Beadle's Dime Novels No. 310: Foghorn Phil — page 77: what you’re looking at

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A DOUBLE CHARACTER. "9 gagged. Then thcy were disarmed and bound. They were_ too much under the influence of liquor to offer resistance, though they appeared to regard the whole affuir as a joke, knowing that Bumble was the most active in the matter. When. they were compelled, however, to enter their own canoe again, accompanied by Foghorn Phil and Bumble, and fol- lowed by Aylesworth and tbe two maidens in another canoe, something of the real truth began to dawn upen their bemud- dled brains: they had been betrayed and entrapped ! The party, with the ecuptives, headed toward the opposite side of the river, and they were scarcely out in the moonlight, when a recognition of different individuals of the party occurred, and if the outlaws were surprised on finding themselves pris- oners in the hands of Foghorn Phil and Belzy Bumble, Colo- nel Aylesworth, Pauline and Josie were almost dumbfounded when they discovered that Nogle’s companion, addressed 4s Roche, was no other than Roscoe Rhymm, captain of the Big Horn Traders / The party soon reached the east shore of the river unob- served by the traders on the island below; and having Jand- ed) made their way down Milk river. They soon reached ifs mouth, then turned down the Missouri. Half an hour’s jour- neying brought them to where Diek Trout and the rest of his companions had tied up the flat-boat to await their coming, he having defeated the Indians without the loss of a man in the conflict on the boat. The party of men and women were taken aboard the raft, when another meeting of silent Jove and joy took place be- tween two loving bearts—those of Frank Bassett and Josie Markham. With inward rage Captain Rhymm witnessed the joyous meeting of the lovers. He knew, now, beyond a doubt, why it was that bis own devotions had been unreward- cd by Josie. As he sat a prisoner upon the boat, among those who, but. a few hours before, would have willingly obeyed bis man- date, he thought over bis defeat and its probable result. He ~ finally came to the conclusion that he*had only been arrested for being caught in company with Nogle; that no one knew of his complicity in the abduction of the girls; nor the part be had taken in the attempted massacre of his own traders comiiclooks.con