Beadle's Dime Novels, No. 91: The Lost Cache — page 74: what you’re looking at

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76 THE LOST CACHE. x Perhaps he was only wounded, and has been able to crawl away.” “ He come 16 camp, then.” “ Perhaps he was notable to get so far.” | “No blood up the way we came. MReckon he been buried -here,” concluded the half-breed, pointing to a spot where the gand appeared to have been turned up». As they had brought a spade, together with an ax and a hammer, for the purposes of their exploration, Téte Bois soon removed the light sand, and disclosed the body of the young Englishman lying in its shallow grave. <A glance at the mangled throat, the bleeding head, and the cross cut in the forehead, were sufficient to satisfy him how and by whose hand he had met his death. “ Burt Adams’ mark, ” said Téte Bois, as he looked at the scarred cross. “Can it be possible that that scoundrel has followed us? We saw no sign of him or his Indians in the mountains.” *“ Reckon they went some other way.” “We must be very careful of ourselyes and of Kate, or we may be the victims,.as Thomas is, of that murderous wretch. But this is a matter that puzzles me at present—who has bu- ried the boy? It is evident that he has been killed by Burt / Adams, for we know his mark well enough ; but that. scoun- drel would not have taken the trouble to bury his victim.” “ White men about,’ answered Téte Bois—* we know that ’cause we heard the firin’, and Miss Kate heard the singin’. They had a fight, and they didn’t git rubbed out by the In- jins, ’cause they’ve been here, hey’ found the boy, and hey’ buried him. Thar’s white men’s sign ’bout here, Mr. Brainard, and-I reckon we'd better hunt ’em up, ’cause Burt Adams and his Injins mought be too much for us alone.” “T believe you are right, Téte Bois, though I greatly dislike to meet»them, for I am afraid that they may be no better or more friendly than the Indians. It will be best, in the first place, wliile we are here, to look for my treasure. If it is still here, we need not molest it, until we learn what sort of characters those white men are.” . “ All right, sir. TIl cover up the boy ag’in, and you go on with your 8 ’archin’.” = comiclooks.com