Bob Younger's Fate — page 214: what you’re looking at

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BOB YOUNGER’S FATE, OS 805 their lost daughter cannot be described, but the wonderful experience of Theo was the subject of | conversation throughout the town for many a day, and congratulations poured in upon him on account — not only of his lucky escape from the perils which had surrounded him, but also of the good fortune which had befallen him in spite of the plot to. deprive him of it. Dr. Hinds, who for days had been quaking in his boots at the probable consequences of his impru- dence in trusting so implicitly in strangers, no mat- - ter how honest their looks, was called upon to felici- _ tate himself on the receipt of the news that the - money left by Samuel Howard had finally reached the proper heir without the loss of a cent, and he was still more pleased a few days later to become the recipient of a check for a thousand dollars as a reward for his share of the work in discovering Theo, and providing for the settling of the money. » Three months later Theo and Myra were married, and the intervening years that have passed over their heads have fully demonstrated the wisdom of Myra’s choice; for her husband has risen rapidly from one position to another, until the citizens of his town look upon him as one of their most gener- ous, influential, and honorable men. Irene suffered the penalty of her misdeeds, and — the wonderful beauty which had once been hers is geone forever. Should you wish to find her, go among the slums of the city, for she has indeed fallen low. And now we leave these characters to gather up — the last threads of our story, the last scenes ina life, which, though possessed of superior ability, had in it too many of the elements of evil to allow that ability to be manifested on the side of Justice, © honor and morality. CHAPTER XXXVI. CAPTURED AT LAST. Onward the dreary qaurtet pushed, weighed down by hunger, weakened by wounds, and discouraged Gomicbooks (Eo)