Put in another pry, girls; in with it! I should
like to see the man, of them all, that dare come up into the camp of
Ishmael Bush, without asking leave of his children!"
"Stir not, Paul; for your life keep beneath the rock!"
Ellen was interrupted by the same bright vision, which on the
preceding day had stayed another scarcely less portentous tumult, by
exhibiting itself on the same giddy height, where it was now seen.
"In the name of Him, who commandeth all, I implore you to pause--both
you, who so madly incur the risk, and you, who so rashly offer to take
that which you never can return!" said a voice, in a slightly foreign
accent, that instantly drew all eyes upward.
"Inez!" cried the officer, "do I again see you! mine shall you now be,
though a million devils were posted on this rock. Push up, brave
woodsman, and give room for another!"
The sudden appearance of the figure from the tent had created a
momentary stupor among the defendants of the rock, which might, with
suitable forbearance, have been happily improved; but startled by the
voice of Middleton, the surprised Phoebe discharged her musket at the
female, scarcely knowing whether she aimed at the life of a mortal or
at some being which belonged to another world.
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