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57in the bow. She had a match ready to light the oil wrapped shaft. They had come to rape them, possibly even murder them afterwards, so they couldn%u2019t tell on them. She intended that none of them would leave here alive.She%u2019d told Martha not to fire until all of them were out of the boat but before they started walking as they would be closet together then. She had told Martha to fire just one barrel and then move to another position as she fired arrows at them. She peered out between the leaves as the boat drew in beside the mooring. She waited until a man%u2019s hand reached up with the rope and lit the oiled cloth. As he slipped the rope over the post, she fired.The arrow sliced into his hand and he screamed and ducked back into the boat with his flaming hand. She lit another arrow and fired it at the side of the boat above the water line, lit another and fired it before moving position as shot gun pellets came whistling close to where she%u2019d fired.%u201cThere%u2019s two fire arrow in the side of the boat,%u201d one of them said. %u201cWe can use their boat to escape afterwards,%u201d Carla%u2019s father said. %u201cWe need to get out and hunt her down in the trees. When I say %u2018run, jump out together and run like hell to the house. We can go out the back and spread out unseen into the trees that way. She%u2019ll think we%u2019re in the house.%u201d One of the men disagreed. %u201cI think we should jump out and lay flat in the mud and fire at the trees. If we fire repeatedly, we%u2019ll surely hit and wound her. Jack can%u2019t fire anything, the skin has burnt off of his hand. And Frank is gasping to breathe. Four guns is still enough.%u201d%u201cOkay. Let%u2019s try that then,%u201d Frank said. %u201cEveryone ready?%u201dThey nodded.%u201cJump!%u201dSwamp Tramp