Chapter 16

"I hear thee babbling to the vale

Of sunshine and of flowers,

But unto me thou bring'st a tale

Of visionary hours."

Wordsworth.

One discovery mentioned at the close of the preceding chapter was of great moment in the eyes of Deerslayer and his friend. In the first place, there was the danger, almost the certainty, that Hutter and Hur

            
            

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