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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. 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
 blown in his direction; they were beseeching him mutely not to desert them. As for Peter, he seized his sword, the same he thought he had slain Barbecue with; and the lust of battle was in his eye. CHAPTER XII THE CHILDREN ARE CARRIED OFF The pirate attack had been a complete surprise: a sure proof that the unscrupulous Hook had conducted it improperly, for to surprise redskins fairly is beyond the wit of the white man. By all the unwritten laws of savage warfare it is always the redskin who attacks, and with the wiliness of his race he does it just before the dawn, at which time he knows the courage of the whites to be at its lowest ebb. The white men have in the meantime made a rude stockade on the summit of yonder undulating ground, at the foot of which a stream runs; for it is destruction to be too far from water. There they await the onslaught, the inexperienced ones clutching their revolvers and treading on twigs, but the old hands sleeping tranquilly until just before the dawn. TER AND WENDY THIS IS A LIBER FOX RECORDING ALL LIBER FOX RECORDINGS ARE IN THE PUBLIC DOMAIN FOR MORE INFORMATION OR TO VOLUNTEER PLEASE VISIT LIBER FOX TOT ORGUE RECORDING BY CHAU CHANDARIN PETER AND WENDY BY J AND BARRY THE CHILDREN ARE CARRIED OFF THE PIRATE ATTACK HAD BEEN A COMPLETE SURPRISE A SURE PROOF THAT THE UNSCRUPULOUS HOOK HAD CONDUCTED IT IMPROPERLY FOR TO SURPRISE REDSKINS FAIRLY IS BEYOND THE WIT OF THE WHITE MAN BY ALL THE UNWRITTEN LAWS OF SAVAGE WARFARE IT IS ALWAYS THE REDSKIN WHO ATTACKS AND WITH THE WILINESS OF HIS RACE HE DOES IT JUST BEFORE THE DAWN AT WHICH TIME HE KNOWS THE COURAGE OF THE WHITES TO BE AT ITS LOWEST EBB THE WHITE MEN HAVE IN THE MEANTIME MADE A RUDE STOCKADE ON THE SUMMIT OF YONDER UNDULATING GROUND AT THE FOOT OF WHICH A STREAM RUNS FOR IT IS DESTRUCTION TO BE TOO FAR FROM WATER THERE THEY AWAIT THE ONSLAUGHT THE INEXPERIENCED ONES CLUTCHING THEIR REVOLVERS AND TREADING ON TWIGS BUT THE OLD HANDS SLEEPING TRANQUILLY UNTIL JUST BEFORE THE DAWN
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