Beadle's Dime Novels No. 95 — page 77: what you’re looking at

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¢ READY FOR THEM. : 79 “What kind of a place are they in, Eph? Can we get near it easily ?” | “JT think so. The canoe will be the thing. They ain’t got sich a thing to their names as a canoe, and ef we ken git the * gal into it, good-by, Jaques Chattillon. What dew yew say to that ?” —" : “It seems best.” ~~ “We'll wait till dark. Then [ll show you a trick worth @ dozen ornary ones. Tell you what, cappen, Moran must look out for himself to-night.” 3 “ 'Why-so ?” ' $ “Don’t you see that this durned old, spiteful woman, and - that cub of a Frenchman, ain’t goin’ to have him stick his finger in their pie, without so much as sayin’ a word for themselves? JI seen them go off whisperin’ together, while Moran was a-talkin’ with Maggie down by the shore, and they mean.no good. Durn them; their two faces were like chalk, they was so awful mad. And when two sich tempers as theirs gits mad, look out for squalls, mind I tell you. They will try some trick on him to-night, ef they live, that will fix him out, ef he don’t take care.” “T do not think they would try to injure him.” “They are bad enough for any thin’!” cried San “ But never you mind. Ef any thin’ is done, I am goin’ to have a finger in it, and will spile the pie, jest as like as not. Wait till night.” — | ) ” CHAPTER VIII. ' MORAN’S DANGER. - THe partisan retired to rest, fully determined to stand by Maggie in the contest with her mother. ° The consciousness of a good action performed gave him quiet rest, and he slept well, never dreaming how much trouble was brewing against him, That the two would oppose him, he was very certain ; but.the thought that they would attempt to ae him, yiever crossed his mind. xo = comliclbooksS.com ;