. Wyoming . r. The next instant, two warriors bounded over the log. WYOMING. 79 This by no means insured his escape, for hispursuers were too close on his heels, but itgave him an advantage, the importance ofwhich cannot be overstated. Fred, as you have been told, was fleet offoot, and he now did his utmost, but he couldnot hope to outrun those who were so close. He had gone a short distance only, when heturned to the right, and threw himself downbeside a fallen tree which lay across his path,and he was not a moment too soon. The next instant, two warriors bounded overthe log and vanished in t
. Wyoming . r. The next instant, two warriors bounded over the log. WYOMING. 79 This by no means insured his escape, for hispursuers were too close on his heels, but itgave him an advantage, the importance ofwhich cannot be overstated. Fred, as you have been told, was fleet offoot, and he now did his utmost, but he couldnot hope to outrun those who were so close. He had gone a short distance only, when heturned to the right, and threw himself downbeside a fallen tree which lay across his path,and he was not a moment too soon. The next instant, two warriors bounded overthe log and vanished in the wood. As theywere sure to suspect the trick that had beenplayed, Fred did not stay where he was. Heknew the Senecas would speedily return, andhe could not elude such a search as theywould be sure to make. Crawling away from the friendly log, he hur-ried silently off in a crouching posture, andsoon reached a point where he felt quite safefrom detection, though he did not throw hiscaution aside. As soon as he
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