Beadle's Dime Novels No. 95 — page 68: what you’re looking at

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70 EPH PETERS, : ~ “ You git right up and go away. Dey try to stop you, I ketch dem and tie dem to de trees, and hang ole missee up on a limb by her clo’es. Dat’s wat Pll do.” 5 “ Now don’t be a fool, Dave. Sit down here. Look down the lake—just as far down as you can see. Watch that point of land running out into the water. Do you see any thing on the water a little way from the point ?” © Yaas; dat’s a log.” “Tt isn’t; my eyes are better than yours. It is a canoe.” “ So ’tis,” replied Dave. “ Knowed it was a canoe, all de time. Said it was a log, jus’ to fool you.” 7 “ Can you make out whether it is in motion or not ?” “ Yaas; comin’ dis way. See de paddles dip.” “ How minis do you make out in it. Answer low, Iam watching mother.” “Free. Dar’ , dey ain’t cémin’ no furder dis way, I tell you. Dey goes to de bank. Can’t see dem no more.” Ann, who had been watching them with jealous eyes, fear- ing they might hatch up some fhischief together, came forward and sat down near by. ~ “* When do we go on?” asked enaia “ Not at all; Montcalm comes to-morrow.” “ Where will he go?” “ How should IJ know his plans? The English forts will fall, like Oswego, before the great marquis. Oh, he is a . soldier of soldiers, a man of men. - I love all who fight for the lilies of France.” “ Do you love these-savages ?” ; “ Why not ?—are they not of my blood ?” “Would you haye me herd with such degraded creatures because I have a little of their blood in my veins ?” “Tt is not, forced upon you. Only say you will be the wife of Jaques Chattillon, and you need fear nothing from them.” “I fear nothing now,” replied the girl, quite calmly. “They dare not injure me. Do I not know that they are employed by Chattillon ?” : “ How do you know it ?” ; “The message was brought by Me-to-1 ne, and he commands the band. Would you yield so tamely to have your stock driven away by these robbers if you did not know who they ~ conmiclbooks.CGoun =