Beadle's Dime Novels No. 119: Blackeyes — page 68: what you’re looking at

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70 BLACKEYES. It was plain that he must make his escape before the next. morning, for he had no idea of accepting the proposition that Padre Abrojo had made to him. | It wags-also certain that he did not mean to leave the temple and its vicinity without en- deayoring to rescue Fanny aang, who now, more than ever, needed his assistance. If he could only discover where she was capiinna: and could gain soem her, a way might be opened to effect her CSCAPGadjouet It was necessary. to make another exploration of the build- ing, and he left his prison for that purpose, and again set out to traverse the corridor and. passages. His search, this time, was as general and therough as he could make it; but it resulted only it disappointment. He made no new discoveries, and found. shied thing <a, as if the old ruin was deserted. Discouraged and dejected, he saioeeed to his cell, for he was not-yct ready to be missed by his jailers, and made his slender preparations for flight. He had resolyed to conceal himself near the passage by which he had made his exit from the building, so that he might have an easy means of ingress and egress, and might continue his search for Fanny. If it should come to the worst, he thought that he would at least be able to learn when she was to. be sacrificed, and was de- termined to rush in among her executioners, and rescue her or perish with her. tT He had hardly completed his preparations, which sonnlaiod mainly in taking care of the provisions that he had saved, when he was visited by the peon and the two warriors, IIe was surprised to see that they had not brought his usu- al evening meal, but bis surprise was nothing to the astonish- ment which they exhibited at beholding him, At first they seemed to be almost stupefied, regarding him with open-eyed looks of wonder, and eyen feeling his-hands and his clothes, as if to be certain that it was really him, ~ | ~ Unable to account for their strange actions, Bent asked them whit was the matter, and their sunpaine ‘at last .found vent in words. “Is this yourself, sefior?” said one of the warriors, speak- ing good Spanish. “ Are you really alive, and not & spirit 2” COMClOOKXS. COM