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Chapter 32

           Heywardrashlyimitatedhisexample,thoughbothwere,amomentafterwards,admonishedofitsmadness,byhearingthebellowingofapiece,thattheHuronsfoundtimetodischargedownthepassageintherocks,thebulletfromwhichevengavetheyoungMohicanaslightwound.

           "Wemustclose!"saidthescout,passinghisfriendsbyadesperateleap;"theknaveswillpickusalloffatthisdistance;andsee,theyholdthemaidensoastoshieldthemselves!"

           Thoughhiswordswereunheeded,orratherunheard,hisexamplewasfollowedbyhiscompanions,who,byincredibleexertions,gotnearenoughtothefugitivestoperceivethatCorawasbornealongbetweenthetwowarriors,whileMaguaprescribedthedirectionandmanneroftheirflight.Atthismomenttheformsofallfourwerestronglydrawnagainstanopeninginthesky,andtheydisappeared.Nearlyfranticwithdisappointment,UncasandHeywardincreasedeffortsthatalreadyseemedsuper-human,andtheyissuedfromthecavernonthesideofthemountain,intimetonotetherouteofthepursued.Thecourselayuptheascent,andstillcontinuedhazardousandlaborious.

           Encumberedbyhisrifle,and,perhaps,notsustainedbysodeepaninterestinthecaptiveashiscompanions,thescoutsufferedthelattertoprecedehimalittle,Uncas,inhisturn,takingtheleadofHeyward.Inthismanner,rocks,precipices,anddifficultiesweresurmountedinanincrediblyshortspace,thatatanothertime,andunderothercircumstances,wouldhavebeendeemedalmostinsuperable.

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