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Show 176 TilE LILY A~!) THE TOTEM. "Aye, good ones! \Vc shall have what we desire. I Lavo socn-1 have said! Be Mli.:<ficd." This wru~ spoken with duo !lO!cmnit.y by the person in whom the crcdulit.y of hi.s companions Lad found sources of pO\VCr unknown to their experience. "But why not show us what you have seen? Speak plainly, man. Out with it, and leave that mysterious shaking of the bead, which has really nothing in it" Such was the language of the more manly and impetuous Lc Gcncvois. It provoked only a fierce ·glance from the magician. 14 All in good time," s.1.id the latter. "Be patient. We shall soon hear from Oolcnoo." "Good ! and you have soon that we shall be successful?" demanded Fourncau:t. "We shall be successful." " TJmt will depend upon oursch'es, rather tlmn npon your visions, I'm thinking," said Lc Gcncvois. "\Ve must have courage, my friends. The signs are not good when we call for signs. lf we despond, we nrc undone." "Stay-hark!" said Fourneaux, interrupting llim eagerly. " I lJCar sounds. 11 "The wind only." " No !-hist. 11 They bent forward in the attitude of listeners, but hei).rd nothing. Tl1ey had begun again to speak, when an Indian, CO\'crcd with lctwcs artfully glued upon his person, stood suddenly among them. They started to their feet and graspeJ their weapons. "Ami.'" was tl1e single word of the intruder, at he stretched out his arms in signification of friendship. THE SEDITION OF LA CAROLINE. 177 "Said I not?" demanded the magician, confidently. "This is our man." I lis assurance was confirmed by the Sttvagc, wl1o spoke tho French sufficiently to make himself understood. lie came from Oolcnoe, and a few sentences sufficed to place both parties in possession of their mutu:tl pl:tns. The outlaws were not without friends in La Caroline. They were to find their way once more into that fortress. 1'hcy had no fears from the sagacity of Laudonnicrc, during the absence of the youthful but vigilant D'Erlach; and, for the latter, he was to be disposed of by Oolenoc. And now the question arose, who should venture to " boll tho cat?" who should venture himself within the walls of La Caroline ? "Ah !"said one of the conspirators, "if we could only bring Le Gonr6 to his senses. Ho would bo the man." "Speak nothing of him," cried Le Genevois, quickly; "he is no longer o. man. He is ti. priest. That defeat has killed his courage. He repents, and is constantly writing t.o Laudonniere for mercy and pity, and all that sort of thing. He must not know what we design." "Who has seen l1im lately?" "I know not. Tic was crossed to the other aide of the river by Captain Bourdet in his boat.<!. He crossed to sccV refuge with the people of Mollova." "IIc is not f.'l.r, be sure. He will linger close to the fort, in the hope to get back to it, nnd, finally, to Franco. lie is not to be thought of in this expedition." "Who then?" 'vas the demand of J~e Gcnevois. "&mehody must muzzle the cannon. Who? Who will take the peril and the glory of tho enterprise, and in the character of an India.n will put his head in the jaws of the danger?" s• |