Beadle's Dime Novels No. 153: Mohawk Nat — page 31: what you’re looking at

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ENTREATY. 83 himself into Some scrape, He always manages to do that. But, let me finish my talk with the ¥irl.” “ Seems to take you a good while,” grumbled Turner, un- easily casting his eyes to the rear, as if to choose his path of retreat. “Lucky for you we don’t know French, and she does. You always get the best of every thing, one way or Vother ; but then, you’re the capt’in.” . “ Tell me plainly,” said Lewis, again turning to the girl, “what are the intentions.of theenemy?”? “ Not my enemy, your enemy,” she replied. . ‘The Hurons arealways good to Swaying Reed. Only to-day my white blood is strongest. To-morrow I shall be a Huron, per- haps !” “ But, tell me what they mean to do; where are they bound to?” “T never tell. . You go ’way, now, straight, no stay here another minute. If you stay, your sealp is sure to be lifted,” making a most significant sign, which all the men only too wel understood. ‘“ Huron like scalp too much.” - Lewis noticed that when excited, she spoke in broken Eng- lish, seeming to preter it to the French. “ Where did you learn English ?” — “Never mind. Learn him one day very good, Now you listen! Go home guick / . No ask much questions. No want you hurt; no want Huron hurt; no want era hurt ; all good, Go’way, whiteman!” |... {teehaaiscng! philanthnapy »did nok nik the young cap- ~ ee Yea But how can. L avoid danme when I don’t now “Tf stay here, dlose-seaip,” replied the girl, angrily. “ Why not understand? Huron come, got no scalp, take yours. Got good scalp, tell you’ . Huron like good scalp — warrior scalp.” -“ Swaying Reed,” said Lewis, “ suppose you were a warrior and had come out as I have, on the war-path. Suppose one. of your men had gone away, and you had promised if he did not come back in an hour, to look for him ;,then that you were in danger from Indians as I am, and your warrior not yet come in. What would you do, in such a case ?” comcbooks.com