. With Sully into the Sioux land . fell back across the body oftheir already dead companion. Thus speedily hadthe cold-blooded murder of Captain Feilner beenavenged. The soldiers, talking together excitedly, gatheredaround the edge of the buffalo wallow; and two orthree, including Corporal Wright, sprang down intoit to take trophies, such as beads or feathers, fromthe dead warriors. Al was standing on the brinkof the hole watching the Corporal bend over one ofthe bodies, when, to his amazement, he saw anotherof the supposedly dead Indians raise the muzzle ofhis musket toward the Corporals back
. With Sully into the Sioux land . fell back across the body oftheir already dead companion. Thus speedily hadthe cold-blooded murder of Captain Feilner beenavenged. The soldiers, talking together excitedly, gatheredaround the edge of the buffalo wallow; and two orthree, including Corporal Wright, sprang down intoit to take trophies, such as beads or feathers, fromthe dead warriors. Al was standing on the brinkof the hole watching the Corporal bend over one ofthe bodies, when, to his amazement, he saw anotherof the supposedly dead Indians raise the muzzle ofhis musket toward the Corporals back. Look out, Corporal! shouted Al, at the sameinstant shooting into the Indian. The Corporalleaped high in air and turned round just in time tosee the musket drop from the hands of the warrioras he fell back and expired. Why, he wasnt dead at all! exclaimed Al,aghast at the suddenness of the thing. He wasplaying possum and he almost had you, Corporal/ Wright, a little pale, scrambled out of the holeand grasped Als hand warmly. 178. Indian raisrtl his rillc to shoot Corporal \Vri-ht THE EEVENGE OF THE COYOTES You Ve saved my life, sure enough/ said he,earnestly. I hope I can do as much for you some-time. I hope there wont be any need, answered Al,smiling, but I m very glad I saw him in time. Its lucky for Charlie that you did, cried Ser-geant English, it looks so mighty suspicious to beshot in the back. Wright, laughing, wheeled like lightning on thejoker and made a clutch at him; but the Sergeantsprang out of thfway and raced off, with Wrightclose on his heels, shouting, Here, come back, while I thrash you forthat! With their sabres catching between their legs, thetwo brave fellows, playing like boys, looked comicalenough; and the rest of the men, all of them in highspirits over their success, yelled and applaudedloudly as they dodged about over the prairie untilso completely out of breath that they sunk to theground, still laughing, and lay there panting. As soon as they had ca
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