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26 - The Last Of The Mohicans - James Cooper · Thrilling Adventures - Daily

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  Speaker 1: Chapter twenty six quote but let me play the lion
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  Speaker 1: too unquote from Midsummer Night's Dream. Notwithstanding the high resolution
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  Speaker 1: of Hawkeye, he fully comprehended all the difficulties in danger
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  Speaker 1: he was about to incur in his return to the camp.
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  Speaker 1: His acute and practiced intellects were intently engaged in devising
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  Speaker 1: means to counteract the watchfulness and suspicion on the part
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  Speaker 1: of his enemies that he knew were in no degree
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  Speaker 1: inferior to his own. Nothing but the color of his
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  Speaker 1: skin had saved the lives of Magua and the Conjurer,
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  Speaker 1: who would have been the first victim sacrificed to his
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  Speaker 1: own security, had not the scout believed such an act,
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  Speaker 1: however congenial it might be to the nature of an Indian,
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  Speaker 1: utterly unworthy of one who boasted a descent from men
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  Speaker 1: who knew no cross of blood. Accordingly, he trusted to
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  Speaker 1: the wives and ligaments with which he had bound his captives,
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  Speaker 1: and pursued his way directly toward the center of the lodges.
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  Speaker 1: As he approached the buildings, his steps become more deliberate,
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  Speaker 1: and his vigilant eye suffered no sign, whether friendly or
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  Speaker 1: hostile to escape him. A neglected hut was a little
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  Speaker 1: in advance of the others, and appeared as if it
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  Speaker 1: had been deserted when half completed, most probably on account
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  Speaker 1: of failing in some of the more important requisites, such
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  Speaker 1: as wood or water. A faint light glimmered through its cracks, however,
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  Speaker 1: and announced that, notwithstanding its imperfect structure, it was not
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  Speaker 1: without a tenant. Thither then the scout proceeded like a
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  Speaker 1: prudent general who was about to feel the advanced positions
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  Speaker 1: of his enemy before he hazarded the main attack. Throwing
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  Speaker 1: himself into a suitable posture for the beast he represented,
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  Speaker 1: Hawkeye crawled to a little opening, where he might command
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  Speaker 1: a view of the interior. It proved to be the
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  Speaker 1: abiding place of David Gamut. Hither the faithful singing Master
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  Speaker 1: had now brought himself together with all his sorrows, his apprehensions,
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  Speaker 1: and his meek dependence on the protection of Providence, at
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  Speaker 1: the precise moment when his ungainly person came under the
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  Speaker 1: observation of the scout in the manner just mentioned, the
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  Speaker 1: woodsman himself, though in his assumed character, was the subject
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  Speaker 1: of the solitary being's profounded reflections. However, implicit the faith
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  Speaker 1: of David was in the performance of ancient miracles, he
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  Speaker 1: essueed the belief of any direct supernatural agency in the
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  Speaker 1: management of modern morality. In other words, while he had
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  Speaker 1: implicit faith in the ability of Balem's ass to speak,
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  Speaker 1: he was somewhat skeptical on the subject of a bear singing.
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  Speaker 1: And yet he had been assured of the latter on
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  Speaker 1: the testimony of his own exquisite organs. There was something
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  Speaker 1: in his air and manner that betrayed to the scalp
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  Speaker 1: the utter confusion of the state of his mind. He
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  Speaker 1: was seated on a pile of brush, a few twigs
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  Speaker 1: from which occasionally fed his low fire, with his head
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  Speaker 1: leaning on his arm in a posture of melancholy, musing
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  Speaker 1: the costume of the votary of music. Had undergone no
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  Speaker 1: other alteration from that so lately described, except that he
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  Speaker 1: had covered his bald head with the triangular beaver, which
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  Speaker 1: had not proved sufficiently alluring to excite the cupidity of
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  Speaker 1: any of his captors. The ingenious Hawkeye, who recalled the
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  Speaker 1: hasty manner in which the other had abandoned his post
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  Speaker 1: at the bedside of the sick woman was not without
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  Speaker 1: his suspicions concerning the subject of so much solemn deliberation.
