CHAPTER IX. 



THE HUNTERS OF KENTUCKY. 



JAMES HARROD OF HARRODSBURG. 



After all tlie bombast of hero worsliipers, 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, J 

 could have done that myself!" No doubt such wiseacit'S 

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



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