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100 BLACK ARROW, THE AVENGER, _ at the sight of the keausen as they’ had expected to meet them here. Three wounded men were eben in, and were at once pro- vided with beds and attention. “ Are there no more ?” asked Warner, as he came into the room after seeing that this business was properly attended to. “Where is John Wilson? I heard that he was badly wounded.” ae '“ He was very badly wounded,” replied Miriam Boyd. “ He died at noon. We are to bury him to-morrow, and it wil! ve the saddest funeral I ever attended.” “ He was a good man.” — _“ He was a very good man. Thiere abs S10 WAG EKAW how good he was. I never felt it, myself, until now. His death so overcomes me that I can think of nothing else.” » She burst jhto a flood of tears, which put an end to con- versation, and Mrs. Landry, declaring that ler guests must be ~ tired to death, hurried Miriam off to bed with the other wo- men. As for the men, there was not sleeping room for them all, ‘and there were few of them, if any, who cared tosleep. The recent exciting events furnished abundant food for talk, and served to keep them thoroughly awake until morning, for -which they had not long te wait. ii “Did: you notice ‘how she was troubled at the death of John Wilson ”” asked Ben Blood of George Warner. “Who? Miriam Boyd? Yes; I noticed that. It was natural that she should feel sorry.” “ Of course a woman will be sorry for the death of the man she loves, and she must have loved Wilson, whether he was her husband or not. You were sure that she would ask about Meas soon as she saw you; but she did not mention my name.” “ You heard her say that Wilson’s death troubled her so that she could think of nothing else” “[ heard that well enough, and I know what it means, Re cemiogeiinyuas lsh Se and T will go *-Yon.will-dé 16 shoh thing 1 thonght you were a brave ‘man, but ‘you seem to be e coward. You wil! go up-stairs, ‘ cComichooksrcom = »>