Beadle's Dime Novels No. 316: Hurricane Bill — page 74: what you’re looking at

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78 HURRICANE BILL. to remove the horse. This was» promptly done, and the father’s hands deftly secured behind his back. “ You are my guest now, Senor Don Munez,” said the out- law, mockingly, after bidding his men put the wounded wretches out of their misery with a dagger-thrust. “Rely upon it, you shall be treated magnificently. But first—have | you no Gariosity to behold my bride—your daughter ?” Don Munez glared at the sneering villain in speechless rage. | ‘Allow me to support you,” and Black Garcia wound his arm around the Don. “Can you walk a sbort distance ? The pretty Carmela will be delighted to welcome you to her own home. I regret that her brother should unluckily have stood in the way of one of these rocks. But—blessed be those who die young !” and the outlaw laughed barsbly. Don Munez could endure no more. He staggered and then sunk a lifeless weight in the bandit’s arms. For once in his life the strong soldier had fainted. Terrible anxiety, want of rest, pain, the” sight of his dearly beloved son lying a mangled corse at his feet, added to the taunts of his captor, were too much. With a curse, Garcia set about restoring him. He had a particular use for Don Munez. : CHAPTER IX. STEALING A MARCH. How did Hurricane Bill and Mustang Sam manage to es- cape from the trap that proved so fatal to their comrades? Partly because of the outlaws’ inferior firearms and _ still worse marksmanship, but mainly owing to the speed and sure- footedness of Tornado and buck-skin. Nota bullet bad touched them—indeed, only two of the party had been killed by the outlaws’ volley, the remainder having: fallen beneath the resistless bowlders—and their horses Carried the two scouts beyond reach of the rocky avalanche. “Tvs all up, thar!’ exclaimed Mustang Sam, with a rapid backward glance, as they cleared the mouth of the pass, Ccomiclbooks.conmn