Beadle's Dime Novels No. 138: Tim, the Scout — page 60: what you’re looking at

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62 TIM, THE SCOUT. oe He certainly was a pleasant companion. Mr. Neal, as we must continue to call him, saw witht de- spair the impression which the captain was making, and two or three times was tempted to warn her against him; but as often as he thought of it, he thought also of that piece of paper in the sealskin. pouch, and shrunk from. doing it. The captain did not seem to know that he was making any advance, but, after he had been there three days, he found Lizzie very willing to take her guitar and sing to him, or to sit upon the bench at the door while he talked of other lands and of people he hadseen. | If perseverance deserves a reward, the captain deserved to succeed, for he had done well in the face of seemingly insurmountable difficulties. At the end of the third day he became restless, and made frequent excursions into the woods. He did not allow him- self to forget, in his love, that he. had work to do for. his country, and the time was drawing near for Tim/’s) return. Lizzie was restless, too, This was the day which was to rid her of this importunate lover, who was forcing her to like him in spite of fate and prejudice. way Late in the afternoon, he asked ber to take a walk with ~ him. She would have refused three days before; but, as a proof of the advance he had made, she assented, sid brought her guitar. He took it from her hand and called Cain. The dog, following the example of his mistress, liked the captain. He was with the agent all the. time in his tramps through the woods, picking up the game he shot, from time to time. How he had gained the. affections of the savage brute was a mat- ter of wonder to Cub, who had never been able to induce the dog to be very friendly to himself, though he had been in the family for years.. They went down the shady path by the. river-side, and found. opening in the woods where the. captain had found Lizzie sleeping and loved her. She tuned her guitar, and they sunga number of songs, unconscious that. a pair of jealous eyes, and another paityof laughing ones, watched them from the thicket. “Tam expecting Tim to meet me here to-day,” said; the. captain. “ Do you see that mark.on the bark of the tree ? That. means that I am still in the neighborhood. “He will look for me if he does not happen to meet me here,” COMnmicloool<S. com