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  Speaker 1: First making the circuit of the hut, and ascertaining that
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  Speaker 1: it stood quite alone, and that the character of his
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  Speaker 1: inmate was likely to protect it from visitors, he ventured
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  Speaker 1: through its low door into the very presence of Gamut.
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  Speaker 1: The position of the latter brought the fire between them,
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  Speaker 1: and when Hawkeye had seated himself on end, near a
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  Speaker 1: minute lapsed, during which the two remained regarding each other
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  Speaker 1: without speaking. The suddenness and the nature of the surprise
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  Speaker 1: had nearly proved too much for we will not say
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  Speaker 1: the philosophy, but for the pitch and resolution of David.
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  Speaker 1: He fumbled for his pitch pipe and arose with a
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  Speaker 1: confused intention of attempting a musical exorcism. S dark and
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  Speaker 1: mysterious monster, he exclaimed, while with trembling hands he disposed
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  Speaker 1: of his auxiliary eyes and his never failing resource in trouble,
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  Speaker 1: the gifted version of the Psalms. I know not your
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  Speaker 1: nature nor intense, but if aught you meditate against the
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  Speaker 1: person and rights of one of the humblest servants of
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  Speaker 1: the temple, listen to the inspired language of the youth
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  Speaker 1: of Israel and repent. The bear shook his saggy sides,
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  Speaker 1: and then a well known voice replied, put up the
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  Speaker 1: touting weapon and teach your throat modesty. Five words of
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  Speaker 1: plain and comprehendible English are worth just now an hour
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  Speaker 1: of squalling? What art thou demanded? David, utterly disqualified to
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  Speaker 1: pursue his original intention, and nearly gasping for breath. A
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  Speaker 1: man like yourself, and one who is blood is as
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  Speaker 1: little tainted by the cross of a bear or an
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  Speaker 1: Indian as your own? Have you so soon forgotten from
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  Speaker 1: whom you receive the foolish instrument you hold in your hand?
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  Speaker 1: Can these things be returned? David, breathing more freely as
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  Speaker 1: the truth began to dawn upon him. I have found
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  Speaker 1: many marvels during my sojourn with the heathen, but surely
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  Speaker 1: nothing to excel this. Come, Come, returned Hawkeye, uncasing his
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  Speaker 1: honest countenance, the better to assure the wavering confidence of
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  Speaker 1: his companion. You may see a skin, which, if it
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  Speaker 1: be not as white as one of the gentle ones,
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  Speaker 1: has no tinge of red to it. That the winds
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  Speaker 1: of heaven and son have not bestowed. Now led us
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  Speaker 1: to business. First, tell me of the maiden and of
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  Speaker 1: the youth who so bravely sought her, interrupted David. I
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  Speaker 1: they are happily freed from the tomahawks of these varlets.
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  Speaker 1: But can you put me on the scent of Uncas.
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  Speaker 1: The young man is in bondie, and much I fear
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  Speaker 1: his death is decreed. I greatly mourned that one so
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  Speaker 1: well disposed should die in his ignorance, and I have
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  Speaker 1: sought a goodly hymn. Can you lead me to him?
