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and I have here what was taken from your house, and shall return the other booty to the different ranches as | go along, and at each oue robbed I shall give up a prisoner to the Vigilan- tes to hang, and only regret that there are not enough to go round, for your house was Num- ber Thirteen that they bad struck.” ‘‘ Yes: but how is it that you were on the trail of the Red Riders?” ‘* You see, Bible Bill sent me word of their doings, and their plan of action, telling me to be on the lookout. ‘*] at once ambushed my men, now five weeks ago, and had scouts watching their little game. ‘* We struck it after this raid on your house, trailed them across the Rio Grande, then back again to Texas soil, and then to their den at the hunchback’s cabin. ‘* We went right in on their heels, surprised them and settled it right there in the valley in front of the cabin. ‘‘The hunchback got away, but the others are all present or accounted for, Captain Ruth,” and Buck Taylor gave a military salute, which Ruth promptly returned, As Buck Taylor was anxious to return to his duties, he only balted long enough to have din- ner for bimself and men, and then set off to give back the stolen -booty to the other ranches, re- marking as he rode away: ‘¢We hanged Devil Dick for you, Captain Ruth, so will leave no frightful example hanging at your house,” Hardly had they gone when Ruth said: ‘** Bible Bill,” Yes, Captain Ruth.” ‘** I wish you and six men to go with me at ouce for a long ride.” Half an hour after they rode away from the ranch, Ruth Redmond leading. CHAPTER XXXIII. CONCLUSION, THE ride which Ruth intended to take Bible Bill guessed at, and when she told him to follow the trail of Buck Taylor’s boys he knew that he was right, They did not follow their trail going from Sunset Ranch, but the one they had come there y. . Ruth led the pace at a gallop, and held it un- til vightfall, when they camped at the Rio Grande, At the very first appearance of daybreak they were again in the saddle and upon the trail. They crossed the river, tarned sharply to the right on the other shore, followed the trail along the bank for some miles, and then recrossed to Texas soil. Rapidly they pushed on then, and after a few hours’ ride found themselves in the mountains, Entering a snmiall valley they bebeld a spur be- fore them, and upon it the still smoldering re- mains of a fire. It was the burned cabin of the hunchback, But that old villain was nowhere to be seen. He had wisely departed for other scenes. But there were some newly-made graves fin the valley, where rested the Red Riders killed in the fight, and apart were two others, the last resting-place of two of Buck Taylor’s Boys who had fallen, ‘‘ That is his grave, I know, ‘** Open it,” said Ruth, pointing to one grave near the cabin, The cowboys set to work, and after awbile came to a form enveloped in a blanket, The rope was cut, the blanket unfolded, and the face and form revealed, ‘Tt is Richard Drummond, ‘‘There is no mistake, and I am at last avenged,” She spoke aloud, but seemed unconscious that any one heard her. . Then she turned away while the cowboys re- filled the grave, Mounting their horses they set off by the near- est trail homeward, Bible Bill guiding. © Upon returning to Sunset Ranch they heard the story of how Buck Taylor had returned the plunder to its owners, and that the Vigilantes had made short work of the Red Riders. “Now, William Darling, I will keep my pledge to you six months from to-day,” said Ruth, placing her band in that of the cowboy chief, And she kept her word, for