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Seta — eee ee a 2 eee 14 * Five months ago, a trifle more or less, while, with expedition in the wilds beyond Golconda, I one day came upon an apparently lifeless form upon the verge of a swift stream. “The face lat once recognized as that of Rollo Axfell. Branded upon his forehead was a crimson serpent—the mark of the Serpents of Cimarron, of whom I had heard much. “Wondering how he came there—I knew naught of your prese..ce in Nabob’s Bar—I resuscitated him, to find that his vast was well-nigh a blank, that his mental state was one bordering on insanity. ‘Conveying bim to my raneo, l nursed him back to life, and gleaned from his broken murmurings that while in Golconda he had overheard two men plotting against you, and that, whi'e attempting to get a glimpse of their faces, he had been set upon and knocked senseless ere he couid recognize his assailants, ‘** But through his dazed brain seemed to run the idea that Leonidas and Rufus Darnley were the moen, ** Leaving Rollo at the ranch, with Hank Hamilton I hastened here, to stumble, blindly, into a realiza- tion of the true state of affairs existing between you and Rufus Darnley. ““Concealing my identity, I ingratiated myself partially into the confidence of the rascal, and by means known to ourselves, kept you posted as to a of his artful tricks to regain the Great Mogul ine. “To-night, when Cactus Burr made his appear- ance at the Eldorado, l instantly recognized him as your son, and saw the light of reason in his clear lue eyes, “ The very disguise he wore revealed his identity, for it was one of my stage costumes of former yeors,”’ ‘* And in good stead your stage paraphernalia has stood me,*’ said Rollo Axfell, break ng the brief silence following Chetwyad’s words, “The make-up of the leper and of the skeleton of fire passed me unharmed through many a trying ordeal, to some of which Uncle Leonidas can testify ‘Shortly after your departure from the ranch, I began to mend rapidly. Two months ago, with ily drusa and Hydrabad, I took the trail of the Ser- pents of Cimarron, resolved to avenge the injury iuflicted upon me, and to hunt down the plotters who were seeking my father’s ru‘n.”’ ** But what of Carlotta Dane?’’ queried Perdido, in tremulous tones. “She is none other than the Captain Redblade, who so nearly hounded you todeath, I first learned as much from Bolly Darrit, to whom I owe not a little of my success, Through him,I was enabled to enter the outlaw camp on several occasions. The nizht you were caught in the canyon, Darrit and myself had succeeded in capturing the woman, and had her in concealment down near the edge of the lain. Disguised as the genuine Captain Redblade, stood between you and Bravo Brice at the time his lariat parted and you rode away. And speaking of that reminds me that my scalp yet bears the mark of one or morc »f your bullets, ‘In some way, the Dane woman succeeded in es- saping from the two Hindoos who had her in sharge, and fled across the plain. Thus it was that be met her, and that she was enabled to make you lieve she had been a captive in the hands of the Serpents and was then escaping in the dress of the captain. She—”’ . She, too, false! The last hope is gone!” and with the low, muttered words the soul of the reck- less sport winged its flight. CHAPTER XV. CONCLUSION, Jopcr Lyncu had been sated. Over the hills and into the camp straggled a long line of men, all re- counting the events of the past few hours, or specu- lating as to the future of Nabob’s Bar, now that it was rid of its bad element, In the van were Saul Temple and Bolly Darrit and his partner. Darrit was saying: ‘** Look to it that that harum-scarum young devil, Rollo Axfell, doesn’t strangle and brand half the camp before he is placed in the hands of a skilled surgeon, Saul. That wound in his head may result in anything, or nothing.” The marshal shrugged his shoulders. ‘‘There’s a method in his madness,” he observed, dryly. ‘So long as he employs the cord of the East Indian thug against such men as Idaho, the wurld will be none the worse off, ** But, seriously, I think the quiet life of the camp will bring him around all right, “ Hello! hello! what have we here?” “Speak of the Old Boy!” quoth Darrit, cs Rollo Axfell stepped into view from behind a jutting rock, ** What brings you here, me laddy-buck?”’ “This,” and as the youth spoke he half-pushed, half-dragged from the shadow of the rock the form of Diamond Dick, the hunchback. The three men stared at the lad, nonplused, * You fail to roccenae the gentleman? Well, were the t removed from his face, the wig from his head, and the artfully contrived hump from between his shoulders, he would stand before you as Captain Redblade, of the Serpents of Cimarron, or as Carlot- eheart—just as you might choose to call him, or her.” “ = ' hil : pouitied arin ater. “Not at all,” coldly avow @ pseudo hunchbac * The boy speaks the truth, I am one and all of the | [aes | ae om he has named, and as wicked as sin to a friend and my two Hindoo servants, on a hunting | boot oot. ‘* But, little good will the knowledge do you, for even now I am beyond the reach of your venge- ance!”’ The misguided creature tottered as she spoke, a crimson froth exuding from the corners of her mouth, her face gleaming white and cold in the moonHeht, a by the Rockies!” exclaimed Saul Tem- Even so; the woman soon dropped to the ground, and writhing a few momentsin agony soon reposed in the stillness of death. A few words, then the end. From that day forth, Nabob’s Bar was noted as one of the most orderly and prosperous gold-camps in all southern Colorado. ith the mad struggle at Idaho’s Eldorado, the spirit of strife and contention ceased to exist. In a secluded spot in the south of the = asmall stone slab marks the resting-place of Leonidas Ax- fell, better known in these pages as Perdido Fernan- dez, the escaped felon, But, Harold Chetwynd recovered from his wounds, severe as they seemed, and with his East Indian ser- vants returned to his ranch, Of late, he has return: ed to his first love, the stage, and is to-day a foot- light favorite. His friend, Hank Hamilton, remained in the gold- camp—enslaved by the blue eyes of the major’s daughter. The Great Mogul and the Kingpin became the property of Axfell, Temple & Axfell, the last-named member of the firm being our young friend, Rollo— | 1 O14. 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