Beadle's Dime Novels No. 139: The Border Foes — page 26: what you’re looking at

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= 98 THE BURDER FOES. _. Kate then stepped to the bed and awakened her brother by shaking him and calling his name. He started up and asked what was the matter. ith “ Indians !’ whispered Kate, putting her hand to his mouth - to silence him if*he should ery out. _ But he did not scream, for it was not the first time that the little fellow had been awakened by a similar alarm. He at once arose, and silently stood ready to be disposed of as his sister should decide. i She stripped the stout homespun sheets from the bed, tied them together, and fastened one end to a log near the win- - dow. “This is ovr only chance to escape, Martha,” she said, * Will you go first, or shall 1?” “ T will go first, and you can let Benny down to me,” an- swered her cousin, who was now as calm and collected as if she was attending to her ordinary household duties. Martha got out of the window, with the assistance of her cousin, and quietly let herself down to the ground. Kate drew up the sheets, tied the end under Benny’s arms, and lowered him to Martha. Then, after taking the precaution to put in her pocket the flint and steel, and the remnant of her candle, she also descended, and stood by her cousin and her brother. ee 7; - += = - - * -_ en — I . 5 —_ rat * “1 . J ~ > — ~ ad = a > The uproar in the lower part of the house had been con- tinually increasing, so that the slight noise made by the girls in effecting their escape was not noticed by the savages. _ “§$o far safe!’ whispered Martha. “ What shall we do now ?” “Give me the boy, and I will carry him as far as I can. Take hold of my dress, Martha, so that we may not be sepa- eS rated. We must strike out into the woods, and trust to Pro- _ vidence to take care of us. It will be hard for the Indians to find us, in this darkness, if we can get into the forest.” _ $0 saying, Kate took Benny in her arms, passed around the t corner of the house, and walked directly away from it, know- 2 ng that any. course she could take would soon bring her to | _ the shelter of the thick woods. She crossed the corner of the garden, not turning ont for _ the bushes or the fences, but holding as straight a course sa Conmiclooolks.xcomn ~ —