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"Now, Ishmael, my man, if sight and hand ar' true as ever, now is the
time to work upon these Redskins, who claim to own all your property,
even to wife and children! Now, my good man, prove both breed and
character!"
A distant shout was heard in the direction of the approaching party of
the squatter, assuring the female garrison that succour was not far
distant. Esther answered to the grateful sounds by a cracked cry of
her own, lifting her form, in the first burst of exultation, above the
rock in a manner to be visible to all below. Not content with this
dangerous exposure of her person, she was in the act of tossing her
arms in triumph, when the dark figure of Mahtoree shot into the light
and pinioned them to her side. The forms of three other warriors
glided across the top of the rock, looking like naked demons flitting
among the clouds. The air was filled with the brands of the beacon,
and a heavy darkness succeeded, not unlike that of the appalling
instant, when the last rays of the sun are excluded by the intervening
mass of the moon.


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