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The reader may as well be here informed that a faithful slave, who had been long with the Spanish trader, and who had been confided in by the robbers, at last could not keep the secret, but just at the opportune moment aroused her master, while he, by his promptness, for the moment stayed the attack, until the door could once more be fastened, and the people awakened and armed to repel the congregated mass of the enemy. THE READER MAY AS WELL BE HERE INFORMED THAT A FAITHFUL SLAVE WHO HAD BEEN LONG WITH THE SPANISH TRADER AND WHO HAD BEEN CONFIDED IN BY THE ROBBERS AT LAST COULD NOT KEEP THE SECRET BUT JUST AT THE OPPORTUNE MOMENT AROUSED HER MASTER WHILE HE BY HIS PROMPTNESS FOR THE MOMENT STAYED THE ATTACK UNTIL THE DOOR COULD ONCE MORE BE FASTENED AND THE PEOPLE AWAKENED AN ARM TO REPEL THE CONGREGATED MASS OF THE ENEMY
truction of its inhabitants, drew near. The negroes had sworn to stand by each other, and had sacrificed an infant to their deity, to propitiate him and insure success. It was long past midnight that the blacks might have been seen pouring out of the adjacent jungle nearest to the house. They had selected the hour for their attack when they supposed the dwellers in the stockade-house would be soundest wrapped in sleep, and they had indeed chosen well, and all their plans had been carefully arranged. But just as Maud opened the secret entrance for them to pass in, and she herself passed out, to flee for the time being from the scene, Don Leonardo came out from his sleeping-apartment, followed by a trusty slave, and promptly shot down the two first figures that entered by the door, causing them to fall dead. This unexpected repulse caused those behind to retreat for a while to the jungle, where they might consult under cover as to what this unexpected opposition to their plans indicated. DWELLING AND THE DESTRUCTION OF ITS INHABITANTS DREW NEAR THE NEGROES HAD SWORN TO STAND BY EACH OTHER AND HAD SACRIFICED AN INFANT TO THEIR DEITY TO PROPITIATE HIM AND INSURE SUCCESS IT WAS LONG PAST MIDNIGHT THAT THE BLACKS MIGHT HAVE BEEN SEEN POURING OUT OF THE ADJACENT JUNGLE NEAREST TO THE HOUSE THEY HAD SELECTED THE HOUR FOR THEIR ATTACK WHEN THEY SUPPOSED THE DWELLERS IN THE STOCKADE HOUSE WOULD BE SOUNDEST WRAPPED IN SLEEP AND THEY HAD INDEED CHOSEN WELL AND ALL THEIR PLANS HAD BEEN CAREFULLY ARRANGED BUT JUST AS MAUD OPENED THE SECRET ENTRANCE FOR THEM TO PASS IN AND SHE HERSELF PASSED OUT TO FLEE FOR THE TIME BEING FROM THE SCENE DON LENARDO CAME OUT FROM HIS SLEEPING APARTMENT FOLLOWED BY A TRUSTY SLAVE AND PROMPTLY SHOT DOWN THE TWO FIRST FIGURES THAT ENTERED BY THE DOOR CAUSING THEM TO FALL DEAD THIS UNEXPECTED REPULSE CAUSED THOSE BEHIND A RETREAT FOR A WHILE TO THE JUNGLE WHERE THEY MIGHT CONSULT UNDER COVER AS TO WHAT THIS UNEXPECTED OPPOSITION TO THEIR PLANS INDICATED
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