Beadle's Dime Novels No. 92: The Twin Scouts — page 29: what you’re looking at

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‘| A PANTHER. $1 A. The hours:stole silently on. Nothing was heard save the flap of the night-bird’s wing, or the ery of the loon upon the distant river. The low wind, sighing through the pine branches, had to Alph a pleasant sound. He had lived long in the woods, and knew its ways. To most readers, the Situation would seem any thing but pleasant; but, to him, hight in the woods was glorious. His thoughts reverted suddenly to Flora. What if the ‘Savages whom they had beaten should return to do her harm ? He knew that they were powerless for the preseut; but he knew, also, that.an Indian, intent on mischief, would not be long in finding friends in the forest. ) ‘He looked down at the brother, sleeping so calmly at his feet, and his heart was full of tenderness for him. The love of these two was more than brotherly, “passing the love of women.” Perils shared’ bind men to eaclr other, and they ~ had faced death together often; so, they were true brothers. “+ What would he do, if the girl he loved suffered wrong at _ the hands of the red fiends who had left them? He knew their natures, and that, fertile in invention, they would be _ very apt to strike at them through Flora, : Would this be their first movement, when they found help ? He could not tell. Perhaps. they would follow on’ his trail, hoping to do them some harm; he rather hoped that they Would, than that they should return to the Mohawk. He was aroused from his reverie by bearing a stealthy, — crawling sound—a rustling among the dry leaves of the forest. - It was very dark inthe spot where they had made, their camp, and, although Alph peered carefully out into the darkness, he could see nothing. The sounds ceased, and he had almost persuaded himself that it was nothing but the wind, when it began again. Some animal, whose foot fell lightly, was mak- ing the circuit of the camp. Vainly his eyes sought to pen- etrate the darkness. The noise ceased again, and Alph could see two balls of fire gleaming out upon him, as the light of a fat-pine torch, with which he had provided himself, flashed up in the gloom. : The lights disappeared, as the torch was lighted, and second after he eould hear a sound,as if a body had nee the earth some distance away. There was no difficulty now. . "comicbooks com