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This is the way, said Hiram, pointing forward and quickening his step, as if apprehensive that Kirby would desert, and Bumppo is the man. Kirby stopped short, and looked from one of his companions to the other in astonishment. He then burst into a loud laugh, and cried: Who? Leather-Stocking!
Even the innocent deer is rarely seen bounding beneath their arches; for the rifle and the activity of the settlers hare driven them to other haunts. The author has elsewhere said that the character of Leather-Stocking is a creation, rendered probable by such auxiliaries as were necessary to produce that effect.
I demand entrance into this house, said Hiram, summoning all the dignity he could muster to his assistance, in the name of the people; and by virtue of this war rant, and of my office, and with this peace officer. Stand back, stand back, squire, and dont tempt me, said the Leather-Stocking, motioning him to retire, with great earnestness. Stop us at your peril, continued Hiram. Billy!
Why, you must know, Master Kirby, that the Leather-Stocking and I thats Benny Pump you knows Ben? well, Benny and I no, me and Benny; damme if I know how tis; but some of us are bound after a cargo of beaver-skins, dye see, so weve pressed the cart to ship them ome in.
Chance began them, but the first few books proved so successful that Cooper settled at once into the career of novelist. The famous "Leather-Stocking Tales" followed, and the world made the acquaintance of the America of the Indian and the pioneer in "The Deerslayer," "The Last of the Mohicans," "The Pathfinder," "The Pioneers," and "The Prairie."
The water in front of the canoe was hardly ruffled by its passage and no sound betrayed the collision, when the light fabric shot on the gravelly beach for nearly half its length, Natty receding a step or two from its bow, in order to facilitate the landing. Approach, Mohegan, said Marmaduke; approach, Leather-Stocking, and load your canoe with bass.
I have the best reasons for believing that both Mohegan and the Leather-Stocking have been privy to the existence of a mine in this very mountain for many years.
Her search was fruitless; and, after exhausting not only herself, but her conjectures, in efforts to discover or imagine his situation, she ventured to trust her voice in that solitary place. Natty! Leather-Stocking! old man! she called aloud, in every direction; but no answer was given, excepting the reverberations of her own clear tones, as they were echoed in the parched forest.
The Leather-Stocking had no sooner uttered this injunction, than he disappeared in the bushes, and, when last seen by Louisa, was rushing up the mountain, with a speed that none but those who were accustomed to the toil could attain. Have I found ye! the old man exclaimed, when he burst out of the smoke; God be praised that I have found ye; but follow theres no time for talking.
I feel it my duty, Nathaniel Bumppo And where should I get the money? interrupted the Leather-Stocking eagerly; where should I get the money? youll take away the bounty on the painters, because I cut the throat of a deer; and how is an old man to find so much gold or silver in the woods?
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