Samuel Scoville, Jr.

Name: The Inca Emerald — VII The Yellow Snake
Author: Samuel Scoville, Jr.

The Inca Emerald — VII The Yellow Snake (1922)

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“The Inca Emerald — VII The Yellow Snake”, published in 1922, is a work by Samuel Scoville, Jr.. It explores elements such as Pinto, Ditson and Trail.

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Samuel Scoville, Jr., The Inca Emerald — VII The Yellow Snake (1922)

“ Suddenly, from far down that trail, sounded a faint, but regular, clicking noise. As it became louder and louder, rising and falling in a regular cadence, Pinto slipped like a snake deeper into the long jungle-grass.
"Lie still for your life," he whispered in Will's ear, so faintly that the boy could scarcely make out the words. Then, in an instant, from out of the jungle not twenty feet away there strode along the dim path a figure of nightmare horror—that of a tall naked man, with gaunt and fleshless arms and legs, great knobs of bone marking his knee and elbow-joints. ”

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Samuel Scoville, Jr., The Inca Emerald — VII The Yellow Snake (1922)

“ For the next few days the treasure-hunters followed the narrow, hard-beaten path through stretches of dark jungle and thorny thickets, or found themselves skirting lonely lakes hidden in the very heart of the virgin forest. Everywhere the Trail was omniously clear and hard-trodden. Sometimes they all had that strange knowledge that they were being watched, which human beings who live in the open acquire as well as the wild folk. ”

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Samuel Scoville, Jr., The Inca Emerald — VII The Yellow Snake (1922)

“ As the ill-omened clicking died away in the distance Will sprang to his feet.
"No!" hissed the Indian. "Our only chance of life is to lie quiet. That is a Maya war-party on a man-hunt!"
"They'll meet the others on the Trail," whispered Will.
"Six men can't do any more against fifty than two," returned Pinto, practically. "We'll only throw away our lives and not save theirs." ”

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Samuel Scoville, Jr., The Inca Emerald — VII The Yellow Snake (1922)

“ The Mundurucu especially, although no coward, had been taught from earliest childhood to dread these man-eaters, the Mayas. It was Professor Ditson who noticed that, in spite of their menacing approach, not a single warrior had as yet gripped a weapon.
"Steady, Pinto, steady all," he said calmly, "They're trying to stampede us. If one of you leaves the Trail, we're all dead men." He spoke just in time, for already Pinto was looking longingly toward the refuge of the forest, forgetting that the woodcraft of those hunters of men was superior even to his own. ”

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Samuel Scoville, Jr., The Inca Emerald — VII The Yellow Snake (1922)

“ It was the Maya's present which most interested Pinto and Professor Ditson. The Mundurucu Indian sidled up close to Joe and stared at the glittering skin with all his eyes, but without attempting to touch it.
"It's the sacred snake that in the old days only kings and gods could wear," he murmured.
"He's right," said Professor Ditson, raising the gleaming, golden skin reverently from Joe's neck. "It's the skin of the Yellow Snake which the Aztecs used to wind around the forehead of Atapetl, their terrible goddess of war. ”

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Samuel Scoville, Jr., The Inca Emerald — VII The Yellow Snake (1922)

“ With the terror, the rush, and the roar of the crashing waters, was a beauty not of earth that took away all fear, until he seemed to be gazing into the seventh heaven and seeing that which was unlawful for mortal man to look upon. ”

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Samuel Scoville, Jr., The Inca Emerald — VII The Yellow Snake (1922)

“ Then Pinto grounded the montaria at the edge of the bank, and, after all of the party had disembarked with their scanty equipment, pulled the boat, with Hen's help, back of a screen of tangled vines, marked by a slender assai-palm, until it was completely hidden from sight.
"If we are successful," remarked Professor Ditson, "we'll never see that boat again. If we are driven back along this trail, it may save our lives." ”

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Samuel Scoville, Jr., The Inca Emerald — VII The Yellow Snake (1922)

“ Then—"
"That's enough," broke in Jud. "After I've been eaten I don't care what they do next. What might be the names of these gentlemen?"
"The Mayas, I think, are the tribe we shall be most likely to meet," said Professor Ditson, reflectively. "They have no fixed homes, but wander through the forest, guiding themselves by the sun, and sleep in the tree-tops like monkeys wherever they happen to be when night comes. They hunt men, red, white, or black," he went on; "yet, if Indian traditions can be depended upon, we do not need to be afraid of them so long as we keep to the Trail." ”

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Samuel Scoville, Jr., The Inca Emerald — VII The Yellow Snake (1922)

“ At the head of the line he placed the two Indians, Joe and Pinto, so that the Mayas might note the presence in the party of members of their own race.
"Show the peace sign," he snapped sharply to Joe, who led the line. "Brace up!" he went on, slapping Pinto sharply on his bare back; "don't look so scared. No matter what they do," he said, turning to the rest of the company, "don't leave the Trail for a second or make any kind of attack on them. They will probably try to make us break the Truce of the Trail. If any of us do, we are all lost." ”

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