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country in which the lake was situated lay high, and, as all of
them were quite sure that the cold was going to be great there,
they thought it wise to make preparations against it, which they
discussed as they walked in, leisurely fashion through the woods.
They spoke, also, of greater things. All felt that they had been
drawn into a mightier current than any in which they had swam
before. They fully appreciated the importance to the Revolution
of this great rearguard struggle, and at present they did not
have the remotest idea of returning to Kentucky under any
circumstances.
"We've got to fight it out with Braxton Wyatt and the Iroquois,"
said Henry. "I've heard that Braxton is organizing a band of
Tories of his own, and that he is likely to be as dangerous as
either of the Butlers."
"Some day we'll end him for good an' all," said Shif'less Sol.
It was four or five days before they reached their alcove, and
now all the forest was bare and apparently lifeless. They came
down the creek, and found their boat unharmed and untouched still
among the foliage at the base of the cliff.
"That's one thing safe," said Long Jim, "an' I guess we'll find
'The Alcove' all right, too.
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