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Be careful not to worry your beast, for
though but little skilled in horses, reason teaches that breath is
needful in a hard push, and that a weary leg makes a dull race. Be
ready to mind the signal, when you hear a whine from old Hector. The
first will be to make ready; the second, to edge out of the crowd; and
the third, to go--am I understood?"
"Perfectly, perfectly," said Middleton, trembling in his excessive
eagerness to put the plan in instant execution, and pressing the
little arm, which encircled his body, to his heart. "Perfectly.
Hasten, hasten."
"Ay, the beast is no sloth," continued the trapper in the Teton
language, as if he continued the discourse, edging cautiously through
the dusky throng at the same time, until he found himself riding at
the side of Paul. He communicated his intentions in the same guarded
manner as before. The high-spirited and fearless bee-hunter received
the intelligence with delight, declaring his readiness to engage the
whole of the savage band, should it become necessary to effect their
object.


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