The Red Queen Author:Percy Bolingbroke St. John Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: THE 11ALT. 0 reappeared with the body of an elk on his shoulders, nor did a glance, a look, a smile from the young chief show that he was performing a task wh... more »ich rightly appertained to a squaw. But Uncas had all the noble instincts of a gentleman, and what would have appeared to him but just and proper in one of his own colour, he never expected from the delicate and beautiful paleface. George, however, understood and appreciated to the full the condescension of the warrior, and taking flint and steel from his pouch, pointed to the dry, half-powdered pile of wood which lay by the pine log. ' There are many eyes in the woods, and a Wyandot can smell green fire half a day's journey—no blaze, all dry,' said Uncas, with a nod. Lena began at once picking up all the dry chips she could find, while George soon contrived to light up a small quantity of thin tindery fibres, on which, piece by piece, larger ones were laid, until the flame gave broad and welcome light. Meanwhile Uncas, having cut up the animal, handed the choicest pieces to George, who, placing them on an extempore gridiron of dry wood, seated himself to watch the cooking. On his right was Lena, while close at hand was the Delaware busily engaged in a task which at first puzzled the young paleface. The flesh being all taken off, he had scraped and washed a piece of skin, which he was now busily fashioning with his hunting-knife into mocassins. As he sat, calm, grave, and solemn at his task, as little out of place in him as would have been the din of battle or the terrible hand-to-hand strife, the commandant's son could not but once more admire his proud and determined mien, the expressive contour of his face, the lofty elevation of his somewhat receding forehead, and his general free air and carriage, which...« less