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— —_———— ee jure his frien culminating in the shock of his son’s attempt on his life, was too much for him. He was dying! He expired with his head in Edith’s lap. And there, through his disjointed confession, while he hovered between life and death, she learned of the Curse of Blood which had hung over him and his, killing their peace on earth, and rob- bing them of their hope of heaven. Edith’s father and Abednego Swayne had been friends, as ill-assorted as ever friends were—the one a religious devotee, the other a happy-go- lucky fellow who believed in making the most of a very agreeable world. George Vernon’s worst faults were his want of reverence and his reckless disregard of the feel- ings of an opponent in controversy. To such an extent did he goad Abednego Swayne in one of their frequent debates, that, in a transport of rage, the latter suddenly sprung upon him with a blow which knocked him over a precipice on the verge of which they were walking. The traetie had none of the essential ele- ments of a murder, since nothing was further from fbeamen thoughts than to seriously in- : but looking only at the fatal re- sn he felt that the brand of Cain was upon im, Mrs. Swayne was a witness to the deed; and, her wifely love and loyalty overriding every other consideration, it was her suggestion that the world be left to the impression that Georgo had fallen from the hight; and she supplied tho arguments in justification of such a course. en would not discriminate between deliber- ate malice and what was really an accident. On the other hand, God was just; he could be apna in prayer, and his forgiveness won. en why should her husband voluntarily pass under the rigor of the less perfect law, breaking her heart and blighting the life of their child, little Jack? She prevailed; and Abednego Swayne was made the guardian of the orphan child of his ua- fortunate friend. Then these two resumed the journey of lifo under the shadow of their terrible secret. From that fatal day they knew no peace. Haunted by the Nemesis. of conscience, their religion de- generated into a half-insane fanaticism, almost as gloomy as the terrible worship of the Druids. Tn revolt against the rigors of such a home, Jack was goaded into recklessness, which, as we have seen, ended in his becoming an outlaw. Mrs. Swayne did not accompany Edith and Little Ah Sin back to the house. From their parting with her in the moonlit glade, nothing ‘was ever seen of her more. that, in a fit of insanity, she had thrown her- It was supposec self into the whirlpool, believing that she was following her husband. ! Only little Jerusha was saved, Edith making it her business to bring some late brightness into her childhood. It was accident that led Little Ah Sin to stumble upon Jack while hanging about to gain access to Edith; and to this day he tells proudly —in tangle-foot English—how he twice ‘held up” Jack Swayne, the now famous road-agent, ‘* alla same likee "Melican man!” THE END. Beadle’s Half-Dime Library. BY MAJOR HENRY B. STODDARD, Ex-Scout. R06 Neck-Tie Nedj or, The Dug-Out Pards. 846 Rapier Raphael; or, The Swordsmen of Zacatecas. BYr Kid-Glove Kit, the Dandy of the Rockies, B08 Kid-Glove Kit and Pardy; or, The Gold King. 406 The Mad Man-llunter; or, The Mystery of Golden Gulch. . 505 Powell’s Pard; or, The One-Armed Giant. BY ROGER STARBUOK.,. 