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"
Duncan
!
"
said
the
tremulous
voice
of
Cora
,
when
he
had
reached
the
mouth
of
the
cavern
.
He
turned
,
and
beheld
the
speaker
,
whose
color
had
changed
to
a
deadly
paleness
,
and
whose
lip
quivered
,
gazing
after
him
,
with
an
expression
of
interest
which
immediately
recalled
him
to
her
side
.
"
Remember
,
Duncan
,
how
necessary
your
safety
is
to
our
own
--
how
you
bear
a
father
's
sacred
trust
--
how
much
depends
on
your
discretion
and
care
--
in
short
,
"
she
added
,
while
the
tell-tale
blood
stole
over
her
features
,
crimsoning
her
very
temples
,
"
how
very
deservedly
dear
you
are
to
all
of
the
name
of
Munro
.
"
"
If
anything
could
add
to
my
own
base
love
of
life
,
"
said
Heyward
,
suffering
his
unconscious
eyes
to
wander
to
the
youthful
form
of
the
silent
Alice
,
"
it
would
be
so
kind
an
assurance
.
As
major
of
the
60th
,
our
honest
host
will
tell
you
I
must
take
my
share
of
the
fray
;
but
our
task
will
be
easy
;
it
is
merely
to
keep
these
blood-hounds
at
bay
for
a
few
hours
.
"
Without
waiting
for
reply
,
he
tore
himself
from
the
presence
of
the
sisters
,
and
joined
the
scout
and
his
companions
,
who
still
lay
within
the
protection
of
the
little
chasm
between
the
two
caves
.
"
I
tell
you
,
Uncas
,
"
said
the
former
,
as
Heyward
joined
them
,
"
you
are
wasteful
of
your
powder
,
and
the
kick
of
the
rifle
disconcerts
your
aim
!
Little
powder
,
light
lead
,
and
a
long
arm
,
seldom
fail
of
bringing
the
death
screech
from
a
Mingo
!
At
least
,
such
has
been
my
experience
with
the
creatur
's
.
Come
,
friends
;
let
us
to
our
covers
,
for
no
man
can
tell
when
or
where
a
Maqua
will
strike
his
blow
.
"
The
Indians
silently
repaired
to
their
appointed
stations
,
which
were
fissures
in
the
rocks
,
whence
they
could
command
the
approaches
to
the
foot
of
the
falls
.
In
the
centre
of
the
little
island
,
a
few
short
and
stunted
pines
had
found
root
,
forming
a
thicket
,
into
which
Hawkeye
darted
with
the
swiftness
of
a
deer
,
followed
by
the
active
Duncan
.
Here
they
secured
themselves
,
as
well
as
circumstances
would
permit
,
among
the
shrubs
and
fragments
of
stone
that
were
scattered
about
the
place
.
Above
them
was
a
bare
,
rounded
rock
,
on
each
side
of
which
the
water
played
its
gambols
,
and
plunged
into
the
abysses
beneath
,
in
the
manner
already
described
.
As
the
day
had
now
dawned
,
the
opposite
shores
no
longer
presented
a
confused
outline
,
but
they
were
able
to
look
into
the
woods
,
and
distinguish
objects
beneath
the
canopy
of
gloomy
pines
.
A
long
and
anxious
watch
succeeded
,
but
without
any
further
evidences
of
a
renewed
attack
;
and
Duncan
began
to
hope
that
their
fire
had
proved
more
fatal
than
was
supposed
,
and
that
their
enemies
had
been
effectually
repulsed
.
When
he
ventured
to
utter
this
impression
to
his
companion
,
it
was
met
by
Hawkeye
with
an
incredulous
shake
of
the
head
.
"
You
know
not
the
nature
of
a
Maqua
,
if
you
think
he
is
so
easily
beaten
back
without
a
scalp
!
"
he
answered
.
"
If
there
was
one
of
the
imps
yelling
this
morning
,
there
were
forty
!
and
they
know
our
number
and
quality
too
well
to
give
up
the
chase
so
soon
.
Hist
!
look
into
the
water
above
,
just
where
it
breaks
over
the
rocks
.
I
am
no
mortal
,
if
the
risky
devils
have
n't
swam
down
upon
the
very
pitch
,
and
,
as
bad
luck
would
have
it
,
they
have
hit
the
head
of
the
island
.
Hist
!
man
,
keep
close
!
or
the
hair
will
be
off
your
crown
in
the
turning
of
a
knife
!
"
Heyward
lifted
his
head
from
the
cover
,
and
beheld
what
he
justly
considered
a
prodigy
of
rashness
and
skill
.
The
river
had
worn
away
the
edge
of
the
soft
rock
in
such
a
manner
,
as
to
render
its
first
pitch
less
abrupt
and
perpendicular
than
is
usual
at
waterfalls
.
With
no
other
guide
than
the
ripple
of
the
stream
where
it
met
the
head
of
the
island
,
a
party
of
their
insatiable
foes
had
ventured
into
the
current
,
and
swam
down
upon
this
point
,
knowing
the
ready
access
it
would
give
,
if
successful
,
to
their
intended
victims
.
As
Hawkeye
ceased
speaking
,
four
human
heads
could
be
seen
peering
above
a
few
logs
of
drift-wood
that
had
lodged
on
these
naked
rocks
,
and
which
had
probably
suggested
the
idea
of
the
practicability
of
the
hazardous
undertaking
.
At
the
next
moment
,
a
fifth
form
was
seen
floating
over
the
green
edge
of
the
fall
,
a
little
from
the
line
of
the
island
.
The
savage
struggled
powerfully
to
gain
the
point
of
safety
,
and
,
favored
by
the
glancing
water
,
he
was
already
stretching
forth
an
arm
to
meet
the
grasp
of
his
companions
,
when
he
shot
away
again
with
the
whirling
current
,
appeared
to
rise
into
the
air
,
with
uplifted
arms
and
starting
eyeballs
,
and
fell
,
with
a
sullen
plunge
,
into
that
deep
and
yawning
abyss
over
which
he
hovered
.
A
single
,
wild
,
despairing
shriek
rose
from
the
cavern
,
and
all
was
hushed
again
,
as
the
grave
.
