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"You you " Halpen only sputtered for a moment. He could not find words to properly express his rage. "I believe on my life, he would shoot me." "I certainly will, Master Simon Halpen, if you come nearer. You are quite near enough. You have come here for no good purpose. We own this land my father paid for it and has improved it.
"You saw him running away from the lick?" gasped Enoch. "But there were no footprints but father's near the place. Only the hoof prints of the big buck." "Umph! Crow Wing no see big deer; no hear 'um. But see Hawknose run," said the Indian significantly. "But I can't understand how Halpen could have killed him, Crow Wing.
The legal authority claimed by Simon Halpen was not recognized in the Grants and did the Hardings put themselves in Halpen's power by agreeing to let the New York authorities arbitrate the matter, they would lose all that they had toiled and suffered for during the past ten years.
Enoch was very silent on the way back to Lot's house. The shock of seeing Simon Halpen again after all this time, had stirred the youth greatly. Despite the fact that the villain was so far away from the Walloomscoik, and would probably not dare go near Bennington, Enoch could not help feeling troubled by the circumstance of his presence within the borders of the Grants.
It is too near Bennington, and ye know well what sort of men Bennington folk are, and what they would do to you." At this reminder of his former embarrassment, when caught by the neighbors and "viewed," Simon Halpen flew into a towering rage. He shook his rifle in the air as he berated the fearless youth. "Have a care with that gun, Master Halpen," said Enoch, "for it might go off by accident.
Nuck leaned over and placed his finger on his lips, shaking his head warningly. Then he slid down the remainder of the way, falling in a heap on the carcass of the second bear. "Quick!" he gasped, seizing his shoes and stockings. "They're coming." "What's coming?" "The Yorkers. I seen 'em on the river. Two canoes full." "Simon Halpen!" exclaimed the younger boy, his face blanching. "I don't know.
He may be dead, but we will show you how we can defend the place from you Yorkers." "You crow loud, my young cock-o'-th'-walk!" exclaimed Simon Halpen, yet seeking to come no nearer the boy. "But you cannot hope to stand before his Majesty's officers though some of you vagabond Whigs have become bold of late.
But Ethan Allen was not to be shaken in his confidence, or in his intentions. "I have an honest man at Ticonderoga now, Master Harding," he said. "If spies were through the country we should hear of them from other sources. But you did right to come to me with this, and if Simon Halpen falls into our hands I will hang him for his past offenses, if not for this attempt on your life."
And once out of the shadow of the trees the light on the water would make him an easy mark. To pass Enoch before the latter reached the edge of the line of shadow was therefore Simon Halpen's object. But the American youth was determined that Halpen should not do this.
"Hawknose there," said the Indian, gravely. "Crow Wing see him running. Pass him so," with a gesture which led Enoch to believe that the running Halpen had crossed the Indian's path within a few feet. "He no see Crow Wing. He run fast look back over shoulder. And blood blood on shirt blood on hands blood on gun! Go wash 'em in river. Then run more."
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