Beadle's Dime Novels No. 316: Hurricane Bill — page 57: what you’re looking at

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BILL MAKES A DISCOVERY 61 Hurricane Bill could not rest contented, and scaled one of the highest points around, taking a close and careful scrutiny of the surrounding country. For some time he made no mo- tion of discovery ; but then, swinging his hat above his head, he came racing down the hill, calling aloud for them to sad- dle up in a hurry, “They're over thar—four on ’em—ridin’ along like they wasn’t ip a hurry. Quic k—mebbe we kin overtake ’em_ be- fore they hole, ef we’re lively,” he spluttered, yreatly excited, as he flung the saddle across old buck-skin, Five minutes later they were crossing the ridge. And a low, glad cry broke from the lips of nearly all, as they also distinguished the slow moving dots. Then with deadly eagerness they pressed forward. CHAPTER VII. BLACK GARCIA UNMASKS. _ From the first appearance of Hurricane Bill and Mustang Sim, that day bad been any thing but a pleasant one for the gallant Don Blas Cavello, or rather Black Garcia, the mountain Outlaw. And he had anticipated so much from it, that the awaking was doubly disappointing. Good looking, if not positively handsome, when his evil passions Jay dormant, well-formed, with a smooth, insinuating address avd almost inordinate vanity, he believed this day would complete the conquest of the fair Carmela’s heart—- complete, for he believed .-he had already won the maiden’s good graces, A skillful, graceful rider, an expert in all the national games, he was confident of proving a victor in ost, if not all of the trials. And then, after displaying the grace of his person at the fandango with which the feast was meunt to terminate, he intended proposing. After all this, Carmela could not reject, him, And, though not usually given to counting the cost, Black Garcia would rather lave Don Munez and Luis as friends than enemies. But be was , XY comicloooks.com) ~