Frostburg mining journal., 1883-10-20
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They will make him petticoats, and
bid him stay in the wigwam with the
women, for he is no longer to be trust
ed with the business of a man."
''Le Subtil knows the path to the
great lakes, and he can find the bones
of his fathers" was the answer of the
unmoved runner.
Enough, Magua," said Hayward;
"are we not friends Why should
there be bitter words between usg
Munro has promised you gift for
your services when performed, and |
shall be your debtor for another.
Rest your weary limbs, then, and open
your wallet to eat. We have a few
moments to spare; let us not waste
them in talk like wrangling women.
When the ladies are refreshed, we
will proceed"
"The palefaces make themselves
dogs to their women," muttered the
Indian in his native language, land
when they want to eat, their warriors
must lay aside the tomahawk to feed
their laziness."
"What say you, Renard ?"
''Le Subtil says it is good"
The Indian then fastened his eyes
keenly on the open countenance of
Hayward, but meeting his glance, he
turned them quickly away, and seating
himself deliberately on the ground, he
drew forth the remnant of some form
er repast, and began to eat, though
not without first bending his looks
slowly and cautiously around him.
"This is WE'LL" continued Hayward
"and lie Renard will have strength
and sight to find the path in the morn
ing; =" he paused, for sounds like
the swapping of dried stick, and the
rustling of leaves, rose from the ad-
jacent bushes, but recollecting him
self instantly, he continued 1--WE
must be moving before the sun is seen,
or Montcalm may lie in our path, and
shut us out from the fortress"
The hand of Magua dropped from
his mouth to his side, and though his
eyes were fastened on the ground, his
head was turned aside, his nostrils
expanded and his ears seemed even
to stand more erect than usual,
giving to him the appearance of a
statue that was made to represent in
tense attention.
Heyward, who watched his move
ments with q vigilant eye, carelessly
extricated one of his feet from the
stirrup, while he passed a hand to-
wards the bear-skin covering of his
holsters. Every effort to detect the
point most regarded by the runner was
frustrated by the tremulous glances of
his organs, which seemed not to rest
a single instant on any particular OBJ
iect, and, which, at the same time,
could hardly be said to move. While
he hesitated how to proceed, lie Subtil
cautiously raised himself to his feet,
though with a motion so slow and
guarded, that not the slightest noise
was produced by the change. Hey
ward felt it had now become incum-
bent on him to act. Throwing his
leg over the saddle, he dismounted
with determination to advance and
seize his treacherous companion, trust
ing the result to his own manhood. In
order, however, to prevent unnecessary
alarm, he still preserved an air of calm
ness and friendship.
''Le Renard Subtil does not eat"
he said, using the appellation he had
found most hattering to the vanity of
the Indian. Ellis corn is not well
parched, and it seems dry. Let me
examine perhaps something may be
found among my own provisions that
will help his appetite"
Magua held out the wallet to the
proffer Of the other. He even suffer
ed their hands to meet, without betray-
ing the least emotion, or varying his
riveted attitude of attention. But
when he felt the fingers of Hayward
moving gently along his own naked
arm, he struck up the limb Of the
young man, and uttering Il piercing
cry as he dartcd beneath it, plunged
at single bound, into the opposite
thicllet. Vt the next instant the
form of Chingachgoob appeared from
the bushes, looking lik a spectre in
his paint, and glided across the path
in swift pursuit. Next followed the
shout of Uncas, when the woods were
lighted by sudden flash, that was
accompanied by the sharp report of
the hunters rife.
CHAPTER V.