"
"Anything more looking at us?" asked Robert after awhile.
"Yes, we have a new visitor," replied Tayoga in a low tone. "Speak only
in a whisper and do not move, because the animal that is looking at us
has no malice in its heart, and does not wish us harm. It has come very
softly and, while its eyes are larger, they are mild and have only
curiosity."
"A deer, I should say, Tayoga."
"Yes, a deer, Lennox, a very beautiful deer. It has been drawn by the
fire, and having come as near as it dares it stands there, shivering a
little, but wondering and admiring."
"We won't trouble it, Tayoga. We'll need the meat of a deer before long,
but we'll spare our guest of tonight."
"He is staring very straight at us," said Tayoga, "but something has
stirred in the brushwood--perhaps it's another wolf--and now he has
gone."
"We seem to be an attraction," said Willet, "and so I suppose we'd
better give 'em as good a look as we can."
He cast a great quantity of the dry wood on the fire, and it blazed up
gayly, throwing the red glow in a wide circle, and lighting up the
pleasant glade.
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