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"There was reason in it; and what is better, there was natur'! Come,
sit ye down beside me, lad; sit ye down, and tell me of what your
grand'ther used to speak, when his mind dwelt on the wonders of the
wilderness."
The youth smiled, no less at the importunity than at the interest
manifested by the old man; but as he found there was no longer the
least appearance of any violence being contemplated, he unhesitatingly
complied.
"Give it all to the trapper by rule, and by figures of speech," said
Paul, very coolly taking his seat on the other side of the young
soldier. "It is the fashion of old age to relish these ancient
traditions, and, for that matter, I can say that I don't dislike to
listen to them myself."
Middleton smiled again, and perhaps with a slight air of derision;
but, good-naturedly turning to the trapper, he continued--
"It is a long, and might prove a painful story. Bloodshed and all the
horrors of Indian cruelty and of Indian warfare are fearfully mingled
in the narrative.


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