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i - ee. is. 5) . . e o _— Ca.) 28 the profits. The only other allies in this village, so far as I know, were Jacob and Levi Ibraham. ‘They received such of the smuggled goods as could be sold bere with safety, and disposed of them over their counter. ‘*More than this I was Eve Hendricks’s lover. I was much older than she, but that did not stand between us. I realiy fancied her at one time, but when | knew her better, her lack of education killed my fancy; but when 1 tried to cast her off, and ' break our secret association, she would not have it so. She learned of my connection with the smug- glers and threatened to expose me. I had hera ducted by the aforesaid smugglers, and she is now heli prisoner at their quarters. The body found in the lake, and buried as Eve’s, was that of a Cana- dian girl who was killed by a runaway horse which dragged her at the stirrups until her face was mu- tilated. This mutilation made the cheat successful, as,in other ways, she greatly resemb'’ed Eve. I forged the no e purporting to be from Eve, in which suicide was mentioned. _ ‘*TIt was I who gave information to the smugglers by means of which the officers were murdered at the Point of Pines, but, Heaven knows, I never dreamed that my allies would do such a deed. The assault upon Grizzly George was not made by Ken- dall, but by some of the smugglers who wrongly believed George was spying upon them. I believe Norma was drugged on her wedding eve by Susie, the servant, at the instigation of the Ilbrahams. Levi aspired to marry Norma, and hoped to gain something by a postponement of the marriage, I have loathed the two Iibrahams, but dared not anger them. I suspect them of more than I can prove, **In conclusion, Robert Kendall is an innocent man; not on'y was he guiltless of the Point of Pines affair, but he was not Eve's ‘false lover.’ I swear this. I might make many words in deploring the disgrace I sha'l bring upon my relatives, but I will rot. I have sinned—I, and all the rest, must Lear the consequences. I solemnly say, however, that there is no out upon Kendall or any of the Wester- leys. Eve Hendricks will be found at the smuggler camp. LiLoyD GRANDIFORD,” Little had the writer of this’ let'er suspected how heavily the revelation would fall upon those who had always believed kim good and bonor- able; but we will pass as lightly over their sor- row as he did. Texas Tartar sent for the Ubrahams and read the letter aloud. “Tt is nowin order for you to confess,” he said, sternly. Jacob threw up both bands. ‘** Bones off my fathers!” he cried should I confess? Der letter vas false! innocent!”’ “Fact, by Jove!” rudely twirling his mustache upward. ‘ You ave both speaking falsely and you know it! ‘* Mine kracious! we swear—” ‘* Explain the lies told by the Jenkins woman,” ‘*She haf told none, Dey vas true, and my son, Levi, vill tell you so. He vould never dell a lie.” ‘* Rnough! It was done, than five minutes she bad been frightened into a confession, The story she told in Ilbraham’s store was all false, and she was hired to tell it by Jacob, Levi wished to marry Norma, and Jacob was determined he should. They knew who Eve’s real lover had been, and knew that Kendall had bought the blonde wig and beard of Nash, the peddler. Kendall’s purpose had been just what he told David, but the Ilbrahams saw a chance to turn it to his harm, and, in a few days, proof was to be given that it was he who had made the purchase of the disguise. The idea ‘was to make Norma think Kendall guilty, dis- card him and marry Levi. Mrs. Jenkins admitted that Eve had never met any lover at her house; that she had never seen any manin a blonde wig and beard, and that she had simply told the story Jacob con- cocted for her. Other explanations followed, partly with the aid of the captured smugglers, The blanket at the store-house had been car- ried there by Grandford, He did not know it was marked, As to the several mysterious letters, that found on the lake-shore by Yank was written b Grandford to Eve, in a disguised hand. How it was lost was not known, but the note found by Albia—the one which caused her so much sor- row—had