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"You will own the justice of paying every one in kind," he said; "I
have been robbed of my stock, and I have a scheme to make myself as
good as before, by taking hoof for hoof; or for that matter, when a
man is put to the trouble of bargaining for both sides, he is a fool
if he don't pay himself something in the way of commission."
As the squatter made this declaration in a tone which was a little
excited by the humour of the moment, four or five of his lounging
sons, who had been leaning against the foot of the rock, came forward
with the indolent step so common to the family.
"I have been calling Ellen Wade, who is on the rock keeping the look-
out, to know if there is any thing to be seen," observed the eldest of
the young men; "and she shakes her head, for an answer. Ellen is
sparing of her words for a woman; and might be taught manners at
least, without spoiling her good looks."
Ishmael cast his eye upward to the place, where the offending, but
unconscious girl was holding her anxious watch.


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