Beadle's Dime Novels No. 92: The Twin Scouts — page 65: what you’re looking at

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A PLACH TO HIDE. 67 members of the tribe, but renegade Mohawks. That they were brave in battle, and brought home many scalps, and for that found favor in the eyes of the people. That she, as proph- etess, was able to countermand many of their cruel orders ; and that Hau-do hated her, while An-ga-wam wanted to make her his wife. This she had steadily refused, and An-ga-wam had no power. to enforce his wishes.. But he had sworn, when he went on his last expedition, that he would find a way to break her pride, and make her his own. He had never been true to the English, whom he hated fervently. After this, Flora knew why Alph had said that he would yet be false to the English. CHAPTER VII. UNDER THE BAN, Tne rescue party, with untiring patience, had followed the trail of the Indians, and stood upon the summit of the ridge looking ‘down into the Indian village. _ There it lay, the place that held their treasure. “ She’s dar’, she is,” said the giant. “ Dey’ ve got my boy, too, Tiny. ’Spec’s dat chile gibs dem heaps ob trubble, I does. I h’ars him when I’s a lyin’ on de floor ob de house, callin’ on seberal of de p’ison snakes to step out and fight him, an’ dey dassen’t do it, nohow.” _ Alph, Mnowing the irascible nature of Tiny, smiled as he thought how that acute youth would bother the Indians. — “We must find a place to hide,” said Alph. “ As it may be some weeks before our plans are fully carried out, it will not do for us to loiter about here, without having some secure hiding-place. Let us go further up the mountains. These hills are full of holes, and it will go hard- but we shall find one large enough to burrow in.” They passed up the,mountain. Huge bowiders) avine on the spot to which they had been hurled, hemmed them in on every side. The course they took led them in an oblique di- rection toward the village, and they had lighted yet ; Upon no place which suited their fancy. Cconmmicloookssconn