Beadle's Dime Novels No. 119: Blackeyes — page 86: what you’re looking at

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88 BLACKEYES. In the morning, as soon as he received from his wife a signal which had been agreed upon between them, he ascend- ed through the trap-door, and entered her room, wheré‘he re- mained until nearly noon, before he even mentioned his wish to leave the house and search for his friends. If Lieutenant 3ent had then seen him he would have come to the conclusion that Ward had become unreliable and forgetful of friendship. “I must leave you to-night, Anna,” he said, at last, though his tone indicated that his heart did not go with the words. - “Leave me!” exclaimed his wife. “ You surely do not know what you are saying, William. There is no reason why you should hasten to get away from this place, and it is best that you should wait until you can learn something definite in regard to the position of affairs in the province: No harm has been done or promised you as yet, and if you should be in danger, you can at nny time escape through this room.” “But I ought to go, Anna,” irresolutely replied Ward. “The New Mexicans are about to rise against my people, and there will be a general massacre, if measures are not taken to prevent it. This is yery important intelligence, and LT ought to make haste to carry it to the authorities at Santa Fe.” “ Would you ask me to aid you to escape, in order that you might give information of the plans of my people? TI do not pray for their success, but I am not-willing to betray them. | You ought not to expect me to deliver my own blood qnd kindred to the executioner.” eS is “It does not look fair, I confess; but it is my duty to give the information, and I must get out of this house with- out your assistance.” ; il | “ Without my assistance you would be quickly discovered aud recaptured. Besides, why should you undertake such a risk for no purpose? You are many miles from Santa Fe, - and it is not at all probable that you could reach that ‘place, even if you were well mounted, in time to be of any service to the Americans, or to prevent the plans of the Mexicans from being carried out. It is too late, William, for Governor Bent aud several other Americans have already been slain at Fer- nandez, and the revolt has actually begun, It has commenc- ed sooner than was intended by the leaders, I have no doubt, but it has none the less commenced, and you would not Commicloolkks. conn