THE FRONTIER ANGEL.



had been instructed never to permit her to pass out
of the cave. By an accident, the Frontier Angel be-
came aware of the state of things and visited the
captive on several different occasions. This reached
the ears of McGable, and fearful of losing his prey
through her means, he determined to kill her. His
attempts and failures to do this, have been referred
to. The fearful exertion through which Myra Orr
went, on the night of Marian's rescue, well-nigh
proved fatal to her. Reason flickered and fled for
a time, but it finally returned in its full strength.
  Marian for a long while was nearly delirious with
joy-and so were the father and mother, and Mans-
field, too. And Jim Peterson, the genial, good-
hearted ranger, was heard to exclaim scores of
times, " It beats all! it's powerful queer that I've
met my gal here for nearly ten years, and was
afraid she'd kill me ef she touched me. It's queerl
Powerful queer! "
  We wish our readers could have been down at
the settlement, on the night of October 20, 1798.
It would have required immense room to have ac-
commodated them we suppose, but the woods were
large enough. This double wedding was a greater
one than Seth Jones' and George Graham's. Yet
it was much the same, and we will not describe it,
but close our story with a paragraph.



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