Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1896-10-03

Bouton's nefarious gang. Sim and Tom
are in the penitentiary, and when they
get out, 20 years hence, they will be as
shriveled and gray as their father and
much less prepared to fight the battle Of
life. Font Robb IS dead, and many
think he committed suicide in order tc
avoid trial
The remnant OF Bouton's gang was
sent, by ones and twos, to many states
and territories, where they atoned with
life to the outraged law.
Black Eagle was killed in a fight with
Captain Du-can's company. He refused
to surrender when his companions did.
His braves were disarmed and sent back
to the reservations from which they
had escaped at Bouton's urging.
Leaving the immigrants in charge OF
the Prophet, Frederick and Valentine
Weldon, with Mrs. Weldon, Louis and
Nora, and DR.. Blanchard's family, re-
turned to West Virginia. But they only
remained long enough to settle up the
estate and to convert into cash all the
available assets that Lawyer Bliss had
left Their claims were not opposed,
though no legal steps were taken to in
validate the will of John Weldon, "the
Patriarch.
The brothers had been too long in the
grand wes; ever to be content in the east
again, and then the associations OF the
former were far more pleasant, fer the
frat-icidal war had never beat its red
spray against the mighty mountains
bordering the Yellowstone. They went
back, taking with them stock, seed, ag-
ricultural and mining implements, and
q large number of farmers and mechan-
les with their families, who were anx-
ious to make fresh start in that land
Of wonderful possibilities.
But before leaving the east for their
return "home," as they called the noun
tains, two events Of Importance tran
spired-viz, the marriage of Louis Kyle
and Alice Blanchard and that Of How
ard Blanchard and Nora Their friends
at first thought that consanguinity
might be bar, but love broke it down,
for in one case the tender passion exist
ed before other relationship was known,
and in the other case the young people
were so much like strangers to each 9th.
er that love preceded affection.
For reasons best known to himself
young Captain Duncan resigned from
the service. Some think Clara Blanchard
was the cause of this. and there is good
reason for the belief, for Clara Blanch-
ard is now Mrs Duncan. and the first
child born in the new town of Weldon
is hers. 1t is boy, and he bears the
name Henry Kyle Duncan, in. honor VI
the heroic but misguided youth. Cap
tain Brandon's Frederick Weldon) deaf
ness has disappeared His so years sit
lightly ON him, and those who have
known him for short time forget his
wound and think him very handsome.
Mary Weldon, the captains wife and
the daughter of honest John Clyde, is
certainly Of that opinion. Her love for
the captain had never been secret to
others, and when he discovered it he
crowned it with his hand, heart and for
tune.
The new settlement is on the Blue
Water, not far from the camp where the
immigrants were attacked by Bouton's
outlaws. And DR.. Blanchard thinks it
the most beautiful place in the world.
The good old man has every reason for
this opinion. His house is directly oppo-
site that of the brothers. From the porch
before his door he can see hundred
mountain peaks cutting into thin air,
like pinnacles, from which, when the
sun is setting, cloud banners of crimson
and gold stream out against the blue
depths Of that glorious sky. The dark
girdles Of pines about the lower ranges,
the emerald expanse of mountain mead
ows, the glistening crests Of granite
ridges, the courses of silvcry streams,
the glaciers spiritually white, the valley
yellow with the harvest and Odorous
with young vineyards all gladden. the
sight and lift the heart higher than
the mountains and beyond the sunset
clouds.
There are herds on the hills attended