Beadle's New Dime Novels: The Specter Chief — page 68: what you’re looking at

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3 fered a strong coniras:. with the open boliness of Butler, evince: névertheless a determination, to endure, doggedly, the worst that fortune had in store... Marie followed with quiet step and dowueast eyes; her cheeks were colorless, and an expression of despair, scarcely softened toward re- signation, told the angnish she had borne since her seizure in the ravine. Last came the surveyor, dejected and lar- assed by fears fer the safety of her with whom his .rela tions had lately assumed so tender a character, but with- out any definite conception or feeling respecting himself. A flush tinged his face as he took his, station; but the flashing.of his eyes showed that the emotion was of an angry kind, . The hands of the. four were bound; | those of Marie more indulgently than the rest, yet with sufficient = - strictness, . When. the slight commotion oceasivned by their en- trance bad subsided, Cornstock arase and. pronounced a few words with great gravity, and resumed his seat, -One of.the Wyanilots on his right now adyanced a few steps, and dropping his blanket, prepared for a serious harangue, Marie,.who ‘had raised her eyes to the chief next to Oorn- stock, was struck with the singular combination of fero- city and sadnvss. depicted in his. countenance. — He had spoken with effeet upon the public business just concluded, - r but he manifested no inclination \o take: part.im the sub- ject now proposed ; which, as the render has anticipated, qwas*the propriety of sending the prisouers to the stake - : without delay . Before setting out on his journey to Chil geothe, he had gone witha band of eight tothe Musk- — . ingum, and gintted his venceance on.a number of settlers, oe | newly arrived, near its waters; but colil-blooded inhus = manity to captives formed no part of Logan's characters | -and on. his) return, failing to obinin, by persuasion, the , _ opreservation of a prisoner, he, with his own hand, severed =~ : the cord, which bound him. to the pest of torture, and led him boldlyaway. Feeling no disposition. to favor.the pro sj posal.ofthe Ifnron, be believe! the influence of the Shawe —-§gnu chief sufficient to counteract it... fle seemed, indeed, Vike @ man of strong nature, goaied by grievous wrong ¥ > 5 ee , * e-