. Yankee ships and Yankee sailors : tales of 1812 . s with which the agilefigure dropped at the flash, the charge whistledharmlessly through the leaves. But the sound ofthe shot had attracted the attention of the peoplein the fields. A cry arose, as a weird figure brokefrom the bushes and dashed down the hill, makingfor the woods. Gone away ! gone away ! whoop, hi! — theview hallo of the huntsman. A man in a red coat had sighted the chase. Heleaped a fence, and four or five other horsemenfollowed. Soon there came the shrill yelping ofthe dogs as they found the plain trail of the bare-foot man
. Yankee ships and Yankee sailors : tales of 1812 . s with which the agilefigure dropped at the flash, the charge whistledharmlessly through the leaves. But the sound ofthe shot had attracted the attention of the peoplein the fields. A cry arose, as a weird figure brokefrom the bushes and dashed down the hill, makingfor the woods. Gone away ! gone away ! whoop, hi! — theview hallo of the huntsman. A man in a red coat had sighted the chase. Heleaped a fence, and four or five other horsemenfollowed. Soon there came the shrill yelping ofthe dogs as they found the plain trail of the bare-foot man running for his life. It was a great run, that man-hunt, and one re-membered to this day. Over fence and hedge,across ditch and stream, the Narragansett led trained hurdler that ever ran across countryin the county of Devonshire could have held thepace that Vance kept up. Twice he threw them offthe scent by running up a stream and doubling onhis tracks. But the whole countryside was out andafter him. The dogs were gaining on him swiftly,. Over fence and ;: :£ W ^ 1 The Narragansett 191 and at last at the foot of a great oak they had himcornered. He fought them off with a brokenbranch, and soon the pack surrounded him in ayelping circle, not daring to come nearer. Up came the huntsmen. They halted at somedistance and talked among themselves. Whoamong them was brave enough to go up and layhold of this strange wild man ? They called offthe dogs and waited for the soldiers. Eight or tenyokels and some farmer folks joined the gapingcrowd. Five men appeared with muskets, and onewith # long coil of rope. But all this time theNarragansett had stood there with his back againstan oak tree, with a sneer on his thin lips. Theytalked aloud as to how they should capture were for shooting him down at once; but as yetno one had addressed a word to him direct. Surely,he must speak an outlandish foreign tongue! Sud-denly, the fugitive took a step forward and raisedhi
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