered
and
clung
closer
to
each
other
,
while
Heyward
instinctively
laid
his
hand
on
one
of
the
pistols
he
had
just
drawn
from
their
holsters
,
as
he
placed
himself
between
his
charge
and
those
dense
shadows
that
seemed
to
draw
an
impenetrable
veil
before
the
bosom
of
the
forest
.
The
Indians
,
however
,
hesitated
not
a
moment
,
but
taking
the
bridles
,
they
led
the
frightened
and
reluctant
horses
into
the
bed
of
the
river
.
At
a
short
distance
from
the
shore
they
turned
,
and
were
soon
concealed
by
the
projection
of
the
bank
,
under
the
brow
of
which
they
moved
,
in
a
direction
opposite
to
the
course
of
the
waters
.
In
the
meantime
,
the
scout
drew
a
canoe
of
bark
from
its
place
of
concealment
beneath
some
low
bushes
,
whose
branches
were
waving
with
the
eddies
of
the
current
,
into
which
he
silently
motioned
for
the
females
to
enter
.
They
complied
without
hesitation
,
though
many
a
fearful
and
anxious
glance
was
thrown
behind
them
towards
the
thickening
gloom
which
now
lay
like
a
dark
barrier
along
the
margin
of
the
stream
.
So
soon
as
Cora
and
Alice
were
seated
,
the
scout
,
without
regarding
the
element
,
directed
Heyward
to
support
one
side
of
the
frail
vessel
,
and
posting
himself
at
the
other
,
they
bore
it
up
against
the
stream
,
followed
by
the
dejected
owner
of
the
dead
foal
.
In
this
manner
they
proceeded
,
for
many
rods
,
in
a
silence
that
was
only
interrupted
by
the
rippling
of
the
water
,
as
its
eddies
played
around
them
,
or
the
low
dash
made
by
their
own
cautious
footsteps
.
Heyward
yielded
the
guidance
of
the
canoe
implicitly
to
the
scout
,
who
approached
or
receded
from
the
shore
,
to
avoid
the
fragments
of
rocks
,
or
deeper
parts
of
the
river
,
with
a
readiness
that
showed
his
knowledge
of
the
route
they
held
.
Occasionally
he
would
stop
;
and
in
the
midst
of
a
breathing
stillness
,
that
the
dull
but
increasing
roar
of
the
waterfall
only
served
to
render
more
impressive
,
he
would
listen
with
painful
intenseness
,
to
catch
any
sounds
that
might
arise
from
the
slumbering
forest
.
When
assured
that
all
was
still
,
and
unable
to
detect
,
even
by
the
aid
of
his
practised
senses
,
any
sign
of
his
approaching
foes
,
he
would
deliberately
resume
his
slow
and
unguarded
progress
.
At
length
they
reached
a
point
in
the
river
,
where
the
roving
eye
of
Heyward
became
riveted
on
a
cluster
of
black
objects
,
collected
at
a
spot
where
the
high
bank
threw
a
deeper
shadow
than
usual
on
the
dark
waters
.
Hesitating
to
advance
,
he
pointed
out
the
place
to
the
attention
of
his
companion
.
