Beadle's Dime Novels No. 119: Blackeyes — page 75: what you’re looking at

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DOLORES AND THE LIRUTENANT. "7 “ What is to happen next, Dolores ?” asked the young sol- dier,. “How long am I to remain cooped up in this place 2” “I can not tell, Sefior Luco,” she replied. “I am sure that the people who put you in prison meant to keep you there, if they had no worse intention, and I have thought it best that you should remain concealed until the danger is over,” “I would not go without you, dear Dolores; but I am not afraid of these people.” ie “ Brave as you may be, you could not do much against so many, and Lam afraid that they would kill you. They mean, l think, to rise and drive out the Americans,” “If that is the case, I ought to escape and carry the intel- ligence to Santa Fe.” . | ae “And leave me, Sefior Luco? If there was any thing certain about it, you could not reach Santa Fe in time to do any good. You must remain here for the present, and we must wait and hope for the best.” 3 re ee “T will do any thing you tell me to, if you do not wish m to betray my country. But I am anxious. about my friends, especially about Lieutenant Bent. They, also, must be in danger, and I want to help them.” ........- -~ “The young oflicer was taken away this morning. The other American is sti!] in the prison, I know. You could do nothing to help them.” c> “Tf you could release me 86 easily, why could yousnot re- - lease them also?” Songiras 7 Cera 175 “Padre Abrojo is angry, and I can not get the keys. Be- sides, I do not know where the young officer is, I will try to aid them, for your sake, and will-do all that I can.” Dolores then informed her lover that he must not-expect to see her frequently the next day, if at all, as she had duties that would oblige her to £0 a short distance from the village, and she might not return unti] late in the evening, is ik “What am I to do in the mean time ft” asked Luke,“ [ shall be so lonesome, that. I Inay attempt something desperate,” “ You must amuse yourself by keeping quiet, and you must try to pass the time in eating and sleeping. Does the old woman take good care of you?” ae “I have no fault to find with her, except that she bas no- thing to say. I hope she is as secret as she is silent.” commiclbooOoks. con