The Yankee Champion — page 123: what you’re looking at

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116 THE YANKEE CHAMPION. “Silas Ryan, did you know of this? Had you no - idea that that man was here?”’ ‘As God is my judge I did not. I call on Heaven to strike me dead this moment if I did not sincerely believe that Baxter would find the boy alone.’’ Ryan spoke the truth for once, and Wimper be- lieved him, though he showed by his countenance that his confidence in the old man was not un- bounded. ‘‘Kead, that’s a pretty mess,”’ uttered Dow, who had a remarkable faculty of seeing things that had opened themselves to his vision. ‘‘There’s two of our best men gone to never-come-back-again.”’ ‘Yes,’’ quickly returned Wimper; ‘‘and we must nab that Soper and the boy, or we shall all be likely to go the same way. Let’s go below, Ryan; get us a lantern as quickly as possible. We'll leave the body here till we come back. They must be taken — to-night. ’’ The party at once repaired to the kitchen, and in a few moments a lantern was procured. A lighted candle was placed in it, and Wimper took it in his hand. He was not the ostensible leader of the league, but he was by far the quickest witted of the lot, and as none objected, he took upon himself the responsibility of conducting affairs for the present. “Are your pistols all loaded and _ carefully primed?’’ asked Wimper, as soon as they were ready to go. ‘‘Yes,”’ they answered. ‘“Then let’s Bee if we can make out any tracks of the runaways.’ The party passed ont of doors, and Wimper led the way to the end of the house. Directly beneath the window of Gideon’s chamber he held his lantern “aM : , i iM -! . comicbooks.com > ‘ , ; re / + ee ee aye , > . =) 5 Y