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actor, a wild
and/air thanked untappearedthere belong. ‘5

glassy,  the Tiger; breaking
in upenhisthoughts, 7“- that black—eyedmngel's.
Fate haven meant.
hen to bathroom away .gne such ableke .219
Powell. ~ No. sir! wIt’ll" take a man of genius
to‘_lbe'a:fit‘mate for here:  do you think.-
of your humble servant. Tiger: Dick, alias

King Month; of Yellow-sand commoner”

whercelse-in-the-diggings, California!” ~  2
He thrust his thumbs :throughvtho armholes

of his west, and. \

with a drunks-meteor; w r
a wild gloamofsbatred

beneath the: droopingrlids, wand apushed the

decanter inward .rthet’l‘iger. Dick poured out.
. thing {similarin his voice» _  ~

some liquor, and said confidentially:

“ The first my I got a squint at her
face, I made'up my mind that that flat shouldn’t
hold a hand in‘that game. ~_ She .‘gave me her
hand likela princess, and that was. my first
lesson in the grand passion. I’ve seen a good
many pretty women, but I. never was set
afloat in 'Pamdise before. . Boss, that :girl’s.
going to run off with asoldier—see if she‘don’l.
———and I’m that soldier!”f1 . ,  e - _ .

-When theTi'ger had taken his leave, Cecil
gmund his teeth inrage, and ,shookhis fist in
the direction of the mouth of the cave. ,,

“We'll see;who gets'herflhe said, with a»
look of iron denomination  4 I

Then ,h‘edisguised himself, and leaving the
cave, followed Tiger Did: to the city. Here
he went to ‘a cabman, whom. he knew money
would make blind, deaf and dumb. Of him
he engaged meanings, to be in readiness on
the following night. Then be procured a saddle
horse; and whenshe returned with him just-
before the break of. dawn, the ranimabwas
rocking Wildl‘sWeat, showing? that he hadlbeen:
 L ‘ f‘l- ,fi. z“_ ‘i.

‘Cecilthenwrote. the'note which; Florence!
supposed tovbeifrom her. lover, and secured its
delivery by a bmkendown theaterlactor.

“We’ll see :‘who gets; her!” he. muttered
again, as be repaired to the cave.. . : r

:1'

 C. .CHAPTEB. VIII. .. 
' . ..  . ANluDUCflON. - 3: r,
WHEN he enteredrthe cave, Cecil Beaumont

had before him one of the most trying days of: '
his life; a day in which his breast was a prey '

to successive ecstasies of love, hate and anxiety.
Everything being in readiness forrthe execu.
tion of his last and crowning plot, he had bu!
to await the time, with his thOughts as his only
companions. . ' \- r .
“That = is the i way with them,” he said,
thinking of his relations with May ; .“ they. will
lavish their affections upon someones like me,
when they wouldn’t give an honest man a. sec
ond look. I pity her; for she loves me, as few
can. But the rose out—blooms the dandelion,
and the moon pales before the noonda-y sun.
Oh, heavens! if she-Would come tome of her
own free will! If ,‘she would laylher cheek to
mine, and ’call me ‘ Cecil!’ ” ' - Y
He clasped his hands over his face, .an
shook from head to foot at the thought.
. “But no; she will hate me.
me with her every breath. Be it so. I could
not live, and know that she was in the .power
' of that fiend, Tiger Dick. Ahlhow well he is
named! But I will .savevhor from him, if she

makes every moment of my life a burning hell,

with her scorn." .  . ,. , ,.

Then. his thoughts took another turn. .

“Sixty thousand dollars!” he said. v “She
shall be a queen while it lasts, whatever may.
follow. I will lavish upon her“all .hlt money.
cm buy. Oh! that I could-buy one momenl.
of love! But no. Gilding her chains will
only make them the more gelling. 0h, Flor‘
once! how I love you! And yet 1 sin going to
bring upon your life such a blight as only a
fiend could meditate!” .

