Beadle's Dime Novels No. 231: The Texan Trailer — page 23: what you’re looking at

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» a A LOFTY PERCH. ; 33 “T shows you.” Hans Bungslager, as I have said, had his horse so loaded ~ down that he was almost invisible. The pillow-bed “ lapped ” ~ on each side so much that his head and a little of his neck could be seen. On this was placed another bulging tick, while numerous articles were adjusted and balanced with a skill which showed that the delicate hand of Katrina had borne a share in the task. These necessarily projected from the side of the horse, but she had remembered that the path _ they expected to follow was quite narrow, and the “ breadth ’’ was principally upwar i. Having walked to this point, Hans e@ncluded that he was entitled to ride, and indeed in loading his horse, care had been taken to arrange the articles so.as to make him a nice comfortable seat. . ; Hans displayed his innate sagacity by leading the horse be- side a short stunted tree with a projecting stumpy limb, upon which, with considerable “ boosting ” by Crockett, he managed to climb, and’ then, thanks to the gentleness of his horse, he safely “ located himself upon his back.” “Now I ish ready,” he called out, hitching about a little, 80 as to make sure he was firmly seated ; “ drive ahead.” Crockett pressed forward, and in the gloom saw a well-de- fined path before him, running parallel with the creek. This was the one referred to by Sebastian, and he took it at _ Hans Bungslager succeeded in riding his horse better than ~ would have been expected. By keeping in the center of the path, the trees and shrubbery at the sides did not interfere with his movements. The only difficulty was that by being elevated so much, he got his face pretty well scratched and occasionally was compelled to duck and dodge rather vigor- Crockett’s ve humor now and then manifested itself, when he tu “about and saw the ludicrous figure in the rear; but, at the same time, he could not help, feeling that they were threatened by 4 danger so serious that it ought to demand their entire thought. r The sky was clear, and the bright moonlight here and there penetrated through the tree-tops, lighting up the path a Ecomichooks-com