The Argosy, Vol. XXIV, No. 1 — page 164: what you’re looking at

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ion THE MAJOR’S PLOT. England by this time, and it is to be hoped his future life will be free from crime. Dock Dawson’s reward came in the shape of a permanent position on the farm. He receives a good salary, and is a trusted member of the household. There is no cause to fear that he will ever betray the confidence placed in him. Dr. Galen will always be the nearest and dearest friend of the family. He is more popular than ever he was, not only in Lewisberry but throughout the neighboring country for miles, and his practice has assumed such overwhelm- ing proportions that he finds it absolutely impossible to treat half of his patients. Pompey and Betsy seem to have taken a new lease on life since the return of Major Penrose, and from all indications they will administer the affairs of the household for many years to come. 2 It is a gratification to be able to state that Frank Barret is still employed in the banking house of Medcroft & Holmes. His friends know nothing of the black page in his life. . His reinstatement was larely due to the influence of Major Penrose, though Mr. Medcroft was not averse to giving the lad a newtrial. ‘This con- fidence has not been misplaced, for Frank is now as steady and industrious as he once was wild and dissipated. He has learned a lesson that will stick to him through the future temptations of life. Dr. Clinch was dealt with in a very summary manner. The New York authorities were informed of his complicity in the celebrated Bannister case, and he was promptly arrested. Dawson was the principal witness, and through his testimony the doctor was convicted and sent to Sing Sing~for a term of years. The asylum at Rockport on the Hudson was thoroughly ventilated by the newspapers and a radical change was made in its managment and method of doing business. Most of the inmates, however, were genuinely insane, and among these was Dick’s friend, Major Andre. But three unfortunates were found who plainly had no business in such a place, and the exposure of the guilty parties who had put them there was a nine days’ wonder. The Antiquarian Club continues to flourish. The boys made several attempts to force their way into the cavern at Rich Hill. They had to abandon the plan, however, for the whole well had caved in and tons of earth and stone hid the entrance to the underground chamber where Dick, Nellie, Dock Dawson and John Manners so nearly lost their lives. Miss Nellie Maynard, by the way, is just as pretty and charming as ever. She and Dick remain the best of friends, and though Dick is now away at college, they keep up the acquaintance just the same, as Mr. Jefferson, the postmaster, could no doubt testify if he chose. Time alone can tell what results may develop from Miss Nellie’s connection with the MaAjor’s PLoT. William Murray Graydon. THE END (E(0) mMiGooo SS (E(0)