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16 folded paper. Orson seemed to summon his powers a a leap. “I made ‘ho proviso for liberty,” as- sured the hermit. ‘‘ My brother was the man you waylaid at the white rock. I am not his ghost, though I am the living likeness of the dead. The Courts of Shakedown must deal with you.” “I understand you. The courts of Shakedown. All right,’’ and Orson smiled derisively. What had he to fear of the courts of Shakedown? He had organized them; he had been judge-advocate and jury, prosecutor and high, sheriff. Fear their verdict now? Pak! The two walked toward The Comet to- gether, The crowd saw them and looked sur- prisingly on. All at once there came from one of the little groups in front of The Comet the dude, Bob Hanley. “One thing I must now know, Orson,” spoke Bob, “tell me the secret of my father’s end.” Orson leaned forward. His brows con- tracted and his face assumed a purplish hue, “I didn’t know him,” he asserted. “You did not? Then answer me this one question: If you are Ivan Prince what became of the man you once hunt- ed over the White Valleys? That man was Robert finan, my father.” The desperado started and threw a look toward his men at the entrance of The Comet. “IT remember one man whom I hunted over the White Valley,” he answered. “Il found him, that’s a fact. Your father, eh? Why, boy, when Larry called you his son you denied it!” “ Denial then was a part of my mis- sion to Shakedown. I am the son of Minan, the gold hunter.” “ Then,” said Orson, pointing toward the southern confines of Shakedown, ‘“ Go out and hunt him! There are trails and trails in the White Valleys. Go! He is there,” “You refuse to disclose the secret of his death?” said Bob. ‘“ You will not reveal. the truth?” “You are young, boy. You can trail, or some one can learn you, and you know where the White Valleys are,’ and the Onc-armed moved on. The men of the two camps fell back to let Orson walk into The Comet, the place selected by himself for the trial. - But he never crossed the threshold, for, suddenly, a little form resting until ‘that moment upon Nelly’s arm, sprang out into the light. “Orson! Orson of Shakedown—Orson of a hundred crimes, turn and fight!” and a revolver, snatched from the holster of Bob Hanley, went up. Orson caught sight of the fierce face in the lamplight; saw that Billy Whiskers | held him at his mercy! - The shot followed quick upon the challenge; the tall figure of the man of many names and countless crimes stood quivering a second; then it pitched back- ward to fall outside The Comet’s door. No one stirred for a moment. And, speechless, Billy Whiskers walked away. Nelly ran after him and twined her arm about him, but he said nothing. She supported the songbird to his little shanty and held open the door. She saw him stagger inside and fall, face down- ward, on his rude pallet and there she left him. ' One hour later the body of Shake- down’s last boss lay in his own cabin ee and the men of Blackheart Camp had stolen home. A little group stood beneath the roof of Oregon Dave's hotel and talked about the last act in the eventful drama. Bob Hanley had not found his father, but was convinced from Orson’s confes- | sion that he had hunted him down in the White Valleys; and Nelly, who owned the Heart-of-Gold Mine, and held the papers left by Old Bandy, knew that the Unknown was Donald—Diamond Donald —her own father, and that the hermit was her own uncle, In the course of time Shakedown took on better garments and even changed its name. It assumed the airs of a mountain city, and mines sprung up and flourished, but time could not blot out the deeds of Or- son the One-armed, nor obscure the drama we have witnessed there. Billy Whiskers never sang after that last signal night when he avenged one of Orson’s many Villanies—the death of ' his parent, but to the last he was nursed by