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NELL'S WEDDING.
IT was agreed that the inhabitants of the cottage must keep more on their guard than ever.

The threats of old Silfax were too serious to be disregarded.

It was only too possible that he possessed some terrible means by which the whole of Aberfoyle might be annihilated.
Armed sentinels were posted at the various entrances to the mine, with orders to keep strict watch day and night.

Any stranger entering the mine was brought before James Starr, that he might give an account of himself.