Beadle's Dime Novels No. 208: The Ocean Outlaw — page 38: what you’re looking at

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40 BHE OCEAN OUTLAW. CHAPTER IV. The escape of Granger from the cave caused no Tittle stir among his lawless companions, as the reader will rea- dily conjecture. When Rollins, visiting it in the morning, found it empty, he stood for some time utterly confounded. True, the open port-hole showed the manner of the pris- oner’s exit, but he could not perceive how a person could take a leap like that and escape with a whole neck, and he _ was also confident that no one but such a reckless charac- ter as Granger would attempt it. However, he concluded he must have sustained serious injury to be able to get any great distance from tiis camp, and doubted not but that they should find him in the neighborhood, in no condition for ranning away very fast. Ile therefore lo8t no time in advising Riulph Grey of what had happened, and intimated the propriety of a strict search being instantly made. Gray was as much surprised as his follower, and at once saw the necessity of finding Granger immediately, as there was no knowing what he might do if left at large. Orders were given to search the vicinity thoroughly, and a large party started on the expedition. The whole day was passed in traversing an] re-trayvers- ing the forest, but, of course, without suceess; an] at last, wearied with their useless labor, they returnel, and re- ported themselves to their com nander, who was by no means satisfied with the turn affiirs hal taken. Tue pos- sibility that Granger had escaped with lifs, and hal really found means to quit the island, cause] him more ane :si- ness than he chose to express, even to his counfilaut, Rol- linus, who was now. summoned in council, **What do you think now, Rollins?” said Grey, “do you suppose it possible that Steve has left the island ?” comicloolks.comn