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Show 06 particul1r ~kill of weapon or speed of foot. The h-land w:1s ~uwll-thc woods uot. very d ' nsc or inbicatc, and th ~ only oulll't of C'scape was acroSil the little ann of the sea which !l(']l:Hatcd the j,.]anJ. from the main. The hunters were rcCJuircd to watch thi11 passage, with a few other avenues from the forest. We need not observe th eir order or arrangem ent. It will be enough to note that Dan·C chose as the sentinel left in cltargc of tho boat ono of the fit·mcst of the conspirators. This was n persontmmcd Lamottc-a small but fiery spirit-a man of equal passion and Yindictiveness, who had suffered frequent indignities from Albert, which ltis own inferior position as a common soldier had compelled him to endure without complaint. Dut he was not thCl lClss sClnsiblc of his hurts, because not suffClrcd to complain of them ; and his hatred only assumed a more intcns(l and unforgiving character, bccnus(l it seemed cut olf from all the outlets to revenge. The arrnngcmClnts of the hunters all completed, th>}y began to skirt slowly the woody region by which the centre of th~ island was chiefly occupied. Gradually separating a.s they adntueed, they finally, one by one, found their way into its recesses. A single dog which they carried with them, was now unleashed, and his eager tongue very soon gave notice to the hunters that their victim wa.s afoot. As the bay of the hound became more f1·cqucnt, tho blood of Albert became more aud more excited, and, pressing forward, in advance of nll his companions, the sinuosities of the route pursued soon scattered the whole party. But this he did not hc<ld. The one consciousncss,-that which nppcnlcd to his love of sport,-lcd to a forgetfulness of all otlJCrs; nnd it was no dil;fJuict to our captniu to find him l'lelf alone in forests where ho had ne,·er trod before, particulady wl1cn his cu.gcr eye caught n glimpsCl of n fine herd of the slcck-skirmcd J,At:JI A:'0:1 Tin: 0£1.1\'~~RER. 07 foresters, ''·ell -limbed, :tnd nobly-headed, darting suddenly from covet· into the occasional opening~ b~fore !tim. A good shot was Capl:1in Albert. lie 6rcd, and l1ad the joy to sec tumbl ed, headJon.;, ,;prawling, in his tracks, one of the largest bucks of the l~el"{l. lie shouted his dclig:l1t aloud j-shoutcd twice and clapped hi.s bantls ! lli.s sl10uts were echoed, nca1· at lmnd, by a voice at once strange and familiar! llis insti nct di,·incd a. sudden danger in tit is stmngc ccl10. He stopped short, even as he was about to bound forward to the spot in \'l'ldch the deer had fallen. Another shou~ !-but this was to his companions ! He wa.s now confounded at the UC\V echo and the fcadul vision which this sum mom:~ conjured up. At. his side, and in his very cnrs, rose another shout-a. sl11·iek rather-much loutlcr thnn llis own-a. wild, indcsc ribaOic yell,-"·hich sent o. thrill of horror through his soul. At the same instant, a. gaunt, \'l'ild man-a half-naked, halffamished form-darted f1·om the thicket and stood directly bcforo him in his path ! " llo! Ho! IIo !" hO\'I'Icd the stranger. " Guernnche !" was the single word, forced from the guiliy soul of the criminal! "Gucrnnchc! Yes! Guernachc, in his friend .J..aelumc! Doth nrc hct·c! Sco you not? Look! J-Io! Captain Albert,look and sec, and make yourself ready. Your timo is short. You will hang and banish no longClr !" Wild with exulting fury was the face of the speakcr-Ulrriblo the language of his cycs-tllrcatcning the :trtion of the uplifted A keen blade flash ed in his grasp, and tho di.~covct·y wl1ieh Albct·t made, that, in tho wildmnn before !tim, he 5:1\V the person whom he had so wantonly and cruelly decreed to pcrkh1 sufficed 0 |