Beadle's Dime Novels No. 213: Squatter Dick — page 23: what you’re looking at

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| Not over half, a mile had the fugitive run; when,he paused and stepped behind an enormous tree that stood close by. As he heard the sounds of pursuit; draw nearer, he, pressed close to the side of the, tree, furthest from them, and, awaited in silence, the: Longe hloodsatahned, katie clinched . firmly, 3 in his. hand... » ..He almost. held, hig breaih as. the, first of his, enemies went by, breathing terrible threats of vengeance | should. they,.ever lay hands upon the aernpe Little thought, they that the, man. corte: pele igh ursing, Was almost within arm’s Sak oat , of, mingled. hate.and pleasure playing around wee thin lips. Several times, Laflin clutched the, knife, with, a, firmer grip as some one. unusually bitter in, their, maledictions passed by, his covert, and, he was upon the.point of adding another vic~ tim to his list: . But somehow, he could not bring himself ;to slay the man.in cold blood, although he was then hunting him with, the avowed, purpose. of taking his life.,... If either of the Keedy -boys had passed by, so close, the case;would baye been, far..different, but these, men had dong. no . particular wrong to him. So he allowed them. to pass, unmolested, and after waiting fon. short #inG, he _—— cautiously upon she i in. ato. _,He suceeded in escaping. an actual collision; with, the fom, scatiered outlaws, although he made one yery, narrow escape, the man fairly brushing his clothes as he run along... But this one, was, the last. man he met, and in a short, time Laflin send once more beside the pond.. os .. Looking, warily around, be. listened intently, for, a, short, tine, bu ¢ould.hear nor. seeany thing to, arouse. his. suspi- Giant gid .lenning, bie. ride against the tree, he crawled along: red the water. He swam noiselessly across upon. his back, only allowing his nose and mouth to appear above the surface, in order to lesser. tue risk of discovery, should apy person be upon the island. He paused again us he touched shore, but hearing nothing, made his way cautiously and silently through the tangled vines and bushes until he reached the building. Then creep- ing to the crevice where he had fired the fatal shot, he ap- plied his eye to the aperture. It wasa ghastly sight that copmicloooks. conn