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Cap was awed, in spite of his over-
weening dogmatism, by the earnest
simplicity of the Pathfinder, though
he did not relish the idea of believ-
ing a fact which, for many years, he
had pertinaciously insisted could not
be true. Unwilling to give up the
point. and, at the same time, unable
to maintain it against a reasoning to
which he was unaccustomed, and
which possessed equally the force of
truth. faith, and probability, he was
glad to get rid of the subject by
-evasion.
"Well, well, friend Pathfinder,"
said he, "we will leave the argument
where it is; and we eau try the water
when we once reach it. Only mark
my words --I do not say that it inay
not be fresh on the surface; the At-
lantic is sometimes fresh on the sur-
face, near the mouths of great riv-
ers; but, rely on it, I shall show you
a way of tasting the water many
fathoms deep, of which you never
dreamed; and then we shall know
more about it."
The guide seemed content to let
platter for a man regularly brot ght
up to the sea to catch these trifles, if
he could oniy bring his mind fairly to
bear upon them.
"I don't know that. The white
elan has his difficulties in getting
red -skin habits. quite as much as the
Indian in getting white -skin ways.
As for the real natur'', it is my opin-
ion that neither can actually get that
of the other.''
"Aud yet ye sailors, who run about
the world so much, say there is but
one nature, whether it be in 000 part
or another. I ant nlnch of that way
of thinking too; for I Have generally
found that all nations like gold and
silver, and most men relish tobacco."
"Then you seafaring sten know
little of the red -skins. Have you
ever known any other race who
could sing their death -songs, with
their flesh torn with splinters and
cut with knives, the fire ranging
around their naked bodies, end
death staring them in the face U11 -
til you can find me another that can
do all this. you cannot find a man
the matter rest, and the conversation with a red -skin uutur', let hint look
changed. ever so valiant, or know how to read
"We are not over•0onceited con- all the books that were ever printed."
sarning our gifts," observed the
Pathfinder. after a short pause. "and
well know that such as live in the
towns and near the sea
"On the sera, interrupted rap.
"On the sea, if you wish it. friend
-- have opportunities Which do not
befall us of the wilderness. Still,
"It is the savages only that play
each other such hellish tricks," said
Master Cap. glancing his eyes about
him uneasily at the apparently end-
less- arches of the forest, "No while
nlau is ever condemned to undergo
these trials."
"Nay. therein you are again (010 -
we know 000 eaten callings. and they taken." returned the Pathfinder, vim).
are what 1 eonsid0r (natural colliugs, ly selecting a1 delicate morsel of the
and a1 )f 1)0tvalte1 lc Vunity and venison n a his lainte. heuc he. "fen'
iv:mem/less. Now. my gifts are with though 111 torments belong only
the rifle., and on a trail. and • in ill. 1.0 the 1 d•rkltl nature 10 the way •e1
way )1 ganr' and seeming; tor. Healing them line braves, white skin
42(11)1,1) i ',fit Ilse the shear and 1Ite j satin'' (nay he, and often has
p:otdh'. I pride not rty'sc•1t en either. agorrizrli i'y them."
The youth Jeeper. there. who is (11 , "H it ly.' said Cap. with an , 11'.
coursing with the Sergentithr (laugh- ort to e l e lr his throat, mine of Itis
lel is it (Hn. r+tit•e utlut , her he nary Majesty's allies. will be likely td at•
he said to breathe t1)1 water, as it tempt sur11 damnable cruelties on
bright be, like a fish. The Indians any of his Majesty's loyal ;subjects.
and Trenchers of the north shote I have not served much ill the royal
(•all hum ltau-donco. c+n.1(ruunt of hes navy, it is true; but I have served,
gifts in Ibis particular. He is bet.