she married the handsome cowboy, and Bessie Harris, with an- other cowboy lover, stood up with the happy couple at the wedding. And also there was Buck Taylor and his cowboy band, and the young ranger had the Buck Taylor’s Boys --—_—— ee —— ee ee ee honor of giving the bride away, and escorting the newly married couple to the nearest railway station, for after all of ber terrible experience in the Lone Star State, and possessed of a vast fortune, Ruth Darling decided to seek a home elsewhere, and over which hung no bitter mem- ories, no shadows to mar the life into which the sun now shone, THE END. Beadles Half-Dime Library. BY ALBERT W. AIKEN, 11 The Two Detectives; or, The Fortunes ofa Bowery Girl. 76 Abe Colt, the Crow-Killer. 7Y Sol Ginger, the Giant Trapper. 268 Joe Buck of Angels and His Buy 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 Nicks the Circus Prince, AYS Taos Ted, toe Arizona Sport, 510 Cool Colorado, the Hall-Breed Detective, 518 Cool Colorado in New York. BY JOSEPH E. BADGER, JR. 2 Vellowatone Jacky or, The Trappers 48 Black John, the Road-Agent; or, The Outlaw’s Retreat, 65 Wurrleane BIL: or, Mustang Sam and His Pard. 119 Mustang Sam 3 or, The King of the Plains. 186 Night-tlawk Kit; or, The Daughter of the Ranch. 144 Dainty Lance the Boy Sport. 151 Panther Paul; or, Dainty Lance to the Reacue. 160 The Black Giant; or, Dainty Lance in Jeopardy. 168 Deadly Dash; or, Fighting Fire with Fire, 184 The Boy Trailers; or, Dainty Lance on the War-Path. 208 The Boy Par a or, Dainty Lance Unmaska, 211 Crooked Cale, the Caliban of Celestial City, 810 The BRarranca Wolf; or, The Beautiful Decoy. 819 The Black Rider; or, The Horse-Thieves’ League, 885 Old Double Fist; or, ‘The Strange Guide B55 The King of the Woods: or Daniel Boone’s Last Trail, 449 Kit Fox, the Border Boy Detective. 625 Chincapin Dan, the Boy Tratler. 677 Chineapin Dan’s Second Trail. 6SS8S Chincapin Dan’s Home Stretch. 69S Old Crazy, the Man Without a Head. TOS Light-Heart Lute’s Legacy. 718 Light-Heart Lute’s Last Trall. 728 Silverblade, the Shoshone, BY CAPTAIN FRED. WHITTAKER, 15 The Sea-Cat; or, The Witch of Darien. 29 The Dumb Page; or, The Doge’s Daughter. 48 Dick Darling, the Pony Express Rider. 150 Lance and Lasso; or, The Children of the Chaco. 154 The Sword Hunters; or, The Land of the Elephant Riders, 159 The Lost Captain; or, Skipper Jabez Coffin’s Cruise. 200 The Boy Bedoutns; or, The Brothers of the Plumed Lance, 214 Wolfgang, the Robber of the Rhine. 249 Milo Romer tle Animal King; or, Round the World, 265 The Tiger Tamer: or, The League of the Jungle, 881 Black Nick. the Demon Rider. 895 California Joe’s War Trall. BY OLL COOMES, 5 Vagabond Joe, the Young Wandering Jew, 18 The Dumb Spy. 2T A ntelope Abe, the Boy Guide. $1 Keen-Knife, the Prince of the Prairies. 41 Lasso Jack, the Young Mustanger. 58 The Border Kings; or, The Secret Foe. 71 Delaware Dick, the Young Ranger Spy. 4 Hawk-eye Harry the Young Trapper Ranger, 88 Rollo, the Roy Ranger. 134 Sure Shot Seth, the Roy Rifleman, 148 Scar-Face Saul, the Sient Hunter 146 Silver Star, the Boy Knight. 158 Eagte Kit, the Boy Demon. 168 Little Texas, the Young Mustanger 178 Old Solitary, the Hermit Trapper. 182 Little Hurricane, the Boy Captain, VOR rh pet Pete: or, The Young Outlaw Hunters. 208 T he Boy Hercules: or, The Prairie Tramps. 218 Viger Tom, the Texas Terror. 224 Dashing Dicks: or, Trapper Tom’a Castle, 228 Little Wildfire, the Young Prairie Nomad. 258 Phe Parson Detective; or, The Little Ranger. 248 The Disguised Guide; or, Wild Raven, the Ranger, 260 Dare-Devil Dan, the Young Prairie Ranger. 