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But Lot had fairly dragged the angry Enoch to the door and now pushed him out of the inn. "What's the matter with you, Nuck?" he demanded. "D'you want to get us all into trouble?" "That's Simon Halpen!" exclaimed Enoch, panting with excitement. "I'd have flown at his throat in another moment." "Zuckers!" exclaimed Lot. "The feller that burned down your marm's house? Don't blame ye for bein' mad.
At home, however, he and Bryce frequently talked over what they would do if Simon Halpen should visit them. That he had been scouting about the farm on the day of Sheriff Ten Eyck's fiasco at James Breckenridge's place, the older boy was sure.
He rose to do this and Enoch, fairly leaping forward, seized the stern of the canoe with both hands. "Throw down your paddle, Simon Halpen!" he commanded. "It is you, then?" cried the spy, now sure of the identity of the youth. He aimed a fearful stroke at the boy's head.
The next few moments were of vital importance to both pursued and pursuer. Enoch's plunge into the water had driven Halpen to paddle away from the shore. Now he was heading the craft across the cove and therefore toward the station of the sentinel. If he pursued this course for many rods he would be within rifle shot.
With the discovery that Governor Tryon's declaration of an armistice had been an act of treachery, and that the Yorkers were likely to continue their raids and seize the honestly purchased lands of the New Hampshire settlers, as Colonel Reid had at Vergennes, the Hardings began to fear the return of Simon Halpen again. But the summer and fall passed without the little family being alarmed.
Halpen strove to reach the overturned canoe. It was too far away. He felt himself going down for a third time and his lungs were already half filled with water. A fearful scream rent the night the last cry of a terrified soul going to its end and he sank. He never rose to the surface after that third plunge beneath the lake.
If he secures a boat and crosses the lake the expedition will be ruined. This man who has just come across declares Captain De la Place knows nothing about our army as yet. But if Simon Halpen reaches the fortifications " 'Siah rushed back to his company and sent them to search the bank of the lake.
"The Colonel will see to ye, my fine bird." Enoch still remained before his enemy when the ranger went back to the camp. The villain returned his glance boldly. "You are satisfied now, I suppose?" he muttered. "Not yet," replied young Harding. "I shall be avenged!" declared Halpen, with a burst of wrath. "If I am injured I have powerful friends who will punish you. I care nothing for Ethan Allen "
An Indian walks with his toes pointed inward; this individual, even as he ran, pointed his toes out. He was certain, therefore, that his enemy was no wandering redskin. "It was Halpen I am sure of it!" muttered the youth, striking into the trail at last and continuing the journey upon which the darkness had overtaken him. "He believes that he has killed me. I only hope he will not be undeceived.
He could see from his uncomfortable position the company of scouts busy with their supper. The ordinary observer would not have imagined that these men were the pioneers of two hundred and thirty Green Mountain Boys and the Massachusetts and Connecticut troops. But Halpen knew the army of Americans was coming, and the object of their approach.
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