With such thoughts he passed the. day, and
at the approach of night, as indicated by his
watch, he went into one of the galleries that
ramified from'the main cave, lighting his way
with a pine knot. At its furthest extremity,
he dug down into the sand that had been col.
looted by the action of water, and drew forth
the isachel in which Tiger Dick had placed the
money taken from the bank. Then he rammed
to the main chamber and stole forth into the
night. . l ,

A walk ofaan hour brought him to a road,
where he took up a position behind a large
oak.» Within twonty minutes a carriage ap
proached from the direction of the Mississippi,.e
and, as it neared the spot, the driver began. to
whistle apopular air, and slackened, the pace
of his horses. At this signal Cecil stepped
boldly out into. the road; the carriage stopped;
he leapedxin, and was Iwhnled rapidly away. :
.. it would be vain to‘attcmpt to describe the
emotions : of Cecil Beaumont, yasfiheurtood in.

the little bower at the side of the bridle patn ‘

leadingwfrom. Griggs’ Hollow,,:aw.aiting the
coming of the woman he most deeply loved—*-
the woman against Whom; heumeditated an if?
repairable wrong.  With clammy hands and
favored brow. he stood-shaking as ,with .an
ague. Then a light step came down the path.
it sounded hurried; and lie-could imagine how
Wildly her heart lives beating with hope and
love and fear. .. . : g .

He took a step forward with aswimming,
dizzy sensationma;wild ecstasy of exultation

, and love and terror. * ;V_Sbe saw him and sprung

toward himwilh a rippling, tremulous cry:

“ Fredl'oh, Fred!;how glad I-—” Y

He felt her arms go about his neck. -, Their
touch: was like. fire, and thrilled him to the
heart. He clasped her in, a frenzied embrace.
He felt her breatbon his, cheek. ,All his soul
went into his lips to receive thatone kiss,
glowing. with the fervor of her mighty, love.
But in that moment a thrill of! agonizing fear,
a shiver of loathing and horror, shot through
her frame; sue gavo a frantic wrench to free
herself, and struck him lull on the mouth witn
her hand. wCaught like a birdfin the toils of
a ;serpent,_her. heart, seemed .to leap from her
throat in one wild. shriek of terror, and then
she sunklimp and lifeless in hisarma . , ; 
 ,With hurried step. Cecil carried hereunto
,the tread. The carriage drove. up and amen
leaped out. As if by. preVlous understanding,
be mounted Florencefsvhomeand dashed away.
Then Cecil entered the carriage, the. driver
whipped his horses, and they. flew over the
ground, bear-lug Florence .Goldthorp from her
hometo an unknown fate, z , . ,

, It. . was. hours: before Florence Goldthorp

awoke from .tbat,udeathlike swoon, andlhen
the first gray streaks of dawn were appearing
in the east. nAn-fintflnyaaofly dimly'con~
scious of the rocking motion ’of a carriage.
Then she knew that some one‘was. holding her!
handand looking anxiously into herface. 

9‘. Thank! God that _ you, have .recoveued. at
last! » I feared that 1 had lost you,”. said a
voice that sounded far away. . . _ _‘

_ It sent a thrill through her. frame, I, she
struggled backwin'to consciousness, and all the
terrible reality burst upon her.- Witha cry
of loathing andhorror, the snatched away her

\ ~ hand and shrunk into the corner of the car

 h:
\m ' “its”. > I. 1

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recklessném, camel‘into i   ‘

leanin’gfihack, (favored Cecil ;;
m; jealousy leaped .
into .Cecil Beaumom’s; eym;-ébut'h,e hidzgit.

