Beadle's Dime Novels No. 139: The Border Foes — page 56: what you’re looking at

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. _ ke circumstances, and he felt that his duty required him to kill them wherever he found them. ‘Raising his knife, he struck at the place where the breafh- ing had been; for he heurd it no more, and he imagined that the savage had discovered him and was seeking to slay him. The knife buried itself harmlessly in the ground, but, as George drew it out, he felt something tear loose from it, _ He immediately threw himself back, expecting an assault from his unseen adversary; but nothing of the kind ensued, and all was silent in the dark forest. + Somewhat mortified by this strange occurrence, he crept out from under the bushes, and returned to his friend. “ What was the matter?” asked Wilson. “T thought there was an Indian lying under the bushes. I am sure that something was there, for I heard the breathing. I struck at him with my knife, and missed him. I then ex- pected that he would strike at me, but he did nothing of the kind, and T came back.” “Perhaps he slipped away in the darkness. Perhaps it was not an Indian. I haven’t smelt any red-skins lately.” “ Your nose must be at fault this time, Walter, for I ent through his breech-cloth, or something about him, and brought off a piece of it on my knife.” *“ Give it to me.” ey Wilson took the knife, and examined the fragment of — eloth. ' _ “This was never worn by a red-skin,” said he. “It is a _ piece of a woman’s dress, if I am any judge of such articles.” * Let me feel of it, Walter.” When George examined the bit of cloth, he agreed with his friend that it had belonged to a white woman’s dress. __. “Who could it have been,” said he, “ but Kate Atlee or RY ‘Martha Garnet? It must have been one of them.” - *T think so.” “What shall we do now? Shall we go and find them?” _ “Tt would-be useless. They have probably hurried away, mistaking you for an Indian. If we should search for them, they adem run the faster, thinking that they were pursued.” + = that would only bring the redskins down upon them, if <a