Beadle's Dime Novels No. 127: Bald Eagle — page 50: what you’re looking at

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52 BALD EAGLE. Blanche Montagnie had divided with Katrina the task of beguiling the long, wearisome hours of convalescence. She had read to him, sung to him, and in her pretty, earnest way, sought to win him over to the patriot cause, “The colonel would be quite irresistible, Katrina,” she said With naiveté, “ were he not a royalist. 4 “ And what am I, pray ?” asked her friend. Blanche colored atid laughed, and then replied, archly, “T think I know who might convert .you to our cause, if, indeed, you need conversion, which I Goubt.” Katrina blushed to the roots of her golden hair, and stooped down to caress some young rabbits, which came to the hand of their pretty mistress to be fed. ‘They were now joined by Colonel Vinton, a little pale, and hence apt to be interesting to young ladies. He made one think of the old lines, ‘“‘ How happy could I be with either, Were t’other dear charmer away.” For his admiration vacillated between the softness and sweet simplicity of Blanche, and the high spirits and wit of Katrina. One thing was noteworthy. As he gaye an arm to each of the girls, Blanche colored and trembled, while Katrina took it with perfect indifference. Mr. De Witt was not pleased as he marked this disposition of the little group, and he hastened to relieve Colonel Vinton of one of his burdens. “ Miss Blanche, you promised to see my splendid young filly which Iam just breaking into saddle.” And he took her arm, and led her off to the stables, Katrina pouted, and Blanche was not oyer pleased ; but young maidens are often doomed to experiences of the kind by man- aging parents, “ Blanche cares no more for horseflesh, than she does about the fifth wheel of a coach,” said Katrina. “ Therein she differs from her lovely friend.” “Her lovely friend is heterodox in almost all feminine mat- ters, colonel.” “T hardly think it; if she affects to differ it is only to im- part a grace to the new and unexpected view.” Katrina’s brow contracted. She saw the ¢éte-d-téte was commiclhooks.com