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6513
They left nothing undone that was consistent with the reputation of their tribe. THEY LEFT NOTHING UNDONE THAT WAS CONSISTENT WITH THE REPUTATION OF THEIR TRIBE
 sleeping tranquilly until just before the dawn. Through the long black night the savage scouts wriggle, snake-like, among the grass without stirring a blade. The brushwood closes behind them as silently as sand into which a mole has dived. Not a sound is to be heard, save when they give vent to a wonderful imitation of the lonely call of the coyote. The cry is answered by other braves; and some of them do it even better than the coyotes, who are not very good at it. So the chill hours wear on, and the long suspense is horribly trying to the paleface who has to live through it for the first time; but to the trained hand those ghastly calls and still ghastlier silences are but an intimation of how the night is marching. That this was the usual procedure was so well known to Hook that in disregarding it he cannot be excused on the plea of ignorance. The Piccaninnies, on their part, trusted implicitly to his honour, and their whole action of the night stands out in marked contrast to his. BUT THE OLD HANDS SLEEPING TRANQUILLY UNTIL JUST BEFORE THE DAWN THROUGH THE LONG BLACK NIGHT THE SAVAGE SCOUTS WRIGGLE SNAKE LIKE AMONG THE GRASS WITHOUT STIRRING A BLADE THE BRUSHWOOD CLOSES BEHIND THEM AS SILENTLY AS SAND INTO WHICH A MOLE HAS DIVED NOT A SOUND IS TO BE HEARD SAVE WHEN THEY GIVE VENT TO A WONDERFUL IMITATION OF THE LONELY CALL OF THE COYOTE THE CRY IS ANSWERED BY OTHER BRAVES AND SOME OF THEM DO IT EVEN BETTER THAN THE COYOTES WHO ARE NOT VERY GOOD AT IT SO THE CHILL HOURS WEAR ON AND THE LONG SUSPENSE IS HORRIBLY TRYING TO THE PALEFACE WHO HAS TO LIVE THROUGH IT FOR THE FIRST TIME BUT TO THE TRAINED HAND THOSE GHASTLY CALLS AND STILL GHASTLIER SILENCES ARE BUT AN INTIMATION OF HOW THE NIGHT IS MARCHING THAT THIS WAS THE USUAL PROCEDURE WAS TOO WELL KNOWN TO HOOK THAT IN DISREGARDING IT HE CANNOT BE EXCUSED ON THE PLEA OF IGNORANCE THE PICCANINNIES ON THEIR PART TRUSTED IMPLICITLY TO HIS HONOUR AND THEIR WHOLE ACTION OF THE NIGHT STANDS OUT IN MARKED CONTRAST TO HIS
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