Beadle's Dime Novels No. 214: The Forest Monster — page 69: what you’re looking at

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TEDpY's © DHRAAM.” 71 “ Do yees belaave me dhraam, Steb. ?” “JT can't say yit,’ returned the trapper, reluctant to confess his faith in that, which, to say the least, had Seeply impressed Lim. “1 dhraamed that the widenin’ in the iat was about a hundred yards below PES UE Let us saa whither itistrue” = With an intensity of interest. which-it would be difficult to understand, the two men strode rapidly forward, their gait increasing almost to a run, as they neared the cafion. <A few moments more and the question was settled. The widening of the cafion was precisely as Teddy had dreamed | ~ Both men stood for. sovers! moments too astounded to speak. Then the lrishmam asked, with a orange smile ; _-* Do yees belave it now ?”— “ Yes,” was the awed reply. rh “And do yes belave thar is gold dowa tere “Tam sure of it.” | woq “Thin all we have to do is to git it.” : “Yes; that’s the difficulty, = win y _™ And, be jabers, how is it ‘to: be:done f” inital Tediy, with something like is natural joviality of » so ee ati | didn’t dhraam that!” 6 = 6h _ ‘Phey approached the edge of the alien tind! taretiilly ex- amined it At the point referred to it was nearly twenty feet in width ; and, as this was’ very nearly the usual latitude of the NRE ge GEER IR pa ee ee the dead level. _ Looking over the edge of the chasm, they could discern the elge- of table or-letige, which seemed to be the floor of some This was the point whicli Teddy was desirous of reaching. — Bat how was it to be done? The natural plah was to drop down upon it; bat as it projected at the most only a few inches beyond the perpendi*ular wall, it was morally certain that, if he should strike the edge, he could not “ stick,” while, 80 far as could be ascertained, it was too high above the stream {0 be reached by any one standing in the bed of that. _ The only possible way, therefore, was to be lowered by CoOmmicoooks.conn