Beadle's Dime Novels No. 300: The Crested Serpent — page 6: what you’re looking at

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-* 10 THE ORESTED SERPENT. e - « Father, you must not go, I entreat you,” and she raised her head from his shoulder and gazed. entreatingly into his dark eyes. “Daughter, fen hours ago I would have looked upon it as dangerous—but not now. He brought with him from France the title of the White Tiger of the Tropics, and well has he sustained it. He has been ovr most inveterate and relentless foe. To-day his regiment of tigers are encamped on the pla- teau of that mountain-peak. Ue could have swept down on us, hung us to these oaks, and Jaid our hacienda and rancho in ashes. Instead of that he bas sent his favorite riding-horse — as a present, and invites me to his camp, proffering the courier as a guide.” “ Has he not proved treacherous before ?” “But was he ever known before to make such a pr incely present to an enemy ?” and Jose Vallejo waved his band in the direction uf a horse that stood before him fully eapari- soned. “This is his war-horse—one, it is said, he values Goaee | his otber steeds,” It was a noble looking animal, and as he stood before them his bay hide shone Jike satin, Fully sixteen hands high, he bore all the marks of mettle and endurance. A bridle made of hair, and ornamented with gold and silver, traced his fore- lock, nether jaw and cheek ; and a martingale, veined with gold gi threads, was fastened to the reins by silver rings ; olth coronet flashed upon his broad breast. Upon his back rested a saddle, the pommeLof which was round and broad as two hands, and rimmed with chased silver; and in the center shone a golden tiger in the act of springing upon | its prey,. The stirrups were ‘wide and almost square, made of — “ROlic silver: the leathers were covered with exquisite figures ; “Mahe rim of lie saddle, from bow to back, was rimmed ith ‘gold; the saddle-cloth was woven from ‘alitettii of the finest texture, and the bread batr girth was streaked with white and yellow threads of silver and gold, Over the saddle front pro- truded from holsters two six shooters mounted with gold, and in their butts diamond stones sparkled in foe September sun. | * Ons who makes such a gift as this must be sincere: How could he be otherwise? I site go instantly to his camp.” cComicbooks com), 7 aos ee