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Every foot of ground between the spot where Hook had landed his forces and the home under the trees was stealthily examined by braves wearing their mocassins with the heels in front. EVERY FOOT OF GROUND BETWEEN THE SPOT WHERE HOOK HAD LANDED HIS FORCES AND THE HOME UNDER THE TREE WAS STEALTHILY EXAMINED BY BRAVES WEARING THEIR MOCCASSINS WITH THE HEELS IN FRONT
 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. They left nothing undone that was consistent with the reputation of their tribe. With that alertness of the senses which is at once the marvel and despair of civilised peoples, they knew that the pirates were on the island from the moment one of them trod on a dry stick; and in an incredibly short space of time the coyote cries began. 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 THEY LEFT NOTHING UNDONE THAT WAS CONSISTENT WITH THE REPUTATION OF THEIR TRIBE WITH THAT ALERTNESS OF THE SENSES WHICH IS AT ONCE THE MARVEL AND DESPAIR OF CIVILIZED PEOPLES THEY KNEW THAT THE PIRATES WERE ON THE ISLAND FROM THE MOMENT ONE OF THEM TROD ON A DRY STICK AND IN AN INCREDIBLY SHORT SPACE OF TIME THE COYOTE CRIES BEGAN
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