Beadle's Dime Novels No. 231: The Texan Trailer — page 39: what you’re looking at

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— i -— par Hose 2 =< ns bs tL z SOMETHING SUSPICIOUS. 69 The two men advanced to the outer edge of rocks and sat down to consult a few moments Vpon the situation, and to speak without restraint regarding the disappearance of Hans tek some hope regarding him,” said the Texan, “but I can not call up any reason for such a hope.” _ “T believe he’s gone under sure,” replied Crockett ; “ they’ve managed to git him away from us and then knifed him so quick that he hadn’t any time to make any noise about it.” “Poor Katrina! it will be a hard blow for her, for she dearly loved her uncle, who as dearly loved her.” “Tt didn’t look much like it, when he come away and for- got her.” “ He told the truth when he said he forgot her; he is the most absent-minded man I ever saw. He sometimes forgets where he is, and until I asked him where she was, he had no idea that he had such a thing in the broad world as a niece named Katrina Duncan” “Perhaps he has wandered away in one of his absent spells.” “Tt may be, but I hardly believe it.” All this time, while the two were talking, exch had been listentug to something on the opposite side of the stream. Neither had made any reference to it, as he wanted to avoid any mistake, but while holding converse, their eyes kept wandering across the stream ‘in quest of the cause of re disturbance itself was in the shape of a slight rustling of the bushes. At first, it seemed to be caused by the wind ; but when it was continued and repeated for several minutes, it was manifest that there was some definite cause for it. More than one glance had been cast across the creek, but nothing at all was discerned for some time, that could explain what it meant. Instinctively reading the thoughts of Crockett, the Texan said : “T guess it’s a wild animal.” “I think so ; ey Eos 6 bets. was the characteristic re- ply. = “Sat ook !” , ‘ a, fee comichookszcom