Beadle's Dime Novels No. 92: The Twin Scouts — page 83: what you’re looking at

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‘A SMALL-SIZED SPECIMEN. 85 either taken, or had made his escape. He worked his way out of the village, and made at once for his haunt in the moun- tains. - A frightful din still prevailed, and Alph laughed, as he thought of the abrupt outcry of Tiny. “What was the fellow doing?’ he thought. He reached the haunt, and made his way at once into the presence of his friends. They were anxiously expecting him, and ready to go out to his rescue -in case he did not return safely to them. Sam inquired for Tiny. “FE can not tell where he is; the fellow got himself into difficulty, as usual, confound hint, Why could he not keep quiet ?” At this moment there came a puffing and Sihailing noise in the outer cavern, and Alph went out to ascertain the cause. He recognized the voice of Tiny, addressing some person who did not deign to make any reply. ’ “Come along, you red nigger. Got you now, ain’t 1? Wha’ you skulk roun’ dis house for, you small-sized speciment, you. Come down, I say. age no manner of use for you to be foolin’ roun’ ‘dat way, ‘cause you got to come.” «© After a while he made his appearance at the mouth of the cavern, dragging along an Indian boy, in the last stages of terror. He had a dim idea that he was-seized upon by some bad spirit, some wicked Manitou, who would devour him in his den in the bowels of the earth. In the extremity of his terror he failed to recognize the negro, and took the others for attendant spirits. The lad had seen Alph leave the village, and had followed him with the probable intention of making his name immortal by his capture. At the opening to the cavern he had been seized by Tiny, who brought him into the presence of the others and now told his story. ‘Passing over his peculiar manner of pronunciation, we will say that after his master left him, he conceived the plan of setting his brother-slaves at liberty without the aid of Alph. With this intention he left his safe position, in order to find the lodge where they were confined. He had an idea that this would be a very easy task indeed, and perbaps this notion made the mistake that did come certain. Tiny was neyer’ ‘known to undertake any thing without “ putting his foot in it,” somehow, and this time was no exception to the general rule, - Conniclooolks.cornn