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; A® mé moments she remained with ber head fis shoulder, and then he said: nere is your noble brother, Cleone,” ne brother and sister were at once locked in a Sving embrace, and then Don Marsden said: **Cleone, to this man we owe our lives,”’ He turned to the Chinee, who said: ‘*Muchee gladee do goodee, *‘Gladee see ’Melican gal.”’ Cleone grasped his hand and thanked him most warmly, and the four walked toward the cabin. * Hal that man is gone,’’ cried Don Marsden, as he saw that Warpath Will had disappeared. “Me catchee,”’ cried China, and he started off in ursuit, while Don Marsden ushered his daughter he the cabin, followed by Guy, who looked pale and sick. “You must know, father, that I come to you alone, for mother is not with me,” sadly said Cleone, as the three took seats before the fire. **T know all, my child, for Guy here returned for you and found his mother’s grave. ‘*He was captured by the Mormon outlaw band under Red Champion, shot, and left for dead; but that Chinee saved his life, and nursed him back to almost health again.’’ ** Who is the Chinee, father?”’ ‘“* A poor fellow who killed a miner, in self-defense, and feared to go again among them. ‘‘ He has lived in the deserted camp of Lost Hope City, since the miners left the place; but before that hid away in a large board monument, which was erected over a popular miner who died. ‘*He ingeniously put hinges on one side of the monument, and slept inside, not one ever suspect- ing that such a thing was possible, ‘‘ He dressed in white, and played ghost, and I be- lieve that was one reason why Lost Hope City was deserted so suddenly. ‘* But to tell you of myself. ‘‘That man, Red Champion, came here, pre- tended to come from you, and, trusted by me hoe tried to shoot me; but his pistol failed to explode, and, when I turned upon him, he dealt mea blow here —see the scar—that felled me like dead, ; “Then be carried me to the river and threw me n, “The water revived me, and I struck out for the shore, I suppose, for there I was found the next day by the Chinee, “I know nothing of what followed, until some days ago; but he nursed me back to life, and then I ran away from him, for I was crazed by the blow. ‘*In searching for me he came eh Guy in the hands of the outlaws, and brought him to Lost Hope City, and nursed him as tenderly as you could have done, all the time playing ghost, mounted upon a white horse, with muffled hoofs, to scare an old miner from the country. ‘‘ Again he came across me, watching my mine, and half-dead, and taking me to Lost Hope City once more, I came face to face with Guy, and lo! my peecn returned to me. ‘Then we talked over all that had happened, and were determined to rescue you, ‘Red Champion at that time came here, but es- caped us, so that we played ghost on the old miner, and frightened him into doing our bidding, which was to get the villain back here again. ‘*This he did, and we gave him a terrible fright, only he has escaped us. ‘We also told the miner to bring you here, and, thank Heaven, he has done so. ‘*Now, my child, you know all, so let us have your ge ‘It is soon told, father,’’ and Cleone made known the adventures that befell her mother and herself, after the departure of her brother, and then how she had come to the cabin. and, after waiting for days, had gone on to Salt Lake City. he told of how she had pledged herself to War- ath Will, when she had discovered the fate of her ather and brother, and how nobly he had acted toward her. She had at last set a day when she was to become his wife, though she did not love him, for she had given up all hope of ever seeing them alive again. Then the old miner had come to her, and told her he could lead her to those who waited to see her, and feeling that it was her father and brother, she had accompanied him. “Oh, my child, what have you | have been saved from that villain?”’ Marsden. ; ‘* What villain, father?”’ innocently asked Cleone. ‘That Mormon wretch, who would have made you his wife.” rn ‘Oh, father, can he be a Mormon? “A Mormon, child? Why, he is an outlaw as well, for,as you seem not to know him as he is, I will tell you that the man from _whom you have been saved is none other than the Red Champion !”” “No, no, father—it cannot be!” cried Cleone, in dire distress. “It is true, Cleone, for he it was who was the guide of your train, and while pretending to save you led you to destruction, ‘‘ He it was who caused your mother’s death, tried to kill me, believed that his hirelings, according to his orders. had slain your mother and then sought todestroy you.” +s ‘But what was his purpose, my dear father? asked Cleone, in a dazed kind of plat “ His purpose was to make you his wife, and to get possession of the rich gold-mine we have found.” “Yes, and he sternly. 1 He did, indeed; but what have we not to be thankful for?’’ said Cleone, not escaped, to cried Don well-nigh succeeded,” said Guy, Warpath Will, the Traitor Guide, ‘We have certainly been blessed, after all of our sorrows, my children, and we owe our preservation to our noble Chinee friend, whom I love as though he were my brother— Oh, here he is!’’ and, as Don Marsden spoke, China entered the cabin, a disap- pointed look upon his face, as he said: ‘No catchee! Maybe comee again, then catchee and killee quick, CONCLUSION, Mr. Don Marspen, after the sorrows and misfor- tunes he had known, under the influence of his children’s presence, rapidly became restored to health, and worked diligently in bis mine, while Guy also quickly regained his former strength, and became the hunter of the little party, China chopped wood, worked in the mine, and did odd chores to help Cleone, who looked after the culinary department, and many were the good din- ners she gave them. The new cabin, or ‘Mansion,’ as Mr. Marsden called it, was soon completed, and made a most de- lightful home there in that wild wilderness. ‘or @ year or more Mr, Marsden worked his mine, though now and then troubled by the Mormon out- laws, and then, with his children and China set out to return to his old Kentucky home and enjoy the wealth which he had so well earned by the perilous life he had led in the Rockies during his search for gold, THE END. 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