Beadle's Dime Novels No. 231: The Texan Trailer — page 29: what you’re looking at

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A RETURN TO EARTH, 39 _“ What's the matter ?” asked the latter, with a laugh, as he turned his horse so as to head him off. “He got scared at a pig bear back in te woods, and I can’t shtop him.” The animal was certainly frightened at something, and in- Stead of stopping before the obstruction placed in his path, he Shied sharply to the right. Hans was unprepared for this movement, and he rolled over to the other side, bringing him- self to the ground, with the feather-bed upon top of him. Leaving him to disengage himself as best he could, Crockett made a dash for the horse just in time to catch his bridle. “ Doonder blitzen !” muttered Hans, as he staggered to his ~~ feet, “ made you shtop de hoss su chook up ?” — way I see’d to do it, Are you hurt % dinks I am,” replied the Dutchman, as he began feel- ing of different paris of his person, “ [ prokes my pipe, and I two buttons off my coat behind, and I feels pad all over of myself.” “Tf you will take my advice ace strip off all theee is on this hoss.” = “Vot I docs smite? “ Leave it here till you kin come back and get it; if you _ keep it on the horse, and try to get it inte tlie seitlement, ’ you Il lose it and your sealp, too.” __ “Can't lose my skelp, ‘cause I hain’t let ake to lose,” re- Hans, lifting his hat and.showing, hig pate, white and Ea; swiamg in the moonlight Crockett urged his proposition, and his comrade seemed quite struck with it. He debated and hesitated awhile, but | ‘finally consented, and, as the horse had become soothed and Quieted by this time, he stood still, while the different articles bee taken from bis back. They were carefully deposited under a large tree, standing | back some distance from the path, and Eben Hans remouuted is animal and took the reins in his h ! Sng apprehension on the spot before comichooks:;com