Beadle's Dime Novels No. 305: The Girl Scout — page 55: what you’re looking at

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A SOFT PERSUADER. 59 “Why, what kind of a fighting chicken have we here ?” Said the man, laughing lightly. “ Once for all, I tell you that no one is allowed to go to that island.” “ But I say that his body lies there as he fell, shot down by murderous hands,” cried Jennie. “ Whose body?” demanded the man, staring. “There is no body on the island and you have surely made a mistake.” “Will you. go with me and prove this?” said the girl, quietly. “ Will you paddle a canoe once about the island and let me look? I can satisfy myself without landing that What you say is true.” “ Any thing for a quiet life,’ was the laughing ply: ome am satisfied myself, and if I can do any thing to quiet the mind of a fair lady I am entirely at ber service.” They entered a canoe, the man taking up the paddle and heading toward the island. When within about a hundred yards he began to make the circuit of the island, and Jennie Standiag erect in the bow of the canoe fixed her keen ‘tyes upon the hard shores. It was so bare of all vegetation that the entire surface was in full view and she was satisfied that the body was not there. ; “ Land again,” she said, quietly. The man obeyed, and as he stepped out upon the sand he was met by the muzzle of the little rifle pointed at his heart. ‘“ Down upon your knees, base wretch,” she cried. “You are at my mercy and nothing can save your life.” The man was brave enough but the sudden attack took him by surprise and he staggered back pale as death. “ Don’t point that gun at me,” he hissed. “ You are too cursed careless.” | “ You will think so before I have done witli youl was the reply. “ What was done with the body of Rodney Puelps ?” “] don’t know what you mean,” was the reply. “ Who are you, anyhow, coming here with a blamed foolish yarn about somebody being murdered? Keep away the gun, wiil you? Do you want to kill me ?” “ You act the part bravely,” she said, “but it won't do With me. You are faithful to the Secret Brothers but if 1 Comichooksseom