Beadle's Dime Novels No. 139: The Border Foes — page 79: what you’re looking at

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"and the fact that they had gone off in a body, disguised as Indians found their way back home, and would, in all likelihood, have gone there. As they had specially chosen the dark night for their pur- pose, it was not probable that they were lying hid in the forest, waiting until daylight to accomplish their object. Satisfied that the harm had been already done, if any had really been intended, Wilson concluded to go around the ter, As he-turned for this purpose, he caught sight of an Indian, owas standing. Creeping from tree to tree, he silently advanced toward the Indian, in order to get a closer view of him, and to ascertain whether he was a red or white man, but he was unable to golve the question might be Simon Atlee, or one of his disguised gang; but that mattered little to Wilson, who, on the principle of killing a snake whenever he found one, raised his rifle, took deliberate aim and fired. The Indian, who was shot arms, and fell back dead. _ * Wilson was ranning up when he was startled by a pierci him, and almost at the same instan seemed to come from the house or its neighborhood. Somewhat bewildered by the latter circumstance, le at first through the head, flung up his to the fallen man to examine him, ng yell in the forest near _ Was well that he did so, for, bullet whizzed by his head. - _Hastily reloading his rifle, - antagonist, when, to his dismay, _ Of them. His position was 4 good one behind the tree, bat =" like meny other positions, it was liable to be tanked, and thls ‘was undoubtedly the object ¢ a, knew, was bebind an oak tree, a0 It might be that they bad lost their way, or abandoned the undertaking; but, if that had been the case, they could have . house, and examine it on all sides, before attempting to en- crouching among the bushes, a short distance from where he with any degree of certainty. The man_ t he heard a shot, which | hesitated what to do, but soon determined to take cover. It as he sprung behind the tree, @ — he watched to get a shot at his - he discovered that he bad two | f his adversaries. One of them, d the other, he felt, by an Se Set Comichbooks.com . 7 ‘