Beadle's Dime Novels No. 139: The Border Foes — page 45: what you’re looking at

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s * - 7 = : = = = +e Ae oo. are Teer Seas, A STARTLING DISCOVERY. 47 te - As soon as they were quiet, Benny dropped asleep in Martha’ s lap, and both girls were silent, absorbed in their own 4 thoughts, Their eee was destined to be interrupted in a manner that was pleasing to neither, and quite painful to one of them. | As Kate moved her head, her hat fell off among the bushes, i and she commenced to grope around upon the ground to find | it. While she was thus engaged, her right hand came in con- - tact with something round, smooth and warm, which she felt , Was the shaven head of a human being. _ Before she could withdraw her hand, her fingers touched a . lock of toarse hair, and she knew that she was within reach of a sleeping Indian! ‘ A cold shudder passed over her, and fora moment her - heart ceased to beat. She felt a choking sensation in her throat, followed by a faintness which so overpowered her that she nearly sunk under it. But the heroic girl retained her presence of mind, for she ¥ ae Mu 5 = a 2 thought -of Martha and Benny, as well as of herself. With _ 4&n effort she repressed the cry which rose to ber lips, and : = which must have instantly aroused the sleeping savage. Si- ‘s ~ Iently she turned to Martha, took the boy from her arms, — A _ Whispered to her to follow without making any noise, and be. = arose and hastened away from that dangerous locality. = The two girls moved almost as noiselessly as the leaves fall, for Martha knew that there must be some powerful reason for ‘of her cousin's action, and not until they had put a considerable distance between the sleeper and themselves was a word ut- + seed by either. a Then Kate, overcome by her emotions more than by fatigue = down, with a low murmur of thankfulness for her es- +) ‘ ; " , i eal. eee i | carr dye i ahaa ke An at ied |! ____ “What is the matter ?’ anxiously asked hercousin. “Why = is i You start off so suddenly ?” — <e —“T had sufficient cause,” replied Kate, with a shudder ~ __ Martha, there was an Indian asleep within two feet of where = _ We Were sitting, and I put my hand on his head” _. _ 48 it possible ™ How did he get there?” ea = “Tean only account for it by supposing that he was one ~ << . ary Seal) hee |