Penny Dreadfuls, 1867 · page 31 of 390
The Boy Soldier; Or, Garibaldi's Young Captain — page 31: what you’re looking at
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THE BOY SOLDIER; OR, GARIBALDI’S YOUNG CAPTAIN. \\ Sk \\ \\ \ \\\ \\ \Y RR \\ \ = \ — Zz q 4 Near = ENV ag By) Glin = / Uj htE Bae Ty || Wt HU / ) Z eT iG } Wa CHE A ris Wifes = LES LG Wit THE STRUGGLE FOR THE AUSTRIAN FLAG.—SEE page 32. CHAPTER XIII. THE CHASE—THE RUSE—THE SUCCESSFUL FLIGHT —ITALIAN COLORS RAISED—THE STRAY SHOT— HUGH TRACY AND FRANK AT WORK, THE first exploit of the gallant band of young Garibaldians caused Captain Frank to be lustily cheered by his followers, who rent the air with their joyful shouts, They rushed towards him and seized his hand with a firm and hearty grip of friendship, Fatty, who still lay concealed in some out of the way place, far from harm’s way, could not under- stand the meaning of so much shouting and bawling. He imagined that they had yet to run the gaunt- No. 4. [THE RIGHT OF DRAM et of other Forts, and, as an occasional shot from the ships in chase whizzed overhead with ascream- ing sound, and plunged into the sea around the ‘Kaiser,’ he hid himself still more closely under the protection of the bulwarks, and almost squeezed the breath out of the body of young Buttons, who was by no means so fearful as his corpulent com- panion. é “U-u-gh!’ groaned Fatty, aloud. ‘‘Ob, lors! here comes another shell, Buttons, don’t yer hear it?” and with that he kicked and plunged as if he expected each moment to be annihilated. “ Oh, lors! that dare-devil, Frank, will be the death of us all, I know he will U-g-h! here it comes whistling e-|J don’t mind fighting, you know, Buttons,” CO NOOO)