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Children," he added, when nigh enough to
address his companions, "we are not alone in these dreary fields;
there are others stirring, and, therefore, to the shame of our kind,
be it said, danger is nigh."
"If one of the lazy sons of Skirting Ishmael is prowling out of his
camp to-night," said the young bee-hunter, with great vivacity, and in
tones that might easily have been excited to a menace, "he may have an
end put to his journey sooner than either he or his father is
dreaming!"
"My life on it, they are all with the teams," hurriedly answered the
girl. "I saw the whole of them asleep, myself, except the two on
watch; and their natures have greatly changed, if they, too, are not
both dreaming of a turkey hunt, or a court-house fight, at this very
moment."
"Some beast, with a strong scent, has passed between the wind and the
hound, father, and it makes him uneasy; or, perhaps, he too is
dreaming. I had a pup of my own, in Kentuck, that would start upon a
long chase from a deep sleep; and all upon the fancy of some dream.


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