Beadle's Dime Novels No. 298: The Hussar Captain — page 23: what you’re looking at

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+ PLOTTING FOR FREEDOM. af pass which would bring into the lines one who I knew would move every thing to serve your father—” “ And that one was—” “Glen Tarleton.” “Oh, God! Salome, have you then brought your brother into the lion’s den ?” cried Lucille, in terror, “ Yes, Lucille, this very night will Glen be with us, and though I tremble for the danger he will incur, I know that through him only can your father be released.” “You forget you place him in equal danger with my fa- ther, and that both may be lost.” é No, Lucille, I have fully weighed the danger; but I de- pend upor the sound judgment and daring of my brother to settle upon some plan—” “Phen none is agreed upon—” - “No; I wish just to see Glen, who returned me word by the same trusty servant I sent with the pass and my letter, that he would be here to-night— hark & As Salome ceased speaking there came a loud knoek upon the door of ertrance to the mansion, the brazen notes of the knocker hardly heard in the storm. “God grant it be Glen. Hold, Cesar; I will open the coor,” exclaimed Salome, rising, and motioning the negro back as he approached, she walked down the hall and opened the door, letting in a furious gust of wind and rain, accompanied by a tall, muffled figure. “Ah, captain, 1 am glad to see you. Enter the library, please,” she said, in a voice loud enough for the butler to bear, us he descended to the culinary depths below stairs, and cross- ing the hall, she motioned the officer into the library, where after closing and locking the door, she was enfolded in the arms of the Hussar Captain. Releasing herself, after a while, Salome said ; “ But, brother, another is here to claim a kiss and give you Welcome ;” and then Lucille, with a bound, sprung from be- hind a curtain, where she had hidden herself upon recogniz- ing the well endwi trend of ber lover. Glen Tarleton also greeted the maiden affectionately, and then, casting aside the heavy cloak he woke, stood revealed in the uniform of a captain in the Continental army, - connicbooks.com