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or two deep sighs, and thereafter seemed to be nothing
more than an ebony statue.

The ransacking of the canoe and appropriating of
its contents occupied the savages but a short time,
after which they packed everything up in small
bundles, which they strapped upon their backs, Then,
making signs to their prisoners to rise, they all marched
away into the forest. Just as they were departing,
Marmoset, observing that she was about to be left
behind, uttered a frantic cry, which brought Grampus
gambolling to her side. With an active bound the
monkey mounted its charger, and away they went
into the forest in the track of the band of savages.

During the first part of their march Martin and
Barney were permitted to walk beside each other, and
they conversed in low, anxious tones.

“Surely,” said Barney, as they marched along sur-
rounded by Indians, “thim long poles the savages
have got are not spears; I don’t see no point to
them.”

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“And what’s more remarkable,” added Martin, “is
that they all carry quivers full of arrows, but none of
them have bows.”

“There’s a raison for iverything,’ said Barney,
pointing to one of the Indians in advance; “that

fellow explains the mystery.”