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A SUCCESSFUL ARTIFICE. | 27 » CHAPTER III. IN THE WOODS. Ir was about three in the afternoon when the brothers left the house. They went on with the practiced step of the hunter trained to the forest, moving with cautious steps, keep- . ing a careful watch. on every side. They were. not the ones to be caught in an Indian ambush. They conversed im low tones as they went.on: “ Where-were the French gathering ” It was Alph who spoke. “ At Crown Point.” ‘“‘ Have you been there ?” , Si “ Yes, I have been in the very midst of the fort. Little did . Dieskau suppose that the mad hunter, who furnished so much | amusement for his young officers, was a man for whom a. French cord has been made for many a day.” “Oh, yes; they would-like to catch us, but we shall bother them yet. Dieskau is a smart man, but we have been too Sharp for him so far. Do you know I am on the look-out for that renegade | a a : ( mr “ He is far ahead.” “ Perhaps he is; but do: you remark that we no no longer see . his trail 2” | : The y oung man fooked quickly downward. ve “This is the direct route he must Haye taken. By heavens, - you are right! They are behind ‘us.” | ae “Tt is dasiveroas to leave an ay, who bears us. no good- will so close in our rear.” Ben considered a moment. a. Break into a run,” said he, at length. “ Roan it up until you get around that bend, and then get behind a tree.” Ben started off, and Alph, taking the hint at once, followed him at a rapid pace. As soonas the bend hid the road behind — from their sight, they turned suddenly aside, and sought shelter _ under the spreading boughs of a huge pine. They had not BF izisco Kasco ‘