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The Scouts of the Valley

CHAPTER X
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It would have seemed to anyone who was not aware of the presence of friends in the forest that the old man and the boy would surely be overtaken and be tomahawked, but three rifles suddenly flashed among the foliage.

Two of the warriors in the group of four fell, and a third uttered a yell of pain.

Paul and Shif'less Sol fired at the same time at the group of three.

One fell before the deadly rifle of Shif'less Sol, but Paul only grazed his man.

Nevertheless, the whole pursuit stopped, and the boy and the old man escaped to the forest, and subsequently to safety at the Moravian towns.
Paul, watching the happy effect of the shots, was about to say something to Shif'less Sol, when an immense force was hurled upon him, and he was thrown to the ground.


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