Beadle's Dime Novels No. 139: The Border Foes — page 65: what you’re looking at

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‘Done the less determined that she would go there, in spite of all hazards. Believing that she would be able to reach the fort, even throngh the darkness of that night, she thought that duty ealied upon her to make the attempt, although she must do it against the wishes of her parents. a The darkness of the night, she considered, would be rather a benefit than an impediment to her, as it would enable her to avoid the enemies who were gathered about the house, while she could pick her way through the most difficult places : on the route, by the aid of a lantern which she intended to carry. cs As soon as it was certain that she could not go with the consent of her father and mother, she secretly lighted the lan- z tern—a small one, made of plates of horn scraped very thin— , and concealed it under her dress. She then watched for an opportunity to slip out of the house without being observed. Her opportunity came sooner than she had hoped for it. When the other members of the family were attracted into the back room by the cry of the negro woman, there was no one left in the front room but herself, her little brother, and the sick child. Alice saw that her time for action had come. She threw a shawl over her head, unbarred the door, and called her lit- tle brother to her. “T must go out for a few minutes, Sammy,” she whispered, “and I want you to put up the bars, and to open the door “when I ask you to let me in.” The boy promised to do so, and Alice slipped out of the LAs tie a eae aaa “=. . = . = * — . ae et 9" a of L 4 ” OP & re ee: door, closing it belind her. i Stepping-as lightly as a bird, and hardly daring to draw | Ae her breath, she sped swiftly through the darkness toward the = R forest, instinctively taking direction that would not lead her ae toward the place where she had first seen the assailants with se t. = 2 . ae the cover of the woods in safety, though almost — I _ breathless, she cast a hurried glance behind her, and plunged ©n into the gloom, feeling her way among the trees as well ad 48 she could, for she was no more able to see than if she had been securely blindfolded. a gs he | When she juiged that she was beyond the possibility of eing seen from the house, she drew out her lantern, knelt “~ A ry Comicbooks.com , ey +e ~ Sa