Reload themuskets, but do not fire until I give the word. Theyheard the roaring of the black-maned male fading with distance as hewandered away. He began tosnake forward on his belly, and the other two followed him. The longcatechism began as the starry wheel of the firmament turned slowlyoverhead and the flames of the watch fire sank lower.
No man or boy should ever have to watch his fatherdie. Suddenly Vincent, sprang forward, andfeinted for Schreuder's throat, but Schreuder met him easily and lockedhis blade. His father did not look up, and Hal realized that he had taken hisfarewell and had moved on into the far territory where only Slow Johnwould be able now to reach him. It was late afternoon when they stepped out onto the crest andgazed down upon the limitless distances where forests
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