Beadle's Dime Novels No. 213: Squatter Dick — page 69: what you’re looking at

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A DASH FOR FREEDOM, 71 turned his horse’s bead, and in the extremity of his rage, fired a pistol-shot in the direction taken by Ada. ‘The’ mis- sile, though discharged at random, hissed ‘so close to the’ fagi- tive’s ear that she started aside and fell, close to the root “of a dense clamp of bushes where the liquid luc half-covered? ler form. She heard the oaths of the bandits as ise left the road and plunged into the swamp in pursuit, and with jutuitive cun- ning she crouched still closer to the ground. Her clothes were dark and rendered more so by the mud, and in her po- sition there was little risk of discovery, unless. they should chance right upon ber. While, had she continued her flight, there was Jittle doubt but what she would have been ens ed by the noise that could not have been avoided. The pursuers paused when almost aguinst her, and for a moment the maiden thought her covert was saspecied, but foriunately she made no motion, Then a slight splashing noise was heard at_ some little distance ahead, at waicn Keedy shouted : “There she is, boys,come on! One hundred® dollars ta the man that catches hier f” and the bi darted off in the di- Kia arose abd chutiousty ‘terraced. her's Bhe Pe tec 5 ‘outlaws’ horses - had temerieet onth pa ath, and it was her intention to ‘self appropriate 4 a had then turn the others loose, Ta “3? ae But in this she was foiled, for the horses had been hitched tagether by the bridles, and as she emerged almost di- rectly Leneath their noses, they gave a mingled snort of alarm and then dashed wildly off into the darkness. For a mo- ment she felt discoura fy Dat but throwing” of this seetng with an effort, she listened tently. The sounds of the horses’ hoofs had ‘nearly died away, but she could still hear the shouts and cries of the outlaws. Then Ada silently entered the swamp and fled away from the ee f as Tapily as lay in her power. She did not dare con- ne in the path, at present, for she kuew nof how soon it would Le searched by those who were hunting her, but ie” thd near a# she could judge, in a parallel conrse with Commicloooks.aconrn