The Washington herald., 1914-08-02

Mordaunt gave his parole and walked
out ont into S me S tapins Ina nisnI q Then. as up
hind him stump This Is Surefint Who
is shot?'
"chainbearer.'
who shot himr
II do not know"
II know-it was Thous4hdacres. win
take no scalp-but life for my friends
life I viii take. Move on-you are
watched"
RetrIbution.
Mordaunt returned to the house. Then.
all at once. there came through the still
night the crack Of rifles and the sound
of the hurrying OF many feet
At the same instant there was the re-
doors and windows OF which stood open.
1t was soon all over. The rescuing
party had arrived and the stalwart sons
and grandsons had been defeated and
driven far into the wilderness
Frank MalbOne came into the house at
the head of the rescuing party. There.
on either side Of the fireplace. sat Thou
immobile. They spoke TO Thousandacres
and he answered not. They touched him
ard he groaned stified Groan.
The blood was soaking through his
shirt.
He had been. mortaIiy wounded in the
abdomen by that shot which had been
fired at the beginning Of the fray so
Mordaunt Seit with a shudder that
Surefiint had kept his word OF revenge
Upon another pallet. not far from that
on which Chainbearer lay. they placed
ThOusandacTes.
Th. Outlaws End.
1t was a dolefuI and tragic night Pru-
dence sat by the fire silent, when she
was not m.nisterinS to her man"
Duss and the others watched beside the
bed Of Chainbearer
From his pallet the old surveyor called
out to Thousandacres and begged his
forgiveness for any uuintentional harm
he might have done him. He desired to
die in peace and forgive his enemies
But Thousandacres. with a fixed and
voice. IF there were no Chainbearers
there would be no meets and bounds
/ Ana where there's no meets and bounds
there can be no possession.
II It were not for your written titles
should not be here. breathing my last
| But send that girl to me who has been
reading the prayer book beside her dy-
| ing uncle-and the rest OF yCU set out
But you may stay-Prudence-rny wife"
They left the room and when they re-
turned Prudence sat silent beside the
fireplace. Thousandacres was lying dead
and Duss standing over him with tears
in her eyes and the prayer book in her
/ hand.
Bound by Il PromiS-.
Chsinbeare- called Nordaunt and Duss
to the side Of his he'd.
the
| old man: and before I die | would say
! a word to you two. / would repeat wha,
have said before-that il is not fttine:
that my niece marry into the family Of
Il see that nature is stronger than
reason and that Duss Is forgetting .he
very things she urged upon me when
We talked OF Maj. Littlepase-ihe ~
propriety OF a marriage between her and
! him How is that. Duss. my siri?''
%, uncle faltered DUss. when We
/ talked 0f Mai Lirtlepage I had not seen
him
And since you have seen him? l see
how ii Is. Promise me, Duss. here on M
deathbed. that you will never marry Nor
and Mrs LitLepage. OF old Nine Little
page and Of the two sisters OF the major
promise.
I promise" faItered Duss.
Ursula" cried Mordaunt. do you re-
fleet? Am I nothing in your eyes,
Chainbearer turned to Mordaunt and
But the young man would not bind him
self in any way. He would have Duss.
whether or no.
Back to RaTensuest.
Never mind" said Chainbearer. .,yo--
promise is enough. my darling Duss-if
! you be true what matters IL whether
Mordaunt is headstrOng or not?'
| All night they watched beside the bed
/ OF the dying man. and just as daylight
was breaking his spirit PISSED.
! They buried ThOusandaCres in a little
grove Of trees on the edge of The clear
: ing. and his widow was allowed 10 de-
I part and join her sons, who were LUX
I ing down the stream waiting 20 get an
opportunity. 10 steal into the clearing and
remove their property.
In the stream was large broad boat
] BY agreement with the widow Of Thou
sIndacres. Mordaunt loaded this boat
with all the movable property Of the
Thousandacres family and left it al a
ceslSnated place down the river where
II vas found BY the sens
The squatter's family disappeared from
/ the State and were heard Of no more.
The body Of Chainbearer they carried
IN mournful procession back TO Ravens
nest. there to receive proper burial
Welcomed by the Family.
As the party approached the old house
OF the PATRON a large company came
out TO meet it; Not only the villagers.
out party who showed by their dress
that they were not Of HI, settlers
And then Mordaunt saw with surprise
Ihat the whole L.:ieg4=e, family had ar
and father Littlepage. sister Kettletas
/ and sister Kate. grandmother Little
Pase, aunt Mary Wallace and Priscilla
II appeared that when the news Of
Mordaunt's capture by the squatters had
been brought to Frank MalDone he had
al once sent a messenger with the news
to to Gen. LittIepa=e. II happened that
were on a visit to Aunt Mary Wallace
az Fishki!l. where the MESSENGER found
them; and they hastened with all speed
There is not much more to tell The
women OF the LittlepaSe family were
al 1rst. astonished and dismayed that
Aa!oone. But they investigated and
found her family all that couId he
wished as to pedigree.
Ihen 2 distant relative died in Eng
land and LEFT D-ISs a comfortable for
tune. Inc news Of II came to The Nest
Gay or so aTfcr the return of the
party from the MOOSeridge clearing
Therefore. and because ~ the fact that
Duss captured al hearts nv her GENTLE
ness and beauty and worth. the Little
] pages consented
As for Frank MaIbone and Priscilla
Jhat young lady calmly announced one
| day that s@c and Frank were going 10
oe married-that II had been arranged
long ago, but they had thought they
would not announce the fact until they
were ready for the marriage ceremony
Now they were ready. No one ven
/ tured To argue with Priss-she ALWAYS
had her own way-always
so She and Frank We're married and
AlOTdauht. as wedding present an
pointed Frank agent of the estates Of
MooseridSe and Ravensnest
Not long afterward Frank inherited a
small fortune from an uncle so he and
Priss became little monarchs OF the for
ests and ruled over many a square mile
OF territory which, under FRANKS in
telllSent care. became filed with farms
and villages; where mills spranE IN
iIoHs uie streams as II by magic and
the wilderness blossomed ike the rose
generally.
Duss and Mordsunt went down the
river to Lilacsbush and were married