The Wreckers Daughter And Other Tales of the Forest the Shore And the Ocean
The Wreckers Daughter And Other Tales of the Forest the Shore And the Ocean
Charles P Charles Parker Ilsley
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In the mean time the* young men remained in their covert, waiting impatiently to learn the result of the Scout's movements. The thought that they were in the immediate neighborhood of a* crafty and cruel foe, and that they might be shortly engaged with them in deadly conflict, was fraught with exciting interest. Their anxiety was not wholly unmixed with fear. They knew not the force of the . Band they were seek- ing, while their own weakness made their pursuit seem to them like temerity. What i...f the Scout should fall? With their total ignorance of their course, and surrounded by an un- sparing enemy, a sure death was in prospect. Still, they were not disheartened, and their resolve to rescue the captives at all hazards remained unshaken. Two hours or more passed slowly by, and they sat in silence and darkness, the thick foliage shutting out 14 158 FOREST AND SHORE. the light of the stars, and the dirge-like moan of the pines sounding mournfully in their ears, all tending to throw a deeper shade of gloom over their spirits.
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