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A Bold Stratagem

           Ifthesavageswerestillintheambushbelow,theseunusualsoundsmightprovokefrombothsidesadangerousfusillade.

           Butspeedwasimpossibleintheirserpent-likeprogressdownthisslopingcrest.WhenJohnMangleshadreachedthelowestpoint,hewasscarcelytwenty-fivefeetfromtheplateau,wherethenativeswereencampedthenightbefore,andthentheridgeroseagainprettysteeplytowardawoodforaboutaquarterofamile.

           Allthislowerpartwascrossedwithoutmolestation,andtheycommencedtheascentinsilence.Theclumpofbushwasinvisible,thoughtheyknewitwasthere,andbutforthepossibilityofanambush,Glenarvancountedonbeingsafewhenthepartyarrivedatthatpoint.Butheobservedthatafterthispoint,theywerenolongerprotectedbythetaboo.TheascendingridgebelongednottoMaunganamu,buttothemountainsystemoftheeasternsideofLakeTaupo,sothattheyhadnotonlypistolshots,buthand-to-handfightingtofear.Fortenminutes,thelittlebandascendedbyinsensibledegreestowardthehighertable-land.Johncouldnotdiscernthedarkwood,butheknewitoughttobewithintwohundredfeet.Suddenlyhestopped;almostretreated.Hefanciedheheardsomethinginthedarkness;hisstoppageinterruptedthemarchofthosebehind.

           Heremainedmotionlesslongenoughtoalarmhiscompanions.Theywaitedwithunspeakableanxiety,wonderingiftheyweredoomedtoretracetheirsteps,andreturntothesummitofMaunganamu.

           ButJohn,findingthatthenoisewasnotrepeated,resumedtheascentofthenarrowpathoftheridge

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