He had saved some money, and by investments accumulated a little purse of twenty thousand dollars or so.

And this, and all his estate, he willed to Mr.Witherspoon, as a wedding present for Francine Delacroix!" "Why did you not tell me sooner ?" reproachfully demanded the heiress, turning her lovely eyes upon Witherspoon.
"Because I wished to freely aid in running down his murderers; to clear his memory, and because the great world would have misinterpreted my zeal.

I know the nobility of heart with which your father set aside this property for Clayton, as soon as he found out the old title! Had they met at Cheyenne, all would have been well!" And then Alice Worthington thanked God in her anxious heart that her dangerous secret was safe.

She smiled through her happy tears as she placed her hand in Witherspoon's.

"We will both cherish his memory, for life! And I now only exact one condition: that is, that Francine's wedding shall be from my home.