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  Speaker 1: The task will not be difficult, returned David, hesitating, though
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  Speaker 1: I greatly fear your presence would rather increase than mitigate
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  Speaker 1: his unhappy fortunes. No more words, but lead on, returned Hawkeye,
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  Speaker 1: concealing his face again and setting the example in his
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  Speaker 1: own person by instantly quitting the lodge. As they proceeded,
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  Speaker 1: The scout ascertained that his companion found access to Uncas
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  Speaker 1: under privilege of his imaginary infirmity, aided by the favor
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  Speaker 1: he had acquired with one of the guards, who, in
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  Speaker 1: consequence of speaking a little English, had been selected by
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  Speaker 1: David as the subject of a religious conversion. How far
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  Speaker 1: the huron comprehended. The intentions of his new friend may
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  Speaker 1: well be doubted, but as exclusive attention is as flattering
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  Speaker 1: to a savage as a more civilized individual, it had
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  Speaker 1: produced the effect we have mentioned. It is unnecessary to
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  Speaker 1: repeat the shrewd manner with which the scout extracted these
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  Speaker 1: particulars from the simple David. Neither shall we dwell in
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  Speaker 1: this place on the nature of the instruction he delivered,
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  Speaker 1: when completely master of all the necessary facts, as the
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  Speaker 1: whole will be sufficiently explained to the reader in the
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  Speaker 1: course of the narrative. The lodge in which Uncas was
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  Speaker 1: confined was in the very center of the village, and
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  Speaker 1: in a situation perhaps more difficult than any other to
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  Speaker 1: approach or leave without observation. But it was not the
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  Speaker 1: policy of Hawkeye to effect the least concealment. Presuming on
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  Speaker 1: his disguise and his ability to sustain the character he
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  Speaker 1: had assumed, he took the most plain and direct route
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  Speaker 1: to the place. The hour, however, afforded him some little
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  Speaker 1: of that protection which he appeared so much to despise.
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  Speaker 1: The boys were already buried in sleep, and all the
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  Speaker 1: women and most of the warriors had retired to their
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  Speaker 1: lodges for the night. Four or five of the latter
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  Speaker 1: only lingered about the door of the prison of uncas,
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  Speaker 1: weary but close observers of the manner of their captive.
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  Speaker 1: At the sight of Gamut, accompanied by one in the
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  Speaker 1: well known masquerade of their most distinguished conjurer, they readily
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  Speaker 1: made way for them. Both. Still they betrayed no intention
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  Speaker 1: to depart. On the other hand, they were evidently disposed
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  Speaker 1: to remain bound to the place by an additional interest
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  Speaker 1: in the mysterious mummeries that they, of course expected from
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  Speaker 1: such a visit. From the total inability of the scout
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  Speaker 1: to address the Hurons in their own language, he was
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  Speaker 1: compelled to trust the conversation entirely to David. Notwithstanding the
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  Speaker 1: simplicity of the latter, he did ample justice to the
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  Speaker 1: instructions he had received, more than fulfilling the strongest hopes
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  Speaker 1: of his teacher. The Delawares are women, he exclaimed, addressing
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  Speaker 1: himself to the savage, who had a slight understanding of
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  Speaker 1: the language in which he spoke, the Youngeese. My foolish
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  Speaker 1: countrymen have told them to take up the tomahawk and
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  Speaker 1: strike their fathers in the candidates, and they have forgotten
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  Speaker 1: their sex. Does my brother wish to hear they serve
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  Speaker 1: a gel esque for his petticoats, and see him weep
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  Speaker 1: before the Hurons at the stake. The exclamation huh, delivered
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  Speaker 1: in a strong tone of assent, announced the gratification the
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  Speaker 1: savage would receive in witnessing such an exhibition of weakness
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  Speaker 1: in an enemy so long hated and so much feared.
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  Speaker 1: Then let him step aside, and the cunning man will
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  Speaker 1: blow upon the dog. Tell it to my brothers. The
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  Speaker 1: Huron explained the meaning of David to his fellows, who
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  Speaker 1: in their turn listened to the project with that sort
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  Speaker 1: of satisfaction that their untamed spirits might be expected to
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  Speaker 1: find in such a refinement in cruelty. They drew back
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  Speaker 1: a little from the entrance and motioned to the supposed
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  Speaker 1: conjure to enter. But the bear, instead of obeying, maintained
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  Speaker 1: the seat it had taken and growled. The cunning man
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  Speaker 1: is afraid that his breath will blow upon his brothers
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  Speaker 1: and take away their courage to continued David. Improving the
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  Speaker 1: hint he received, they must stand further off the Hurons,
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  Speaker 1: who would have deemed such a misfortune. The heaviest calamity
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  Speaker 1: that could befall them fell back in a body, taking
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  Speaker 1: a position where they were out of earshot, though at
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  Speaker 1: the same time they could command a view of the
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  Speaker 1: entrance to the lodge. Then, as if satisfied of their safety,
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  Speaker 1: the scout left his position and slowly entered the place.
