Beadle's Half Dime Library No. 483 — page 10: what you’re looking at

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PICKING UP THE TRAIL Rare ap dat he would stay wid her ontil I got| ‘‘ He asked ina Noe tik by the road t THE sorrowing woman and devoted mother . ve iret medicine did you get?” a poner and [ told him half a mile.” ad to shucchyaed. maid tins littletens in the village ‘ on é ‘ha e i , ° » & » littie cottag ‘Ae 1 ee inh die dares "edtin he toll eae hee are indat| ‘He was standing in the road when I seen | kee a - unt Eliza lived in the rear part, to coe out ob a ten dollar bill.” eep de change ya but there was a boat with sail up at the As he copier Te ye his y a Will st af ‘ ock.” : could not leave his sister alone in her age, which was foamy 4008 errs te emaese fee ae boca pa pcg else?” = ag epee el little furnished | Breaking the string he Atacetentad a ekaasl 1. Oo sked me where I was going?” 1 Pe , snug e furnished er nd you told him?” up town, and a good, matronly wo oa ned i poet ys a neon i py erie ee , a, wet pa sebe care Of pn) ng : abe could go "ta a pri- | a second of gentian and a third of camph “9 a atelse?” . Having become ed. Wins ea 403 ¢ > bigs phor, He want ; aving become settled, Wizard Will t = p ee Aunt’ sr mat tales 6 sent you asan | there for.” ed to know what I was going teymin ait to devote hiinalt ta the Rh 1 oe de- Site ker were ktug ern 7? OAD SP hea eee TORO nL regs Mae latte: 5 eta ae vcr ad ii eS, Sir. T's * i ‘ee othing.” ard he wore, Will knew was false, | Eliza; ‘but fescvibe hit if pein nowadays, Aunt ‘Don’t lie to me, Johnny, for, if you do, Pll | tl > deat prey alsp Le Dace aa eer 1). 66 H an nn afb iy take you to jail in New Y wir Cit ‘ rh 1e death-struggle between his mother and h woXin? tetas yr man, dressed in black, and | tell me the truth I will nb} putiiehy bub if you | slayer. a ‘Then he had # full beard 4 Johnny was scared, and he began tolcr It-was'eher day. after the nigh? Sai wena LE elon 9 Aspe peli ie aga PR ly yonnny,” seid Wisazd Will | had walked down to the 1 and Will and Foxey ** That was tho man T saw m the ent! & boat pt iY . nthe ae vid ot thas = amocte er § boat, : | ; n the eyes of the yo | | eta ts i 1 looked at him with your glass,” | he re ye oe alsa bop bose" ap for | upon a piece of rope ‘tied Cad a pane | i¢ ab Sikhs ee mother! wae. aick, and if {8 vou "yar your | which had been cut in two but recently as it. 4 and Twill find aa as my mother’s murderer, | would make her worse. OUer ' been tied in a hard knot. no? escape justice,” OW ion 1 i ashecan-| ‘‘ But I told him I dasp’t let him see it, and h a Bey were examining it Foxey said: a i a3 ,’ was Wizar ill’s stern re- | said he would give me ten doll t spn Billy, what t¢-phes shining. down 3 jo‘ader, as he turned and led Pearl from the | no harm, while he c nd ollars, and he meant | the water? ad of on " ees ——— would know about it. sain. RRS na ened bites: he fi Sad ne Ey is aah cee dae u rT eer ke ab net he fis it i A. COLEW. “ And he paid you ten dollars?” | ids t , this is the knife that killed my poor ‘ Oup Joe did not spare the horse, in going back % ce al ‘0 Lan th and see, her hair is entangled in the | to the village on his i = 23 . athe a i re} Ee a wena _“] took the telegram on and gave it to your tie aha yo in a reverential way and undid wee others put in an appearance at the sebtane ea ae Will, whale tie sir : coms oie ah cmmepeamber mie: Aer izard Will told them of the midnight in-| ‘ ‘ i . Ri D io aa . truder the night before, which Se rooetarmed |” “iurete ee een PR rn ney dena Aeipthes g Memb a, his mother, and then of the stran ho had rr id you see the man any more?” Ed did the d you are right in saying Hleganv }eJ a cleverly gotten Aunt Hilea-o of th, ad SO He was sailin’ about in his boat, but I didn’t The ; eed; for see herey” ) Pa RR a i while his sister had gone to the city a eeere bien - a rare ch a EA CRE EGLET EE be iis and was: if Bes, , . 