She will: curse ,

~r:j’3".1::i‘§f 3". «Tim. u  llg‘iiJl Ms“; 3?  .11..
u Cocii.Beuumontleazued  coveredhier
face Wiflbhis hafldva‘jéw Eraser}? «; 452::- ‘r. i ~ ,
.. With a sudden spring Florence clutched the.
handle of the door,.intmdis1g.tc throw hemelt'n
x out. :C’ecil: caughtherlandiorced, her  gentlylr
yetfirmlymack intosheaseek  ‘ f 
“.Youxcan but Maize the futility. ofgauy
attempt to empofiish‘o said: 2 “dale not intend,
to harm, .yougabutdmust not. beathwauted in
.my-zpnrposav :51»: shall resort :to only. such mea:
sures of-restraintnsare renderedrnecessary by
yourdgportmenwl ~ - z‘  ‘- .. a)». r .3 
, Shay leaned out'ofx: the ' Windle.~ She saw:
ohlyadesolate wilderness on every sides
'-f é‘lfyoushould scream, there‘isrn‘o oneto
hear ynmfhhesaid, divining her! thought. '
‘ ‘EWhoare you?” she asked,vpecriug.at him
the gloom; for there seemed some
Eur answer, he .removred..the false whiskers
and glasses. Florence started violently, and
then leaned forward in"a’c1'ose scrutiny.
“ Mr. Beaumont!” she. .whispered, with su-
perstitious terror. in hen voice. . . y : 4 __ ~
“The same,- and in the. flesh,”;_he replied,
with a smile. .   ; » * . .
She. passed her , _ across her. forehead in.
a dazed way. .She. could not believethe-evi- :
(161109 of her senses..." .Yet. there he sat before
her, his form, voice. , .
“Mn. Beaumont!” she repeated to herself.
“Alivel—can itbe, alive'lllé. v ~
“ Never more so,” he replied, in an off-hen
Way-.; T g :.r  . '  . .
' “And you were not killed at Dead Man’s
Blulf? But they buried Cecil Beaumont!"
“ That‘s whenrthey fooled themselves. Did
you never see two. men much-alike!”
,‘,‘. Then Frederick is not a murderer!”
, She trembled fromhead to foot with the
idea. Cecil Beaumont only smiled. -
r ‘ fiWhy-idid you not appear andclear him

I r from that dreadful charge!” she (13ch and .

'denly. , .
,‘.‘ For reasons,” Was the-laconic reply; but

thexleemof hatred that convulsed his face

told more than. words could have. , . -, 
Av chilling terror, took possession of,_heras

shoislowly evolved the truth in her mind, and

she next. demanded in a husky tone: - - .

3 “.W,hy have you stolen me from my! home?"

“.Bemusel love you.’ . . _ .

She shuddered. . v  .. . - ~

‘9 Andwhat do you purpose to do with me!’

“ Marry: you!’{. he replied, _ in a thran
, tone,  either with a strange'mingliug of
pain with love and exultant anticipation.

. She affected to laugh at him, but, a shiver
ran through her frame. \ -, ' . a

“Marry moi"? she repeated; .“ and. who Will
you get to perform such a ceremony? I haw:
but to? denounce your villalny, and be free
from you.” . r .

“The. minister whoml have! employed Will
be deaf to your appeals.” l  l
, She shuddered and looked terrified. .

“Donot fear,” he went on, divining her
thoughts, “but that  a regularlywordained
clergyman; for I love. you truly, and am de—
termined to make you in reality my Wife; bu.
money ishisonly god”. _ . . . «

“But I will neVer consent. I will make no
responses. I will spam you.; Such a mum—
mery will not have a shadow of legality about
it.”  - _ . , r .

“ Oh, yes it will, if you subsequently ac-
knowledge it.” . A . ~ . ' _

.5‘ But I will never acknowledgelt. I loath
you; I. abhor you; I will denounce-r you at the.
first opportunity. No, i would die a thousand
deaths before '1 would acknowledge so loath
some.a bond. . . . g ,

.:*»"You may be glad to," was all he replied.

A shiver ran through her frame. ,,

“lvmit do you mean £” she asked in a scared
voice. . - ‘ ' I ,

He had restrained his. emotions with an iron
hand. Now they burst from his control.

