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He bowed his head and gracefully thanked the satirical Vose. "I shall be very glad to do so. The committee meant well enough, but the trouble was that there were too many fools on it " At this point Wade Ruggles sprang to his feet, with the fierce question: "Does the gentleman refer to me?"
Except for what he had seen and heard during the darkness, he would not have known that a visitor had been in camp. It was not fully light when the others rose from their primitive couches. Water was at hand, and after drinking and ablution, the group sat down to their morning meal, which disposed of the last remnant furnished by Vose Adams.
The intruder was so near that it was impossible to miss him, but two causes operated to prevent this summary course: Vose wished first to learn the business of the intruder, and there was a single possibility in a hundred that he was neither an Indian nor an enemy.
Had the start been in the night time, he would have made sure that not even the mules were left for us. But, Vose," added the parson gravely, "we would be much better pleased if when you referred to the lieutenant, you said nothing about 'honor." "Oh, I am as much down on him as any of you," airily responded Vose; "and, if I git the chance to draw bead on him, I'll do it quicker'n lightning.
"Hold on," interposed Captain Dawson; "you have put things in their true light; we are very glad to have you with us." "That makes it all right," was the cheery response of the good natured Vose; "I never like to push myself where I ain't wanted, but as you seem glad to see me, after having the thing explained, we won't say nothing more about it.
"You're dead right," added Ruggles in the same undertone; "we've got 'em cornered sooner than we expected." "They can't go far," said the parson, "without being stopped by the rocks, when we shall have them in the nicest trap that was ever set for any game." The reflection of Vose Adams was of a different nature. "If they make fools of themselves and upset all my plans, what can I do to help 'em?
He knew Vose Adams was talkative at times, due perhaps to his enjoyment of company, after being forced to spend weeks without exchanging a word with any one of his kind, but there was no overestimating his value, because of his knowledge of the long, dangerous route through the mountains.
A gentleman rejoicing in the name of Vose Palmer insisted upon inter viewing me until a protracted hour of the night, with a view towards my investing in straight drinks for him at the bar and in an extensive pine forest for myself some where on the north shore of Lake Superior.
"Get out of this!" were the words which Vose Adams addressed to the Indian, directly after the question of Captain Dawson to himself, and when the enemies were within six feet of each other; "there isn't room for both of us; you knew that before you started; one of us has got to give way and I'll be hanged if I do!"
"Nothing," was the curt answer of the captain, who was leading and did not change his pace. "You needn't be so huffy about it," growled the other, standing still and puffing his pipe until they vanished. "That was Vose Adams," remarked the captain over his shoulder; "he'll tell the rest what he saw and it will be known to everybody in the morning."
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