Beadle's Dime Novels, No. 91: The Lost Cache — page 54: what you’re looking at

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‘66 Bi THE LOST CACHE. As the old man’s word was law in the camp, the wounded hunter was attended to, and Harry and Myers lay down to © sleep, Farrar saying that there was no sleep for him, and he must watch. In the morning they found their breakfast ready when they , woe, and Ben Farrar, with a very solemn face, gave them a brief account, while they were eating, of Burt Adams, the rob- ber, murderer, and desperado in general.. The young gentle- men did not appear to be specially terrified, although the old hunter was entirely in earnest, and seemed to stand 4 in awe of the outlaw. ‘Over their pipes he ‘told cum that, if they experted to re- main there any length of time, it woul be proper to enlarge © and ‘strengthen their fortress, as there was no telling how soon they might be attacked or besieged by a’stronger force. They readily assented’ to this proposition, and spent the day in ‘enlarging and remodeling’ the fort, Myers acting as engineer-in-chief and laborer. At last he yowed that the fort was strong enough to resist anything but heavy artillery, and Harry fairly swore that he would not work another stroke if the prairie was crowded ‘with men‘ “a thousand times ‘worse than Burt Adams. Night coming on,'they had their supper and their pipes, and‘all lay down to sleep, except Myers, who was left on guard, with instructions to call Farrar ‘at eleyen o'clock. CHAPTER I x. ‘SPIRITS OF HEALTH, OR 2 . Tne defenders of Fort Myers would have done better to leave Harry Chenault on guard, for he seemed to be attacked bya fit of wakefulness, and did not manifest the slightest disposition to snore, or to avail himself of any of his privileges as a sleeper, although he had declared that he was nearly tired to death. The truth’ of ‘the- matter was, that the young gentleman was excited on the subject of the concealed treasure, more especially as he had been kept, during an entire day, fromthe. search that