“ What do I mean!” he cried, with convulsed
features. “ Paradoxical as it may sound, 1
mean that I ldmynu..with a. tenderness which
shudders that’lial'm should come to a hair 01
your head, and that loving you like this, I am
about-to blight ydur mama crush bamboo-u
with my own hand! I mean that my soul is
being rent in twain by the couflictof all that
is pure and holy in my love for you pleading
for your restoration unharmed to your home
and friends, and all that is iguoble and devilish
m‘my love for you goadlng me to possess you
atallhazards!”..  ». - -
, The intensity of his passion was like a vivid
gleam of lightning, revealing his» dark nature
to her in line'sof fire. She saw the battling
of those forces, as he described it. If she.
could only stimulate the good! _ I

“ Let the noble part. of your: nature prevail 1"
she pleade¢.«wlth clasped hands. “ You say
that you, love mepand could you’destroyzme in.
he same breath?!  . , 1 I,  r ,

25 011;.God!‘ howl love you!”.he cried, with
bands clasped o'ver‘hisface. , ; L .

1..” You will not consummate this terrible
‘ wrong! You will return me, to my home,
and i will bless you with my dying breath!”

‘ ...“I cannot! :I cannot! 20b," heaven! 1
cannot giveyou up!” ' a - .‘ . .'

“See! see!” she cried, her bosom fluttering
betweenrhope andrdespalr; “your can take me
back, and I will lnever betray you. , Every
onethinks you dead. You can go awayaud.
begin life anew-a nobler, better life. The
consciousness of havingaresisted this tempta-
tion—this one victory of the good—will stimu—.
late you to perseverance in uprightness._. Do
this noble action! You will! never have cause
tonepent it. You will date yournew life

 

prevailed over you."  .
. Hewrung his hands in. agony. Hie pleaded
with her, in almost groveling supplicatiom .
,“ Florence, listen! 1: have wealth. ' I will
_ lavish in pon .. you everything that. heart can
wish and money :can bu y. . For the rest, I- will
love you as! never before‘wss women loved.
1 will be your‘slavs,rand:in return ask only a
smile and the? poor privilege .of  your
band."    r 
., “ Stop! stop!” she criedlir l‘;You know that
such a _ dream. can never" beerealized.‘ 'tThfl
much of your gold would be;.like.fire., « If l
could. accept it, I should deservn. the.,terrlble
fateayoudepict. .But you .will not overwhelm
me with shame. and yourself Withrliufamy.
Youwill release memsay it!” . . . .» .5.
“Never! never! I'will. bind you togmeyand
heaven norhell‘sball come batsmen ual’.’  l v

devil in thosawords... .A; look ;vf immovable

and settledabouthis:white,§netlim. ; r .. .
, aShe threw herself uponher. knees before him,
and with clasped. handa..andl eyes stremniug‘
tears made a last appeal. , p.  , .5 
“Mien! wait fiche cried. 4 z.” DDMlOt you see},
You can only make mehateyouu—loatn you--
abhor the.va sight of you! .You musculy
crushme—«emake life. to. me a-burden insup~
portable! if, you love me, as you say you do,
everymoment of your life will be embittered
by anzagony'of remorse and selfxreproacb, and
you .will end by hating yourself and me, as
the helpless cause of your misery! See! you

 

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.needuuotireturnrwithme. sYou. can :getvout
:and go to the new life that is beforeyou, and;
the cabman will take momma; or you can set,
:me'down and llwillfind .my way back alone:
Spare meaNqWWlfthis lifelong wrench. .
"meg-3"” l:t"1:5 51'3" .3‘,31'e!5"‘.’l.fi “lljil. ,
:: :39 out henshomwithaswild-laughxofa 613%}le
donment; and’recklesauessz,  m: ‘3 ~ *
3 ?§‘=Wretchednmsl’-’ he .repeatedu
“every. rgmomentlat.
131%?!)  z" :‘ll‘f £18 3“ figs!” i'lu 3!’ r’  ,
R .And he snatched Var: to his breast with;.paer
sionate exultatioumpm, i:.- .~ ;.,. ,.- i I .
 ;With a shriekof horror and«loathing,'terror
and despair, she tore  from his embrace,
.and shrunkcowering on the .barklseat of the
1 carriage. - Then with a sudden .revulsionmf
.feeling he covered his face with his handsand
groomed: v -  ~ ~ . » 

