The Huge Hunter

ing around them. Johnny's first proceeding was to pull the whistle wide

areering over the prairie like a demon of darkness, its horrid whistle giving forth

tremendous rate, where all was entire blank darkness, and there was no telling into what danger they might run. At

en they had considerably moderated the

is t

ront, so we could travel at

uld have frightened the Indians more completely, and there w

too lat

without going ba

I didn't mean t

I could have made one nearly as good for much less. Such a thing in the center of a man's for

it, too, some

for another long step and the steam man would have gone down an embankment, twenty feet high, into a roaring river at the base. As

ately he s

he boy as he gazed down the cavernous darkness, l

d as staying among the red-skins,' replied the tr

shove him ba

we reve

gotten up on t

, so that he could be made to shy enough to leave the dangerou

Indians are following

ear o

ay as well

de right, and the two disposed themselves

daylight. The trapper's first proceeding upon awakening wa

of a mile to the west. They had reined up on the plain, and were evidently s

t suppress his trepidation at the sight of the warlike savages, on

r of that, we could st

ll scatter.' The advice was acted upon on the instant, althou

s upon their horses. Had they understood the real nature of the 'animal,' it cannot be suppose

or such as no array of: enemies could wear, and t

ed Johnny, rather doubtingly, as he he

e run another way? But yer n

um gathering quickly, it was soon speeding over the pra

ized that it was coining after them, and then, wheeling about,

' shouted Johnny in

at they won't be able to git o

p running without any thought of turning at bay, and the dwarf put the steam man to the very hi

which they had passed since starting, so that nothing

ired Johnny, his eyes

ch a chase in all the world. Ef they don't git

d-skins, who were about as much terrified as it

vance or means at his command, it is possible the red-skins would have tumbled off their horses and died; for th

of their horses, the Indians sensibly did what t

s impossible for the steam man to overtake all of these, o

nner; so, they singled out a single 'noble red-man,' who was pursuing n

s back, he leaned forward until it looked as though there was danger of going over his head altogether. Then, whooping and shrieking to

to the scene, Johnny kept up the unearthly shrieking of the nose-whistle of the gi

might change its mind and single them out, they kept up their tearing light, all regardless of the g

e latter, realizing that there was no escape in flight, head

follow him. He was compelled to give up the chase and draw off. A few days later, and without further noteworthy