Beadle's Frontier Series #25: Indian Jim—A Tale of the Minnesota Massacre — page 53: what you’re looking at

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2 “PURSUIT OF THE WAGON. ee | ‘a us, not even Christian Jim, understands. Halle! they. ar on the move again; and thank God; exactly in: the right: ah @irection,” 4 Of ‘course,of. course,” responded: Halleck: . “ Now; Willy — please not to'trouble yourself about this particular:portion of ‘the landscape. If there be any views worth»secing, depend». a apon it they will not escape my observation.” Notwithstanding this assurance, the young man kept az. anremitting scrutiny of the eastern horizon, until his friends were but a mere moving speck: in the distance, and. the: — Indians had faded from view altogether, . A haif hour later, when they had completely disappeared. - he asked. the artist, who: still held the instrument.to. his eye as if. viewing some unusual object. .. “Do you still see them ?” ; “Yes; I can just make them out.” = os there any thing. suspicious ?” } ‘What couid there be?” replied: Halleck, still straining tee vision, as if he were by no means salisficd with what he saw “Let mre take a look,” said. Brainerd, extending his. hand joward the spy-gilass. “Ti is hardly worth while, they are so far away, that most. probably you will 1:ot be able to see them at all. I only keec -- them in view by holding the glass in a steady position.” — Well was it for the young. man’s peace of mind:that he did not look through the instrument. Had-he doneso, he. ‘would have discovered at au apparently short.distance in the wear -of his friends the forms of several savages, who: from al” appearances were in ful pursuit.. The artist saw this, but - deemed it hardly worth while to disturb his companion by -the knowledge of such a trifling circumstance. It was not aantil.the glass was useless, that he coolly replaced it in hia - pocket. Adolphus Halleck will never forget the revelation Of tha’ spy-glass as long as he lives. It was now late in the afternoon; a lizht.breeze stirred up the tree-tops around them, the sky was -partly-overcast, and. &here were some premonitions of an approaching storm. The ‘wind-came with refreshing coolness upon the heated roof, aaa gmade.the situation’ of our two friends more comfortable ina physical osx je, than it had been during the day. Young » cComicbooks ~ (E(O)