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The Fall of a Chieftain

           "Pig-nuts!"repeatedMerry,inascream."Mates,doyouhearthat?Itellyounow,thatmanthereknewitallalong.Lookinthefaceofhimandyou’llseeitwrotethere."

           "Ah,Merry,"remarkedSilver,"standingforcap’nagain?You’reapushinglad,tobesure."

           ButthistimeeveryonewasentirelyinMerry’sfavour.Theybegantoscrambleoutoftheexcavation,dartingfuriousglancesbehindthem.OnethingIobserved,whichlookedwellforus:theyallgotoutupontheoppositesidefromSilver.

           Well,therewestood,twoononeside,fiveontheother,thepitbetweenus,andnobodyscreweduphighenoughtoofferthefirstblow.Silvernevermoved;hewatchedthem,veryuprightonhiscrutch,andlookedascoolaseverIsawhim.Hewasbrave,andnomistake.

           AtlastMerryseemedtothinkaspeechmighthelpmatters.

           "Mates,"sayshe,"there’stwoofthemalonethere;one’stheoldcripplethatbroughtusallhereandblunderedusdowntothis;theother’sthatcubthatImeantohavetheheartof.Now,mates"

           Hewasraisinghisarmandhisvoice,andplainlymeanttoleadacharge.Butjustthencrack!crack!crack!threemusket-shotsflashedoutofthethicket.Merrytumbledheadforemostintotheexcavation;themanwiththebandagespunroundlikeateetotumandfellallhislengthuponhisside,wherehelaydead,butstilltwitching;andtheotherthreeturnedandranforitwithalltheirmight.

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