‘.‘. My God! what a devil Iraml”, v ~

From that : moment, Florence  Goldthorp-
spoke not another word, but sat shivering in her
corner; sum-any one looking. at; her cowsring.
terror-struck attitude and wild eyesmigh-t well
havebelieved heramaniac.‘ 1*  . .

Half an hour later, just as the sun was ap
pouring above the horizon, the carriage was
driven out of sight behind a deserted log-house
that stood a little back from the road. Then
CecihiFlorence' and the driver.went,-into the
house, to await the fall of! night: before cons
.tinuing their journey. »
(T o be continued—commenced invNo.’ 271.)

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THE‘ TRAPFERS III" THE EIfiHAITm IRQUID.
BY JOSEPH E: BADGER, JR,"
AUTHOR or “ OLD Holly’s-nu, THE LIGHTNING
, ' ‘  snor or 1min PLAINS.” ’

' CHAPTER, XX. ‘:

. , moron? IN human.
 YELLOWST‘ONE J ACK and: Brindle Joe brought.
into play their utmost skill, and managed .to
convey Minnie and Kittie safely to the emi—
grant camp, without rooming into collision.
with any-of the skulking enemy. And 1 yet
the young trapper had found time to solve the
mystery that still hung around the .Boiling
Spring“ A few adroit quesjcns to rKittie
brought it about; There was no further need
of concealment, since ’twas very unlikely that
she would ever revisit the retreat. .x - g
, Byme'aus of a piece.of-prepared hide, the
Weird woman had hidden an opening in the,
side of the spring toward the mound. Firmly
pinned to the ground, a foot! below the .sur»
face of the spring, and weighted at the. lower
edge, the skin curtain hung almost motionless.
or if it did sway a trifle now and then, it.
seemed but the reflection of the elfervescing
Water. By diving into the spring—which Was
not “ boiling” from heat, since this spring had
long been (and is still) noted for its magic
powers, both as a tonic and a means of “ mak—
ing medicine,” and men came scores of miles
simply to quail its waters ——.aud pressing
against the skin, the running "water would
quickly carry one into the mound. This also
had beena spring,“in ages gone by, and
gradually subsiding, by some strange’ freak

ad left this refuge— like some gigantic

 

from today, and. bless the inspiration» that ’

He sat meet, as hegave. .lllmselfover to the .

resolve came into the «steely glitter of his eyes _

glue-pot, seething in its hot water receptacle.
A trap-door had been cunninglyicut through
the wall. A light‘horsehair lasso had also
aided Kittie and. her adopted mother.

The reader must imagine the joyous meet
ing between father and daughter, for my pen
is“ not nimble enough to do the matter justice.
The greatest drawback was that both Ada. and
Frank wore lying quite ill. The first tran~
sports over, Minnie quietly took her, station as
nurse, nor did she once abandon her post
through all the excitements and horrors-of the
coming night. ~ -

1 It would have been-impossible to move the

wounded youth, even had the emigrants bew
lieved it prudent to resume their journey
,whilewso many of the enemy =st.‘ll hovered
hrouud them! So they contented themselves
with strengthening their defenses and seeing
that their weapons were in readiness for use.
; ’Vernon Campbell, who seemed to consider
himself as one of the party forgood or ill.
warnedrthem that they might. expect 'an at-
tack that night, since the reinforcements could
be brought up bythat time, as the nearest
Blackfoot village was not more than fifty miles
distant. ~ _ . . I ~

And thus in watching and waiting the day
slowly wore away. The emigrants were 08.11::
and composed, though the chances were great»
lyragainst them. ‘ Yet they, were men, and
‘couldfidle, if die they must, like true pioneers.