Nelly, who had become the wife of Bob Hanley, while Samson, no the hermit, walked the streets of Shake- down, one of its noted citizens. Grass has grown high over certain mounds in the cemetery on the hill, but one grave is kept green by tender hands, and the children of Nelly, the waif, strew. with flowers the last resting place of the Unknown. THE END. Next Hautr-Drme Lisrary, No, 992. Deadwoed Dick, Jr, at Gold Dust: , SPORT HARRY’S BLIND. BY EDWARD L. WHEELER. Beadle’s Half-Dime Library. BY J. ©. COWDRIOCK, 860 Rilver-Masak, the Man of Mystery; or, The Golden Keys. B60 Shaato, the Gold hing? or, For Seven Years Dead. 420 The Detective’s Apert rer ne: or, A Boy Without a Name, 424 Cibuta Jonny or, Red-Hot Times at Ante Bar. Sandy Sam, the Street Scout. 467 Disco Dan, the Daisy Dude 606 Redlight Kalph the Prince of the Road, 524 The Engineer Detectives or, Redlight Ralph’s Resolve 548 Mart, the Night Express Detective. 571 Air-Line Luke the Young Engineer; or, The Double Case 592 rhe Boy Pinkerton; or, Running the Rascals Out. 615 Fighting Harr the Chiet of Chained Cvwclone, 640 Rareback Het » the Centaur of the Cirele, 647 to newrttor Tilly, the Merchant’s Ward. 659 Moonlight Morgan the * Pizenest ’’ Man of Ante Bag. SST Battery Hob. the Dock Detective. S94 Arizona Dick’« Vi ipe-Out. 900 Jumping Jack's Jubilee. HOG Safety Samy, the Cvele Sport. 12 Train Boy Trist’s Hot Muatle, iS The Trump Dock-RBoy,. 924 Big BReot«a Bob, the Fire-Laddle. 930 Kuatler Ralph, the Hoy Spotter. #35 The Ex-Newsboy Detcetive’s Chum. 941 The Bowling Green Petective’s Drop. 944 Cowboy Charltle’« Double, 947 The Bowery Wrestler; or, The Butcher-Boy’s Backer. 955 Paddy's Trump Card; or, Silver Sallie, the Girl Sport. 960 The Broadway Sports or, Flyer Fred’« Clear Case. 9&7 81000° Reward; or, The Rival Reporters’ Sleek Scoop. 78 Bantam Billy, the Corker-Ferret, 978 Plucky Pat, the Street-Boy Detective. BY WILLIAM R. EYS8TER, 190 Dandy Darke; or. The Tigers of High Pine. 210 Fare Frank: or, Dandy Darke’s Go-Down Pard« SiS The Hustler Rogue-Catcher. S38 Poker Pete's Double Dodge, 851 The Tie-To Sport ; or, High Hustling at Sinners’ Flat, SS8 Monte Saul, the &port. 901 Diamond Dave, the Gilt-Edge Shooter, 1” Crack-Shot Datay’« Drop, 951 The Sport in Velvet; or, Bie Burk’s Bluff, #45 Billy Bird’ Bonanza: or, The Rook-Ravens’ Root-Out. 962 Flip Flap Fred at Hard Pan 969 The Girl Sport-}hadower; or, Clark's Close Shave. 988 Banty Billy’s Bonanza ; or, The Bear-Tamer’s Disguise, BY WM. PERRY BROWN. 956 Brooklyn Bob's Bulge: or, Dodger Dot's Di d ‘ 968 The East-Side Spotter: or, Turning Down the Bro Tangy 974 Old Sant’s Dark Deal; dr, Miner Mat’s Iron Grip. _ | 948 Buffalo Hill's ' 926 New , 220 New longer | 908 New STL New 858 Die Two Dudes from Coomed City. BUFFALO BILL NOVELS, BY COL. PRENTISS INGRAHAM, 981 Buffalo Bill's Fighting Five. * 75 Buffalo Biil« Kiifle § ota, 9658 Butfalo Biils Rush Kideg or, Sure-Shot: the High-Flyer,. ¥64 Butfalo Bill's Decoy ¢ or, The Arizona Crack Shot 05s Buffalo BIL’sa Mazeppa-Chaae. Snap-Shot ¢ or, Wild Kid’s Texan Tally 942 Kuffalo Bills Tough Tussle. 936 Buffalo Bill's Boy Masxkecoty;,or, Joe Jarvis’ Hold-up. 929 Buffalo Bill’« Crack-shot Pard. 650 Buffalo Bills Boy Pard; or, Butterfly Billy. 216 Isisaon Bll, the Prince of the Reine. 222 Bison LBill’s Clue: or. Grit, the Biavo Sport, BY BUFFALA* BILL, 8 Kansas King: or, The Red Right Hand. 19 The Phantom Spy: or, The Pilot of the Prairie. 55 Deadly-EKye. the Unknown Sccut, or, The Banded Brotherhood 6% Border Robin Hoods or, The Prairie Rover. 158 Faney Frank of Colorado; or, The Trapper’s Trust. BY CAPT. ALFRED B, TAYLOR, U. 8, A, 191 Ruffale Billy, the Boy Bullwhacker. 194 Buffalo Bill's Bets or. The Gambler Guide. BY T. J. FLANAGAN. 909 Midshipman Dare, the Pirate Catcher. 925 The Young Cowboy Captain. _ : 958 The Two Midshipmen; or, The Corssir-Cheser’s First Cruise. 