Beadle's Frontier Series #25: Indian Jim—A Tale of the Minnesota Massacre — page 80: what you’re looking at

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~ oy his 5 friends; the waxenk of this es afternoon, Pe horror: they had of attracting the attention of their < mortal enemies, forbade any such course... Had Uncle John. bh ossessed another. wife, she might have been. strong-minded., . | nough to insist upon such a proceeding; but Christian Jim,,. new Mrs.-Brainerd too well to expect any such thing from ler. Therefore the friendly Sioux was filled with, perhaps |. “as keen. and tormenting an apprehension as. thdse who . were already awaiting his return with such impatience... . But not for a single instant did. his look ‘or: manner. ages any such emotion. His life and experience. among, , his own race, had taught him to be circumispect and suspi- - cious; and he had learned long ago, that. the moment.of - agpaseaity the greatest calm and security, is in reality that, __ of the closest impending danger... When he hnally emerged | - from the long, prairie grass, and in a stooping position, . whisked beneath the shadow of the wood, his movement .. would. have’ hardly attracted ‘the attention. of .a sentinel. within a dozen feet of him, A shadow:or @ phantom,,.. - would scarcely have moved so. rapidly and. noiselesslyi,. Fairly within the grove, the first proceeding of Christian. oe iin was to bend his head, and concentrate-all. his faculties . -. Gnto the single one of-hearing. Not éven a: falling. leaf... 3 ' «aught his ear—nothing“éxcept the mournful sighing, of . z a the night wind through the tree-tops. Hé either.zhad.no. a pe eoemies to encounter, or they were as cautious as himself... ES Moving'a few yards further,-he caught the dull glimmer... = - the camp-fire through the trees. One glance showed.him. es ae _ that it had not been replenished for several hours, and half ag Suspecting the truth, he proceeded with greater rapidity — through the grove. A few moments. later, he stood within = rod of the smouldering embers, and.made the discovery yp. = . a not another human being was near him. es __Gratifying. as this fact aiah be, it had a pearing Ren z 4 , ; ‘ : ON Saar aye < ‘ . * 4.94, oP ot Mal, eae? fe 3 pa) { . ed so : Te _ rey 9 vi 5 Mee i ne ote sere batt Seth wl. ig agt D> . ; ts - dg . q uy, ne « * * ‘ af. yas Meee dal wt Pet _ His) | gamete oer btipinatge » ex >=. mg x . ae obey, - . ” rai vy Shy ANY Fate fete ia. v ny me hic pi th -- hte + ?. ai ee tad yet “experienced. He was. now. almost positivé, that, a: | aS of Indians had encamped i in the grove, and. captured, * oS a ais “friends | “several hours before... Reconnoitering. .the, -tamp-fire'a- few moments, to make sure that there coulé..7)) : =. no enemy at hand, he. passed on. by it, toward the RODE... | Pees e the.wagon had been driven-in the day: before. ..; Be Sioux was, too much of & woodsman to cA he Eom e 700! CSEGOIn