Beadle's Dime Novels No. 305: The Girl Scout — page 33: what you’re looking at

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THE FIRST VIOC'TIM. 87 “ But they ar’,” replied Old Ben. “ I’ve see’d it comin’ an’ it ain’t no use to buck ag’in’ it. We'll do our best when the time comes, and that Gaston Foix will go among the first.” The party separated and went home. Two or three lived Some miles from the town and took their horses, An hour Ater, the man who had held the rope lay at the bottom of a “ep gulch, crushed out of the semblance of humanity by his allen horse. Whether he had died by accident, or otherwise, © first of the insulters of Gaston Foix had met a fearful °om, But there was no wound upon him, and none could Prove that he had not fallen by accident, while many believed at if he would, Gaston could tell how he died. CHAPTER VY. THE SHOT THROUGH THE WINDOW. Turn was a merry party at Turner’s upon the return of Wallace Burton and Jennie. Rodney Phelps greeted her With a jolly shout. “Ttold you she’d come back !” he cried. “She had to “ome ; she couldn’t bear to leave the field defeated.” W ‘Ive tried to find out the cause of your quarrel,” said th Bes laughing, “and all I can get from Miss Jennie is 4t you are too mean to live.” | ? “Tve changed my mind,” said Jennie. “ He is just mean Lough to live, and only that.” “I told her the truth,” said Rod. “She doubted one of Y theories with respect to the power of man over woman, nd I told her that any man, and myself especially, gifted ae Ordinary powers of persuasion, could marry any woman «> Own rank of life in spite of herself.” Meg Ow isn’t that mean?” hissed Jennie. “ Isn’t it awful Do you mean to tell me that you could marry me in myself ?” « ,tully intend to do so,” replied Rod, coolly. Urry! gurgled Jennie through her white teeth, “ Oh, 3 COMICOOOKXS. COM 8Dite , ie