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Beware the bush--beware the bush! 'twill prove a
treacherous hold! Ah! he has done it; safely and bravely has he done
it! Your turn comes next, friend; that follows the fruits of natur'.
Push you to the left, and divide the attention of the children. Nay,
girls, fire,--my old ears are used to the whistling of lead; and
little reason have I to prove a doe-heart, with fourscore years on my
back." He shook his head with a melancholy smile, but without
flinching in a muscle, as the bullet, which the exasperated Hetty
fired, passed innocently at no great distance from the spot where he
stood. "It is safer keeping in your track than dodging when a weak
finger pulls the trigger," he continued "but it is a solemn sight to
witness how much human natur' is inclined to evil, in one so young!
Well done, my man of beasts and plants! Another such leap, and you may
laugh at all the squatter's bars and walls. The Doctor has got his
temper up! I see it in his eye, and something good will come of him!
Keep closer, man--keep closer.


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