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  Speaker 1: It was silent and gloomy, being tenanted solely by the captive,
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  Speaker 1: and lighted by the dying embers of fire which had
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  Speaker 1: been used for the purpose of cookery. Uncas occupied a
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  Speaker 1: distant corner in a reclining attitude, being rigidly bound both
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  Speaker 1: hands and feet by strong and painful wives. When the
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  Speaker 1: frightful object first presented itself to the young Mohican, he
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  Speaker 1: did not deign to bestow a single glance on the animal.
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  Speaker 1: The scout, who had left David at the door to
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  Speaker 1: ascertain they were not observed, thought it prudent to preserve
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  Speaker 1: his disguise until assured of their privacy. Instead of speaking. Therefore,
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  Speaker 1: he exerted himself to enact one of the antics of
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  Speaker 1: the animal he represented. The young Mohiquan, who at first
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  Speaker 1: believed his enemies had sent in a real beast to
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  Speaker 1: torment him and try his nerves detected in the performances
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  Speaker 1: that to Heyward had appeared so accurate, certain blemishes that
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  Speaker 1: at once betrayed the counterfeit. Had Hawkeye been aware of
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  Speaker 1: the low estimation in which the skillful Uncas held his representation,
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  Speaker 1: he would probably have prolonged the entertainment a little in pique.
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  Speaker 1: But the scornful expression of the young man's eye admitted
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  Speaker 1: of so many constructions that the worthy scout was spared
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  Speaker 1: the mortification of such a discovery. As soon therefore, as
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  Speaker 1: David gave the preconcerted signal, a low, hissing sound was
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  Speaker 1: heard in the lodge in place of the fierce growlings
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  Speaker 1: of the bear. Uncas had cast his body back against
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  Speaker 1: the wall of the hut and closed his eyes, as
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  Speaker 1: willing to exclude so contemptible and disagreeable an object from
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  Speaker 1: his sight. But the moment the noise of the serpent
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  Speaker 1: was heard, he arose and cast his looks on each
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  Speaker 1: side of him, bending his head low and turning it
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  Speaker 1: inquiringly in every direction, until his keen eye rested on
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  Speaker 1: the shaggy monster, where it remained riveted, as though fixed
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  Speaker 1: by the power of a charm. Again, the same sounds
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  Speaker 1: were repeated, evidently proceeding from the mouth of the beast.
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  Speaker 1: Once more, the eyes of the youth roamed over the
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  Speaker 1: interior of the lodge, and returning to the former resting place,
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  Speaker 1: he uttered in a deep suppressed voice. Ow God got
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  Speaker 1: his bands, said Hawkeye to David, who just then approached them.
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  Speaker 1: The singer did as he was ordered, and Uncas found
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  Speaker 1: his limbs released. At the same moment, the dried skin
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  Speaker 1: of the animal rattled, and presently the scout rose to
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  Speaker 1: his feet in proper person. The Mohican appeared to comprehend
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  Speaker 1: the nature of the attempt his friend had made, intuitively,
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  Speaker 1: neither tongue nor feature, betraying another symptom of surprise. When
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  Speaker 1: Hawkeye had cast his shaggy vestment, which was done by
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  Speaker 1: simply loosing certain thongs of skin, he drew a long,
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  Speaker 1: glittering knife and put it in the hands of Uncas.
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  Speaker 1: The red Hurons are without, he said, let us be ready.
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  Speaker 1: At the same time he laid his fingers significantly on
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  Speaker 1: another similar weapon, both being fruits of his proudness among
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  Speaker 1: their enemies. During the evening, we will go, said Uncas,
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  Speaker 1: whither to the tortoises. They are the children of my
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  Speaker 1: grandfather's high, lad, said the scout in English, a language
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  Speaker 1: he was apt to use when a little abstracted in mind.
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  Speaker 1: The same blood runs in your veins, I believe, but
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  Speaker 1: time in distance has a little changed its color. What
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  Speaker 1: shall we do with the mingoes at the door? They
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  Speaker 1: count six, And this singer is as good as nothing.