.The sun set, giving promiscuof a clear,
cloudlcssw night, nor was. the pledge belied.
The moon arosc,~bright and beaming; the lit-

tinctlyflvlsible. . The! emigmnts’ position was
such that they could be attacked only from in
front, and to do this the enemy must fully ex
pose their bodies to the deadlyaim ofthe pale.-
faces. *‘ .. - 
There were those ‘in'sthe corral who-secretly
hoped and believed that the savages would
not venture an attaCk under these-adverse cir-
'cumstanccs, but both Campbell» and Yellow-
stone. Jack argued dilferent. The Blackfeet
had‘suffercd a heavyloss, and would be .wild
to wipe out the stain. ‘

“They’ll wipe us out-this
said Brindle Joe; ~.. u . «m .. . r

“ Mebbe they’ll ‘ bu’st, then,” chuckled .Yel:
lowstone Jack. A “Wouldn’t it: be a sniptious
sighté-them all bu’stin’l” « . i . ‘> .3 ~

The hours rolled rapidly by- .Midnight
came andipassed by,l without sign or :sound. of
the enemy; Yet. the. emigrants held their
posts,liwakeful and vigilant. ,No danger of
their. growing careless, while three“ men like
Campbell and the trappers‘mere on thealert.

w Then, allatonce, there came. the rapid thud
of many ho'ofs upon the barduground, andha
darkmasstburstfiout from the pass, and scat—
tering, dashed _‘ furiously down upon the cor-
raledwagons'. The Wild yellof the Blackfeet
br'oke the air. The critical moment had arr
rigedl: waez'encnly was upon them. x 
I. «No man’s pen could describeth (followed.
An active mind might grasp the News vivid '
iinaglnatidn re‘aliza some :of. who scene‘sr-but
words are powerless :to,; pieture .the awild, ,
terrific, sublime and horrible whole.  r . .

: The headlong: change of theiBlackfeet and
outlaws was met by.el.delilxell‘ate,.cIOSGIy-alm-
edsvolltay fromtheemigrants’ rifles that cover-
ed the g’roundwitb. dead and!.disabled morass?
and riders.., .Butthe- rush wasnot BYQQNHO‘.
mentarllyachecked. . The survivors, yelling-and.
screeching like veritable demons, dashed: 09,83!
though they meantto override the substantial?
wagons: Hurling theinanimals. against the?
wagons, the foremost. riders leaped from the
saddle, endeavor-lug to scale the barricade... ,

_ They. were met bypistol—shots, blows from?
clubbed rifles and knifethrusts. Still a few

 

the emigrants, forced them to turn from the

‘Jack, in wild delight.

'tle plain before the corralwasrendered dis- '

‘pard.”
I with-the young trapper-’8 decision, assuredly.

time, or bu’st,” ‘

gained an entrance, and recklessly attacking ‘

 

v ‘4: -:v:-;-~.‘:‘:- wl‘? :n-l
barricade, in ordertodefendtheir lives. _;And

.tahn' g advantage ofrthis,‘ the.;Blackfeet;-With
ovary, moment? dropped into the inclomre.

death reigned ' triumphant. _- T‘HlS;Wfld .werecry

rung outat intervals, and  even .in; their. mad. L
111858 the Blackfeet would shriukback from the  
terrible, dreaded Bloudflriukor;  ' v _
.-. 'Wowstone; Jackwand . Brindle. Joe; fought:
sidsibysside, carving their mark‘invnloody, in...

