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— es _ ril, and depended entirely upon their silence, and so each one expressed hi oa" her feelings of joy in asilent language as forcibly almost as words could have done. Lasso Jack seemed al- most dumbfounded at sight of St. Elmo’s face, for he had never expected to see him alive agam. Carefully, with the assistance of Henry, the young mustanger raised himself into the canoe, and taking a seat before his friends, said ina low whisper: ‘We are in imminent peril, friends, as you doubtless see, but we have friends below here that will come to our assistance just as soon as I can communicate with them.” ‘But, how will it be done without leaving here, Jack?” asked Henry. “ This way,” said Jack, taking a large green leaf and dropping it into the river. Henry saw at once what his intentions were, for the eddying current whirled the leaf out- ward from the dense shadows of the rock into the middle of the river—and it was carried away on the bosom of the stream. ‘ Jack kept a close watch aes the savages on the opposite shore, for he felt no little fears of the keen eyes of the foe detecting his mute mes- senger. But, he breathed freer when he saw it float down the river unobserved; and then he turned to Rosalind and conversed with her in low whispers. He soon learned how they had es- ca from their hiding-place on the prairie, af- ter suffering hours of agony in what they had come to regard as a living tomb. Jack then narrated the perilous adventures that had detained him, and prevented him from fulfilling his promise in returning to their re- lease. Henry, also, told Jack how he had made his mysterious disappearance from his animal’s back on that memorable day that opens our story. And thus they reg the time until they were suddenly startl + oa tread of feet, mingled with a wild shout above them. They saw the savages leap to their feet startled with sudden terror. They saw them p their weapons and prepare to defend themselves. But, the next instant the crash of three-score rifles and carbines rung out on the rock above them, and three-score bullets whistled across the river into the savages’ midst. A yell of death and terror Seaiea trom the red foes’ li os at beat a hasty retreat under cover of the s ‘* Now is our time, Henry!” exclaimed Jack. Henry plied the oar and sent the craft out from under the rock; then, skirting along the shore a few rods, finally reached a point where was effected. an easy lan The next ute the little band was in the midst of the rangers. They were safe once more! Two weeks later found Rosalind and Mabel Garfield safely in Santa Fe with their brother. Jack and Henry St. Elmo, accompanied by Old sean’ George and an escort under Lieutenant Jourdan, had carried them safely hy ae their journey’s end. St. o never went back to the prairies of Texas as a eect but married Mabel and became a partner with his brother-in-law in the But Las egg a ut, Lasso Jack lingered only a few days at Santa Fe. He went ‘tenk to wild ais a m r on the prairies. He heard, however, every few weeks of the year that follow from his betrothed, d Garfield. A length, however, the prairies and the excitement eens e Deine ena heron antting heir c was f i ay ee mA ind becam year in é his bri with the means accumulated as a wtataneee he was enabled to go into business, the happiest of happy men, with a cheerful little help-mate to share with him life’s ills and joys alike. Sir George Richardson never proposed to Rosalind, for he had sense enough to spare him- self from the pangs of rejection. 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