Beadle's Dime Novels No. 215: The White Hermit — page 48: what you’re looking at

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—O ae THE WHITE HEKMIT. e.. speaker with so true an aim that the savage dropped to the earth, with a red mark on his forehead. Hungry Bili ut- tered a wild laugh, and turning, plunged headlong from the bluff. The water closed over his head, while two hatchets whistled over the spot where he had stood. _ ‘Tue savages ran up to the verge and looked down, There was a ripple in the water where he had disappeared, and as this subsided, they looked to see the guide rise to the sur- face, and some of the others, who had come up, waited to - Jaunch their tomahawks at his head. But he did not rise, _ Whether he had been wounded when he fell, or had hurt ‘ himself in falling from that great hight, they did not know, it seemed certain that the days of Hungry Bill had es to an end. Austen paused in dismay as he saw the a water cease to circle about the spot where he had gone down, and thought that he had died for their sakes. The oars ; _* dropped into the water and he Jet the boat drift where she “a ee while he covered his face with his hands. _“ Hyar, you,” said a voice close to his ear. “ What you doing? Help the old man in, for he’s mighty tired, he is.” ‘ : Austen extended his hand with a shout of joy and caught Se hands of the trapper in his. “ Brave fellow,” he *T am glad you are saved. Get in quickly.” : “Oh, git out now, will you ?” said Bill, as he climbed over ss 2 give “ No nonsense now ; the old man won’t stand ae fit, Glad to git here, though. Pooh ! I'm played out, I am, a That Injin ran like the deuce. I hope be ain’t dead though.” “How did you get here ?” Tieed! spose you think nobody but you kan swim under ; ae asap eh? I'd like to swim ag’in’ you once, It would be _ time you ever see, Lord, how | ag? ran. Did ay CHAPTER VII. Se WHAT BILL HAD DONE. 7 Site: _ Comicbooks:.com!