Sunset Ranch: A Story of a Boy's Adventures in the West — page 137: what you’re looking at

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The Sioux Village. 127 romantic a manner was a novelty that might not be so very unpleasant to a young adventure-loving fel- low, who could make the best of a bad bargain. He stepped over the recumbent forms of the two braves, yet light as was his tread one of them opened his eyes and with only a grunt arose to follow him from the lodge. Cuthbert concluded the old chief had instituted these two his guards, and doubtless had threatened dire consequences in case through their neglect of duty the prisoner escaped. Ordinarily it might be expected that being con- sidered a person of such importance would arouse a feeling of satisfaction, yet Cuthbert believed he would willingly descend from his pedestal and do without his attendants could he be once more trans- ported to the side of his chum in the shadows of the long, low building at Sunset Ranch, COMIC DOO ‘S C©