25 The Boy Captain; or, The Pirate’s Daughter, 114 The Black Schooner; or, Jib Junk, the Old Tar. 250 The Golden Harpoon; or, Lost Among the Floes, #48 Fire-Heels: or; Old Skinflivt, the Death-Shadow. 854 Big Horn Ike, the Hill Tramp; or, The Odd Pards. 861 The Phantom Light-house. $70 Kbrenker Ben, the Reef-Runner. BY PHILIP 8. WARNE. 6% Patent-Leather Joe; or, Old Rattlesnake, the Charmer. 175 Onpruurmn Arizona; or, Patent-Leather Joe's Big Game, 198 Captain Mask; or, Patent-Leather Joe’a Defeat. 219 Deapard, the Duellat; or, The Mountain Vemplres, BBS A Louse Boy 3; or, The Dwart’s Revenge. 868 Little Tornado; or, The Outcasts of the Glen, BIB Little Jingo; or, the Queer Pard. BRS Little onma or, Caught in His Own Trap. AO1 Little Shoo- iz or, A Race for a Ranch. 408 Little Leather-Breeches 3 or, Old Jumbo’s Curse. 481 Little Ah Sting or, The Curse of Blood. 451 Colorado Kate. A Tule of the olines. 480 Three Jolly Parda, B17 Jim Gladden’s tee aah fe B27 The Jolly Pards to the Rescue. —— ea aaa aaa tt Little Ah Sin. BY HARRY HAZARD. 828 Arkansaaw Jack; or, The Scourge of the Mines. 829 Red-Skin Toms or, The Demon’s Trail, $42 The Mountain Devil; or, Yellow Jack, the Outlaw. BY WILLIAM .. EYSTER, 190 Dandy Darke; or, The Vigers of High Pine, 210 Faro Frank}; or, Dandy Darke’s Go-Down Parda, BY COLONEL DELLE SARA, 108 The Lion of the Sea; or, The Vailed Lady. 186 Cool Deamondy or, The Gambler’s Big Game, BY MAJOR LEWIS W. CARSON, 278 The Three Trappers; or, The Mounterm Monster. 288 Indian Joe; or, The White Spirit of the Hills, BY JOUN J. MARSHALL, 40 Roving Ben, A Story of a Young American. 07 The Outlaw Brothers; or, The Captive of the Harpes. BY GEORGE C. JENKS, 485 Git Thar Owney, the Unknown. 492 Git Thar Owney’s Pledge. 518 The Demon Doctor. BY CAPT. ALFRED B. TAYLOR, U. 8S. A. 191 Buffalo Billy, the Boy Bullwhacker; of, The Doomed rieen. 194 Buffalo Bills Bet; or, The Gambler Guide. BY FREDERICK DEWEY. 818 Cimarron Jack, the King-Pin of Rifle-Shots, ATS Tangemand, the Desert Detective, 5642 The Canyon Pardas. BY LIFUT. H. D. PERRY, U. 8S. N. 176 The Boy Runaway; or. The Buccaneer of the Bay, 180 The Sea Traller; or, A Yow Well Kept. 192 Captain Kit; or, The Mystery of Montauk Point. BY BRACEBRIDGE HEMYNG. 89 Taland Jim; or, The Pet of the Family. 91 The Captain of the Club; or. The Rival Athletes, 101 Jack Markaway in New York. BY CAPTAIN MAYNE REID, 7& Blue Dicks or, The Yellow Chief's Vengeance. 87 The Land Pirates; or, The League of Devil's Island, 187 The Helpless Hand; or, Backwoods Retribution. 289 The Gold-seeker Guide; or, The Lost Mountain. BY JACK FARRAGUT. 815 Ned, the Cabin Boy. 820 The Sea Sorceress; or, The Boy Shipper. BY JAMES L. BOWEN 107 OQne-Eyed Sim: or, The Abandoned Forest Home. 110 The Black Steed of the Prairies, A Story of Texas. BY C. DUNNING CLARK. 185 Captain Paul; or, The Boy Spy of the Mountains. 280 The Yankee Rajah; or, The Fate of the Black Shereef. BY CHARLES E. LASALLE, 50 Burt Bunker, the Trapper. 52 The White Buffalo. A Tale of the Northwest BY CAPT. MARK WILTON, 256 Young Kentuck;: or, The Red Lasso. 270 Blizzard Ren; or, The Riot at Keno Camp. 286 Josh, the Boy Tendertvot. BY J. W. OSBON. 469 The Rival Glants« of Nowhar’. 