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Around the brave Tiger Lily were a dozen of her stoutest warriors, and they suddenly saw the perfidious pirates bearing down upon them. AROUND THE BRAVE TIGER LILY WERE A DOZEN OF HER STOUTEST WARRIORS AND THEY SUDDENLY SAW THE PERFIDIOUS PIRATES BEARING DOWN UPON THEM
 folded their blankets around them, and in the phlegmatic manner that is to them the pearl of manhood squatted above the children's home, awaiting the cold moment when they should deal pale death. Here dreaming, though wide-awake, of the exquisite tortures to which they were to put him at break of day, those confiding savages were found by the treacherous Hook. From the accounts afterwards supplied by such of the scouts as escaped the carnage, he does not seem even to have paused at the rising ground, though it 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. ODY OF THE REDSKINS FOLDED THEIR BLANKETS ROUND THEM AND IN THE PHLEGMATIC MANNER THAT IS TO THEM THE PEARL OF MANHOOD SQUATTED ABOVE THE CHILDREN'S HOME AWAITING THE COLD MOMENT WHEN THEY SHOULD DEAL PALE DEATH HERE DREAMING THOUGH WIDE AWAKE OF THE EXQUISITE TORTURES TO WHICH THEY WERE TO PUT HIM AT BREAK OF DAY THOSE CONFIDING SAVAGES WERE FOUND BY THE TREACHEROUS HOOK FROM THE ACCOUNTS AFTERWARDS SUPPLIED BY SUCH OF THE SCOUTS AS ESCAPED THE CARNAGE HE DOES NOT SEEM EVEN TO HAVE PAUSED AT THE RISING GROUND THOUGH IT 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
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