..;j p ,w

l}

delible; characters . _;upon: the ~ bodies: of. . their
£065.: . ‘ .. .5 '

_This was the, giant, Jethro ,Cowles. His

.madness seemed to have returned withthe
~=sounds of :battle, and he plunged into :the

melee. with a frantic delight that found vent
in hoarse, roaring shouts. . His weapon‘was an
iron! crowbar-that he had picked up from

where it had been usedzto rollover stones to;
strengthen» the barricades. This . he wielded v

with as'much ease as though it had been a
reed. ,He never had need to repeat a. blow.
Wherever the iron descended, death. followed.
Heads were shattered like gourds,.limbs were

.crushedto atoms, and bodies mangled almost

beyond recognition... Two arrows, already
quivered feather. deep. -in his broad.,chest.

Blood streamed from a dozen other wounds.-

Yet Ire-savage arm seemed: strong enough to
touch his life. ~ - v ‘

for full half an hour. - But» bravely,‘desperate-
1y as the emigrants fought, they were: terribly
outnumbered. . ~. Already their ranks were fear-
fully thinned, While. two savages seemed to
spring forward to, .take the place ,of every
dead brave. The end was near. - They must
soon yield to the overpowering force that hem~
med them in~upon every side. .m. »_

But hark! that sound—what means it! ,

“ Hooray; for Hoosier!” yelled Yellowstone
“Sock it to ’em,‘boys
Lhyar comes the Brigadel”. , . . . , _,

And, far above the thunder of;.hoofs, above

the din of the death-grapple,.there..came the .

clear, ringing cheer. that only white throats
can utter, as the Trapping Brigade under , gal-

"lant Jim Bridger rushed to the rescue. .

Q Froma fight, the  changed. to a: mas-
sacre. Thatnight ,wasa black one in the annals
of the Indians. The trappers paid ofl’fmany an

old score. To use their own phrase, “ ha’r jest «

more’n, went wolfin’ !”

It was full daylight before the party ofitrap‘
‘pers all returned from their pursuit of the In-

dians. And not a girdle among them all but bore
at least one bloody trophy. ,

v Yet, alas! all wasnot. joy. Over. a dozen
white bodies were placed in a ghastly row,
awaiting burial. __ _ g .

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CHAPTER XXI.
GATHERING ‘THE THREADS.

J ETERO COWLES had fallen; the rest of the
dead were emigrants. They WLre-burled- close
to the spot where they fell, in the shadowof
the great rock. . . I

Yellowstone Jack had dispatched Hoosier to
see if he could find and induce the Brigade to
come to the assistance of theemigrants. Lest
he should fail in finding them in time, J ark did
not think it proper to excite hopes that might
never be realized, and so had told no person of
what he had done. . .

The trappcrs, under Jim Bridger, agreed to
see the train safe back to the regular trail, as
their trapping Seasonmaa n'e ly ended any—
how. And by early. dawn of the next day
they were on route, Ada and Maynard being
conveyed in easy litters.

Kittie, between whom andhfinnle there had

sprung up an ardent friendship, decided to
cast her lot with the maiden whom she had res-
cued from the insane fury of the weird wo-
man.
' That evening, when they encamped,.»Camp-
bell was told of the words spoken by the weird
woman, and after some time, by questioning
Kittie concerning the past, he became con-
vinced that she was indeed his long-lost sister,
whom he had thought dead—massacred with
his mother and father. It was an affecting
scene. ' .

John Warren, who had so much cause for
feeling grateful toward the young man, despite
the fact that he had first been allied with the
enemy, made Campbell a generous offer if he
would continue with them, at least as far as
their distant destination. And, if only for his
new-found sister’s sake, the young scout re—
,solved to bid adieu to his terrible hfe, feeling

that he had long since kept his vow of venge—

8.1108.

but not until the emigrants had fallen in with

another train; with their combined forces,
there was no danger to be apprehended from ‘

the Indians that might yet beset the route.
Does the. reader think .it strange that Yel-
lowstone Jack joined the train as hunter? Of
course Brindle Joe cast his lot with his “old
And of all those who were pleased

Kittie Campbell was not the least. ; Though
there had been no word of love spoken between

ithem, the. time could not be very far distant

when it would be. And though Vernon

: Campbell shrewdly suspected the truth, he did

not choose to interfere. Perhaps heknew how
to sympathize with Jack. At least so Minnie
mischievously whispered to the blushing Ada.

