Beadle's Dime Novels No. 300: The Crested Serpent — page 47: what you’re looking at

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. 1d his — driven from yonder mountain- -top. = would. Ee ~ They sins now well out into the valley, and Humfiedo - Pointed the direction to Vega motte. a « Steager knows it, and will soon be there. What can Stea- _ Ber do to reward you for your act ? No, no; it can not be 3 Rumtredo again turned his steps toward the Aztec cave, “2 _ Chamber of the Crésted Serpent. , “greet you, my own dear, brave mother.” “Welcome, Humfredo, my son” : ce “Where is the soldier who called himself Lopez ?” om “There,” said Marta, pointing to a mass of crushed bones and mangled flesh that lay in a corner of the chamber be- | : ah “That is the fate of all intruders to the Aztec cave.” “tured, and told of the liberation of Steager. “Alb works well, my son. I saw surprise and awe depict- ed On the face of the Arab woman as I revealed to them my OF the sights she has seen. It will captivate his senses and tet his soul aflame with ambition and curiosity.” __ “Mother, it can be done if you command it as though you 3 ead it trot the book of prophecics.” ee os Ar bs are veunerre of os iegahe A and this one bas ee . The body of Juan Augustino Lopez, who loved the ania Bo Fie Stine, was plnced ina sack and carried through es tas epee Ate passages until a smajl chamber was reached. A stoue ‘ THE FATE OF AN INTRUDER, oy eee “ Steager is freé. No rest, Steager, until you see the Tiger = Aevvarted only by a like return. Good-night,” and in his’ _ “On grasp he shuok the small band of Humfredo, then swiftly — | Based his way, in the direction of the camp of the he 2 8nd, on entering, found ‘Marta sitting on the terrace above the Humfredo now explained what Marta had already conjec- a. hOWledge of the Imperial plot, and predicted that the dia-_ Sma would rest upon Arnaud Boussard’s head. We must — “ave the Arab woman in the cave of the Aztecs, and let her — -Yeturn to Boussard with her tongue laden with descriptions ; “Yes, I must again, after the excitement ineident’ to the me Seupe of the prisoner dies away, return to the mountain- -top. : cComicbooks:com™.