The Prairie Detective: Secret Service Series No. 24 — page 58: what you’re looking at

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56 THE PRAIRIE DETECTIVE. ters there ig aman of honor and integrity. When the time comes I shall show you irrefutable evidence that I have spoken the truth.” Dan had spoken with a great deal of force, al- though very quietly. Hsther’s eyes and his had not parted during the whole time, and when he finished she held out her hand. “TI believe you are honest this time,’’ she said, seriously; and then, with a laugh, ‘“‘but you don’t talk like a buffalo hunter always.”’ ‘TI shall be more careful in future,’’ rejoined the detective, pleasantly. ‘‘But I may rely upon you to keep my secret?”’ “You may rely upon me.”’ , Their hands had’ remained together for a full minute now, and it was only after just the faintest touch of a pressure that he allowed the little gloved fingers to slip from his own. It was by this time almost sundown, and the camp was pitched upon the bank of a ‘tiny rivulet, whose basin was shaded with green trees budded into life. soon darkness settled about the camp, and the party, after supper, gathered in little knots near the fire to smoke or tell stories. But these amusements did not last very long. A day’s travel on the plains, particularly at that season, when the turf is fresh and progress laborious, tires out the strongest men. Therefore the sentinels were posted early, and the buffalo hunters retired to their blankets. Dan lay for some hours with his feet to the fire, trying in vain to sleep. It was curious, he reflected, that he should have been discovered by a girl. Alas, ke did not know at that time how much finer a GComicbooks.com ~—