. Red Jacket, the last of the Senecas; . feinto play; but, with inimitable dexterity, he madea tremendous side-leap for the nearest tree trunkthat could shelter his body. The quickest man thatlived, however, cannot equal the speed of a bulletfrom a rifle, and Jed Stiffens caught him on thefly, the savage making a bound into the air andsprawling headlong at the base of the tree which hehad intended to use as his shield. If the aforesaid Jedediah Stiffens knows any-thing about this busness, muttered the scout as-suming the upright posture, Ginral Sullivanneed nt bother himself bout your botherin
. Red Jacket, the last of the Senecas; . feinto play; but, with inimitable dexterity, he madea tremendous side-leap for the nearest tree trunkthat could shelter his body. The quickest man thatlived, however, cannot equal the speed of a bulletfrom a rifle, and Jed Stiffens caught him on thefly, the savage making a bound into the air andsprawling headlong at the base of the tree which hehad intended to use as his shield. If the aforesaid Jedediah Stiffens knows any-thing about this busness, muttered the scout as-suming the upright posture, Ginral Sullivanneed nt bother himself bout your botherinhim. But the narrow escape was of necessity only forthe moment. The report of the gun, the cry of thevictim as he went down, and the sight of the whitemans footprints, which must have greeted morethan one of his enemies, would bring an indefin-ite number of the Iroquois to the spot within thenext few minutes. Jeds promptings, therefore, im-pelled him to lose no time in taking himself some-where else with the least appreciable delay. The. JED STIFFENS AND THE INDIAN. Page 40. THE NEW YORKPUBLIC LIBRARY ASTOR, LENOX AND TILLKN FOlNlLVflONSB L, Within the Lines. 41 necessity of ascending the wooded slope was asimperative as ever, but it must be postponed. Jed either heard or fancied he heard somethingmoving through the wood. He once more changedhis line of flight, which carried him a brief distancefrom the foot of the ridge, when he again turnedand took a course parallel with the crest of theelevation. Critical as was his situation, he smiledat his own action in turning the toes of his feet tothe front. Probably in all his experience there wasnever less need of his doing this than in the presentinstance; for, if his enemies were on his trail andnear at hand, none of them could be switched offby such an artifice. It need not be said that at such times the highlytrained faculties of the fugitive were keyed to thehighest point. Nothing that was visible or audibleescaped him. So wonde
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