66 rig ohnn : ; , ; D. Mois oe ue a xc, was | about my being an officer.” rr ra ef what vou h Art hag ly knows,” Foxey remarked, and j Then be lett Pearl in the care of Aunt Bliza, | into serious trouble, so do Te nae | Sones et ee eacienna terees vad 7 - ; ‘ : or a te r j , . < Ny: nde Oc , fi aan A ices Pat carriage, had Joe drive | seen only? Rethas ont nar er ing Pra eeered sto a a Eliza off on an errand, the man i Paae £34 He first went to the drug sto and you would be severely punished wore’ it tale acai pas 5~ Rng eda Ae a | ———_ proprietor to Tot him seo Fee ition that ok ee ia: rare 1-1 Pa tho ie -etimeny ware ‘one ed the Se Bas" . é a bearer aly: 44) easel ait, 1? ° se, were one and the same, th eps ana ote 28 fan, oeieh glad to hasten awapr as Wizard Will turned to ayy Boy Ferrets d a firm basis to work Sean : solation from the good-hearted arieasad ebhue? atatt the train, just then rolling up £0 the cared for, Wizard W iit ne 'b or re na ‘*T wish to keep this, Doctor Due 1.” he said U po . the solemn vow whi ok his first step to keep ee + it mae a oF creat pone tel Pee a ear for ue chief had come onepared aoe ak sine eles so a had Ne eT of : , SIT, or boy, ‘ej “ek 2 yi im, with a ri to call sh aero san eke said aptain wieas ie heed od a th the police force, the Secret Service men snd tip | eae eg ae Ny on mr ah 55 al Beng i Tc a erie, Erich Will, Uncle deg | dhe guilty Boy Ferrets. bh : essenger boy, freed from work, and starting | drove them rupidly to th tt while Pesce Poe guilty. man te Say Seared dead’ Dabnam eee. ore Suan and ‘thelothers’ téliowe ig vein? ra Foxey | known to be living, he must be found out a)! “Ye -* ny? were in waiting at the depot ge hacks that tes yee all ve “plea at his back, Wizard ee : . : . u f | fe i know more than you think I do, and ‘I | Wi ae ere at pon tin Leen Daly, after | fore him. d fully how hard was the task be- t Be) a phere ~ can fe mother's tad death. Ty e knew it, of his Mag Ed was a man whohad always eluded. ‘ Breer “Tf les, was the & len answer. ‘Yes, sir.” 1e hundreds of policemen and detectives upon 7 aS. If you do, I will know it, and you will be| ‘ What is it?” his track. 9 | mares punished, for see here, Johnny. Iam an officer, | “The waitins th He had a price upon his head, and yet ‘ a os S FED! LOB 0, Keep ne ee orcs Lb eee ng on, the paber sent to the drug | had been abie to earn if Ne See i uy. owed his es, Doom [ found in El t Ea’ e asin the Book of | He was utterly fearless, bold, cunning, intel- hn y eke Johnny already had great respect for Will,| ‘ egant Ed’s secret closet.” ligent, wicked as sin i : 8» De) he | Ron who bad often given him a quarter ~af honWhe se aoe but Elegant Ed is dead.” would not be bien eagitye Nai deaeereein 0 a oe pe | { " in “xi ; 2 OS SR NE Saget ui Aa , and now knowing that| ‘True; eat te wart ave ey escaped.” Wizard Will had believed that the Land £9 Been greatness. omiver: he wae prabirely awe ge bis') bat wees pemarkable cofunidenre if macaw reese hief had <a OO ee ee aed | ees ‘ 40 Ve tated yas, eir chief had struc pi | : 4 Seeeaeae as noms J ghany, you carried a dispatch out to | ant tact py Rak but I have another import- | him, struck a death-blow right at =» te a Vos ee this afternoon for my mother?” “Ont with it, Will.” In one way he might be tracked, and that was ie bie. “ At what time?” Then Wizard Will told of the man in the boat Out it nee ce inost yank gh ‘a Piped, s foe four o'clock.” ’ | er as caer ane yt was none other | as it was Elegant Ed. aa 7eremee 7° Sndng o rh Ba Noe Johnny, did any one see that dis-| and paid Johnny to let mi ai ne Village | Foxey had in vain tried to find the back that A Pe ! ¥ $3 a} “The telegraph man gave it to me.” ene mies pAHTo hed visited all the stat Fi oa The inkles + Ss Rey ‘ ° at man i e stands, and t {ti @ ret Ls Yh aiken ; . cottage, and, w : : . me obner sc eme to work, and was J IS ea 4 eae Spey. ag Sime au east uid thar ests |S Lee abin ee eer ee nt cert Sera erilre morning in thelr PAG ; . : oy j : rs, when Wizard Will entered. ae Dee 1 Oe fn ee you talk with any one?” who killed 1 # ecb eer Baie: he isthe man} * Foxey, 1 have found the hacen,” said % oe ae A eae na man who spoke to me,” | well assured that he is ; th am equally as | Will, as he entered. — cS abe BUM. ; + Sust, where’ the reed turns from the eld.) 4] mone hae Some: Wega |. 1 ioe creed the ced Fos. iis . t he dock to go to your home.” if vine me Si to be avenged on you, doubtless, ‘You know I zs prs oi that the Fl | ae (oe. ry is correct that 1t was he.” Girl had taken a hack from the stand pe aad - RS oe} A nln ak oe’ a , Pea, Oe te ONL tab bets SPT fs Thy eat open y aed 4 0 Tasks uuiety Le Ne PERN: vy / } ore Dee Peet poe yA et la Pe “i Pi? sR ¢ 4