498 Cactus Burr, the Man trom Hurd Luck. 587 Old Buckeye, the Sierra Shadow. BY WM. G, PATTEN. A889 The Diamond Sport £ OF, The Double Face of Bed Rock. 519 Captain Myatery ; or, Five in One. 681 Daisy Dare, the Sport from Denver. BY W. J. HAMILTON, 68 The Red Brotherhood; or, The T $6 Sinaie Mandi or, ALivfralin’ ee 72 Mad Tom W eatern, the Texan Ranger. 887 Ben Bird, the Cave King; or, Big Pete’s Scoop. BY MAJOR E. L. 8ST. VRAIN. 292 Sancho Pedro, the Boy Bandit, 801 Leadville Nick, the Boy Sport, 812 Redtop Rube, the Vigilante Prince, 888 Lrimatone Bob, and His Lightning Horse Quartette B59 Durauere tease, ' > youn beet nM renter, 871 Kingbolt Chria, the Young Hard-Shell Detective. 880 Avalanche Alf, the Foothills Guide, BY JO PIERCE, B97 Rob o’ the Bowery} or, The Prince of Mulberry Street, 415 The Vagabond Detective; or, Bowery Bob’s Boom. 452 Wotspur Bob, the Strect-Boy Detective. 460 The Lawyer’s Shadow; or, Luke’s Legacy. 472 Jaunty Joe, the Young Horse-King. 494 Surly Sim, the Young Ferryman Detective. 504 Five Point« Phil. 509 Jack Jageera, the Butcher Boy Detective. 516 Tartar Tim; or, Five Points Phil's Menagerie. 526 North River Nat, the Pier Detective 588 Wrestling Rex, the Pride ofthe Sixth Ward, 541 Jeff Flicker, the Stable Boy Detective. BY EDWARD WILLETT, 167 Aan Scott, the Steamboat Boy. 199 Featherweight the Boy Champion of the Muskingum. 228 Ozark Alf’: or, Featherweight Among the Outlaws. ZR2 The Typo Detective: or, Weasel, the Boy Tramp. 295 Fearless Phils; or. The King of Quartzville. 811 The Roving Sport; or, The Pride of Clhuckaluck Camp, Nemo, the Detective; or, Kit Kenyon's Vendetta. Clip, the Contortionist; or, The Montana Vigilantes. ‘ 15 Sn BY ALBERT W. AIKEN. 11 The Two Detectives; or, The Fortunes ofa Bowery Girl. 76 Abe Colt, the Crow-Killer. 7% Bol Ginger, the Giant Trapper. 268 Joe Buck of Angels and His Boy Pard. 447 New York Nat. A Tale of Tricks and Traps in Gotham, 458 New England Nick; or, ‘The Fortunes of a Foundling. 464 Nimble Nick, the Circus Prince, 498 ‘Tnos Ted, toe Arizonn Sport. 510 Cool Colorado, the Halt-Breed Detective. 518 Cool Colorado in New York. BY FRANK DUMONT, 120 The Branded Wand; or, The Man of Mystery. 127 Wild-Fire, the Bows 9! the Road. 140 Blue Blazer; or, The Break o’ Day Boys of Rosky Bar, 171 Ebony Dany or, The Rival Leagues. 185 Evil Eve; or, The Vultures of the Rio Grande, BY EDWARD 8, ELLIS. 6 Bill Bididon, Trapper & Seth Jones: or, The Captives of the Frontier. 10 Nat Toddy or, The Fate of the Sioux Captive. 21 The Frontier Angel. 98 The Boy Miners; or, The Enchanted Island, 182 The Hunted Hunters or, The Strange Horseman, 254 The Half-Blood; or, The Panther ot the Plains, 271 Lhe Huge Hunter; or, The Steam Prairie Man, RY GEORGE WALDO BROWNE. R86 Dandy Rock the Man from Texas. 90 ‘The Drend Rider; or. The Texan Duelist. 99 The Tiger of Tuo; or, Dandy Rock’s Angel 115 The Mad Miner: or, Dandy Rock’s Doom, 181 The Golden Hand; or. Dandy Rock to the Rescue, 164 Dandy Rock’s Pledge; or, Hunted to Death. 178 Dandy Rock’s Rivals or, The taunted Maid of Taos. BY CAPTAIN FRED. WHITTAKER. 15 The Sea-Cat; or, The Witch of Darien. 20 The Dumb Page? or, The Doge’s Daughter. 48 Dick Darling, the Sak Express Rider. 150 Lance and Lasso: or, The Children of the Chaco, 154 The Sword Hunters; or, The Land of the Ele *hant Riders. 159 The Lost Captain; or, Skipper Jabez Coffin’s Cruise to the Open Polar Sea. 200 The Boy Bedoutnay; or, The Brothers of the Plumed Lance, 214 Wolfgang, the Robber of the Rhine. 