Beadle's Dime Novels No. 214: The Forest Monster — page 73: what you’re looking at

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below, when the: sharp crack of the trappef’s rifle rang above the din of waters, and the miserable red-skim floated away, ae limp and lifeless as the garments wpon his person. “Now, give us auother, Teddy !” calledrout old Stebbins, as he caught up the other gun.” | Bat there was good reason why the other didn’t When Teddy turned to seize him, he saw him spring to his feet, and start backward into the cave with all speed. “Be jabers, yees can’t run for in ‘that direction; as me mither obsarved whin the piggy run his head: into! the pratie- pot,” exclaimed Teddy, as he dashed after him. | - Butit-was impossible for hii to tuke liced to his feet, and he had taken scarcely a half dozew steps, when a sudden rise in the floor of the cavern cansed him to trip and fall forward, with no little violence, upom his faces: 4) 6) sox boo n> _ “ Worrah, worrah, but that! rock ain’t. very soft,” he mut- tered, as he picked himself up, ahd rabbed his. bruised coun- teuance. “ Where did that spalpeen go ?” tis At his first entrance imto the cave, he naturally supposed that it extended backward but) short distance; but he had already penetrated a hundred feet, and» there were! no signs of its ending. a eTsstig sil © Nor did the Tight decrease. It was faint ;) bit still, when the eyes became accustomed to it, sufficient to see one’s siir: roundings. Looking ahead, Teddy saw a circular opening, through which this partial light of day enteredinsy . : “ Be jabers, but that’s the place where the haythemcome in !” cofteluded Teddy, as he paused: in amazement. and looked: in that direction. “oow e duit 2id Mmaqadte yi)’ And while he thus stood the openitig was darkened by a moving body, which almost instantly Gisappeared. “ That's the rid-skin goin’ out,” rightly concluded the Irish- man, as he hurried along after bimy | § -. wihsenig 1-2 For fully two hdndred. feet more, tive wondering Teddy . made his way along the subterranean cavern, looking neither | to the right nor the left, but with his eye fixed upon the ) light openitig> which seemed to’ shine like beacon light to him. ‘~~ AN OUTLET FOUND. 75 over the edge of the rock, he had scarcely reached. the water commiclooks.c@