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  Speaker 1: The Hurons are posters, said Uncas scornfully. Their totem is
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  Speaker 1: a mouse, and they run like snails. The delawares are
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  Speaker 1: children of the tortoise, and they outstrip the deer eye. Lad,
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  Speaker 1: there is truth in what you say, and I doubt
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  Speaker 1: not on a rush you would pass the whole nation,
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  Speaker 1: and in a straight race of two miles would be
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  Speaker 1: in and get your breath again. A foreign knave of
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  Speaker 1: them all was within hearing of the other village. But
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  Speaker 1: the gift of a white man lies more in his
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  Speaker 1: arms than in his legs. As for myself, I can
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  Speaker 1: brain a uron as well as a better man. But
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  Speaker 1: when it comes to a race, the knaves would prove
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  Speaker 1: too much for me. Uncas, who had already approached the
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  Speaker 1: door in readiness to lead the way, now recoiled and
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  Speaker 1: placed himself once more in the bottom of the lodge.
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  Speaker 1: But Hawkeye, who was too much occupied with his own
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  Speaker 1: thoughts to note the movement, continued, speaking more to himself
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  Speaker 1: than to his companion. After all, he said, it is
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  Speaker 1: unreasonable to keep one man in bondage to the gifts
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  Speaker 1: of another, So Uncas you had better take the lead,
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  Speaker 1: while I will put on the skin again and trust
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  Speaker 1: to Cunning for want of speed. The young Mohican made
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  Speaker 1: no reply, but quietly folded his arms and leaned his
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  Speaker 1: body against one of the upright posts that supported the
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  Speaker 1: wall of the hut. Well, said the scout, looking at him,
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  Speaker 1: Why do you tarry? There will be time enough for me,
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  Speaker 1: as the knaves will give chase to you at first.
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  Speaker 1: Uncus will stay, was the calm reply. For what to
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  Speaker 1: fight with his father's brother and die with the friend
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  Speaker 1: of the delawares Aye Lad, returned Hawkeye, squeezing the hand
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  Speaker 1: of Uncas between his own iron fingers. Twould have been
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  Speaker 1: more like a Mingo than a Mohican had you left me.
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  Speaker 1: But I thought I would make the offer, seeing that
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  Speaker 1: youth commonly loves life. Well, what can't be done by
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  Speaker 1: main courage and war must be done by circumvention put
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  Speaker 1: on the skin. I doubt not you can play the
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  Speaker 1: bear nearly as well as myself. Whatever might have been
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  Speaker 1: the private opinion of Uncas of their respective abilities in
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  Speaker 1: this particular, his grave countenance manifested no opinion of his superiority.
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  Speaker 1: He silently and expeditiously encased himself in the covering of
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  Speaker 1: the beast, and then awaited such other movements as his
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  Speaker 1: more aged companion saw fit to dictate. Now, friend, said Hawkeye,
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  Speaker 1: addressing David, an exchange of garments will be a great
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  Speaker 1: convenience to you, inasmuch as you are but little accustomed
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  Speaker 1: to the makeshifts of the wilderness. Here take my hunting
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  Speaker 1: shirt and cap, and give me your blanket and hat.
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  Speaker 1: You must trust me with the book and the spectacles,
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  Speaker 1: as well as the tutor too. If we ever meet
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  Speaker 1: again in better times, you shall have all back again,
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  Speaker 1: with many thanks into the bargain. David parted with the
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  Speaker 1: several articles named with a readiness that would have done
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  Speaker 1: great credit to his liberality, had he not certainly profited
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  Speaker 1: in many particulars by the exchange. Hawkeye was not long
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  Speaker 1: assuming his bowered garments, and when his restless eyes were
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  Speaker 1: hid behind the glasses, and his head was surmounted by
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  Speaker 1: the triangular beaver. As their statures were not dissimilar, he
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  Speaker 1: might readily have passed for the singer by starlight. As
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  Speaker 1: soon as these dispositions were made, the scout turned to
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  Speaker 1: David and gave him his parting instructions. Are you much
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  Speaker 1: given to cowardice, he bluntly asked, by way of obtaining
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  Speaker 1: a suitable understanding of the whole case, before he ventured
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  Speaker 1: a prescription. My pursuits are peaceful, and my temper I
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  Speaker 1: humbly trust is greatly given to mercy and love, returned David,
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  Speaker 1: a little nettled at so direct an attack on his manhood.
