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It is written that the noble savage must never express surprise in the presence of the white. Thus terrible as the sudden appearance of the pirates must have been to them, they remained stationary for a moment, not a muscle moving; as if the foe had come by invitation. IT IS WRITTEN THAT THE NOBLE SAVAGE MUST NEVER EXPRESS SURPRISE IN THE PRESENCE OF THE WHITE THUS TERRIBLE AS THE SUDDEN APPEARANCE OF THE PIRATES MUST HAVE BEEN TO THEM THEY REMAINED STATIONARY FOR A MOMENT NOT A MUSCLE MOVING AS IF THE FOE HAD COME BY INVITATION
that grey light he must have seen it: no thought of waiting to be attacked appears from first to last to have visited his subtle mind; he would not even hold off till the night was nearly spent; on he pounded with no policy but to fall to. What could the bewildered scouts do, masters as they were of every warlike artifice save this one, but trot helplessly after him, exposing themselves fatally to view, the while they gave pathetic utterance to the coyote cry. Around the brave Tiger Lily were a dozen of her stoutest warriors, and they suddenly saw the perfidious pirates bearing down upon them. Fell from their eyes then the film through which they had looked at victory. No more would they torture at the stake. For them the happy hunting-grounds now. They knew it; but as their fathers' sons they acquitted themselves. Even then they had time to gather in a phalanx that would have been hard to break had they risen quickly, but this they were forbidden to do by the traditions of their race. IS CERTAIN THAT IN THAT GREY LIGHT HE MUST HAVE SEEN IT NO THOUGHT OF WAITING TO BE ATTACKED APPEARS FROM FIRST TO LAST TO HAVE VISITED HIS SUBTLE MIND HE WOULD NOT EVEN HOLD OFF TILL THE NIGHT WAS NEARLY SPENT ON HE POUNDED WITH NO POLICY BUT TO FALL TO WHAT COULD THE BEWILDERED SCOUTS DO MASTERS AS THEY WERE OF EVERY WARLIKE ARTIFICE SAVE THIS ONE BUT TROT HELPLESSLY AFTER HIM EXPOSING THEMSELVES FATALLY TO VIEW THE WHILE THEY GAVE PATHETIC UTTERANCE TO THE COYOTE CRY AROUND THE BRAVE TIGER LILY WERE A DOZEN OF HER STOUTEST WARRIORS AND THEY SUDDENLY SAW THE PERFIDIOUS PIRATES BEARING DOWN UPON THEM FELL FROM THEIR EYES THEN THE FILM THROUGH WHICH THEY HAD LOOKED AT VICTORY NO MORE WOULD THEY TORTURE AT THE STAKE FOR THEM THE HAPPY HUNTING GROUNDS NOW THEY KNEW IT BUT AS THEIR FATHERS SONS THEY ACQUITTED THEMSELVES EVEN THEN THEY HAD TIME TO GATHER IN A PHALANX THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN HARD TO BREAK HAD THEY RISEN QUICKLY BUT THIS THEY WERE FORBIDDEN TO DO BY THE TRADITIONS OF THEIR RACE
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