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The Hunters of the Hills

CHAPTER XIII
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It impresses.

Now, Tayoga, you kindle the fire, and Robert, you find a spring.

It's pleasant to feel that you're again on land that belongs to nobody, and can do as you please." Robert found a spring less than a hundred yards away, and Tayoga soon kindled a fire near it with his flint and steel, on which the hunter warmed their food.

Each had a small tin cup from which he drank clear water as they ate, and Robert, elastic of temperament, rejoiced with the hunter.
"You are right, Dave," he said.

"These are splendid trees, and every leaf on 'em is splendid, too, and the little spring I found is just about as fine a spring as the forest holds.


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