949 The Three Lieutenants 959 The Mascot Middy ; or, The Four Commanders. 066 Fighting Jack Shubrick Pe 972 Fighting Jack’s Middles 3 or, Dandy Dick’s Dash. BY COLONEL PRENTISS INGRAHAM. 982 New York Nat’s Prop: or, Ex-Ferret Sykes’ Bold Game York Nat and the Traitor Ferret. York Nat Trapped. : York Nat's lhree of a Kind. York Nat's Double. York Nat’« in Colorado. York Nat In Gold Nugget Camp. York Nat's Deadly Neal. York Nat's Crook-Chase. York Nat’« Trump Card. York Nat and the Grave Ghouls, York Nat’ Masked Mascot, York Nat, the Gamin Detective. Doom’s Kidnapper Knock-Out. Doom’s Ten Strike. Deom'’s Flush Hand. Dovum’« Death-Grip; or, The Detective by Destiny, Doom’sa Deatinys or, The River Blackleg’s Terror. ; Doom: or. 'he Sharps and Sharks of New York. Doom in Boatony or, A Man of Many Masks, ‘+k Doom tn Chicngo. 798 Dick Doom In the Vild Weat. 808 Dick Doom’s Clean Sweep? or, Five Links in a Clue. S08 Dick Doom’« Death Clue, $18 Dick Doom’« Diamond Deal. S19 Dick Doom’s Girl Mascot. S29 Dick Doom'’sa Shadow Hunt. S85 Dick Doom’« Kig Herul. : ’ 749 Dashing Charlie: or, The Kentucky Tenderfoot’s First Traii. 756 Dashing Charlic’s Destiny: or. The Renegade’s Captive. 760 Dashing Charlile’« Pawnee Pard, 766 Dashing Charlie, the Rescuer. 497 Buck Taylor, King of the Cowboys. 757 Buck Taylor, the (omanche's Captive, 748 Buck Tavylor’« Koya ir, The Red Rivera ot the Rio Grande 560 Pawnee Bill, the Prairie Shadower. 718 Pawnee HAN; or, Carl, the Mad Cowboy. 719 Pawnee Bill« Pledge? or, lhe Cewboy's Doom, 725 Pawnee Bll: cr, Daring Dick. 692 Redfern’« Curtona Caset o, The Rival Sharps. 697 Kedtfern at Be vila Ranechy or, The Sharp from Texas, T02 Redfern’s High Handy; or, Blue Jacket. 707 Redfern’s Last ‘Trail: or, The Red Sombrero Rangers, And Fifty Othera. 914 New 902 New S06 New S80 New S88 New S77 New S65 New R50 New S47 Dick 842 Dick T72 Dick T7z Dick RY LIEUT. A. K. SIMS. 5898 Tom-Cat and Pard; or, The Dead Set at Silver City. 622 Tom-Cat’s Triad; or, ‘Ihe Affair at Tombstone, 681 Tom Cat’« Terrible Tasks or, The Cowboy Detective, 688 Tom-Cat’s Triumph; or, Bleck Dan's Great Combine 646 Captain Cactus, the Chaparral Cock; or, Josh’s Ten Strike 568 The Dandy of Dodge; or, Rurtiing for Millions. 576 The Silver Sports or, Josh Peppermint’s Jubilee. 588 Saffron Sol, the Man With a Shadow 601 Happy Mana, the Dateh Vidocg: or, Hot Timesat Round-Up 611 Bildad Barnacle, the Detective Hercules, 646 Cowhay Gid, the Cattle-Range Detective. 657 Warbling William the Mountain Mountebank,. 665 Jolly Jeremiahs the Plains Detective, 676 Signal Sam, the Lookout Scout. 689 Billy, the Gypsy Spy: or, lhe Mystery of Two Lives, 699 Riraple Sim, the Proneho Buster: or, For Bie Stakes. “712 The Meamerti«t Sport: or, The Mystified Detective. 788 Toltec Tom, the Mad Prospector. 745 Kanaas Jim, the Cross-Cut Detective, 761 Marmaduke, the Mustanger Detective, 778 The Ruatier_of Volling Stone. 785 Lone Hand Joe, the Committee of One. 801 Kent mw at f the Thenh-Kicker from Killbuck. 882 The Doctor Dete etive in Texas. S72 Two Showmen | ctectives in Colorado. 987 The Texan Firelhrand: or, Brazoe Billy’s Snap.Shot 961 The Tramp’s Trump-Trick. NEW ISSUES. 990 Sheriff Huntway, ber One, of Montana; or, Steele Sharp Num- By Ed, A. Wicks. 991 Two Dudes from Poomed Campt or, The One-Ar~ed Boas of Shakedown. By T. C, Harbaugh. 992 Deadwood Dick, Jr., at Gold Dust; or, Sport Hairy’s Blind, By £, L, Wheeler. 998,The West Point Detectives Chase; or, Clearing Up the 820,000 Mystery, By H, M Boynton, JUST ISSUED. PR5 Gideon's Band; or, Jolly Jack in Mexico. By W. J. Ham- ton. 986 Dendwood Dick, Jr.’#, Beat Card, By E. L, Wheeler, 987 veut, the Wharf-rat: or, The Detectrve’s Blind. By Jo erce. 988 Buffalo Bill's Lasso Throwers; or, Shadow Sam's Short Stop. By Col, P. Ingraham, 989 Bleyele Bob’s Hot Scorch; or, Steerera. By J. C. 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