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It will be no easy matter to feed so large a number as we shall be on fish and wildfowl." At noon the two chiefs returned to the spot where the men had left them, taking with them Boduoc and another of their followers.
"Is it an earthquake, uncle?" I said, looking aghast at the spot from whence had been jerked. "Yes, Nat, and there it goes. Fire, boy, fire!" He took rapid aim a little to the left, where the canes and broad-leaved plants were swaying to and fro in a curious way, just as if, it seemed then, a little pig was rushing through, and following his example I fired in the same direction.
It must be confessed that Leslie experienced rather strange sensations as he neared the locality which had excited their suspicion, especially when he knew that he was exposed to any shot that they might feel inclined to give. A shudder ran through his frame, when, directly opposite the spot, he distinctly heard a groan of agony. Kent made a motion for him to cease rowing.
"He's got the warmest heart in all Colorady, he has!" It was decided to wait until the morrow before setting out again for Larkspur Creek. Slim Jim agreed to accompany them, for to the hunter and trapper one spot in the mountains was about as good as another. "An' I'll help ye keep an eye open for them Baxters," said the old hunter.
"Go," was the savage reply; "am I a dog to help you?" "No; you're a dog without helping me," muttered the lad as he limped away toward the wood, seeking a point a short distance below where the others were helping themselves. It took but a minute to reach a spot where for the time he was beyond observation.
I am often asked by people who are thinking of coming here, or who want to send presents to friends here, what to bring or send. Of course it is difficult to say, because my experience is limited and confined to one spot at present: therefore I give my opinion very guardedly, and acknowledge it is derived in great part from the experience of others who have been here a long time.
She realized that whoever had killed him might come back for her might now, indeed, be "layin' out" for her; and yet she could not leave him unburied! Her hands grasped his shirt and she frantically tugged, bracing her heels against the roughly hewn log door-step, in a vague way hoping that she might drag him to a spot where the ground would be soft enough to dig.
The officer addressed raised his face to the heavens with a little frown. "The other machine, general?" he repeated. "There is no other machine." He focused his glasses on the tiniest black spot in the skies. Long and seriously he viewed the lonely watcher, then: "General," he said hastily, "it is advisable that his Majesty should go." "Huh?"
I had not long to do so, for immediately after I had reached the spot, he arrived in an open barouche and four posters, with three other young men, to whom he severally introduced me, but whose names I have totally forgotten; I only remember that two of the party were military men then quartered in town.
At last, they reached a spot beyond which they could go no farther, as a deep passage was here broken in the rock. But they were now beyond the line of breakers.
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