CHAPTER IX. 



THE HUNTERS OF KENTUCKY. 



JAMES HARROD OF HARRODSBURG. 



After all the bombast of hero worshipers, it is astonishing 



how little it takes to make a real hero ! Like many of those 



important discoveries in mechanics, which have revolutionized 



the world, the combinations are so simple, that whe nmen come 



to realize them, the general exclamation is, " Why, pshaw, I 



could have done that myself!" No doubt such wiseacres 



could have done it themselves, but somehow, they didn't do 



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