2T2 Minksakin Mike, the Boy Sharpshooter. 290 Little Foxfire, the Boy Spy. $00 The Sky Demons or, Rainbolt, the Ranger, 884 W hip. King Joe, the Boy Ranchero. 409 hercules; vr, Dick, the Boy Ranger. 41T Webtoot Mose, the Tramp Detective. 422 Baby Sam, the boy Giant of the Yellowstone, 444 Little Ruckakin, tue Young Prairie Centaur. 457 Wingedtoot Fred; or, Old Polar Sani, 468 Tamarac ‘Tom, the Big Ay or Boy. ATS Old Tom Rattler, the Red River Epidemic. 482 Stonewall Bob, the Boy Troan. 662 Blundering Baall, the hermit Boy Trapper. 652 Don Barr, the Plains Freelance. 661 Old Kit Bandy’s Deliverance. 670 Norway Nels, the Big Boy Mountaineer. 680 Dauntless Dan, the Freelance, or, Old Kit Bandy in Arcadia, BY PHILIP 8. WARNE, 67 Patent-Leather Joe: or, Old Rattlesnake, the Charmer. 175 Captain Arizorva; or, Patent-Leather Joe's Big Game. 198 Captain Mask; or, Patent-Leather Joe's Defeat. 219 Despard, the Dueltat; 0: The Mountain Vompires, 888 A Tough Boy ; or, The Dwarls Revenge. B68 Little Tornado} or, The Outensts of the Glen. BTR Little Jingo; or, the Queer Pard, BSS Little Oh-my ¢ or, Caught in His Own Trap, 401 Little Shoo-F ly 3 or, A Race for Ranch. 408 Little Leather-Breeches 3 or, Old Jumbo’s Curse, 481 Little Ah Sing or, The Curse of Blood, 451 Colorado Kate. A Tale of the olines. 480 Three Jolly Parda. 517 Jim Gladden’s Deputy. 527 The Jolly Pards to the Rescue. 547 Sandy Andy; or, A Good Man Down. 556 Lartat Lil; or, The Cast for a Life. 574 Old W easel-to » the Man with the Dogs, 5698 Keen Clem, the Manch Imp. 599 Jim Dandy the No-Name Sport 618 Billy Blazes; or, The Skeleton’s Legacy. ees Tee Hi, the Blue-Coat Scout. apPpY Marry’s Big Find. 664 Cheeky Charley, tte Special. BY LIEUT. A. kK. SIMA. 546 Captain Cactus, the Chaparral Cock. 568 The Dandy of Dodge. 576 The Silver Sport. 588 Saffron Sol, the Man With a Shadow “ 589 Tom-Cat and Pardy; or, The Dead Set at Silver City. 601 Happy Hana, the Dutch Vidoeg. 611 Bildad Barnacle, the Detective Hercules. 622 Texas Tom-OCat'’s Triad 681 Tom Cat's Terrible Task. 6BS Tom-Cat’« Triumph; or, Black Dan’s Great Combine, 646 Cowboy Glid, the Cattle-Range wetective. OST W arbling William, the Mountain Mountebank, 665 Jolly Jereminahy the Plains Detective, 676 Signal Sam, the Lookout Scout, GS9 Billy the Gypsy Spy. 699 Sirmple Sim, the Broncho Buster, 712 The Mesamerist Sport; or, The Myatified Detective. BY J, ©. COWDRIOK, 860 Silver-Mask, the Man of Mystery. 869 Shasta, the Gold king; or, For Seven Years Dead, 420 The Delective’s Apprentice; or, A Boy Without a Name, 424 Olbuta Jonny or, Red-Hot Times at Ante Bar, 489 Sandy Sam, the Street Scout. 467 Disco Dan, the Daisy Dude 490 Broadway BIlly, the Bootblack Bravo. 606 Redlight Ralph the Prince of the Road. 514 Broadway Bllly’s Boodle. 524 The Enginecr Detective. 536 Broadway Billy’s ‘ Dithkilty.” 65648 Mart, the Nicht Express Detective. 557 Broadway Billy’s Peath Racket. 571 Alr-Line Luke the Young Engineer. 579 The Chimney Spy; or, Broadway Billy’a Surprise-Party. t 592 The Boy Pinkerton. 605 William 0 Broadway} or, The Boy Detective’s Big Inning. 615 Fighting Harry the Chief of Chained Cyclone. G28 Brondw ay Billy's Dend Act, 640 Barebs ek Ket lh. the Centaur of the Cirele, 647 Typewrtter Tilly, the Merchant’s Ward. 659 Moonlight Morguny, the * Pizencet ’? Man of Ante Bas, 669 Broadway Billy Abroad. 675 Broadway Billy’s Best; or, Beating San Francisco's Finest, GOST Brondway Billy in Clover. 696 Brondway Billy tn Texas. 708 Broadway Billy’s Brand. Til Broadway Billy at Santa Fe. 720 Broadway Billy’s Full Hand, BY BUCKSKIN SAM (Major Sam, 8, Hall.) 284 Old Rocky # ** Boyeess: or, Benito, the Horse-Breaker 246 Glant George; or, The Ang’l ofthe Range. 