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Twice Smee beat upon the instrument, and then stopped to listen gleefully. 'The tom tom,' the miscreants heard Peter cry; 'an Indian victory!' TWICE SMEE BEAT UPON THE INSTRUMENT AND THEN STOPPED TO LISTEN GLEEFULLY THE TOM TOM THE MISCREANTS HEARD PETER CRY AN INDIAN VICTORY
pons, turned as it were into stone figures, open-mouthed, all appealing with outstretched arms to Peter; and we return to them as their mouths close, and their arms fall to their sides. The pandemonium above has ceased almost as suddenly as it arose, passed like a fierce gust of wind; but they know that in the passing it has determined their fate. Which side had won? The pirates, listening avidly at the mouths of the trees, heard the question put by every boy, and alas, they also heard Peter's answer. 'If the redskins have won,' he said, 'they will beat the tom-tom; it is always their sign of victory.' Now Smee had found the tom-tom, and was at that moment sitting on it. 'You will never hear the tom-tom again,' he muttered, but inaudibly of course, for strict silence had been enjoined. To his amazement Hook signed to him to beat the tom-tom; and slowly there came to Smee an understanding of the dreadful wickedness of the order. Never, probably, had this simple man admired Hook so much.  SEEN THEM AT THE FIRST CLANG OF WEAPONS TURNED AS IF IT WERE INTO STONE FIGURES OPEN MOUTHED ALL APPEALING WITH OUTSTRETCHED ARMS TO PETER AND WE RETURN TO THEM AS THEIR MOUTHS CLOSE AND THEIR ARMS FELL TO THEIR SIDES THE PANDEMONIUM ABOVE HAD CEASED ALMOST AS SUDDENLY AS IT AROSE PASSED LIKE A FIERCE GUST OF WIND BUT THEY KNOW THAT IN THE PASSING IT HAD DETERMINED THEIR FATE WHICH SIDE HAD WON THE PIRATES LISTEN AFFIDLY AT THE MOUTH OF THE TREES HEARD THE QUESTION PUT BY EVERY BOY AND ALAS THEY ALSO HEARD PETER'S ANSWER IF THE REDSKINS HAVE WON HE SAID THEY WILL BEAT THE TOM TOM IT IS ALWAYS THEIR SIGN OF VICTORY NOW SMEE HAD FOUND THE TOM TOM AND WAS AT THAT MOMENT SITTING ON IT YOU WILL NEVER HEAR THE TOM TOM AGAIN HE MUTTERED BUT INAUDIBLY OF COURSE FOR STRICT SILENCE HAD BEEN ENJOINED TO HIS AMAZEMENT HOOK SIGNED TO HIM TO BEAT THE TOM TOM AND SLOWLY THERE CAME TO SMEE AN UNDERSTANDING OF THE DREADFUL WICKEDNESS OF THE ORDER NEVER PROBABLY HAD THIS SIMPLE MAN ADMIRED HOOK SO MUCH
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