249 Milo Romer, the Animal King; or, The Round the World W anderer. 265 The Tiger Tamer; or, The League of the Jungle, $81 Black Nick. the Demon Rider. 895 California Joe’s War Trall. BY BUCKSKIN SAM (Major Sam. 8, Hall.) 284 Oia: Reery's ** Boyees3” or, Benito, the Young Horse- treaker, 246 Glant Georges or, The Ang’! of the Range. 275 Arizona Jack; or, Giant George's Pard, 297 The Tarantula of x ants or, Giant George’s Revenge. B07 The Strange Pard ys or, Little Ben’s Death Hunt. 818 Ker-whoop, Ker-whoo; or, The Tarantula of Taos, 827 Creeping , ‘at, og hn el. or. The Red and White Parda B82 Frio Fred: or, The Tonkaway’s Trust, 844 The Fighting Trio; or, Rattlesnake, the Tonkaway. 849 Wild W olf’; or, Big-Foot Wallace to the Front, ; 857 The R anen maicers at The Slege of Fort Purgatory. 864 Snap-Shot, the Boy Ranger. 87h Ohiota. nnd Creek ; or, The Three Thunderbolts. 881 Bandera Bill; or. Frio Frank to the Front. 892 Romeo and the Reds; or, The Beleaguered Ranch. 404 Little Lariat: ee Pete’s Big Rampage. 414 The Dalay from Denver, 427 The parce Fraterst ory os Roaky on the Rampage, A2 Bluff lig or, The Lynx of the Leona, rin Little cal Star; or, The Belle of the Cibolo, MISCELLANEOUS AUTHORS. 4 The Wild-Horse Hunters. By Capt Mayne Reld and Frederick Whittaker. 9 Adventures of Baron Munchausen, 12 Gulliver’s Travels. By Dean >witt. 14 Aladding or, The Wonderful Lamp. 16 Robinson Crusoe. (27 Ii}ustrations,) 18 Sindbad the Sailor. His Seven Voyages. 22 The Sea Serpent; or, The Boy Robinson Crusoe, By Juan Lewia. 88 The Ocean Bloodhound; or, The Red Pirates of the Carribees. By S, W. Pierce. 86 The Boy Clown; or, The Queen of the Arena. By Frank S. Finn. BS Ned Wylde, the Boy Scout. By Texas Jack. 561 The Boy Rifles; or, The Underground Camp. By Archie C, lrons 95 The Rival Roveras or, The Freebooters of the Mississippt. ; By Lieut.-Col. Hazeltine. {98 Robin Hood, the Outlawed Earl; or, The Merry Men of Green- wood. By Prof. Gildersleeve. 105 Old Rube. the Hunter; or, The Crow Captive. By Captain Hamilton Holines. 112 The Mad Hunter; or, The Cave of Death, By Burton Saxe. 124 Tippy. the Texan; or, The Young Champion. By George Gleraon. 128 The Young Privateer; or, The Pirate’s Stronghold. By Hurry Cavendish. 148 Sharp Samy; or, The Adventures of a Friendleas Boy. By J, Alexander Patten. 227 Dusky Darrell, Trapper: or, The Green Ranger of the Yel. lowatone. By Edward Emerson, 261 Fergus Fearnaught the New York Boy. By George L, 266 Killb’ar. the Guide; %r, Davy Crockett’s Crooked Trail, By Ensign C. D. Warren. 208 aa fiaw, the One-Eyed Trapper; or, The Maid of the Clift. By Captain Comeatock. BIT Pencock Petes the Lively Lad from Leadville. By Lieu: tenant Alired Thorne. B28 The Sky tetectlve or, A Boy’ Fight for Life and Honos, By Maior Mickey Free. 850 Red Ralph, the River Rover; or, The Brotber’s Re- By A. P. Morris, eng » Ned Buntline. 865 Baltimere Ben the Bootblack Detective, 874 Gold-Duat Tom; or, Ben’s Double Match. By George H. Morse, 876 California Joe’s Firat Trail, By Colonel Thomas Hover Vonstery. 440 Little Foxfoot, the Gold Bowie Kid. By Arthur C, Grissom. 47S The Black Shi . By John 8, W vrner, 484 Comanche Dick and His Three Invincibles. By Henry J. Thomas. 528 Wizard-Arm, the Dandy Sport. Ry Arthur F. Holt. 582 The Cowboy Duke. By Edwin Brooke Forrest. 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