Beadle's Dime Novels No. 213: Squatter Dick — page 61: what you’re looking at

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THE ABDUCTION. 63 she was in the power of the man whom she dreaded above all others, and who had bitterly vowed to be revenged npon her for scorning his suit. “Come, the sooner we are away from here the better, or we may be trapped, and if we are, it’s all night with us then. One of you get down first to take the girl, and then it must be a break for the horses,” he hastily ordered. “Yas, I don’t gies it's overly healthy round hyar, an’ the furder we git the easier my neck. ‘ll feel,” grunted one of the Ouitlaws, as he obeyed his leader's orders. Ada was quickly lowered to the ground and then Keedy led the way with her in his arms, choosing a course back of the negro quarters, where he then could gain the road under cover of the trees. Tn this he succeeded, and in five minutes more the quartette were mounted upon their horses and g:l- loping swifly away from the grounds, without pausing to ascertain the fate of their comrades. . é' The cause of the shrieks that had so startled the young partisan and Laflin was this: Owing to the haste with which she had been bound, Kitty, Ada’s mulatto waiting-maid, by dint of much tugging’ and straining had managed to free her hands from the cord that liad ‘secured them, although the skin was’ considerably lacera- ted by the process. Then it was but the work of .a moment After’ a noiseless ‘she managed to” cient spoke well for the soundness of her lungs. “The outcry was lieard by Martin Sollars, who had very prudently remained behind when the charge was_made after the discomfited out- laws. ne UME 2 Ineo “He knew that tite sound proceeded from his daughter's chamber, and forgetting all fear, he rushed up-stairs and burst open the door, not patising to turn the latch. Had he seen an enemy then, he would have fared bat ill, for with all his faults the old man loved his child, almost idolized her, and would not have paused to calculate the danger. | ” He saw @ woman’s form rolling to and fro upon the floor, uttering piercing shrieks, and rushing forward he grasped her by the dress, half believing it was Ada. But as he saw his comclbooks.con