Beadle's Dime Novels No. 139: The Border Foes — page 41: what you’re looking at

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a Seis fainter: which was held for them by Simon itis _ They soon came to the conclusion that it would be easier, ag _ 4 ‘well as more thorough, to pull down all the bottom part of the _ chimney, and to prop up the rest, so that the stack should not fall down upon them. ‘In pursuance of this design, Buck Turl took his hatchet, == Ve - ~ J "4 iN, “ant went to the woods to procure some props. = As his eyes were useless in the thick darkness, he wag = - obliged to feel of the saplings in order to select such as were pa for his purposes» While he was thus engaged, his hand *g ~ came in contact with a mass of feathers, and the shaven crown _ of soine human being, a fe “Ts this you, Sim? What are you doin’ out here?’ he a ee asked, E -_ He was answered by a gattural exclamation in the Indian > 3 tongue, and knew at once that it Was # savage that rose up e. before him. _ “Mingo, by jingo !” he muttered, as he plunged his knife _ Without a moment’s hesitation, in the breast of the red- -man, | : who gave a slight cry, andesunk to the ground. _ Tari secured the scalp, picked up the props that he had : and hastened buck to his comrades, to whom he re- = - dated the occurrence, assuring them that the forest was full 3 Indians, and showi ing the Pay trophy in confirmatioa | 4 ‘ his words. «Pat out that light, father,” said Will Auee. “I have no a r Oubt that Buck is right, and it won’t do to show the red-sking a S tat glimmer. Perhaps they wou't be able to find us in } = _ Hl hed the light been extinguished, whe there arose Lar and furious howl in the woods, such as could only 2 proceeded from the throats of savages, The Indians found the body of the man who had been killed = url, and were wondering how he had come to his — | ‘a aot g bealegers found themselves besieged, and the ec mtest- ao ia _. Yecome a three-sided one. : Ti tet you what I mean to do,” said Sim Trotter. «I - \ goin "to knock at the door of this house, and tell ie ees Ta ee They heerd the Aedes dois