275 Arizona Jack ¢ or, Giant George’s Pard. 207 The Tarantula of Taos; or, Giant George’s Revenge. 807 The Strange Pard; or, Little Ben’s Death Hunt. 818 Ker-whoop, Ker-whooy; or, The Tarantula of Taos, B27 Creeping Cat, the Caddo}; or, The Red and White Pards, B82 Frio Fred: or, The Tonkaway’s Trust, $44 The Fighting Trio; or, Rattlesnake, the Tonkaway,. B49 Wild Wolf; or, Big-Foot Wallace to the Front, 857 The Ranch Raiders; or, The Siege of Fort Pargatory. 864 Snap-Shot, the Boy Kanger. 875 Chiota, the Creek ¢ or, The Three Thunderbolts. 881 Bandera Bills or, Frio Frank to the Front. A BYR Romeo and the Reday or, The Beleaguered Ranch. 404 Little Lariat; or, Pecan Pete’s Big Rampage. 414 ‘The Dalsy from Denver. 427 The Three Traltlera; or, Old Rocky on the Rampage, | 442 Bluff Hills or, The Lynx of the Leona. : 455 Little Lone Star: or, The Belle of the Cibolo, 684 Cache Carl, the Chico Giart. BY HARRY HAZARD. B28 Arkansaw Jack; or, The Scourge of the Mines. B29 KRed-Skin Tomy} or, The Deinon’s Trail. , 842 The Mountain Devil; or, Yellow Jack, the Outlaw, | MISCELLANEOUS AUTHORS, 4 The Wild-Horse Munters. By Capt. Mayne Reid and Frederick Whittaker. ? Adventures of Baron Munchausen, 12 Gulliver’s Travels. By Dean Swift, 14 Aladdiny or, The Wondertul Lamp. 16 Robinson Crusoe. (27 Iilustrations.) 18 Sindbad the Sailor. His Seven Voyager. 22 The Sea Serpent; or, The Boy Robinsor Crusoe. By Juan Lewis. BB The Ocean Bloodhound; or, The Red Pirates of the Carribees, By 8, W. Pierce. 86 The Boy Glowns or, The Arena Queen, By F 8, Finn. 8% Ned Wylde, the Boy Scout. By Texas Jack. 6&1 The Boy Rifles; or, The Underground Camp, By A.C, Irons, 05 The Rival Rovera; or, The Freebooters of the Misslasippt. By Lieut.-Col. Hageltine. 98 Robin Hood, the Vatiawed Ear); or, The Merry Men of Green- wood. By Prof. Giideraleeve, 105 Old Rube, the Hunter; or, The Crow Captive. By Captain Hamilton Holmes. ; 112 The Mad Wunter; or, | he Cave of Death, By Burton Saxe, 124 Tippy the Texans or, The Young Champlon. By George Gleeson. 128 The Young Privateer; or, The Pirate’s Strongheld, By Harry Cavendish. 148 Sharp Sams or, The Adventures ofa Friendless Boy. By J, Alexander Patten, 227 Dusky Darrell, Trapper; or, The Groen Ranger of the Yel. lowstone, By Edward Emerson. 261 Fergus Fearnaught the New Y vk Boy. By G. L. Aiken, 266 Killb’ar, the Guide? or, Davy Crockett's rooked Trall. By Enaign C. D. Warren, 298 Red Claw, the One-Eyed Trapper; or, The Mald ot the Clif, By Captain Comstock. B17 Preece Patni the Lively Lad from Leadville. By Lieu- tenant Alfred Thorne. 828 The Sky Detectives or, A Boy's Fight for Life and Honor, Maior Mickey Free- 850 Red Ralph, the ered Rover; or, The Brother’s Re » Ned Bun e. B65 venga ee Ren the Bootblack Detective. By A, P. Morris. RTA Gold-Duat Tom? or, Ben’s Double Match. Rva H. Morse. 876 Cajlfornin Joe’s First Trail. By Colonel Thomas Hover Monastery. 2 418 Billy Bombshell, the Cliff Climber, By F.S, Winthrop. 475 The Black Ship. By John 5 Warner, 484 Comanche Dick and His Three Invinelbles By Henrv J. Thomas, B82 The Cowboy Duke. By Edwin Brooke Forrest, BE2 Ariel the Athlete. By David Druid, \ BRS Will Waters, the Boy Ferret. By H. Enton. 682 The Dead Veteetive’s Double, By Gerald Carlton. 721 Maverick Mose, the Arizona Detective; or, The Wizard of Urkos Pass. By Will Lisenbee, A New issue Every Tucsday: The Half-Dime Library ts for asie by sii newsdealers, five comnts per copy, or sent by mall on receipt of six cents each. 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