Beadle's Frontier Series #25: Indian Jim—A Tale of the Minnesota Massacre — page 72: what you’re looking at

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Za eee = ARIA FES oe Gh 3 ‘The: -young: Settler: took: thé glass ‘arid? 160k tong and earnestly, but was unable 'to satisfy: himself of ‘the ‘tdentity’” of the person. He could make-out the head’and ‘shoulders — of the person, but the branch itsélf confused these so nitich’ © - that there could be no certainty regarding them, ‘The'young: -men-had- reited in’ their“horses, and the man; convineed that he* had caught: their nofice, waved the’ litnb’ ‘more* vigorously than ever. Adolphus. Halleck took the glass-again, and léveled it at the object, Brainerd ‘remarking? as he did'so:. “Let us go no nearer until certdin of the identity of that man. 2? “ He-may be a poor refugee, broken ‘down by" long travel, — and? anxious for a lift.” “Why doés he not’ come dowh the hill) thett,"ahd make — himself ‘known? ” “Can't tell; my curiosity is up, however, and I: intend to learn--the meatiing: of that movement’ before ‘we go’ on.” ““T-ar afraid it is a: decoy: In-ali probability ‘there are‘a: lot of Indians‘ concealed in the grass.’ “Why don’t they intercept us and head us off?” | “They haven’t horses, and.are lying down on the ground. They have no chance against our lives unless they can get us within rifle range, and that is what I believe they are attempting to do.” | “We can’t learn any thing so long as we_stand here; we must go nearer.” Brainerd’ carefully measured the distance with ‘hia’ eye. ‘Wei may go a°hundred yards*nearer, ‘and ‘run a‘slight chancé of being shot. There ‘are notmany ‘riflemet’ who could pick us ‘off from’ there, but I‘have known tiore*than - one Indian’ who was able.” ig _ Slowly‘and carefully’ they advanced toward ‘the: fil, until _ prudencé‘led them to halt, and:the artist once ‘more: raised” his glass. At the very’ momient he did’so, the fini wasseen _ to fall tothe grotind, and no sign of a person was ‘visible. “What is the meaning of that?” he asked, turning to his: companion. | _ “He is *probably’ sure that we are cothine:’ tov the’ top’ of: - the hill, adhd ‘thinks it utinecessary to ‘continue’ his signals.” 2 7 that bé the case, wecan soot bring him to’his feet” again!” Gomicbooks-com