The Mohegan Maiden — page 39: what you’re looking at

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THE SETTLER’S BELIEF. 41 “Of course I dew. I’ve not the least doubt of it. I-never Seen any thing like it afore, nor never shall ag’in. I tell ye, the days of miracles ain’t gone by yit !” And from lip to lip passed the story that an angel of the Lord had descended bodily to assist them; each adding Something to prove that he had been aware of the angelic Presence, till quite a respectable story of supernatural preten- Sion was in circulation, CHAPTER IV. MORE OF THE UNKNOWN, | Anoruer week had passed, and many of the ravages com- titted by the Narragansetts, in their unsuccessful attack, had been repaired. Most of the wounded men had nearly or (uite recovered, and a feeling of confidence which Hadley had not felt for months prior to the date of which we write, began to make itself manifest. The defeat of the attacking Party had been so signal, and the manifestation of the Lord’s Tegard for that particular settlement so marked, that the zeal- Sus people really began to relax all individual efforts to insure their own safety, and trusted all to that unseen power which had sent them a deliverer at the proper moment. @ An exception to this rule and state of feeling, however, Was Archibald Turner. Not that the young scout was less Téligious in his convictions, or less disposed to trust the Al- Mighty than his fellow settlers; far from it. But, what had Passed upon the memorable occasion had been too deeply staven upon his mind to allow of many fanciful speculations. lthough he had never before seen the stranger, and was Certain that Hadley had no such person within its limits, he Was still certain that their deliverer was flesh and blood, like Other men of military pretensions. Of course he could not Solve the problem of his strange appearance and disappearance, but waited in patience for the development of the mystery, Shining Star had quite recovered from the hard race. and rough treatment she had received at the hands of her comicbooks: conn