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The Scouts of the Valley

CHAPTER I
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The chief had paused in his restless walk back and forth.

Could it be possible that he had heard so slight a sound as that of a human foot sinking softly into the water?
Henry waited with his rifle ready.

If necessary he would fire, and then dart away among the bushes.
Five or six intense moments passed, and the chief resumed his restless pacing.

If he had heard, he had passed it by as nothing, and Henry raised the other foot out of the canoe.

He was as delicate in his movement as a surgeon mending the human eye, and he had full cause, as not eye alone, but life as well, depended upon his success.


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