101' at the ,)ars and the rope too, than
in leaking fires o11a trail.. -
"There Hurst be something about
!lyse gifts of which yen speak, after
a11," said rap. "Nur this tire, I will
acknowledge. has overlaid all my
seamanship. Arrowhead. there. said
the .smoke came from a pale -face's
fire, and that. is a piece of philosophy
which I (told to be equal to steering
in a ,'nal k night by the edges of the
sand."
t's gr.rat s,,crat." returned
1"ath;incter, laligelire with go -at in-
ward glee, though i.:'i,ftn! eauti 11
prevented the emiesien of any 'noise.
"Nt7t;r n.. l.� costal' 1[' as who pass
our tiny- in the; ere-ut w'11001 et Prnv-
14.1_11,,• 1 ha11 to tart( its lessons, We
shoo''.' he as useless o41 - trail. or in
c;,rryi00 titling:? .through 1u' tcildw'.
nes,. as so many woodchucks, did
1) 1- 1111) 54)011 00111 4.! 1.0 11 lillnw leslgl' 11f
ti:' s1• 111(•eli0s. Eau•dnuce, as we call
bin), is so fond of the water. that he
gathered a damp stick or two for
our tire; and wet will bring (lark
.smoke, as I suppose even you follow-
ers of the sea must know. It's no
great secret. though all is mystery to
• such as doesn't study the Lord and
His mighty ways with humility and
thankfulness."
"That must be a keen eye of Ar-
rowhead's to see so slight a differ-
ence."
"He would be but a poor Indian if
he didn't.. No, no; it is war -time,
and no red -skin is outlying without
using his sense. Every shin has its
own nettle and every flatus' has its
own laws. as well as its own skin. I1
was many years before T could Mast-
er all these higher branches of a for-
est education; for red -skin know-
ledge -doesn't come as easy to white-
:4Mo nattm', as what I Suppose le In-
tended to be white -skin knowledge;.
though I have but little of the latter,
having passed most of my time in- the
wilderness,"
"You have been a heady Scholar,-
Master
cholar,Master Pathfinder, as is seen by
your understanding these things so
well. - 1 suppose it .would be no great
mei fhet 1s something; olid. in the
w(ty of privateering and worrying the
enemy in his ships and cargoes, I've
clone my full share, But • I trust
there (1,'e no enemy savages on this
side of the lake, and I think you said
that Ontario is a broad sheet of
water?"
"Nay, it is broad hi our eyes," ie-
un'n"d Pathfinder, not caring to one
c'e111 tate smile which lighted tc care
which had been burnt by exposure 10
0 bright ted; "though I nmstrust
that some may think it na1'14)10 and
narrow it i, if you wish it to keep
off the toe. Ontario has two ,ends,
mei the enemy that is afraid to coos
if will 1,0 to coup, round it.'.
"Alt. that comes of your derl
freslewi'ter ponds!" growled Crap.
hennaing so loudly as to crouse hint
instantly ro repent the indiscretion.
"No Hina. now, ever heard o1 a pirate
or a strip getting 1)111111 nue end 111
the Atlantic!"
"May'han the ocean has no ends?"
"'Phar it. hasn't; nor sides. ;tor bot.
10m. The nation which is snugly
moored on one of its coasts treed
fear nothing front the one anchored
abeam, let it be ever so savage, unless
it possesses the art of ship -building.
No. no! the people who live on the
Atlantic need fear but little for their
skins or their scalps. A man may lie
down at night, in those regions, in
the hope o1 finding the hair on his
head in the morning, unless be
wears a wig."
"It isn't so here. 1 don't. wish to
flurry the young woman and there-
fore I will be in no way particular,
though she seems pretty much lists
ening to Eau -donee, es we call him;
but without the edication 1 have re-
eeived, I should think it:, at '(his
very moment. •) risky Journey to go
ever the very ground that lies he.
tweFn u: end the gartt.,an. in the
present shite !,f this frontier. There
are about as many lroquotit 't1, 4lt;s
side of Ontario as 011,41e arae or) the.
other, It is for this very reason,
friend Cap,, -that the Sergeant has eu-
gaged tie to cense out. and show you
the path!'
"What! do the knaves dare to
cruise se near the guns of one of his
Majesty's works?"
