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| » a | | : : ; { / . { ss ee - ery = “ ; \ 4 rw te ee ee eet yl Ra a ce? . + a ie - oe ee pate ey 4 ’ - Le Velvet face, the Border Bravo. teardrops at the scene between the long-sepa- | of Merle & Co, for all he had deposited there, rated father and daughter, and even the stern face of Blue Snake, the Bannock, relaxed as he gazed upon the thrilling tableau, and but one remained unmoved, and that one was the crime-stained, hopeless Danite chief. CHAPTER XXXVI, A RECOGNITION. ~ NrErraEeR Purgatory City citizens, the settlers in Paradise V oy) or the denizens of the min- ing camps, thought of repose, that night of the thrilling scenes described in the foregoing chap- ter as having transpired in the Miner’s Rest. But, having taken the leadership in the affair, Velvet Face at once had a secret conference with Blue Snake, the result of which was that the chief, accompanied by Red Dove and Mad Myra the Huntress, left the town fully armed and mounted on fleet horses, and lay in ambush in the vicinity of the Death Cavern, to head off any one who might seek to warn the Danites of coming danger. Then, into the hands of well-known miners, Jean Leo, and his ally, Danite Dick, who was also captured, were placed for safe-keeping un- til the morrow, and Velvet Face, with Ralph Reno to aid him, set about organizing a deter- mined band to move against the Death Cavern, and, at midnight, two hundred resolute men rode away from Purgatory City, and, at a rapid allop, headed for the secret retreat of the eague. Just at dawn they reached the cavern en- trance, and, under the guidance of Ollivette, still in her boy attire, and close at whose side her father rode, the Vigilantes entered the cave, with Velvet Face at their head, and Ralph Reno, his second in command, while detach- ments were under the leadership of Guy God- trey, Dick Hazel, and Kansas Kit. ut, as they moved through the subterranean vaults and aisles, the heavy tread of hundreds of hoofs awoke thundering echoes in the vast cavern, and aroused the sleeping Danites, who rallied to meet their foes, and hot and fierce waged the combat in the heart of the huge mountain, which fairly trembled with the shock of trampling feet and roar of firearms, while the shouts of the combatants, and flashes of the weapons made it seem as though devils and de- mons had met for a struggle for mastery in hell itself. But, thoroughly organized, having the ad- vantage of surprising their foes, and with su- perior numbers, the Vigilantes cut down all op- position, and put the leaderless Danites to flight with fearful loss. Hotly pressed, the remaining Danites scat- tered om/: the mountains, and the few who ined Mormon City had a tale of bitter woe to ll to their hets, of how they had been al- most annihilated by the very people it had been their intention. to one day descend upon with fire and sword. ' Loaded down with booty, the result of the Danites’ robberies for years, and horror-stricken at the discoveries made in the Death Cavern, of crimes committed, the Vigilanies, bearing with them their wounded, returned to Paradise Valley, and the mountains echoed back again and again the shouts of joy. But the end was not yet, for the Danite Chief et lived, and -all awaited the word of Velvet to lead forth to execution the noted Jean Leo, the hero of a hundred red deeds. And toward Death Canyon flowed the stream of humanity to witness the death of the Danite Chief, and, drawn irresistibly there, by a fasci- nation they made no effort to resist, were Mal- colm Merle, Muriel, and Camille. At length they beheld Jean Leo and Danite Dick mount the mptu scaffold, the former pro calm, but livid, the latter trembling with dread, and then from the lips of Malcolm Merle broke the cry: ne Good God! Muriel, that man is Phittp Bar- nN. A shriek from Muriel, a stern order from Vel- vet F and the Danite Chief and his ally were swung off into eternity, the rope choking back the scornful laugh of Jean Leo. One shout of joy, as the end had come at last, and the denizens of Paradise Valley filed slowl home many wondering at the wild shrie of Muriel —~ when she saw the Danite Chief launched into ty; but to them the mys- tery se a was not made known, for there was a yet to bury from bor ae gaze. And yet to one man that story of the past was told, and listening, Velvet Face heard how, two “Ree Werk, wad tiy playte-hisckrap ‘relly hak ew York, and, by we n Malcolm ‘Merle calor de net, and ve marriage biThe ceremony been perfo vate one, and, as Muriel Merle to Philip Barton grew cold on the ministe —_ lips, a pa ape of my a ee — n ceeroons who was with a inaiden in a Western State, and, ere one word was spoken to his beautiful bride, he was drag- ed, a pri- the fatal words that bound = EE = — i, to - sss and, green ne Be and unprepared to meet them, the house had been ruined, and the poor banker was almost penniless. But his noble daughter and his niece cheered him in his sorrow, and a few months after westward they wended their way, little dream- ing that Philip Barton had escaped from prison, and was then safe among his Danite band, and was watching, through spies, the man he had | ruined, and the beautiful girl he had so cruelly deceived. In silence Velvet Face heard the story from the lips of Malcolm Merle, and then his eyes fell upon the pale face of Muriel, who at onee arose and approached him, while she said in her full rich tones: “Cecil Bertram, I made roe a pledge the night you went from here to Miner’s Rest, and I now keep it, for I retract my words tuat drove you from me, and tell you now that 1 love you with all my heart, and refused your devoted love, because I was the wife of Philip Barton, the Danite. CONCLUSION, Were you, kind reader, to wander now amid the scenes of m y romance of a quarter of a cen- tury ago, you would scarcely recognize in the city ot to-day, the Purgatory City of then, and the farm-dotted valley of now is no longer the home of the red-shirted miner. But there are faces you would meet there that have not changed, other than by the finger- touches Time has left upon them, and at a glance you would recognizein that kindly-faced man and the lovely woman seated by his side upon the broad piazza of their elegant home, Cecil Bertram, he who was once known as Vel- vet Face, the Border Bravo, and his wife, Mu- riel, once the Danite’s Bride. And over on the hill is another home where dwells a man whose hair is white, though his step is firm, and his form upright, and in him, and the sharer of his Ph and sorrows, memory on pe recall to you pb Reno and Ollivette ne. In the city, of the one-time diabolical cogno- men, and a few miles down the valley, is a lordly house, upon the the door-plate of which is the name: “Guy GopFREY.” If you ask any citizen he will tell you that the young school-teacher of years ago is a judge now, and that his wife was Miss Camille Conrad. Glancing far up the mountain-side a column of blue smoke is visible, curling upward from a neat cabin, before the door of which several young people are making baskets and beading moccasins to sell; and these wild-looking crea- tures, whose complexion is of a hue indescriba- ble, acknowledge their descent from Washee Washee, the Heathen Chinee, and Red Dove, the pretty Bannock girl, whose heart surren- dered before the sly g of the almond-eyed native of the Celestial empire. From the homes of the living, kind reader let us follow the “trail leading to the village of the dead, and cast our eyes around upon the marble slabs that tell their own story of who have journeyed on before, There, on that tall marblé column you see the name of Malcolm Merle; here, beneath this solid stone and brick tomb, rests Kittredge Kane, he that was once known as Kansas : this violet-covered mound, with its simple white cross, bears the name of Mad Myra, the Hermit Huntress, and yonder at the foot of that large tree is another grave that contains the moldering remnant of noble-hearted Dick Hazel, to his dying day the devoted lover of Camille Conrad, and, poor fellow, whose ** Heart was broken, Head was turned, Building castles in the air.” THE END. 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