Beadle's Dime Novels No. 92: The Twin Scouts — page 69: what you’re looking at

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TINY'S NEWS. a! “Dat’s so, boy; dey try you hard ’nuff, too; but you git ’way; ha! ha! ha!” “Who's ’fraid of dem? Psho! Dey ain't wuth nottin’. Jest. h’ar dem,” The savages were giving up in despair, and returning to their lodges. The fleet steed had gone on, and deluded them into the belief that the negro was still upon his back. “Have you seen Miss Flora, Tiny ?” “Oh, yes; she’s dar’. Dey hain’t done nottin’ to her—use her fust rate. Dar’s a gal day’, de prophetess, an’ she’s taken _.to Miss Flo’. She’s a stunner, ‘she is. Mos’ as handsome as Miss Flo’. Well, she takes car’ of Miss Flo’ herself.” “Ah! that is well. .If I could meet that girl now, I think I could make something out of her fancy for Flora. Do the — warriors all mean to stay in the village, Tiny ?” This name was given to the young negro, not because he was diminutive in size, for he stood six feet two in his mocca- gins, but because he was smaller than his father. “No, sar. I tinks dat dis is de las’ day ob dar’ games, an’ den dey goes off to de wars again.” “ Good, good; are you sure of this?” “Yes, sar; I heard dat An-ga-wam talk to de udders. "Pears like dey’ s waiting for some one dey calls Hau-do. W’en he comes, dey go away.” ; ‘We must wait, then. Do not look so fe oles Ben. Look at the matter in its right light, and remember, moreover, that you are under my orders. If we attempt her rescue, and fail, it will be next to impossible to do it afterward. So that. we must calculate every chance to make the matter as sure as possible. If we attempt it while all the warriors are in ‘the village, of course our chance will be less than if we try it when but one-quarter of the number remain. In that case, we might, if it were necessary, take her away by main force. Come up here, Tiny, and show me the exact position of affairs.” The party went up to the opening, and Tiny pointed out the different lodges, and told by whom they were occupied. “See dat lodge, wid t’ree poles on de top, an’ a kind ob flag in de middle ? Well, da’s whar’ dey keep Miss Flo’. ‘Watch dat place clust, an’ mebbe she’ll come out. Dey do come out comichorG.c com