Beadle's Dime Novels No. 119: Blackeyes — page 82: what you’re looking at

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84. BLACKEYES. sacrifice, and whom she was so anxious to save from her hor- rible fate. “As my father is still in the room below,” said she, ‘“andas Senor Luco only needs him to form. a plan to help the young lady, why will you not bring him up here, and let me take him to his friend ?” Sefiora Colatzin assented to this suggestion, and was about to remove the matting from the trap-door, when the voice of Padre Abrojo was heard in the outer apartment, and the next moment he entered his sister’s room, and angrily demanded that. Dolores. should tell him what she had done with. Luke Royston. The poor girl was so agitated and affr ighted. by this.sudden and savage demonstration, that she at first was unable to reply; but she soon .mustered courage to defy him, and. to declare that the young soldier was in asecure hiding-place, which no power could compel her to disclose. “T will see about that, you rebellio ous young vixen,” ex- claimed the padre; “ I will lock you up, and you shall have nothing but bread and water until you abey me and tell me where that fellow is to be found.” | Compelling Dolores to follow him, he led her to the large building on the plaza, where he placed her in an up-stairs room and locked the door on her, assuring her that she should not get out until she consented to reveal her secret. She was too indignant and troubled to sleep. cas that night, but raged and fretted and wished that she could get out. Her own imprisonment was asniall matter, but she was shut up from her lover, from her newly-found father, and from the fair friend whom she had promised to assist. She now felt a per- sonal interest in all the Americans, and longed to be free in order to be of service to. them. The next day she busied herself with thoughts of escape, and when Padre Abrojo came, to inquire if. she was ready to give up her secret, he found her firm and unyielding, She soon discovered that the wooden grating of ,her window was loose and somewhat decayed, and she worked at it. diligently and patiently, with her scissors for her only implement, until she removed a sufficient portion to» allow her to squeeze through. She then made a repe of the covering of her couch, comlicloOolkks.coOm