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a » ie that line myself, from? In what way are ‘widow asked herself. ‘‘I am sure I took all pains to hide it, and yet it is the truth—I ove him!” When the general returned to the roof for another look around over the plains, he found the plump widow blushing to the tips of her ears. ““Why, what’s the matter, Mrs. Masters?” the demanded. ** N—nothing,” she answered. ‘‘ Only— only I am sure I did not mean to let it be known.” “Known? Let what be known? What are you talking about, my dear woman? I ‘see by your face that something has hap- pened. Something your daughter has been confessing to you?” . “* Confessing?” ‘‘ Yes. Ihave a notion that she and Rus- sel—” ‘*Oh! general! Then that was her secret, and that is the reason she is throwing away Longman—” ‘*Pish! that fellow isn’t worth her little finger. If that’s all, my dear woman, don’t jet it trouble you, for Russel is a good fellow and not by any means penniless.” ** But, that’s not all, dear general; she did mot tell me anything about that at all, in fact. What she said was, that—that I was —was in love with you, and that anybody could see it. ' [am sureI did not mean to ett be known, General Fielding, and— an pe “‘ There, there, do not let that trouble you, my good woman; I meant to speak to you in We'll call in the chaplain, as soon as | get a little time to spare,” **Oh! general!” . She was upon her feet, her hands clasped, and when he opened his arms to her she leaped within his embrace and there she melted—so to say. Bui, the old war dog quickly put love and sentiment aside, for the time being, and looked out across the plains again, in all directions, and this time he caught sight of something. “It’s him!” he exclaimed. ‘‘ It’s my scout on wheels returning, and three men on horseback are with him!’ ** Let me look, please, James dear.” “‘ Certainly.” : ** Yes, it’s he,” the widow cried, instantly, ‘with some stress on the pronoun, She had begun her training in language. There was excitement when Safety Sam and Captain Dettlingor rode into the fort with their prisoners. And there was more when they told their ‘stories, handing over their prisoners as the men who were responsible for the death of Captain Deerforth, It required the strong hand and iron will of General Fielding to keep his men in order, for, soldiers though they were, the prisoners would have fared badly jf they could have had their way. » They were locked up, ynder guard, and the wounded one Was attended to. About the time they had been disposed of, two men reached the fort from the direction of Silver City. | They were the two whose acquaintance we have partly made, the pair who laid _ claim to being detectives, and who had the . conversation with the mysterious stranger at ._ Gold Lode. They asked to see the commander, General Fiélding was 800M On hand, and - inquired their mission. “We are detectives,” the spokesman ex- plained, ‘‘ and have come here to aid in hunt- ing down the murderer of Captain Deer- forth.” . ‘The deuce you say! Who are you—that ‘is, your names, and where do you come e you concerned in ‘the matter? Not likely that it is out.of pro- fessional kindness,” a i or 9 Ra RS - ’ ~. * ‘ 7 ‘ ~ . ./ 1 - é é fy >. a "™, . - ; e P s ant * AT TE = a — : 2 re iz a a a £ 7 ah™ ee See. : ~ . a /j _" se~ Ot 2 Vm ; = Safety Sam, the Cycle Sport. Se ‘‘We have come here, because we know who did the deed, and because we want the aid of your soldiers in running him down and bringing him to account. We can be helpful to each other, General Fielding, My name is Wilson Parker, and that of my partner is Jones,” ‘You say you know who killed Deer- forth?” “é Yes. ”? ** Who was it?” ‘*Tlis cousin, Hanson 3urk, going under the name of Howard Burkson.” ‘* For what reason did he kill him? Since you know this much, perhaps you can tell us that.” ‘For the same reason that he killed his uncle, that he might come into his wealth. With the uncleand Deerforth both removed, he would be the next heir to the estate,”’ ‘«'That’s the way of it, eh?” ‘Yes, sir,” ‘‘ And you are looking it up out of gener- ous motives?” ‘Oh, no; we are in the sd of the lawyers who have the settling of the estate, We are paid for our work.” ‘‘ And your name is Wilson Parker, eh?” **So I said, sir.” “IT know you said so, but, that does not make it so. Are you sure your name is not Watson Hamilton ?” The fellow turned as pale as death, and looked about as if for some means of escape, while he sought for an answer to the ques- tion, which was not readily found, ‘Well, you need not answer,” said the commander. ‘I have the whole story from & scout, who came here from Gold Lode at an early hour this morning, after his talk with you fellows last night.” , ‘‘' There is a mistake—” ‘* Yes, and you are the man who has made it,” spoke now another voice, and forward stepped a man who had come with the scout from Gold Lode. ‘It is too bad that we were too late to save the life of Deerforth, commander.” , ‘Yes, it is too bad, Lawyer Hazelton,” responded General Fielding. ‘‘ But, you are in time to remove suspicion from the in- nocent and put the crime where it belongs. Ten, put these two under arrest.” | The soldier had the men in charge in a mo- ment. f The other prisoners were then ordered out, and all were brought face to face, so that the truth could be arrived at. — Burk and Hamilton fell to accusing each other immediately, and it required no fur- ther evidence to fasten the guilt upon them —-the more particularly upon Burk. He was the one who had killed the uncle, but Hamil- ton knew about it. The latter was willing to let it go on till Deerforth had beert put out of the way, when he intended to expose Burk, have him hanged, and so come into the property him- self as the next of kin. But, it had not worked that way, and both would have to suffer for the crimes. Grat Benson was innocent of the murder, He declared that he would not have trust- ed himself inside the fences of Fort Fenton for all the gold in the Rockies, He confessed that he had come down for the purpose of stealing Fanny Fielding, and carrying her off to make her his wife, and he had brought a band of cut-throats to aid him, Their scheme was to get the soldiers out from the fort, and then steal in and in some manner accomplish the object. . Benson met the fate de deserved, The man who had killed Deerforth was the companion of the fellow Burk. He had made his way through the guard- line, and entered the fort at the time when Dettlinger returned with his men and pris- oners on that night. 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There was an attraction there for him, we will admit, though he had little hope that the desire of his heart could ever be realized, Sam Hoffman soon after drifted away from Silver City, where he had disposed of his interests, and the Jast heard of him he was making a tour on his wheel, still known as Safety Sam, the Cycle Sport. 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