"
"I foresee," said Cornelius Heemskerk, "that I, a peaceful man,
who ought to be painting blue plates in Holland, will be drawn
into danger in the great, dark wilderness again, and that you
will be there with me, Mynheer Henry, Mynheer Paul, Mynheer the
Wise Solomon, Mynheer the Silent Tom, and Mynheer the Very Long
James. I see it clearly. I, a man of peace, am always being
pushed in to war."
"We hope it will come true," said the five together.
"Do you go back to Kentucky?" asked William Gray.
"No," replied Henry, speaking for them all, " we have entered
upon this task here, and we are going to stay in it until it is
finished."
"It is dangerous, the most dangerous thing in the world," said
Heemskerk. "I still have my foreknowledge that I shall stand by
your side in some great battle to come, but the first thing I
shall do when I see you again, my friends, is to look around at
you, one, two, three, four, five, and see if you have upon your
heads the hair which is now so rich, thick, and flowing."
"Never fear, my friend," said Henry, "we have fought with the
warriors all the way from the Susquehanna to New Orleans and not
one of us has lost a single lock of hair.
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