been lost by Grandford, to whom it was written by the smuggler chief. Only a few words need be said in regard tothe third letter— that found in the cabin of the Horned Fish—and that in regard to the reference to Grandford as *‘a stout supporter of tbe law.” As it was writ- ten by the captain to bis smuggler ally, it may ‘be taken as a grim pleasantry. How Norma’s handkerchief reached the Point ot Pines was explained by one of the smugglers several weeks later. Kendall lost it as he had stated; it was afterward found by. the smug- gler, and lost by him at the Point of Pines, Texas Tartar and Yank conducted Eveto her father. The girl had suffered no injury since her disappearance, and as Grizzly George rec- ognized her, even in his demoralized mental state, the reunion was a joyful one, Yauk and the detective walked slowly away. **Our triumph is complete,” okserved Texas Tartar. “ but it is a sorrowful victory. I pity the Weésterleys. Who would ave thought Grandford gurity?” vat We are nervously agreed Levi, We will send for the woman.” Mrs. Jenkins came, and in less Texas Tartar. ** We can’t always tell. Man is a queer insex, BY GEORGE C. JENKS, anyhow, an’ you can’t tell when he is white or | 485 Git Thar Owney the Unknown. when black. | feel summat cast down by events myself, an’ I shall go on my way as soon as pos- sible. I want ter be trampin’, an’ [ ccnsait Moses does, too. Eh, dog?” Moses condescended to fvibrate his caudal appeudage, **'You'll obsarve he says Yes,’ Nevermiss added. ‘‘ By the way, Texas, I take it Kendall an’ Norma will git spliced. Hev you picked out |! a wife, neighbor?” ‘* Hardly! I am married already.” **That a fack? Wal, give my good will ter Mrs. Texas when you seeher. Is’pose you'll keep on as a detective, but I hanker mostly fur the free woods, prairies an’ mountains. goin’ ter then ter hunt an’ take life easy ef I can, but I presume I’ll soon git mixed up with another egregious triberlation. Land o’ Goshen! triberlations come nat’ral ter me, but whether it’s newrolgy or suthin’ else, I try ter uphold the Yellowbird pedigreen. Ef you hear o’ me bein’ in another onpleasantness, you may know some atrocious insex has riled me like the mischief!” Years have passed, and though Powderhorn Mile still exists, not one of our characters re- mains there. Where have they gone? The smuggler band was completely broken up, and its members suffered the full penalty of the law. Texas Tartar’s several lots of prison- ers went to astout prison that existed at the | village. When the case came to trial a good deal was found against the Ilbrahams not con- nected with this story, and they were sentenced to ten yearseachin prison. Lloyd Grandford was privately buried near Powderhorn Mile. Susie, the servant, and Mrs, Jenkius, were par; doned, and they disappeared at once. Tabor went south much chagrined because he had been beaten by Texas Tartar. Tim Purcell long kept bis boats on the lake, and now does similar work in another town. Grizzly George recovered, and, accompanied by the daughter, went, it is said, to Oregon. No more is known of theisn. The Westerleys went from Powderhorn Mile to Kansas. There, a year later, a triple wed- ding occurred, The contracting parties were Kendall and Norma, David and Albia, Edgar At the exuct time of the wedding Texas Tar- tar was following his profession in St, Louis; | while, unobserved by eny human eye, Yank Yellowbird and bis dog were seated by a camp- firein the Rocky Mauintaine coutmitedly making their supper on the choicest part of an animal | which the mountaineer had brought down with | | his long, unerring rifle. And not one of our characters was more serene- ly at ease than honest Nevermiss, THE END, Beadie's Half-Dime Library. BY LIEFUT. i. D. PERRY, U. 8S. N. 176 The Boy Runaway; or, The Buccaneer of the Bay. 180 The Sea Trailer; or, A Vow Well Kept. 192 Captain Kit; or, The Mystery of Montauk Point. BY JACK FARRAGUT. 815 Ned, the Cabin Boy. 820 The Sea Sorceress; or, The Boy Skipper. BY JAMES L. BOWEN 107 One-Eyed Sim; or, The Abandoned Forest Home. 110 The Biack Steed of the Prairies, A Story of Texas. BY C. 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