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Show 1.IFE Ai\IONO 'l'HE LOWl.Y. 285 Kentucky," he said, coolly, aa he wiped his pistol on his coatsleeve. George sprang bn.ckward,-E1iza uttered a shrick,-lhe hall had passed close to his hair, had nearly grazed the cheek of his wife, and struck in the tree above. " It 's nothing, Eliz~t," said George, quickly. '' 1'hcc 'd better keep out of sight, with thy speechifying/' said F hincas ; '' they're mean scamps.' ' "Now, J im/ ' said George, " look that your pistols arc aU right, and watch that pass with me. ~rho first man that shows himself I fire at; you tako tho second, and so on. It won't do, you know, to waste two shots on one." " But what if you don't hit? " " I s!tall hit," said George, coo11y. " Good! now, there's stun· in that fe1low," muttered Phineas, between his teeth. The party below, after Marks had fired, stood, for a moment, rather undecided. " I think you must have hit some on 'em," said one of the men. '' I heard a squeal ! ' ' " I 'm going right up for one," said Tom. " I never was afraid of niggcrs, and I an' t going to be now. Who goes after ?" he said, springing up the rocks. George heard the words distinct] y. He drew up his pistol, examined it, pointed it townrds that point in the defile where the first man would appear. One of the most courageous of the par ty followed Tom, and, the way being thus made, the whole party began pushing up tho rock,- the hindermost pushing the front one~ fiLS tor than they would have gone of themselves. On they came, and in a moment the burly form of rl1om appeared in sight, almost at tho verge of the chasrn. |