They are a long-sided and a double-jointed breed; and
let me tell you, that he who takes the measure of one of them on the
ground, must be a workman at a hug."
"Hist! The savages have done their talk, and are about to set their
accursed devices in motion. Let us be patient; something may yet offer
in favour of your friends."
"Friends! call none of the race a friend of mine, trapper, if you have
the smallest regard for my affection! What I say in their favour is
less from love than honesty."
"I did not know but the young woman was of the kin," returned the
other, a little drily--"but no offence should be taken, where none was
intended."
The mouth of Paul was again stopped by the hand of Ellen, who took on
herself to reply, in her conciliating tones: "we should be all of a
family, when it is in our power to serve each other. We depend
entirely on your experience, honest old man, to discover the means to
apprise our friends of their danger."
"There will be a real time of it," muttered the bee-hunter, laughing,
"if the boys get at work, in good earnest, with these red skins!"
He was interrupted by a general movement which took place among the
band.
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