The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1892-01-16
CHAPTER XIX.
THE MDDDCS.

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i ear:
Remember your promise" he breathed
| fiercely. Your lover dies if You fail me
| now"
Then aloud he said to NaIfoed: You
! are satisfied that this is Inez Tracey?'
The hermit bowed assentngiy.
"She has letter from her father
| written just previous TO his death If
| you wish TO see it she Will show il to
| you"
Il would like to see it,"
| Ilez produced missive she had re
! ce.yed some weeks before
/ The hermit porusad it, rcturne! it 10
| her and asked. This gentleman is Your
! intended husband?'
! For a moment Inpz falterctI She
| seemed about TO deny the query when
| she met the fierce, threatening glance Of
| her cantor.
YES" she gaSpea, almost iraudibly.
! And you wish me 10 deliver 10 him
! the trust left ne to execute by y0ur
| dying fathar?"
al you will
Warford drew time worn paper from
| his breast
"Iu this document" he esid "Nour
father eft his fortune l. you in my
| charge. The fortune consists OF lands in
Ga itnrnla near the sea coast. which are
already decided 10 yon, and i description
| o. which is contained in this paper
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] lac hermit retired 10 4 ddrhcn"d Hor-
ton OF the apartment. and was gone for
some moments. Wren ii" returned he
bore small black toN - his band
/ II" dyarlciouS eyes 81 i'c>pard g.eam-
Ell with secret eNtt'tatlon The covet d
fortune Of the TrarcE> was within his
grasp d last. and b. could scarcely con.
tain himself for joy.
tn" cd scout sl 'nl and interest Il
Spectator . all that hat tran>pircd
within The past ie" moments, ma> terri
bly, excited
He saw the apparent accomplishment
OF All Dyke b"Spard eFh plans. He
saw tie lraceE fortune Wre>ted from it,
rishifai owners 10 enrich d desp.r
villain lie saw lne< the Wife Of the
renegade.
lie resolved 10 acf boldly. Drawn
his revolver lie spraos last the bandits
lilo d.
His voice was clear and comman ing
The startled nesrarsi rccojlcJ.
Hanger Ralph had wrc>ted the ca>k"t
from his grasp jus as the old hermit
had handed it to him
~Wai.ogd, do YOU not know ne? i; is
Hanger t.aii
\ cry Of ama1"meht broke from the
| old hermit lips.
You" lie cried.
Yes. yes. Wonder man is Dyke Dos
pard, the outlaw. and the giT. i acting
under his threats.
down him.
In" enraC"d i,e>parI shouted IL" or
der to his men hoafseiE He himself
sPrahg upon the >ToHt a he spoke
The bo< fell with "jangin@ sound
rom the hand .! hanger haph 10 In"
h&fa S'"h" moor ~ -" t&Nrrh-
Ire other outlaw. Weif about 70 press
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leader, when sudden episode diverted
them from their nurposn
\ 1.-THE form, thar Of a woman, dartcd
suddenly int view s,primgIng from
| dark corner Of the cave, She revealed
til" face and ignrc # Whit Fawn. the
Indian princess
She gidrd to where he pard and the
cont were struggling in deadly combat
With ono bow She drove knife into the
Ia X of the outlaw leader
Then, stoopiHG. he >riLei the boy Of
level and iii Appeared like a flash down
one of the dark corridor Of the place
With a cr, Of pain and rage Dyke
De,pard -taggcrcd hack
~~ltoot them down" hc cried uoar. civ
To hi men n, lie rctrea;ed 10 their
rark-
The cd hermit seized tn. scout a the
latter wa about 10 spring forward to
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