Beadle's New Dime Novels, No. 49 — page 37: what you’re looking at

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THE PERILS OF THE PRAIRIE. 4“ glittering jewels, ye got her grandmother — alt de same. Yah! yah! yah!” ? Poor Josiah ! he was so mortified that he ae not utter a word, but he looked as though he didn’t care how soon Egypt was put out of sight. Being fully initiated as an Indian, he was allowed to mingle with the red-skins at will, though heaimed to keep his distance from the darky and the old Raven. Now and then he would look away into the woods, as though he had half a notion to break his promise and desert bi Indian wife, by taking to his heels into the forest ; but nosach - ¢hance was offered, for he was watched too close. ») Josiah being disposed of, the savages now turned their at- ~ tention to Egypt, and soon caught sight of his fiddle. This they removed from his back and took from the green-baize - bag. In examining it, they touched one of the strings, which produced a life-like sound, and iucreased their curiosity to the - highest degree. Josiah Jenkins came forward and attempted ‘to explain its © use, but making a complete failure in that, he gave the sava- ges to understand that it was a great singer, and that none but _ the Thunder-cloud could make it sing. He then insisted on - Yhe savages’ releasing the darky’s hands, so that he could ~ Make it chant his own death-song, and learn them how to ~ Make it sing. With some reluctance, bordering on supersti- “a the savages finally released the negro’s hands, and handed ®im the fiddle. Egypt tuned the Setetinan with as much sang froid as hough he had been in a ball-room “away down in Dixie,” and then, taking the bow, struck up quite a lively air. At this juncture Josiah fell back, while the savages, filled - With the most profound curiosity, gathered about the musi Cian, and listened to the music with speechless wonder » Suddenly, however, a wild yell burst from their lips, and turn ing, they darted away like so many frightened deer. Egypt playing to ascertain the cause of the sudden commo- when, to his inmost surprise and delight, he saw Josiah Sleokine disappear in the gloom of the forest with the speed Petia tees, clos pursued by every savage warrior, was the darky’s time, and well he knew it; 80, vate in the bosum of his hunting-shirt, he drew comiclooolks.Comn wg W hus