Beadle's Dime Novels No. 138: Tim, the Scout — page 18: what you’re looking at

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20 TIM, THE SCOUT. “Stupid! who intends to harm her? I only asked her name.” | seers ~“Tt can’t harm her to tell her name. But mind ye, Lain’t the man to stand by and see her hhurted, and don’t. you think it.” “What is her name ?” persisted the Englishman, “TPs Lizzie Neal her name 5 and she’s the purtiest and best girl in the whole counthry.” “You scem to know a great many people here, young man.” “To be sure I do. T’ve lived hereabouts long enough. But phat of that? Let’s be on our way. Sure we only waste time here if ye mane to go to Prophet’s Town this blessed night.” “Y’m going to wake up that. girl, and sce ‘if. she can talk.” “Be the powers, ye promised not to harrum her. I won't ‘see it done.” — “T only want to wake her.” “Ye’ll wake the dog, more likely. Do ye think that Cain will sit by and see you lay a hand upon our little Lizzie? He smells us now; see how his bristles stand up. ‘Ye take a fool’s advice and let the dog alone, or ye will get hurted, I know that dog mesilf.” “Tf he attacks me, I will shoot him. Do you think I am afraid of a dog ?” “ Ye don’t know the baste. He’ d fly at your throat like a flash ay lightning, and before ye would have time to think, he ‘would dhrag ye to the ground. ‘Don't touch Gale, ‘T's a good dog; he saved the girl’s life once.” __ on RnOW the breed of that dog,” replied | the captain, « That hanging under-lip and square jaw can ‘only come from one blood, and it’s the best that ever ran.in the veins of any dog. . I wouldn’t hurt such a beast as that for any money.” “Then lave him alone. He won’t throuble ye if ye don’t throuble him; but av ye do, I pity ye, that’s all, Let’s go on. Ah, the little ‘beauty. a « Curse it,” cried the Englishman, “ I won’t go on until T- have heard her speak. You go and wake her.” The chief reason Tim had for opposing the other so long’ was that the girl knew him well, and would be likely to call Commicloooks.comnnl