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nat rally, and by a sort of gift, like; and why shouldn t you and Hetty do, as
others have done afore ye? Hutter was the old man s name, and Hutter should be
the name of his darters;--at least until you are given away in lawful and holy
wedlock.
 I am Judith, and Judith only, returned the girl, positively;  until the law
gives me a right to another name. Never will I use that of Thomas Hutter
again; nor, with my consent, shall Hetty! Hutter was not his own name, I find;
but had he a thousand rights to it, it would give none to me.He was not my
father, thank heaven; though I may have no reason to be proud of him thatwas!

 This is strange, said Deerslayer, looking steadily at the excited girl,
anxious to know more, but unwilling to inquire into matters that did not
properly concern him;  yes, this is very strange and oncommon! Thomas Hutter
wasn t Thomas Hutter, and his darters weren t his darters! Who, then, could
Thomas Hutter be, and who are his darters?
 Did you never hear any thing whispered against the former life of this
person, Deerslayer? demanded Judith.  Passing, as I did, for his child, such
reports reached even me.
 I ll not deny it, Judith; no, I ll not deny it. Sartain things have been
said, as I ve told you; but I m not very credible as to reports. Young as I
am, I ve lived long enough to l arn there s two sorts of characters in the
world. Them that is  arned by deeds, and them that is  arned by tongues; and
so I prefer to see and judge for myself, instead of letting every jaw that
chooses to wag become my judge. Hurry Harry spoke pretty plainly of the whole
family, as we journeyed this-a-way; and he did hint something consarning
Thomas Hutter s having been a free-liver on the water, in his younger days. By
free-liver, I mean that he made free to live on other men s goods.
 He told you he was a pirate--there is no need of mincing matters between
friends. Read that, Deerslayer, and you will see that he told you no more than
the truth. This Thomas Hovey was the Thomas Hutter you knew, as is seen by
these letters.
As Judith spoke, with a flushed cheek and eyes dazzling with the brilliancy
of excitement, she held the newspaper towards her companion, pointing to the
proclamation of a Colonial governor, already mentioned.
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 Bless you, Judith! answered the other, laughing;  you might as well ask me
to print that--or, for that matter, to write it. My edication has been
altogether in the woods; the only book I read, or care about reading, is the
one which God has opened afore all his creatur s, in the noble forests, broad
lakes, rolling rivers, blue skies, and the winds, and tempests, and sunshine,
and other glorious marvels of the land! This book I can read, and I find it
full of wisdom and knowledge.
 I crave your pardon, Deerslayer, said Judith, earnestly, more abashed than
was her wont, in finding that she had, inadvertently, made an appeal that
might wound her companion s pride.  I had forgotten your manner of life, and
least of all did I wish to hurt your feelings.
 Hurt my feelin s!--why should it hurt my feelin s to ask me to read, when I
can t read? I m a hunter--and I may now begin to say a warrior, and no
missionary; and, therefore, books and papers are of no account with such as I.
No, no, Judith, and here the young man laughed cordially;  not even for wads,
seeing that your true deerkiller always uses the hide of a fa an, if he s got
one, or some other bit of leather suitably prepared. There s some thatdo say,
all that stands in print is true; in which case, I ll own an unl arned man
must be somewhat of a loser; nevertheless, it can t be truer than that which
God has printed with his own hand, in the sky, and the woods, and the rivers,
and the springs.
 Well, then, Hutter, or Hovey, was a pirate; and being no father of mine, I
cannot wish to call him one. His name shall no longer be my name.
 If you dislike the name of that man, there s the name of your mother,
Judith. Her name may serve you just as good a turn.
 I do not know it. I ve looked through those papers, Deerslayer, in the hope
of finding some hint by which I might discover who my mother was; but there is
no more trace of the past, in that respect, than the bird leaves in the air by
its flight.
 That s both oncommon, and onreasonable. Parents are bound to give their
offspring a name, even though they give  em nothing else. Now, I come of a
humble stock, though we have white gifts and a white natur ; but we are not so
poorly off, as to have no name. Bumppo we are called, and I ve heard it said,
a touch of human vanity glowing on his cheek,  that the time has been when the
Bumppos had more standing and note among mankind than they have just now.
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