The Scalp Hunters : Or, Romantic Adventures in Northern Mexico 3
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168 THE SCALP-HUNTERS. They seemed conscious, too, of their own danger. They had met at the very nar- rowest part of the ledge. Neither could have turned or backed olF again. One or other must go over the cliff — must fall through a thousand feet into the stony channel of the torrent ! I sat with a feeling of utter helplessness. . I had no weapon with which I could reach my antagonist — no missile. He had his bow ; and I saw him adjusting a second ar- row to the string ! At this crisis, three t...houghts passed through my mind — not as I detail them here — but following each other, like quick flashes of lightning. My first impulse was to urge my horse forward ; trusting to his superior weight to precipitate the lighter animal from the ledge. Had I been worth a bridle and spurs, I would have adopted this plan. But I had neither; and the chance was too desperate without them. THE SCALP-H [INTERS. 169 I abandoned it for another. I would hurl my tomahawk at the head of my antagonist.
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