Just beyond,
the gang evidently had dispersed, each one for himself, leaving
behind everything that impeded their progress. The region was
almost impenetrable in its wildness except by those who knew all
its rugged paths. The body of the man whom June had wounded,
however, was found, clothed in a suit of Quaker drab stolen from
Mr. Reynolds. The rest of the band with few exceptions met with
fates that accorded with their deeds.
Phebe had the happiness of nursing her father back to health, and
although maimed and disfigured, he lived to a ripe old age. If the
bud is the promise of the flower, Phebe must have developed a
womanhood that was regal in its worth; at the same time I believe
that she always remained a modest, demure little Quakeress, and
never thought of her virtues except when reminded of them in plain
English.
NOTE--In the preceding narrative I have followed almost literally
a family tradition of events which actually occurred.
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