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  Speaker 1: But there are none who can say that I have
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  Speaker 1: ever forgotten my faith in the Lord, even in the
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  Speaker 1: greatest straits. Your chiefest danger will be at the moment
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  Speaker 1: when the savages find out they have been deceived. If
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  Speaker 1: you are not then knocked on the head, your being
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  Speaker 1: a non composer will protect you, and you'll then have
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  Speaker 1: a good reason to expect to die in your bed.
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  Speaker 1: If you stay, it must be to sit down here
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  Speaker 1: in the shadow and take the part of uncas until
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  Speaker 1: such time as the cunning of the Indians discover the
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  Speaker 1: cheat when, as I have already said, your times of
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  Speaker 1: trial will come. So choose for yourself to make a
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  Speaker 1: rush or tarry here even sou said David firmly, I
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  Speaker 1: will abide in the place of the delaware. Bravely and
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  Speaker 1: generously has he battled in my behalf, And this and
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  Speaker 1: more will I dare in his surface. You have spoken
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  Speaker 1: as a man, and like one who under wiser schooling
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  Speaker 1: would have been brought to better things. Hold your head
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  Speaker 1: down and draw in your legs. Their formation might tell
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  Speaker 1: the truth too early. Keep silent as long as may be,
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  Speaker 1: and it would be wise, when you do speak, to
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  Speaker 1: break suddenly in one of your shoutings, which will serve
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  Speaker 1: to remind the Indians that you are not altogether as
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  Speaker 1: responsible as men should be. If, however, they take your
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  Speaker 1: scalp as I trust and believe they will not depend
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  Speaker 1: upon it uncas, and I will not forget the deed,
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  Speaker 1: but revenge it as becomes true warriors and trusty friends hood,
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  Speaker 1: said David, perceiving that with this assurance they were about
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  Speaker 1: to leave him. I am an unworthy and humble follower
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  Speaker 1: of one who taught not the damnable principle of revenge
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  Speaker 1: should I fall, therefore, seek no victims to my mans,
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  Speaker 1: but rather forgive my destroyers. And if you remember them
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  Speaker 1: at all, let it be in prayers for the enlightening
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  Speaker 1: of their minds and for their eternal welfare. The scout
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  Speaker 1: hesitated and appeared to muse. There is a principle in that,
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  Speaker 1: he said, different from the law of the woods, and
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  Speaker 1: yet it is fair and noble to reflect upon. Then,
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  Speaker 1: heaving a heavy sigh, probably among the last he ever drew,
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  Speaker 1: in pining for a condition he had so long abandoned,
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  Speaker 1: he added, it is what I would wish to practice
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  Speaker 1: myself as one without a cross of blood. Though it
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  Speaker 1: is not always easy to deal with an Indian as
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  Speaker 1: you would with a fellow Christian. God bless you, friend.
