. Illustrated lives and adventures of Frank and Jesse James, and the Younger Brothers : the noted Western outlaws. in his bright blue eyes : So you wanted tosee the notorious outlaws?^ Yes. Well did youexpect we wore horns, and had split feet, and spoutedfire and brirastoue, eh? But 37^0u see you are mis-taken. There are a hundred, yes, a thousand, worsemen along the borders here than the James they have not been lied about as we have been ;they have not been hunted all over the states as wehave been ; they have not been so grossly misrepre-sented and abused, and we must bear not only
. Illustrated lives and adventures of Frank and Jesse James, and the Younger Brothers : the noted Western outlaws. in his bright blue eyes : So you wanted tosee the notorious outlaws?^ Yes. Well did youexpect we wore horns, and had split feet, and spoutedfire and brirastoue, eh? But 37^0u see you are mis-taken. There are a hundred, yes, a thousand, worsemen along the borders here than the James they have not been lied about as we have been ;they have not been hunted all over the states as wehave been ; they have not been so grossly misrepre-sented and abused, and we must bear not only oursins, but the sins of many others. It is a pretty hardfate, young man. Tlie hard, unpitying expressioncame upon his features once more, but it was onlyfor a moment, and the cloud passed away, and hiscountenance was illuminated by a smile that wasgenial and pleasant, and whoever could have gazedinto the face of Jesse James at that moment, wouldnot have concluded that he was a desperado and anoutlaAV. I suppose, said Frank, that you will accept anoutlaws invitation to his bumble retreat? Mostgladly, I 22 349 350 i^EANK AND JESSE JAMES. **They turned their horses heads, and Jesse takinga position on one side and Frank on the other, werode on to the crest of the ridg-e. *There is wherewe camp, said Frank, as he pointed away to thenorthwest. Camp ! Indeed, it seemed more likethe residence of a well-to-do planter in Georgia. Thesituation which they had selected was beautiful asany I had yet seen in the West. Before us a broad,green valley lay spread out in the sunlight, boundedby a line of high hills toward the northeast, andwidening toward the southwest. A noble grove oftimber skirted the margin of the stream, which ap-peared to be of considerable size, and meanderedthrough the valley. Beyond the stream and thegrove, situated on a gentle slope in the midst of gar-dens and cultivated fields, and vigorous young trees,rose a pleasant house of two stories in elevation,with a
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