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I rose, and e where he sat with his eyes fixed upon a young Indian, his son, who bade fair to outlast all others in that wild contest, told hio to my hut, I and my servant, to rest for the few hours that yet reht He listened drea Indian, but made offer to escort me thither I pointed out to him that ht, in sight of them all, and that it were a pity to take hi Indian, so strong and so brave that he would surely one day lead the war parties

After a moment he acquiesced, and Diccon and I, quietly and yet with so away, left the press of savages and began to cross the firelit turf between thelanced over er stood where we had last seen her, beneath the pines A little farther on we caught a gli a row of trees to our left The trees ran past our lodge When we had reached its entrance we paused and looked back to the throng we had left Every back seeures around the great fire Swiftly and quietly alked across the bit of even ground to the friendly trees, and found ourselves in a thin strip of shadoeen the light of the great fire we had left and that of a lesser one burning redly before the E for us, was the Indian er upon her lips She would not speak or tarry, but flitted before us as dusk and noiseless as a ht, well-nigh to the line of sentinels A aer than coliding in front of us, held aside the mats that curtained the entrance We hesitated a moment, then stooped and entered the place