“Shakespeare NEITHER OF THE GIRLS spoke as Deerslayer stood before them alone, his countenance betraying all the apprehension he felt on account of two absent members of their party “Father!” Judith at length exclaimed, succeeding in uttering the word, as it might be by a desperate effort. “He’s met with misfortune, and there’s no use in concealing it,” answered Deerslayer, in his direct and simpleminded manner. “He and Hurry are in Mingo hands, and Heaven only knows what’s to be the tarminatio...n. I’ve got the canoes safe, and that’s a consolation, since the vagabonds will have to swim for it, or raft off, to come near this place. At sunset we’ll be reinforced by Chingachgook, if I can manage to get him into a canoe; and then, I think, we two can answer for the ark and the castle, till some of the officers in the garrisons hear of this warpath, which sooner or later must be the case, when we may look for succor from that quarter, if from no other.” “The officers!”MoreLessRead More Read Less
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