Beadle's Dime Novels No. 119: Blackeyes — page 36: what you’re looking at

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88 BLACKEYES, Oat APT V. THE CHILDREN ‘OF THE SUN. Brit Warp and Lieutenant Bent.looked at each sins sig- nificantly when Royston left their prison-room, the former half regretting that he had. not. made an attempt to escape, and: the latter interested and amused ‘by the affection which seemed to have so. suddenly sprung up between the young soldier and Dolores. 7 “ Luke has been smitten,” said Bent. “™ He boasted that he would never allow a pretty face to lead him into trouble, and we now see what his boasting was worth. 1 can’t blame him, however, for the Mexican girl is pretty enough to fascinate a man of wood.” | “T don’t. like the looks of it, nohow,’’.remarked Ward. “That gal is a dangerous critter, and I ken jest see the wickedness.oozin’ out of her black eyes. ; Thar’s no tellin’ what devilment she may lead the boy into, and I only hope that he may not be any wuss off than we are.” _ igh “1 think she will do him no ae = for’ itis plain, that she has taken a fancy to him;” | “ Such a fancy as a wolf takes toa “Weel Lam. afeard. We are in a bad enough fix in this hole, Charley, but it weuld hey been better fur him to stay with us.’ _“ You are getting to be a terrible roan Bil I am sure that you have been in a worse scrape a hundred times... Why should these people; who lave treated us in a Realy man- ner, Wish to harm us ?” “Jest. because we are Americans, ‘aa they are Daturally tricky and onsartin,”” | “ The New Mexicans have submitted very, quietly, as I un- derstand. Do you suppose that they mean to rise against the Americans ?” , “Ef you want to be supposin’, you may as well suppose one thing as another. It is sartin that they didn’t submit be- cause they wanted to.” Conniclooolks. coma)