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           HehadwitnessedoneinstanceofthesummarypunishmentsoftheIndians,andnowdreadedthathiscompanionwastobeselectedforasecond.Inthisdilemma,withlittleornotimeforreflection,hesuddenlydeterminedtocloakhisinvaluablefriend,atanyoreveryhazardtohimself.Beforehehadtime,however,tospeak,thequestionwasrepeatedinaloudervoice,andwithaclearerutterance.

           "Giveusarms,"theyoungmanhaughtilyreplied,"andplaceusinyonderwoods.Ourdeedsshallspeakforus!"

           "Thisisthewarriorwhosenamehasfilledourears!"returnedthechief,regardingHeywardwiththatsortofcuriousinterestwhichseemsinseparablefromman,whenfirstbeholdingoneofhisfellowstowhommeritoraccident,virtueorcrime,hasgivennotoriety."WhathasbroughtthewhitemanintothecampoftheDelawares?"

           "Mynecessities.Icomeforfood,shelterandfriends."

           "Itcannotbe.Thewoodsarefullofgame.Theheadofawarriorneedsnoothershelterthanaskywithoutclouds;andtheDelawaresaretheenemies,andnotthefriends,oftheYengeese.Go!themouthhasspoken,whiletheheartsaidnothing."

           Duncan,alittleatalossinwhatmannertoproceed,remainedsilent;butthescout,whohadlistenedattentivelytoallthatpassed,nowadvancedsteadilytothefront.

           "ThatIdidnotanswertothecallforLaLongueCarabine,wasnotowingeithertoshameorfear,"hesaid;"forneitheronenortheotheristhegiftofanhonestman.