Beadle's Dime Novels No. 305: The Girl Scout — page 60: what you’re looking at

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64., THE GIRL TRAILER. “$0 am I,” replied Gaston. ‘ And what is worse, I warned him the night before, and even that morning that—” “Of. what did you warn him?” demanded Jennie Car- roll, bursting suddenly out of the woods by a single bound of Slawson’s white mustang. “Tell me, for I am the aven- ger of his; blood! I. have sworn, under the blue vault of heaven, never to turn aside until the murderer of my lover is under the sod.” “Mad girl!” cried Gaston Foix, “how did you come here ?” “Ask me no questions now, Gaston Foix, but answer mine, I charge you. . Who killed Rodney Phelps?” _ “Why do you come to me and ask the question? He was killed near my cabin I grant you, but what had I to do with this ?” “TI do not, know. yet, Gaston Foix. I have been a good friend to. you and have defended. you at times when to de- fend you was almost a crime, I loved Rodney Phelps and yet we parted in, anger the last time I looked upon his face. You know 0. some manner the secret of his fate and you must tell me.” “ Must.is a hard word to use when you speak to me,” “Tt may be so, but I use it all the same. You shall tell me why Rodney was killed and by whom or 1 will start a fire about your ears so warm that it will take some effort to quench it. _ Will you tell me ?” _“ You ask an impossibility. at my hands, Jennie. No man on earth is more grieved than I am at having to give you pain. I feel it deeply, for, as you have said and as I said a moment since, you are the only true friend I had in this sec- tion. I did not. know that you cared so much for Rodney Phelps or I might have done something more to avert this calamity.” “ You warned him, you say; of what did you warn him and of whom ?” “TI will not answer that because it would do no good. I warned him against his enemies.” ‘‘ You refuse to help me, then ?” “ T can not.” “God forgive you, then, Gaston Foix. I must do my work aloue. Let the Secret Brothers beware !” Cconmmicloooks.conn