Come back then, sister; trust to us,
who have better heads than you, and who will do all we can for
father."
"I know your head is better than mine, Judith, for mine is very
weak, to be sure; but I must go to father and poor Hurry. Do you
and Deerslayer keep the castle, sister; leave me in the hands of
God."
"God is with us all, Hetty - in the castle, or on the shore -father
as well as ourselves, and it is sinful not to trust to his goodness.
You can do nothing in the dark; will lose your way in the forest,
and perish for want of food."
"God will not let that happen to a poor child that goes to serve
her father, sister. I must try and find the savages."
"Come back for this night only; in the morning, we will put you
ashore, and leave you to do as you may think right."
"You say so, Judith, and you think so; but you would not. Your
heart would soften, and you'd see tomahawks and scalping knives in
the air. Besides, I've got a thing to tell the Indian chief that
will answer all our wishes, and I'm afraid I may forget it, if I
don't tell it to him at once. You'll see that he will let father
go, as soon as he hears it!"
"Poor Hetty! What can you say to a ferocious savage that will be
likely to change his bloody purpose!"
"That which will frighten him, and make him let father go -" returned
the simple-minded girl, positively.
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