Beadle's Dime Novels No. 215: The White Hermit — page 85: what you’re looking at

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v time headed by four or five riflemen, sp as to theet “the ee :s fenders upon their own terms. “Now f” cried Austen. ¥. ~— ‘ Bill Epps dropped the piece of punk upon the end of Z- the train. A hissing serpent was seen to run into the pas- sage and a blinding flash lit up the place. Bill had scat tered powder in various places in the passage and led a train from it to the spot where he stood. There was not enough of it to make much of an explosion, but in that close place sufficient to make it uncomfortably warm for any one ‘who was unfortunate enough to be caught in the trap. Yells > of pain and rage announced that the fellows did not relish theif reception, and in the midst of the confusion the masked _ ehiief darted in and rushed up the stairs. The rest followed, but when they gained the first room not a soul wastobe seen, and their passage was barred by a strong wooden door, from which the muzzles of a pair of rifles protruded | in ra- = : thera poky manner. The defenders had not been idle dur- ing the storm, and had built up a strong door calculated a resist an assault for a considerable time. “Curse them,” said the mask. “ They are prepared for us at every point. Ha!’ > A rifle cracked and ploughed a long furrow in his shoul- der, giving him intense pain and irritating him ee madness, Dashing back into the passage, he gave an to the Indians which cleared the cavern in a moment, a = the sound of axes could be heard above. ee ee as «ee uae <a i. J. —- . ~ By “IT know what that means,” said the guide. e ain’ got long to tarry. You see bow long the durned door <2 eae it now.” ee In ten minutes the Indians reappeared, ~and ~ through his loop-hole, the captain saw that they carried | their hands a section of a small tree, from which they had ~~ Jopped the branches at convenient lengths for handles, s At that ten men could lift it ona side. When they appeared Upon the stairs they commenced running, and then: _ “! "The door trembled and creaked, and with a sigh for he friends he vever hoped to see again, Laurence Austen Iaid — Again hat er i ae ts des this rite a. took his sword iu his hand. o™ al dl : 7 «% 4 Teomicbooks.com