The Yankee Champion — page 63: what you’re looking at

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56 THE YANKEE CHAMPION. “Eh?” grunted Baxter. ‘‘I didn’t see it.’’ ‘No, but I did,’ triumphantly exclaimed Dow; and his blood-shot eyes looked as though they would have sparkled had they been bright enough. “Well, out with it. What is it, man?’’ said Ryan. “T’ve been watching the young rebel captain, and he’s making himself rather free about your prem- ises,’’ answered Dow. | ““What!’’? exclaimed Ryan, half starting from his seat, and letting the tankard fall upon the table. ‘‘Are we suspected? Have we been betrayed?’’ “I shouldn’t wonder,’’ uttered Dow, as such a thought for the first time crossed his dull mind and frightened him. ‘It must be. But who, who has done it?’’ and as he spoke, Ryan turned his snakish eyes sharply upon his league. ‘‘The man who has betrayed us had bet- ter have never seen the light of day, for he shall die. 93 + “There ain’t heel cause of alarm,’’ said Wimper, the Indian half-breed, as he looked cunningly around upon the party. ‘‘I have watched the pro- ceedings, and I know just where the secret lays. It’s your gal, Ryan, that’s brought the young captain here.’’ “You don’t mean Helen?’’ “Yes, Ido. The second time he came here I man- . aged to hide myself so as to see and hear them, and they were as loving as twodoves. It seems this Nixon saved the gal’s life by killing a rattlesnake that was just going to bite her, so he came home with her, and he liked her so well that he came three times more. It’s only an affair of the heart.” — Silas Ryan gazed for a few momenis thoughtfully upon the empty tankard that lay upon the table. comicbooks.com | . Chiat Rigi Re ate ye yee ‘ "te ? 4 ; hae . o4