Beadle's Dime Novels No. 309: Mountain Ned — page 10: what you’re looking at

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12 MOUNTAIN - NED. This indolent, sleepy-looking individual, with his round, good-natured Teutonic face, and his perpetual smile, dragged himself slowly forward. “J dinks I hears somet’ings liddle vile ago, like it vas somet’ings vat vas pu’sted.” “Something bu’sted! Jan, you. are enough to provoke a saint. Something bu’sted! Why you born idiot, look here.” He dragged the Dutchman to the edge of the rocks and > pointed at the dead bodies of the Comanches who lay below. If he expected Jan to be in the least surprised he reckoned without his host, for the fellow looked at the bodies without any signs of interest. ‘You don’t mean to say that this scene does not affect you in the least ?” “Do you vink I vas a vool!” replied Jan. “ Now, you yoost listen vile I spoke mit you coople dimes. Dem vas Indians ?” 4 Yes.” “Unt dey vas deat ?” * Of course.” “Vell, do you Vink I vas afrait mit a deat Indian ? Of _ dey vas alive den I vould run like ter duyvel !” “That’s good common sense, after all,” said the moun- taineer. “Do you know that I have seen a great paride! in nature ?” “Spoke dot again, blease. I peen a Teuchman, unt ven you spoke dot English languages like dot I nix fer stay booty vell.” “T have seen a man who could fly.” “ Dot ish nottings; I haf fly mineself goot many dimes.” Er “ Ob, pshaw.” “Mit der goonstable after me. You ‘pet dere vas not many beople fly so goot like me, den; I flies like von pid.” “ But, look here, Jan. No fooling now. I hive seen a man jump from that rock over yonder into’ the canon.” “ Who vas bick up der bieces?” . “ What pieces ?” “Of der man val shumps. It is easy to shump down, off dere ish a en blace to light, put it ish not so — to shump oop again.” : : commiclooks.Cconn