Beadle's Dime Novels No. 310: Foghorn Phil — page 43: what you’re looking at

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_ THE HONT. 45 forms; then a sound like the dull rumble of thunder rolled along the earth, and the buffalo were gone, pell-mell, in wild Confusion over the great plain, a perfect continent of dust | rising from their trail. On and on rushed the frightened Mass, rising aud falling with the undulations of the plain like waves of the sea. “Now,” said De Ramee, when the buffalo were fully un- der way, “let us not follow them through that cloud of suffocating dust, but keep to the left and pass west around the Two Buttes; and then we will be enabled to see the Closing scene, tor: the men will head them off, and turu them in toward the west; and by gaining a spur of yonder hills . We can command a view of the plain.” With flushed cheeks and eyes sparkling with excitement, the maidens galloped on with the young man, one on each Side of him. It was over half a mile to the hills, and all this distance was made in comparative silence. De Ramee kept his eyes fixed abead of him as though his thoughts were far away. At times, however, a strange light would flash in his fine, dark eyes, then he atisaiid glance quickly around him 4g though he were apprehensive of danger. All this did Not escape the notice of the maidens, yet they were ata loss to know the cause of his apparent nervousness. Pauline Delieved there was some danger about, of which he was Cognizant, RAD: was trying to keep the fact concealed from them. The spur of the hill referred to was finally reached, but to the surprise of the maidens, De Ramee spurred on, and when Questioned as to where they would draw rein, replied : “Wherever we can command a fair view of the hunting- Party, Miss Afton, I think now, that from the edge of yon Strip of woods we can have the desired view.” lle pointed on ahead to where a wooded ridge rose clear “Zainst the sky, about a mile distant. Pauline and Josephine exchanged glances in which a Shadow of disappointment was visible, but they rode on in “oOmparative silence, They had nearly reached the wood in {estion, when a large covey of quails started up-with a frightened whirr directly under their animals’ feet. The~ heasts became frightened by the noise, and began to rear and CoOmicoookX<s.cohn)