Beadle's Dime Novels No. 119: Blackeyes — page 49: what you’re looking at

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A MEDITATED SLAUGHTER. 548 “You must not barn the girl. © I will speak to her, and will endeavor to learn where she has hid the fellow. Come, amigos, Jet us drink a few glasses of wine to the success of: our*enterprise. You, Manuel, and Christobal, and roti Gutierre, must remain here with me to-night.” ee “You perceive,” said Séfiora Colatzin, as ste réplaced the brick in the wall. “They are meditating me slaughter of ene Americans.” “Tt is true. This is very important, to myself aswell as to my friends. I am sorry to leave you, Anna, but I must ask you to let me out of the house.” “Not yet. It is impossible. My brother and his friends will occupy the other room to- ‘night, and you could not go through without awaking them. You must wait until T can see the way clear for your escape, and in the mean time you must return to the vault, so that you will not be missed.” > Although Ward was anxious to be gohe, the persuasions: of his recovered wife induced him to acquiesée in this arrange ment, and he descended into the vault, not forgetting to take — his rifle. Phe opening in the floor was covered with the — door, upon which the pn was carefully arringed. DEERE S Tee CHAPTER vit. ~ 7‘ ss RWGULATION IN DURANCE VILE. Ir was not a very gay or pretentious cavalcade that formed — the escort of Major Buttress, as he descended the Taos valley toward Santa Fe; to “report in person,” according to the ai- rections of Geueral Kearny. His strict sense of military honor, or duty, had caused him to construe the order to mean that he should leave his battal- ion as itwas, and should proéecd with no guard, being entitled to retain’ only his personal servants. This did not trotible him, however; for, although he was obliged to take an escort as fi as the Rio Grande, he felt entirely safe after reaching that Tigger, as the route ‘was reported to be entirely clear of Indians, connicloooks.comn