Beadle's Dime Novels No. 95 — page 19: what you’re looking at

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OHAPTER II. ‘eat 4 ANN WYLDE’s VISITORS, oe nel . Mornmr ARN, ” ag Ronald called her, had not, ieeiee in the cabin, when two men emerged from the woods and came tdianil cae -house; Maggie, who had thrown herself upon the bench at the deor, looked up at. the sound of steps, and watched the new-comers. . They were not unaccustomed to visitors even in this remote aah corte time to. Minne ond she was not atall alarmed...) .» tgibeots 4 One of the new-comers was a tall, mat in the dress of “a Moran’s Partisans; band of,French rangers, with whom the gallant. Putnam frequently, measured strength... He» had strongly-marked. features. of the French east, anda. certain careless sang-froid, peculiar to his nation. | He might have been forty years of age. His arms were of the best deserip- tion for the period, and he carried, in ‘addition to: his pistols and knife,.a heavy hatchet. Altogether, he was not. by:any means the sort of person.you. would like to meet as an enemy. | _ His companion was of slighter build, and of athena com- plexion than his comrade. His limbs, however, were symme- trical, and full of vigor. His eye was dark. and piercing, and his Dipplenhainsey upon. his shoulders, unwaving and unlus- trous as. ’s., Asneer seemed permanently fixed upon his thin lip, which, gave his face a disagreeable expression. Otherwise, he was.a handsome young fellow, but, looked, ane his companion, a dangerous enemy, © 90) 6 ow His dress was similar to the other’s, with the shitiainbidh tain tion of a certain jaunty way, of wearing it, almost foppish, if such a word may be used in connection with a forest-costume. He carried a small switch: in his hand, with which he was in- dolently cutting off the thistle-tops as he walked. _— ve the sight of the cabin he threw itaway., ~ ; ‘The two men, evidently .with a preconeainednides, eppaatt: | a the eabin.... Maggie rose to. receive them, for hospitality as a law of the frontier. .The-two looked at each other with COMiIcloOokS. Com