Beadle's Dime Novels No. 310: Foghorn Phil — page 73: what you’re looking at

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BOON COMPANIONS. 75 _ pared for before we left the fort. I knew that a party of ladies would accompany the hunters, and was ‘well satisfied that Markham and Afton would be among the number. So, before the departure of the steamer, I communicated with my spy outlying near the fort, and he at once bore a message to my Indians, who were to be in the vicinity of the Two Buties ut a certain time. | “As it happened, no ladies, except Afton and Markham accompanied the party ; and even they would not have gone had it not been that Miss Josephine had a brother in the party, and so concluded it would not be unbecoming of her to ride with him. © “Well, we reached the buffalo country, and. sure enough found a large herd of buffalo. During the chase, I managed to get the girls away by a little maneuvering, and led them right toward the point where a signal had told me my Indians were encamped ; but in the very moment of my victory, what should that little spit-fire, Pauline, do, but out with a revolver and shoot my horse andér me ; then _ they turned, and. away they went.” A. low, silent laugh burst from the lips of the villain’s companions. “Well, we pursued them,” continued De Ramee, “but some how or other they got away in the woods and darkheéss. We found their horses a short ways down the river, riderless. Where they are, I can’t say; though Grill declares he saw a man ina canoe near this island with two women; but of course, Grill’s such a liar that we never listen to him, and so that’s my story.” : ' The females shuddered, and inwardly thanked ‘the fates that had made Grill Stigh an unreliable source of informa- tion. “ Now, Roche,” said Note addressing his other compan- ion, “let's hear your story.” “ Bottle first,” said De Ramee, producing a large bottle from which the three drank freely, “There now, I can talk easier,” said the man addressed as Roche, smacking his lips with high gusto, At sound of this man’s voice, a sigh escaped Josie Mar k- ham’s lips, and a shudder convulsed her form. ; = ‘ = commiclboooks.conn