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— -—_—_—_—_—_—— ~~ o- ~~? —— I i © a ’ She forgave him, Maverick, and died with his hand in hers, and they shall sleep side by side in death; see, I can hardly unclasp her hand.” ‘Well, we have ined a great victory, cap- tain,” said Major colm. ‘* Yes, for the Tigers have been annihilated, major; but who has seen Iron Face and Frank Powell?” ‘‘ The last I saw of them, Carleton, they were following after the one they call the Black Specter, and going toward the river,” replied the major, evasive e “Well, they will bring her back, you may rest assured, and, mounted as she always-is, I know of no other horses than theirs that can overtake her; why, rumor has it that she planned the Mad Colonel’s attacks.” Major Malcolm checked himself, as he was about to make an angry retort; but said, quietly: ‘Rumor does not always speak the truth, captain; and I believe the woman is another poor unfortunate, like this one here, whom this magnificent-looking devil led to destruction, and forced to aid him in his wild deeds.” ‘*For her own sake I trust you are right, for I cannot understand a woman’s falling to the level of man's nature; but come, we must give these two burial in some quiet spot, and then, with the coming of day, discover what our cap- ture amounts to; but certain it is, our border is free of this horde, and our next blow must be against that red fiend, Black Kettle.” he call of the bugle quickly brought the soldiers and settlers together, and, as the dawn approached the Mad Colonel and Rose Rossell were laid in one grave, and the other slain de- cently buried, after which the jubilant settlers and soldiers returned homeward, their horses laden with booty, and driving before them vast herds of horses and cattle they had found in the retreat of the Prairie Tigers. CHAPTER XLL. CONCLUSION, SEVERAL years have passed since the night attack upon the stronghold of the Prairie Tigers, and Eldorado City has grown to such an extent that it really has some pretensions to the name; but though the town is thriving, and the valley is filled with on rous settlers, the Mad Colonel and his outlaw band are often the subject of conversation around the hearth- stones of those cabin homes, and many an expe- dition of tourists has gone to the stronghold in the hills, andin gazing at the gravesof the dead have listened in awe to the stories of these bygone early days, when every man carried his life in his hand. : And Hope Haven, the home of Major Mal- colm, is @ fine estate now, and is owned by Henry Maverick, who it from its tirst owner, and who is now a wealthy cattle And Ma r Malcolm? I hear the reader ask. He dwells in Texas, on a ranch adjoining his son’s estate; but the major, who is a widower now, spends little time at home, as he is con- stantly visiting the fort to see his daughter Maud, who is now Mrs. Colonél d for the gallant soldier won_her she buried forever in her heart her love for Fancy Frank, But one day she solved the secret of way he had left her so strangely, for out riding alone one day she near a lonely grave she had often seen, and been touched by what had been skillfall cnoves with a knife in the head-board; =e y: it was ete th oun she beheld Now, as she approac e e a man veanding ae folded arms by the side of the grave, She would have checked her horse and ridden yaar away, but on or ear detected the tf d he turned quickly. ree ends nate the other; and from “No, Doctor Powell, I am Mrs. Carleton now, but I welcome you with the same kindly friend- ship as of yore,” she said, frankly, eer her which he grasped warmly, and nol Mesa. I came-to. this try f ' came coun or two rea- Sons: to visit this grave, as a duty I owed to poor Bessie Ray, my girl-sweetheart in the on , and who was murdered by the hand f ive Vertner; second, I only inte tee secret that hit me hard, for I had not before suspected it; and knowing it, after what had between you and I, it was but just that should tell you why I left you that night so lon 0. s aoe eee ae: ay poe grr on the ers ng and I sought our home to see you, and tec to tell your father of the intended expedition. “IT saw you, Maud, through the open window, and I saw you in the arms of the one I knew as Ross Elliott—” “It was an assumed name, and she was a ” woman, **T know it now: would to God I had then,” Captain Crimson. **T knew her sad secret, and we became as sisters to each other; but I am glad to know the secret of your strange desertion of me, and I do not blame you, but forgive you.” “Thank you; now, as in this greve lies my love for poor Bessie Ra , as deeply will I bur that I feel for you, now that you are the e of another, and a brave and noble man, my friend,” ‘Frank Powell, you are a noble being; come, I see your horse, yonder, mount him and come home with me, for you will find many to wel- come you.” ‘*Tam encamped over there with two com- rades, who have clung to my fortunes; one of them is Dave Titus, the other I know only as Billy Buttons, and he was a simple boy who left the Prairie Tiger band with me, but in whom there is no harm; but I will go with you, for we are friends now.” ‘* Yes, Frank, friends until death us do part,” and Maud’s voice trembled as she again held forth her hand, which Powell grasped warmly, and, bending over, imprinted a kiss upon it, to hide a tear that dropped from his eyes. Shortly after Maud rode into the fort, with Fancy Frank by her side, and behind them came Dave Titus, once known as Angel Dave, but who had become a reformed man, and Billy Buttons, his inseparable companion. A warm welcome awai Powell from the commandant, Colonel Carleton, and shortly after, having assigned Dave and Billy Buttons to comfortable quarters in the fort, the colonel, his lovely wife and their guest rode over to Prairie Rest, Harold Malcolm’s happy home, for indeed most happy was he whom men once called the Man of the Iron Face, with Violet Vassar as his beautiful bride, and a bevy of tiny images of their parents growing up around them, the joy of their grandfather’s life. After a long visit among his Texas friends Fancy Frank and his two “pards ” wended their way northward once more, and are still living, as many who read these pages may know.* And “tgia Malcolm, she that was the Black ter tired from the world into a convent’s walls, where she has buried forever every passion of her heart, and the sad secret that she had lived through sorrows and dangers untold, to become in the bitter end, the Nemesis of the Plains, THE END. 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