Beadle's Dime Novels No. 135: The Cherokee Chief — page 49: what you’re looking at

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LATINAC’s MISTAKE. 51 She wonld gladly have repulsed him at once, and would have sent him away in an angry mood, had she not been afraid that he would disclose to Saloueh the secret of her hiding-place. She felt compelled, therefore, to receive him with a show of cordiality, and to treat him with as much politeness as pos- . sible, hoping that the other evil might thus be averted, though she remembered the warning of Catamarra, to be careful not to give her unwelcome Visitor & chance to practice his wiles upon her. : The French officer came alone, as he had promised, thus far relieving the fears of Hetty, and encouraging her to bear with his unpleasant importunity, in the hope that he would not bring upon her what she considered a worse persecution. 5 A pone that his absence had only increased his pas- sion ang strengthened his desire to possess its object, for he at once spoke to her of love, and urged his suit as he had determined upon success, and felt certain of scaring — “T have already told you that my heart is given to one of my own countrymen,” said Hetty, when’ her admirer became very pressing and plain-spoken. “ How ¢ : “But he is dead,” persisted the Frenchman. “You told e of this when I first saw you, and T assured you that your - Jover was dead, that he was killed in the battle of Etchoe.” — "you were mistaken. It must have been the body of some other. man which was pointed out to you, and which you Caused to be buried.” | “Why do you say before, but now you seem to Ba! gee F pinion, but a certainty. I know that War- st hte still living, and that he to was not killed, that he is ing, an w can I listen to you, this? You believed me readily enough doubt me. Why has your opin- “Tr ; should learn this, he would not allow the White Rose to ploom here any longer. How do you know 4 ae T hare heard from him, and I know that he is living and “ Have you seen him ? Has he been here ?” =“ Roi booKks.com. Fy °