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As
we
left
the
house
to
return
to
the
woods
,
Bill
shook
his
head
.
"
There
's
mischief
brewin
'
in
that
black
rascal
's
head
.
I
know
him
of
old
.
But
what
comes
here
?
"
As
he
spoke
,
we
heard
the
sound
of
laughter
and
shouting
in
the
wood
,
and
presently
there
issued
from
it
a
band
of
savages
,
in
the
midst
of
whom
were
a
number
of
men
bearing
burdens
on
their
shoulders
.
At
first
I
thought
that
these
burdens
were
poles
with
something
rolled
round
them
,
the
end
of
each
pole
resting
on
a
man
's
shoulder
;
but
on
a
nearer
approach
I
saw
that
they
were
human
beings
,
tied
hand
and
foot
,
and
so
lashed
to
the
poles
that
they
could
not
move
.
I
counted
twenty
of
them
as
they
passed
.
"
More
murder
!
"
said
Bill
in
a
voice
that
sounded
between
a
hoarse
laugh
and
a
groan
.
"
Surely
they
are
not
going
to
murder
them
?
"
said
I
,
looking
anxiously
into
Bill
's
face
.
"
I
do
n't
know
,
Ralph
,
"
replied
Bill
,
"
what
they
're
goin
'
to
do
with
them
;
but
I
fear
they
mean
no
good
when
they
tie
fellows
up
in
that
way
.
"
As
we
continued
our
way
towards
the
woodcutters
,
I
observed
that
Bill
looked
anxiously
over
his
shoulder
in
the
direction
where
the
procession
had
disappeared
.
At
last
he
stopped
,
and
turning
abruptly
on
his
heel
,
said
:
"
I
tell
ye
what
it
is
,
Ralph
:
I
must
be
at
the
bottom
o
'
that
affair
.
Let
us
follow
these
black
scoundrels
and
see
what
they
're
goin
'
to
do
.
"
I
must
say
I
had
no
wish
to
pry
further
into
their
bloody
practices
;
but
Bill
seemed
bent
on
it
,
so
I
turned
and
went
.
We
passed
rapidly
through
the
bush
,
being
guided
in
the
right
direction
by
the
shouts
of
the
savages
.
Suddenly
there
was
a
dead
silence
,
which
continued
for
some
time
,
while
Bill
and
I
involuntarily
quickened
our
pace
until
we
were
running
at
the
top
of
our
speed
across
the
narrow
neck
of
land
previously
mentioned
.
As
we
reached
the
verge
of
the
wood
we
discovered
the
savages
surrounding
the
large
war-canoe
,
which
they
were
apparently
on
the
point
of
launching
.
Suddenly
the
multitude
put
their
united
strength
to
the
canoe
;
but
scarcely
had
the
huge
machine
begun
to
move
when
a
yell
,
the
most
appalling
that
ever
fell
upon
my
ear
,
rose
high
above
the
shouting
of
the
savages
.
It
had
not
died
away
when
another
and
another
smote
upon
my
throbbing
ear
,
and
then
I
saw
that
these
inhuman
monsters
were
actually
launching
their
canoe
over
the
living
bodies
of
their
victims
.
But
there
was
no
pity
in
the
breasts
of
these
men
.
Forward
they
went
in
ruthless
indifference
,
shouting
as
they
went
,
while
high
above
their
voices
rang
the
dying
shrieks
of
those
wretched
creatures
as
,
one
after
another
,
the
ponderous
canoe
passed
over
them
,
burst
the
eyeballs
from
their
sockets
,
and
sent
the
life-blood
gushing
from
their
mouths
.
Oh
reader
,
this
is
no
fiction
!
I
would
not
,
for
the
sake
of
thrilling
you
with
horror
,
invent
so
terrible
a
scene
.
It
was
witnessed
.
It
is
true
--
true
as
that
accursed
sin
which
has
rendered
the
human
heart
capable
of
such
diabolical
enormities
!
