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THE RED CHIEFS.
Henry awoke only once, and that was about half way between midnight and morning, when his senses, never still entirely, even in sleep, warned him that something was at the door.

He rose cautiously upon his arm, saw a dark muzzle at the crevice, and behind it a pair of yellow, gleaming eyes.

He knew at once that it was a panther, probably living in the swamp and drawn by the food.

It must be very hungry to dare thus the smell of man.