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THE DEATH OF THE RED FOX. 165 "Jouk* in here among the trees," said a voice, close by. Indeed, I scarce knew what I was doing, but I obeyed; and as I did so, I heard the firelocks bang and the balls whistle in the birches. Just inside the shelter of the trees I found Alan Breck standing, with a fishing-rod. He gave me no salutation; indeed it was no time for civilities; only "Come!" says he, and set off running along the side of the mountain towards Balachulish; and I, like a sheep, to follow him. Now we ran among the birches; now stooping behind low humps upon the mountain side; now crawling on all fours among the heather. The pace was deadly; my heart seemed bursting against my ribs; and 1 had neither time to think nor breath to speak with Only I remember seeing with wonder, that Alan every now and then would straighten himself to his full height and look back ; and every time he did so, there came a great far-away cheering and crying of the soldiers. Quarter of an hour later, Alan stopped, clapped down flat in the heather, and turned to me. "Now," said he, "it's earnest. Do as I do for your life." And at the same speed, but now with infinitely more precaution, we traced back again across the mountain side by the same way that we had come, only perhaps * Duck.
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Balfour, David (Fictitious character) [Subject of text] |
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Written and printed matter > Books |
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1886 [Date published] Jacobite Rebellion, 1745-1746 [Date/event in text] |
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London
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Children's literature Fiction First editions Scottish Adventure stories |
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Cassell & Company [Publisher] Stevenson, Robert Louis, 1850-1894 [Author] |
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Stevenson, Robert Louis, 1850-1894 [Author] |
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