"1)o not the ravens resort near the
carcass of the deer, though the ;owl
or is at hand? They ('01nethis-a-
way, as it might be, naturally. There
are more 00 less whiles passing be-
tweell the for)0 anll the settlements,
and they are sure to be 00 their
trails, The S1011001 has crottle up one
side of the fiver, and I have conte up
the other. in order to seam for the
outlying ('00)0lis, while ,lasllef
brought up the canoe,, like a, bold -
hearted sailor as he is, The Sergeant
told 111u1, with tears in his eyes, all
about his Child, 111t(1 110tt• his t1''ttt't
yettoted for her, and how gentle and
obedient she was, until l thinly the Sud
would have dashed into a Mingo
camp single -(landed, rather than not
a 14011(0.".
"t\'e thank 2(1)11, and shall think
the better of hint for his readiness:
though 1 suppose the boy Inas run no
great risk, after all,"
"Only the risk of being shot front
a cover, as be forced the canoe up a
swift rift, or turned an elbow in the
stream. with his eyes fastened- on
the eddies. Of all the risky jomrueye,
that on an ambushed river is the
most risky, in my judgment, and that
risk has Jasper tun."
"And why the devil has the Serg-
eant sent for me to travel a hundred
and fifty miles in this outlandish
planner? Give me au offing, and the
enemy in sight, and I'll play with
him in his own fashion, as long us
he pleases, long bows or close quar-
ters; but to be shot lilte a turtle
asleep is 1101 to my humour. If it
were net for little Magnet there, I
would tach ship -this instant, make
the best of my way back to York,
and let Ontario tape care of itself,
salt water or fresh water,"
"That wouldn't mend the hatter
much, friend 10011net', as the )road to
the return is much longer, and al-
most as bad as the road to go on.
Trust to us, and we will carry you
through safely, or lose our scalps."
Cap wore a tight solid queue, done
up in eelskin, while the top of his
head was nearly bald; and he mec'1,-
anirally passed his hand over both, es
if to make certain that each was in
its right place. He was at the bottom,
however, a brave man, and had often
faced death with coolness, though
never in the frightful forms in which
it presented itself 101110,' the brill'
but graphic picture of his companion.
It was to late to retreat; and he de-
terntined to put the best face on the
matter, though he could not avoid
muttering inwardly a few curses on
the indisceretioti with which )its
brother-in-law, the Sergeant, had led
hint into his present dilemma.
t make no. doubbt, '\iasiter d'ath-
inder," he answered, when these
thonehts had found -tinny to .mance
11tr.,.t111 hi. mind, "Hutt WC ,11011
reach ,,ort in suety, \\ 1:11 distance
ma)' '.1't' m,tc Je' {r„in the fort '
Iatlh' more than-rifteen miles,
:,'e1 oi'1 )ni!tti too, it the river 011115,
he ,\1111_0, tri at- g11 clr:ut.,
".\1111 1 ' reeosc Cee wools will
stretch .);,nit:. starinctrd and larboard,
8. heretofore?"
"Athol?"
"I mean that `we .hall have to pick
our way thr,otugh these blasted trees.
"Nay, nay, you'will go in the canoe,
and the JOsevego has .been 'cleared of
its •flood-,l0ood by the troops. -It will
Ibe floating down stream, and that,
too, with a swift current."
".:\ud what the devil is to prevent
these hunks of which you speak 'front
.hooting us as 1'e double a headland,
or are ;busy 'in steering clear rtf the
rooks?"
