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NOT SO VEKY. 4 101 and wash the paint off your face,and put on some of my clothes, and make yourself Jook like a white man.” “ What's the use? ‘With my scalp gone,and an eye out, she would hate to look at me.” Nevertheless, Ben grumblingly obeyed his half-brother, and it must be confessed that he took no little pains with his per- sonal appearance. a In the morning Miriam Boyd was visible at an early hour, notwithstanding the excitement and fatigue she had undergone, She at once sought George Warner, and had hardly bid him good-morning, when she began to make inquiries concerning Ben Blood. : “T have learned all about him,” replied George. “I was bound to do so, on my own account, ss well on yours. More than two years ago he fell a yictim to the same gang of out- Sa “ They murdered him ?” : “They meant to do so, no doubt. They treated him with the greatest cruelty, and finished their work by depriving him of an eye and taking his scalp. They left him to die; but he lived, and ultimately fell into the hands of the Comanche In- dians, who treated him kindly, and he became a chief among _“ Were not those Comanche Indians who helped us when we: were attacked—the same who are here now? | The chief speaks the English language, and he seems to be a kind “I do believe that he has been standing at the door listening tous. See! he has dressed himself like a white man.” Ben Blood came forward in a hesitating manner, and held out his bands. “ Miriam f? he said, and she was. im his arms. She had been true to him, during years of absence, and she was not likely to throw him off now. Warner left them there, and went in search of Rose. - John Wilson was buried the next day, and there had been ro funeral in that country at which there were truer mourners. : On ‘heir return from the funeral, Ben Blood and Miriam, with eir friends, were seated in Colonel Landry's house. The i COMICDHOOKS.COM