The Boy Soldier; Or, Garibaldi's Young Captain — page 56: what you’re looking at

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50 Finding themselves mastered and with no hope of making any impression on the brave Boy Soldiers, those who were. able took to their heels and fled like deer from the spot. They did not go, though, without a parting salute from Hugh, Dick, Mark, Fatty, and Buttons, and such a “popping” and * cracking ’ ” of fire- arms was never heard there before. That their shots did some execution was plain, for several of the villains were seen to fall, ppt these were rescued by a fresh body of villains wh had concealed themselves in the. wood: and we ts afraid to take part in the combat. At this moment a fresh party of young Garibal- | diaps came running on the scene. In a moment everything was explained i them, — and; they dashed out of the grove after the scoun- drels, bent on destroying every one of them. Even little Joe Morton was there among the company, and although he could not yet shoulder rifle, for he was not strong enough, he carried a revolver in each hand, and acted as. bravel y one. “Who told you to come out of your shell ?” aia . Buttons,to' him, “You are a bie youth, to come i with a revolver in each hand ‘Well, you ain’t much: pees, ” said poor mildly, “Musn’t I try to help Oaptain Frank whe he rescued me and my sister from pointe death ae ‘That's all square enough,’ ?+'said Butto la ing himself up to his ull ‘hel oht—n of much’ four feet ; “but then; you 508, wyoushaven’ 6 sme lt 2 as much powder as Lh; “Well tT haven't, here c0es M4 With that, little ‘ oe dashed out of the grove, pistol in hand. , They soon overtook their cowardly enemies, who . were trying to get alonoss: ithe myer’ “Vet ee young ‘Garibaldi ms, however, preyented is They arrived on the EOF just, in time to seize . their boats. “Who is that in that small boat cues away for his life ?”’ asked a ESOT Ali 1 Yiu gs WA . na Dick ; “TI didn’t hare a, ‘“T don’t know,” | good look at him,” i “Tt looks like Joel,” said Buttons, “as much like ; him as two peas in a'po h MLA < This idea was score a by all, for each one thou eht Joel was too much of a eoyvard | to leave England | for Italy, ‘‘ Whether it’s Joel or not, ” said Fatty, ie don’t ne give him a rare warming, gee i T Saying this, he took the two revolyers from oe Morton, and let fly six shots at the euepicong looking person in the boat, A loud ery of pain was heard, ‘That's hit him |” said little Joe, in great glee, “Give him another dose of Morison’s blue-pills ” shouted Buttons, “Hang the expense, Fatty, brim- stone is cheap, and lead is dull as ever in the market—fire away !” ‘Drill as many holes into him as there are ina sieve,” * Let daylight through his ugly carcase, Fatty !” True to these repeated injunctions on ‘all sides, Master Tony Waddleduck “ fired away, Flannagan,” as he called it, until the boat had drifted! boy yond his range, ~ But while Buttons, the Fat Boy and Joe were thus amusing themselves by dosing the unknown with “blue pills,” as the bullets were called, and knocking splinters out of the unlucky boat, Hugh Tracy, Dick Fellows, and Mark, led on the young Psoon will 2 said J oe. “So THE BOY SOLDIER; OR, GARIBALDI'S YOUNG CAPTAIN. ag sy ie _ water ; : rer’ a 7 - the'boat had reached the opposite bank. 41 te wwua ss - i Garibaldians apa bie remainder of the ruffians, | fighting hard to get awa \) ent eae Bee ! suena > shouted ogg , sword in hand. ; “‘ Down with the villanous sweeps !” said Dick, a *« Throw down your arms, or we'll give no quarter,” i shouked Mark, 1. stentorian tones. | Never,” said several. “Fire away, then, boys | kill every mother’s son | of” em {? said Hugh, 4 ~ «Make short work of ithe treacherous devils Ye said Mark. — | Aim low, lads,” shouted T Dick, “aim ig Make ~ Many tried to. “jump yee the river and. swim | cat's meat of them all.” awa “Ho, there. hillo 1» ayonted Fatty, running up breat ess. ff Come-on, Buttons, here’s a go, Tracy ‘driving’: all the: a moa into the river, © Won't f tt ie be a fine place eh rE: ae Come back, oh “black -headed villains, come Wi back, or PM rah E your oe with a . charge of ll ‘duck shot, ay a 3,”? es Buttons ; ful of small Snot at ah ct cite le swimmers. “ They wont Wa after that, I think, ” ratty ; see hae he chap yonder is scratchip| his daca t oy a ~ ‘Help! help t” shor ated one unfortunate in the Tp help I ai m sinking \? - © Poor devil,” 4 uttons. Ina 2 Ae hig heart mi ted. | P He jumped into a boat in. an instant and rowed if off to rescue‘! the poor devil,” as he called him. : i? The drowning man grasped the boat, in order to | save himself, and Getcha the gunwale ba the | energy of despair. : = Pake care, Buttons, eC care 2 shoute wae He had getteny got got ey 3 out his rieDyunder and ligh “es ” eam Po qr, “ wh ng devil | | ei it; ‘ Bute is overhoard |_ The; by ae he let the ‘i alian get in alone? Se ‘clothés were + ome into tbe at water, and @jved ike a duck. In a moment or ohe appearet surface. Buttons was nowhere to be: geen. oneal cast, iy anxious. look 8 acing 1M ‘for the paved & ag Pane woe at ae into a bos at sae: rowed off, tL into th “water, es and all. intensely exciting ! ge Newfoundland dog Mark’ plunged | with rapic strokes through the water, At that moment the stranger who had escaped in ‘ He was seen to level a rifle at Mark. Bang-went his weapon, and his shot struck the water, In asecond Mark turned a complete comersault and disappeared. In a moment, however, he wag seen again, hhold- . ing up the half-dead form of the page wi its | nar while he swam towards the shore wit other, A rousing cheer hailed this-gallant exploit =| In a few seconds Fatty's red face re-appeared on | the surface of the water, He saw how things stood with “Buttons, antl © plunged’ attér Matk, who was exhausted, and almost sinking from weakness, Comicboo