"The Lordl—He who has often
helped others in greater difficulties,
\lany anis litany is the time that my
stead would have ,been stripped of hair,
skin, and all, had'nt the Lord fi't of
my side. I never ego into a
ma's;e, fri('nd utariner, without t'hink-
ing of this ally,. 04)1,' can (10 ntnre in
battle than all the - ,battalions of the
60th, Fere they .brought. into a single
line,"
".1y, ay, this may do well enough
for a scouter; 'hut we seamen like our
offing, and to go into action with
nothing in our 'minds 'hut the ;business
'before vs. -,plain 'broadside and'brOad-
side work, and no trees or rooks to
thicken the Water,"
".incl no Lord trio, 1 dare to say,
if the truth were known, Take my
'word .for it, ,Master Cap, that no ibat-
tle is the worse tfi't for having the
Lord on your side. L sok at the head
of the inig Serpent, there;. you can see
the mark of a 'knife all alen,1 by his
left ear; now nothing but a ;bullet
from this lotg rifle o+ mine saved his
scalp that day; dor it had fairly start-
ed..and half a minute more went() have
def; him without the -0111' -lock. !When
the N1ob11110 squeezes 1,)y hand, and
iute'rmates that 1 befriended him in
that ;natter, 1 tell him no; it was the
'Lord wbo led 1110 Yo the only spot
whet(' execution could the done, or
his necessity the made known, on ac-
count of the smoke. .Sru'tin, w'he11 1
got the right position, 1 tini1hed the
affair of pry 11W 11 accord. For a
friend 'Ander' the tomahawk is septi to
m:rlce a. man think quick and act N
mice, 1+ 'was tiny (ase, or the 'Serp-
ent', _spirit w'at)Id 1)0 hunting in the
happy land of itis people at this very
moment."
"Come, comm, Pathfinder, this pal-
aver is worse than (being skinner(
front stent to .tern; we have but a
few hours of sun, and had better the
dri{tiff down this said current of
your nvllile nee may, 'Magnet dear, arc
you not ready to ,ret under way?"
I\lagnet started, ,blushed (brightly,
and made her preparations for im-
mediate departure. Not a sy'llatlele of
the discourse je101 related had she
heard; for Eau -deuce, as young Uas-
per was oftener called than anything
else, had (been filling her ears with a
description of the yet distant path. to-
wards 'which she was journeying,
with accounts of her father, whom
she had not seen ;ince a child, and
with the manner of 'life of those who
lived in the frontier 'garrisons. 'Un-
consciously she had became 'deeply
interested, and her thouglets had .been
too intently directed to these matters
to allow- any of the less agreeable sulb-
jeces discussed by those so near to
reach her ears. 'rhe (bustle of depart-
ure 'put an end to the conversation,
and i1 o-s;age of the scouts or ,guides
'being trilling, in a fete minutes the
whole party '0.85 ready Ito proceed. As
they were about to quit the spot,
however, to the surprise of even his
tieiiow-guides, Pathfinder collected a
quantity of Ibranches and threw thein
upon the embers of the lire, taking
care elven to see that some of the
wood meas damp, in order to raise as
dark and dense a smoke as possible.
"\\'hen you can hide your trail,
Jasper," said he, "a sineike at leaving
an encampment may do good instead
of harm, If there are 0 dozen '\Iingos'
within ten miles of its, some on 'ant
are on the height., or in the trees,
looking out for sut..okes; let them ser
this, and much 'good may it do them.
The' are welcome to our leaving.."
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"But may they not strike and fol
`tow on our trail?" as'ked the youth,
whose interest in the hazard of his
situation had much increased since
the meeting with Magnet. "We shall
leave a (broad path to the 'riv'er."
"The !broader the better; when
there, it will surpass [Mingo cunning,
even,do say 'which way the canoe
has ;gone ---'Lip stream or clown. Water
is the only thing in natitr' that 'w'ill
thoroughly (wash out a trail, and elven
water will not always 'clo of when the
scent is strong. Do yoti not see. Eau -
deuce, that if any Mingos have seen
our path )below t'hc falls, they 'will
str'i'ke off towards 'this smopte, and
that they wilt naturally conclude that
they 'who began 1by going tap stream
will incl )by 'going cup stream. If they
"know anything, they now know a
party is out from the 'fort, and it will
exceed even 'Mingo 'wit 'to fancy 'that '
we have aotl]e up here jQISY for the
(pleasure of going Ihadk a,gaiu, and '
tiut, too, the same day, and at the
I. risk of our scalps." .
