Beadle's Dime Novels No. 139: The Border Foes — page 54: what you’re looking at

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THE BORDER FOES. “That will be easy enough, for there is a Jarge tree that has = fallen nearly across the river, opposite our honse, and I can’t : miss it. Suppose we takea light, tu belp us find the way to EY the river.” > “That would be very well, George, if we could be sure that the woods are not full of red-skins. I am willing enough to finc the rascals, but Iam not at all anxious that they should find us.” “ We must go without a light, then, and must trust to your nose for informing us when we are about to run into danger. The red-skins may be able to see at night better than we can, but I doubt whether there is such a nose as yours among them.” The young men went out into the darkness, and closed the door behind them. As George Ryeburn was feeling his way along the front of the house, his hands came in contact with some light sub- stance that hung against the wall. He felkt of it, and discoy- ered that it was a piece of a sheet, and that it was suspended from the window above. 7 Instantly a new light flashed upon him, and he called to his companion to come and examine what he had found. | e “ Don’t you see what it means, Walter?’ he said. “ It leads, = I suppose, from the window of the garret in which the girls 4 slept, and it is strong enough to hold my weight.” tt “ Do you conclude from that that the girls have escaped by i. this means ?” “Yes. Is it not probable ?” 2 =eas “Tt is certainly possible that they may have let themselves ___ down from the window, while the red-skins were drinking. If they bave done so, they must be extraordinary girls.” _-—s * Katte is a very brave and smart girl,as well as agoodone, __ _ ¥f there was a chance, you may be sure that she bas made , good use of it.” oe “T have no doubt that they have escaped, or have tried to _ “do so; but they may have been taken. What do you propose to do now ?” “I wish we could find them.” “a -. “* So do I; but we might as well attempt to search fora mean Magia, yo Sd Cant eer cet |