Beadle's Dime Novels No. 214: The Forest Monster — page 58: what you’re looking at

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60 THE FOREST MONSTER. coming down. They are trying to surround. you, and if you remain here five minutes longer, you are a dead man.” “T ain’t killed quite so.easy as that,” said Tom, somewhat sullenly. “Ef thar ar’ any red-skins that ar’ goin’ to make a dead man of me, jest fetch ’em along; that’s what's the mat- ter.” “ Follow me, and don’t wait an instant,’ commanded Ham- mond, fairly seizing upon him. Instead of running either up or down-stream, the young man led the way to the high, steep side of the valley, which was thickly wooded, and extended full five hundred feet up- ward from where they stood. | Up this the two hounded like posts, half crawling and climbing through the wood and undergrowth, until, panting and almost exhausted, they reached the high ground above, where they paused awhile to gain their breath before proceed- ing further in this dangerous territory. They had penetrated such a distance: that they were effectu- ally concealed from the view of whatever Indians there might be in,the valley below, although, of course, the red-skins could easily follow their trail. They stood a moment in silence, and then, when they had recovered their breath, Hammond placed his hand familiarly upon the shoulder of the ae and said, earnestly and kindly : late eeemeald hanten, ond know more of the red- men and their ways than I do, but that doesn’t signify that you are in no need of counsel. © Iwas wandering through this section, when I discovered your danger. - It was not the situa- tion of your body, so much as it was the condition of your mind. You had found gold, and were so excited over it, that a Blackfoot might have slipped up behind and tomahawked you. I saw it, and I got you up here, that you might recover ‘your senses.. There is gold down there—plenty of it; hunt carefully and you will find, but don’t look down all the whi'e —LOOK UP !” : conmmiclooOolks. conn