Beadle's New Dime Novels: The Specter Chief — page 89: what you’re looking at

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THE PHANTOM CIUEF. 93 gee daylight agin when: we left. "em; but “ added the Ranger, in » more serious tone, “T often thought of Loth of you; and if I hadn’t been sent off by the Governor yese tervay, I'd have been first to see you in the camp. What are you going to du ?”’ i" ot “> That's just it!” answered the surveyor, while Marie Jooked away; ‘I will not be secret with you—Marie must have a protector, an settlement as—s'’— _..% As his wife-—think of . that, Mr. Butler!’ interrupted Marie; turning frankly and tenderly, but with a spice of playfulness, toward Fenton, » The. Ranger looked down a minute without speaking ; and his featnres assume! some of that pecuiar, bitterness * of expression which we have more than once noticed,, At levgih he sail, with so! emnily of manuer: ‘ _..s* Well—it’s. best... No one knows what may happeas and if anything comes betwixt. you, it may be too late ;”’ and he again paused, as though debating with himself whether or not to procce:, Overcoming his. seruples, whatever they were, he contiaue)l: e so Marie! you're the first person I've felt much care. for - gince I Jeft the settlements. Somehow, your. ways have faken hold of my feeliv’s, and L believe you're the first that’s seemed to care for me—maybe that’s it. Bat in the Platbottiom, when Iwas troubled in mind— wd the Lord knows I had enough of that !—you always hada word and -Jook to make things smooth; and after the scrimmage n,' > fe wie eae gee! Fee » , me asl @id Colonel Victor—bows' ever he wasn’t so. much used to them--I say, I did think it. was all right; but after that - mistake, I couldn't res . And when the prisoners was to come in, I di-ln’t want to | See anybody but you—and I may say the surveyor here, _- Who's a man, though he hadu't, seen s0. much sarvice ag gome others. -Welll. Luever expected, t0,,say,a wort, to apy one about my troubles, but now that you're fixe, thia * Ay ‘tink ~ > . ‘ -, ? ig a 2.0 . » 7) en, 4% 2 ee d I wish: her to go back to the which I partly laid to myself—though I did think, and so — t till I saw you out of the scrape. - ‘om : <j