"Farewell, my beloved!" Ellen cried passionately; "farewell for the last time!"
"Ellen," the young man answered, "we shall meet again; I will save you in spite of yourself."
And rushing down the passage, he disappeared.
"And now, father," the maiden said, throwing the pistol far from her, when the sound of her lover's footsteps died away in the distance, "do with me what you please."
"I pardon you, child," Red Cedar replied gnashing his teeth, "but I will kill him."
[CHAPTER XXXIX.]
THE BOAR AT BAY.
Don Pablo ran out of the cavern and joined Andrés Garote hastily, who still slept. The young man had some difficulty in waking him, but at length he opened his eyes, sat up, and yawned; but perceiving the stars still shining, he said ill-humouredly: "What fly has stung you? Let me sleep—day is still far off."
"I know that better than you, for I have not lain down."