Beadle's New Dime Novels, No. 49 — page 33: what you’re looking at

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THE PERILS OF TELE PRAIRIE. 81 | Securely strapped. upon his back. But, in the excitement of their preparation, the hunters failed to notice a long, black | log floating down toward the island from above, behind which With their bodies hidden in the water, were a dozen or more Ted-skins. Having. watched until Harwood disappeared around the bend, they then prepared to follow; but, scarcely had Frank disappeared, when a deafening war-whoop sounded in their ®ars, and a dozen suvages were upon them. _. “ Oh, salvation ! save me, Egypt! save me!” cried Josiah, - Springing behind the darky. __ “De good Lord presarve us !” exclaimed the African, snatch- ing his rifle from the prepared bundle of brush. “ Now den, "Bia, ye kin hab Deer Creek fair ober ’gin !” t But, the poor, cowardly Josiah was so paralyzed with fear That he could not move a muscle, Not so with Egypt. ol! his rifle, he swung it right and left with such a vim, that, had Josiah aided him. the least bit, they would bave Griven the red-skins from the island. As it was, the brave ‘Dlack was finally overpowered and bound hand and foot, as : savages now searched the island over and over for the terrible Serpent Trail, but finding him not, they. took. their and conveyed them over to the east shore in the canoe belonging to the hunters. Here were a num- ber of ponies, and, mounting the prisoners on a couple, whose i Egypt had slain upon the island, they headed away. Owners The Sioux were uot slow in observing that Josiah was an “nmitigated coward, and, of course, they foresaw consider- “€ Sayage sport in him; for above all things the American Tadian loves to torture a cowardly captive. Knowing that Ne would pot attempt escape, dhey allowed him the freedom “> his hands, but the Thunder-cloud, as they called, the nde on account of his sable complexion, was bound, Only hand and foot, but firmly lashed to the animal's | he rode. ‘Durning, and several dusky firms moving about it PO an hour or two riding the cavalcade entered a broad, Of timber, and but a short distance ahead they saw 9 comicbooks-com ~*