Beadle's Dime Novels No. 92: The Twin Scouts — page 8: what you’re looking at

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10 THE TWIN 8COUTS, it—only the cry of the great fish-hawk sailing over the wa- ter. But at the first sound he started eagerly erect, and placing his hand to his mouth, uttered a shrill note, an exact imita- tion of the one he had just heard. The cry was answered again, and then he-sat down and waited. Fifteen minutes passed, when a person came cautiously out upon the other shore, looking eagerly across. The young hunter sprung up and called : “ Alph ?” “ Are you there, Ben? How shall I cross ?” '« Take a log. We are on a business which’ requires that we should not fear to wet our buck-skins.” The other laughed, and in a few moments pushed through the sedges a log, to which he had lashed his rifle and ammu- nition. He soon stood out upon the shore. What a wonder was here! The same in every feature, joint, and limb, the two men stood together! You could not tell them one from the other. The wives of- the two Dromios ef Shakspeare could not have been more astonished than any person would have been who saw the two foresters together. — _ Ah, lad,” said. the first, shaking the hand of his brother, “ how have you been ?” “ Capital!’ said Alph, ‘“ You were here before me.” “TI always get along in time,” said Ben. “ What made you so late ?” “Oh, if you calculate the time I spend over my meals | compared with yours, you will understand why I lost an hour. Which way now ?” “ Our business is to find the whereabouts of the French, and report to the commanding General. But here we are on Canada Creek, and the French, probably, a hundred. and thirty miles away. We must be up and doing.” -“ Just as you say, Ben.” “You will take command of the expedition, Alph ?” “ There, there, Ben ; none of that. - Don’t you know what ‘Dromio’ said to his brother? 5 2 gm *** We came into the world like brother and brother, ~ Ss Now let’s go hand in hand, not one before the other’ ” = — - “ Come on, then,” said the other, springing up, and throw- ing his long rifle to a trail, The two plunged into the forest. aoiagg COMNICDOOKS. COL)