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  Speaker 1: I do believe your scent is not greatly wrong when
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  Speaker 1: the matter is duly considered and keeping eternity before the eyes,
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  Speaker 1: though much depends on the natural gifts and the force
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  Speaker 1: of temptation. So saying, the scout returned and shook David
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  Speaker 1: cordially by the hand, after which act of friendship he
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  Speaker 1: immediately left the lodge, attended by the new representative of
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  Speaker 1: the Beast the instant hawkeye found himself under the observation
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  Speaker 1: of the Irans. He drew up his tall form in
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  Speaker 1: the rigid manner of David, threw out his arm in
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  Speaker 1: the act of keeping tune, and commenced what he intended
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  Speaker 1: for an imitation of issalmity. Happily, for the success of
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  Speaker 1: this delicate adventure he had to deal with ears, but
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  Speaker 1: little practiced in the concord of sweet sounds, or the
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  Speaker 1: miserable effort would infallibly have been detected. It was necessary
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  Speaker 1: to pass with in dangerous proximity of the dark group
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  Speaker 1: of the savages, and the voice of the scout grew
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  Speaker 1: louder as they drew nigher, when at the nearest point,
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  Speaker 1: the Huron who spake the English, thrust out on arm
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  Speaker 1: and stopped the supposed singing master. The delaware dog, he said,
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  Speaker 1: leaning forward and peering through the dim light to catch
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  Speaker 1: the expression of the other's features. Is he afraid? Will
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  Speaker 1: the hurrahs hear his groans? A growl so exceedingly fierce
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  Speaker 1: and natural proceeded from the beast that the young Indian
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  Speaker 1: released his hold and started aside, as if to assure
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  Speaker 1: himself that it was not a veritable bear, and no
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  Speaker 1: counterfeit that was rolling before him. Hawkeye, who feared his
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  Speaker 1: voice would betray him to his subtle enemies, gladly profited
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  Speaker 1: by the interruption to break out anew in such a
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  Speaker 1: burst of musical expression, as would probably in a more
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  Speaker 1: refined state of society, be termed a grand crash among
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  Speaker 1: his actual auditors. However, it merely gave him an additional
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  Speaker 1: claim to that respect which they never withhold from such
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  Speaker 1: as are believed to be the subject of mental alienation.
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  Speaker 1: The little nod of Indians drew back in a body
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  Speaker 1: and suffered, as they thought the Conjure and his inspired assistant.
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  Speaker 1: It required no common exercise of fortitude in Uncas and
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  Speaker 1: the Scout to continue the dignified and deliberate pace they
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  Speaker 1: had assumed in passing the lodge, especially as they immediately
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  Speaker 1: perceived that curiosity had so far mastered fear as to
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  Speaker 1: induce the watchers to approach the hut in order to
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  Speaker 1: witness the effect of the incantations. The least injudicious or
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  Speaker 1: impatient movement on the part of David might betray them,
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  Speaker 1: and time was absolutely necessary to ensure the safety of
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  Speaker 1: the scout. The loud noise. The latter conceived it politic
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  Speaker 1: to continue, drew many curious gazers to the doors of
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  Speaker 1: the different huts as they passed, and once or twice
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  Speaker 1: a dark looking warrior stepped across their path. Led to
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  Speaker 1: the act by superstition and watchfulness, they were not, however, interrupted,
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  Speaker 1: the darkness of the hour and the boldness of the
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  Speaker 1: attempt proving their principal friends. The adventurers had got clear
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  Speaker 1: of the village and were now swiftly approaching the shelter
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  Speaker 1: of the woods, when a loud and long cry arose
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  Speaker 1: from the lodge where Uncas had been confined. The Mohicans
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  Speaker 1: started on his feet and shook his shaggy covering, as
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  Speaker 1: though the animal he counterfeited was about to make some
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  Speaker 1: desperate effort. Hold, said the scout, grasping his friend by
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  Speaker 1: the shoulder. Let them yell again, twas nothing but wonderment.
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  Speaker 1: He had no occasion to delay, for at the next
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  Speaker 1: instant a burst of cries filled the outer air and
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  Speaker 1: ran along the whole extent of the village. Uncas cast
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  Speaker 1: his skin and stepped forth in his own beautiful proportions.
• 27:47
  Speaker 1: Hawkeye tapped him lightly on the shoulder and glided ahead.
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  Speaker 1: Now let the devil strike our scent, said the scout,
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  Speaker 1: tearing two rifles with all their intended accouterments from beneath
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  Speaker 1: a bush, and flourish and kill deer. As he handed
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  Speaker 1: Uncas his weapon, too, at least will find it to
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  Speaker 1: their deaths. Then, throwing their pieces to a low trail,
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  Speaker 1: like sportsmen in readiness for their game, they dashed forward
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  Speaker 1: and were soon buried in the somber darkness of the forest.
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  Speaker 1: End of Chapter twenty six.