Both,Ada and Frank soon, regained their
wonted health. And the terrible past was, by
mutual consent, never alluded to. None there
but were glad toforget it. .

It was not until he reached California that
John Warrenfully understood Mat Mole‘s ob
ject. Then he learned all. . A . r H

His brother. was dead—had been brutally
murdered. Suspicion had fallen! upon his ov~
erseer; whose description exactly coincided
with that of Gerald Manners—or ltne._ma.n of
many names: . It seems that Warren had been
quite ill, and, fearing death, had made his
will in favor. of-;Mlnnie, his niece, ,who had
ever been his favorite, because she was the
youthful image ~ of her mother, whom both
brothers had, loved,i though John won her
heart and hand. ,Heme a letterflto John,
and hired Moletmconvey it, safely, in , case of
his death. But be room end. Then Mole mur—
dered .him,.took what ready money he had, and
fled. On the road be forged a letter, request-
ing John. Warren to come to California. .

‘vmv ,ank Maynardalready possessed her
hem-t, {Eben hemoncoctcd the diabolical plot

which he nfterwal'd.;attempted to carryout,

ending in his discomfitureaud horrible death“
l . John Warren proved his: relationship and
cameinto the murderedman's property. h

. Six months later there was a. triple wedding
on the cattle-farm. _ Need I give the names?

Maynard and Campbell have been takenintd

partnership by Warren, While Yellowstone

Jack is their trusted overseer and “ head. man.” ‘
Brindle Joe still leads a single life, but sticks

closely to his old pard. Wild horses couldn’t

 r. ' ll; :3 I‘m!  
And. yet therdwvas one whosurpassed them. ,.
fall in acts of daring, strengthandbloodiness.

In due course :of time the Brigade depened, 4

This '
he. delivered; as Gerald .Manners, and paid as- ’
siduous court to the unknown heiress, but in:

K . .IT   ‘ iff. -h‘:
:pull him away. Henis the self—constituted
“head nurse” of the establishment—and has

 ~ .. his hands full, too. Bri ham Y ’
Vernon Campbellx. raged like a. lion; 3591‘. g. Loungcan scarce
gvherover his .MxlfitthfOI‘m passedwtliere

boast a larger family'of 1“ olive

, Thin 
Mm—

DESERYING BOYS. .

4 a . « ‘ ‘ ’ ~ - ’ ‘ 5 “

fWE hke boys who| try to help themselves.
?‘ very onelought (tobe friendly to them.  The
:boys of energy ‘and‘an‘ibition, w-hd dislike a
manly effort todo. something for themselves,
are the hope of the Country. Let their anx—
ious ears GatCh‘.‘&lWBYS* Words of: encourage-
ment and cheer, for‘such'words, like favoring
breezes to the'sails of a'shlp, help to bear them
forward to the destination they seek.

It is not always as‘it should be in this re-
spect. Many a heart has been broken—many
a young man of industry,’and animated by
honorable motives, has been discouraged by
the sour words, the harsh and unjust remarks
of some unfeeling'empIOyer,’or some relative
who should have acted the part of a. friend.
The unthinking do not consider the weight
with which such remarks sometimes fall upon

a'sensitlve spirit, and how they may bruise and
break it. _ . «~

. % If you cannot do anything to aid and assist
young men, you ought to abstain from throw—
ing any obstacles in their way. ' But can you
not do something to help them forward? You

bréihchegsi”

. v _ . ca  H l) -
And thus, the furious death-grapple raged . na easth GOd Speed to the-m’and you

can say it feelineg from your heart. .You lit-
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need of them, you may-find reckoned among
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. the boys who try to help. them—
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You can easily recall simple words of

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