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ee a . ™ Psalms and mfide a praver, following with | someneral remarks, and took his seat. veer Dick then invited Mr. Bergman and his daughter to mains, at the same step forward and view the re- lime motioning for the | | | | ' | the woman caused her fall. woman’s daughter and Mw. Douglas to doso, : and these four reached the coffin Logetoer, The instant Bergman and Douglas looked upon the face of the dead they gave voice to exclamations, and Lillie Bergman cried out— ‘** Vamma!”’ Delia Douglas had thrown up her yail, now, aS Deadwood Dick had previously in- structed her to do, and from the face of the dead woman the four persons looked at one another in blankest amaze. What did if mean? ** Samuel Bergman,” said Deadwood Dick, ‘*who is this dead woman?” ‘*She who was my wife, Martha Bergman,”’ was the busky response. ‘* Frank Douglas,” and Dick turned to him, “who is this dead woman?” ‘‘She was my wife, Martha Douglas,” the sad answer. ‘* And which of these young women is your daughter?” Douglas looked from one to the other for a moment, in doubt, but Delia quickly solved the mystery for him by throwing herself up- on his breast, sobbing. Bergman looked on in a dazed manner. ‘* You are right, sir,” said Dick, to Doug- las; ‘‘that one is Delia. And, if she is your daughter, so is this other, for they are twin sisters,” ‘*'T wins!” exclaimed Douglas. ** Tmpossible!” echoed Bergman, ‘*The fact, nevertheless,” asserted Dick. ‘‘ There is no further proof needed than their likeness to each other, and yet. 1 have other proof and the best of proof, the dying con- fession of this woman.” He displayed the document as he spoke. Impossible to quote all that passed; Dick proposed that the funeral should proceed, after which they would retire te Bergman’s cottage for the explanation. After the body had been consigned to the earth—no easy task, under the snow and with the ground frozen as it was, they re- paired to the cottage, where Dick r the confession in full. Martha Hills had been a woman eas'ly in- fluenced, and to her mother she owed her life’s failure, Her mother was a scheming woman. Martha had two lovers at the same time, Frank Douglas and Samnel Bergman, and by advice of the scheming mother encour- aged both. Douglas was poor, but Martha loved him, while Bergman was rich and him the mother favored. The mother wanted to wean Martha’s affections from Douglas and turn them toward Bergman. She kept these two men apart from each other, and neither one ever knew that he had a rival. The girl resolved to marry Douglas, but even then the mother did not give up, and in another week forced her daughter to marry Bergman! It was, she thought, her chance for life; the girl could soon decide which she liked best, and could then leave the other mysteriously and no one would be able to learn where she was. All the circumstances favored the scheme. Still, the girl clung to Douglas, although forced to share her time in the company ef Berg- man; and when Douglas thought she was at home with her mother she was really in the company of Bergman! ‘To the latter she told about the same story she was telling to Douglas, Finally, the power of money won the fight, and Martha decided that she had rather live with a rich husband than with a oor one, About this time her twins were orn, and the scheming mother concealed ope of these immediately, which the mis- en young wife took with her when she eserted her true husband for the man she thought was her husband just as much—her i —— ane ee ee mind being entirely under the rulng of her | lying mother, in all things. With Bergman she took up her residence ina distant city, and the child Lillie with her, as said, while the other twin was left with its father, Douglas. Thus had come about the great mystery. de alter years,however, the same weak mind of Knowing she had another child, she sought it, and, jealous of its love for her Yeal husband, Douglas, filled the child’s mind with lies concerning him and induced the girl to 2£oO away with she - 5: Dendwood Dick’s W ard: or, The Blas Hill’ her as mvsteriously Aas she herself had YOUC 205 Deadwood Dick’a Doom: or, Calamity Jane's Adventure . - Micee® 4 1 4 4 : Zit Deadwood Dich’sa Read Decal. " ea .h rae vou a ) 221 Deadwood Dick’s Death-Plant. fl { MSs ani much more t lec womans ay- 232 Gould-Duat Dick, A Roaimanee of Rouche and Tourha, , . y . ad 1 xh it 268 Deadwood Dick’sa Divides or, The Spirit of Swamp Lake, luo confession set forth. but enoucn has 263 Deadwood Dick’a Death Trail. a ; : . > — ‘ 2 rs so | BOY Deadwood Dick’s Deals or, The Gold Brick of Oregor been mentioned for out pul pose. With t his S21 Deadwood Dick’a Dozen; or, The Fakir of Phantom Flat clue, the reader Can easily unravel the little | 847 Deadwood Dick’a Ducata; or, Days in the Digvings. : raul apa. 851 Deadwood Diek Bentenced; or, The Terrible Vendetta that remains unexplained. It was a sad | 862 Deadwood Dick’s Claim. ; : int far . rarne 1 ‘ou- | £08 Deadwood Dick tin Dead City. denouement for all concerned, and yet. a joy- | 476 pee ood Dice Dinwonda ous reunion for Douglas and his long-lost 431 Deadwood Dick in New Yorks; or, A “ Cute Case,” ‘hil | D li 480 Deadwood Dick’s Duaty; or, The Chained Hand. . C oT , Veila, 1 | 448 pean wood Dick, Jr.3 or, The Crimson Crescent Sign, ‘h > ir ‘ OT oO se b »/ dol (7 ins | 248 Deadwood Dick Jr. ’a, Deflance, ae ec | u Is strong y resem le t ig] S, | 458 Deadwood Dick, Jr4 Full Hand, while they looked nothing like Bergman at | 459 Deadwood Dick, Jr.’s, Big Round-Up. ai *ha , 3 Ag eadwood Dick, Jr.’s, Racket at Claim 10, ali, There w ag no room to doubt their pa- | AZ1 Deadwood Dick; Ir.’a, Corral; or, Boeman Bill rentage. But, in it ail, Bergman had been | 476 Deadwood Dick, Jr.’s, Dog Detective, an innocent victim, and he proposed that Douglas should join him in partnership in the mine he owned, in order that he might not lose the child he had always thought was his own, and in order that she might not be deprived of the wealth she had ever been accustomed to, while Delia could now begin to enjoy thesame privilege. The two sisters were already embracing each other, with all the love and sympathy twins usually have for each other. So Douglas yielded to the proposition, Deadwood Dick high] plan, and so it was settlec Whenit became possible to travel, Dead- wood Dick set out with his prisoners for Arizona, where he finally landed them in the Penitentiary, the right place for them. Whoop-up gave him a rousing send-off, and promised him a hearty welcome should he ever come that way again. THE END, y approved of the Next Haur-Dime Lrrary, No. 905, Dandy Nugget, The Boy Shadow of No Luck Camp; OR, Captain Mascot, the King Nabob. BY T. 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