Beadle's Dime Novels No. 309: Mountain Ned — page 85: what you’re looking at

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VENGEANCE BALKED. : 87. _“ White man,” shouted the chief. “ You see your child, the one I stole from you, yearsago, On her wrist is the blue Cross, and these are the garments which she wore.” He flung out into the air a little bundle and it fell into the Midst of the party below. Campbell put it into the hands of Senor Castelar, who opened it and spread the little garments Ou his suddle-bow, As he did so he uttered a cry of joy. “T am satisfied, chief; the Blazing Star is my child.” “She was to have been my wife; I loved her and it is hard to give her up.” “You shall be rewarded.” “ Does Blazing Star wish to go to her father ?” demanded the chief. 6“ Yes.” “Go, then; Ihave kept my promise and give you your Child.” As he spoke he caught the girl firmly by the waist and tossed her over the cliff! A wild cry of horror was heard as the unfortunate girl shot downward to her doom, Every inan covered his face that he might not look upon her death. und even stout-bearted Custodin groancd aloud. Silver Lance With a wild, triumphant laugh leaned forward to witness her death, when he was suddenly lifted into the air and went down headlong in the track of his victim, and those who looked up involuntarily saw the Flying Scout standing upon the cliff, with a hatchet in his hand facing the prophet. They saw something more, While the chief was falling like a Stone, bead-foremost, Blazing Star was floating downward With a graceful, bird-like motion, and long before she reached 1t her enemy lay dead, while a triumphant shout went up as they saw broad wings expand and bear the girl safely into the gulf below | , “ You next!” shrieked the Flying Scout, “ and then I am avenged,” - The prophet would have fled, but the hatchet of the aven- ger was in his brain, and leaving him there to rot, the Flying Scout leaped out into the air, and came floating down into the midst of the astounded party to find Blazing Star, or Ermivia de Caatelar in the arms of her father, who had risked so Much tu save her from her enemies. Her brother, with a low comicbooks.com