. Osceola, chief of the Seminoles; . the shore he had leftbehind a few minutes before. It may have been that through the brain of thenaturally stupid animal there percolated a remem-brance that he had just been fleeing from danger onthat side of the creek, for before he had gone halfway he once more changed his course, turned down-stream, and when assured that he was fairly clear ofthe terrible creatures prowling amid the shadowsalong the western bank, he swam in among thesame shadows lower down and was heard to clamberout, shake himself like a great shaggy dog, andlumber off. The incident was
. Osceola, chief of the Seminoles; . the shore he had leftbehind a few minutes before. It may have been that through the brain of thenaturally stupid animal there percolated a remem-brance that he had just been fleeing from danger onthat side of the creek, for before he had gone halfway he once more changed his course, turned down-stream, and when assured that he was fairly clear ofthe terrible creatures prowling amid the shadowsalong the western bank, he swam in among thesame shadows lower down and was heard to clamberout, shake himself like a great shaggy dog, andlumber off. The incident was an amusing one to the boys andsuggested that the shot they had heard a brief whilebefore was fired at the animal and possibly hadwounded him. If such were the fact, and the Indianwho had discharged his weapon had attempted pur-suit, he, too, could not be far off. Dick releasedhis hold of the swaying twigs and allowed the boatto drift with the current, refraining from using thepaddle in order that he might the better listen AN UNWELCOME VISITOR. Page 86. THE OTHER BOAT. 87 But it was hardly probable that any Seminole orhalf-breed looked upon a bear as valuable enough tocall for pursuit under the circumstances described,for nothing to suggest anything of the nature wasseen or heard, and Dick finally added the propulsionof his paddle again to that of the current. When the landmarks which they were able torecognize in the moonlight told them they hadpassed considerably more than a mile, they tookheart, and, except for one or two well known facts,would have been much encouraged. All this timethe moon was climbing toward the zenith, and theribbon of shadow that had proven so welcome ascreen steadily narrowed. Even though anotherwas outlined on the farther shore, it was still nar-rower. The windings of the creek sometimes broad-ened this obscurity, but as often it was straightened,and the boys knew it was not far to a stretch ofwater where no wood or undergrowth appeared on
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