t use such means, 'cause I haven't got legs
enough, for emergencies. Where does the trail lead to now, Oonamoo?"

"Where gal hid--go get her now--Injin know notting about it."

"I s'pose Lew will take his time now, as he knows he's got the dogs off
his track."

"Go slow little ways--then run fast--want to see gal."

The Huron certainly displayed some knowledge of the workings of the
heart when he remarked, in substance, that, although the lover might
proceed at a moderate gait for some distance, it would not be long
before the thoughts of Edith would urge him to as great exertions as he
had displayed during the height of the chase. True to what he had said,
O'Hara noticed that his footsteps gradually lengthened until it was
manifest that he had been "letting himself out" again.

It was now getting well along in the afternoon. The Huron struck into a
sort of a compromise between a walk and a trot, he being anxious to
make what progress he could before darkness set in. They had come too
far to overtake Dernor and Edith the next day, and O'Hara began really
to believe that the two had reached the settlement by this time. Upon
mentioning this supposition to Oonamoo, the latter shook his
head--meaning that all danger had not been overcome by the fugitives.
The woods were too full of Indians, and the settlement was too far away
for them to accomplish the rest of their journey without danger.

Objects were just growing indistinct, when O'Hara and the Huron came
upon the bushes where Edith had been concealed. They saw that Dernor
had approached on the opposite side from which he had left it, and that
upon being rejoined by his charge, he had once more started northward,
as if his desire was still to remain above his enemies, and avoid, as
much as lay in his power, all probabilities of encountering them.

"I s'pose we've got to lay on our oars, as the sailors say, till
daylight," said O'Hara.

The Huron looked at him, as if he failed to comprehend him, and he
added, in explanation:

"There being no light, of course we can't see their tracks, and will
have to wait till morning."

"No wait--go on all night."

"How will you do that?"

"Oonamoo know which way dey go."

"I don't deny that, but, smart as you are, I don't believe you can see
a trail on such a night as this."

"Don't want to see trail--know which way go--go up, then go off toward
settlement."

O'Hara understood that the Huron had formed his idea of th