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It is as if one's grave, full of the blackness of the undiscovered country, were pursuing him and ever yawning beneath his body. And that big river is the very tiger of waters, now stealing on pussy-footed, now rushing with cat-like swiftness, hissing and striking with currents that have in them mighty sinews.
On gaining the shelter of the trees, Petawanaquat advanced with cat-like caution, until he could clearly see the travellers. He recognised them instantly, and a dark frown settled on his features. His first thought was to steal their horses, and thus leave them incapable of pursuing further, but Ian Macdonald was too much of a backwoodsman to give a foe the opportunity to do this.
Once a large-winged, smudged shape, making no sound as it slipped across the heavens, came flapping almost up to him, peering this way and that at him and his companions, with amber flaming eyes set in a cat-like, oval face.
"You, Dan?" he whispered. "Of course," came the soft answer. "Stand aside. Let me in -on the double-quick!" Dave pushed the window up the balance of the way, then stepped aside. Dan Dalzell landed on his feet in the room, cat-like, from the terrace without. Then Dave, without loss of an instant, closed the window and wheeled about in the darkness. "Hustle!" commanded Dave. "What about?"
The youth addressed his words to Arorara and his blazing eyes were fixed on him. He had no quarrel with Wish-o-wa-tum and understood his position, but he would not have shrunk from an attack by both. Deerfoot knew that either was more powerful than he, but in cat-like agility there could be no comparison between them.
"I may have news to bring you of Sir Percival which you don't expect," I said, "and in that case I shall come back." "There is no news of Sir Percival that I don't expect, except " She stopped, her pale face darkened, and she stole back with a quiet, stealthy, cat-like step to her chair.
Caught by the full force of the current the dug-out swung round, crashed against the tree and, listing, was immediately swamped by the inrush of water. Von Gobendorff leapt to safety. With cat-like agility he swarmed up the inclined bank. Here he stood and waited, watching the efforts of the two natives to save themselves.
The next instant the man was on the floor, the captain's fingers twisted in his throat. Tod's eyes were now the barrels of that gun. No cat-like spring followed; only a cold, stony stare, as if he were awaking from a concussion that had knocked the breath out of him. "He says Bart's ALIVE!" he gasped. "Who? That feller I sent with ye?" "Yes."
It is probable that they did not see the hunters, for they did not look up, but, gliding cat-like into the jungle, quickly disappeared. Perhaps it was fortunate that Lawrence and his man recovered their presence of mind when too late, for if they had fired hastily and only wounded the creatures, it might have brought to an abrupt end their terrestrial career. As it was.
"I sur ug-g-gh! er render," gurgled the long-legged one, weakly. "You'd better, unless you want to discover that we haven't yet started in with rough handling," retorted Eph valiantly. Young Benson eased his hold on Millard's wind-pipe. Yet all three of the submarine boys watched their prisoner, cat-like, for any new outbreak.
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