Beadle's Dime Novels No. 139: The Border Foes — page 16: what you’re looking at

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—— eS ——— , - THE BORDER Fok. o * tit y — Walter" he whispered, hot reeciyved no reply. Stepping ‘forward, be stumbled over something, which he ‘at once knew to be a human form, but he could not judge whether it was alive or not, “Can it be possible,” he thought, “that peor Wilson has already fallen among the savages, and has been slain by them ?"_ Again he whispered the name of his friend, supposing, of course, that it was his body that be had touched. Receiving no reply, he bent down to examine the object, when a guitural exclamation at once convinced him -that it was alive, and that it was an Indian. The savage started up and seized him, just as he drew his knife and prepared for gefense. As he was about to strike, he heard a dull, cutting blow, -und his antagonist, with a slight cry and a moan, fell back ‘upon the ground. “ Are you hurt, George ?” asked the voice of Wilson. “No. Where are you ?” “Right here by your side. How did you get away irom the path ?” _ “Lost my way, I suppose. How did you happen to aia here ?” “I stepped aside to kill this red-skin.” “ How did you know he was here ?” . “T smelt him. I told you there were some of the rascals in the neighborhood. This is not the only one.” “Of course not. He slept very sewnd for an Indian. [ wonder why he did not stir when I =tumbled over him.” “ The reason is plain enough. Do you smell nothing ?” “T can’t boast of such “seen yoo have, but I smell rum, _ I think.” “ That is it. The red-skin was drunk, and Simon Atlee had a good supply of rum. Yor can draw your own con clusions.” _ “Good God! Ican only conclude that Simon Atlee and his family have been slaughtered by the savages !” _ “Tam afraid they have been, unless they can have escaped, _ which seems hardly possible on such a night as this.” ~- Do you smell any more of the red-skins ?” . “Not as plainly as I smelt this one, but I have no doubt . “SSE ae GONMCDODKS COM