ok of great contentment came over the dying man's face. "Sit by me,
Joyce," he whispered. "Let me hold your hand in mine."

Joyce did so, her tears falling like rain. For some time she held her
father's hand, and then his mind began to wander. It was no longer Joyce's
hand he held, but the hand of her mother, who had lain in the grave for so
many years. Once he opened his eyes, and seeing the face of Joyce bending
over him, murmured, "Kiss me, Mary."

Brushing aside her tears, Joyce kissed him, not once, but again and again.

He smiled, closed his eyes--and then fell asleep.

A year has passed since the death of Mr. Crawford. Calhoun has come to
claim his beautiful bride. He is making his last raid; but this time no
enemy glowers upon him. Instead, flowers are scattered in his path; glad
bells are ringing a joyful welcome. He is fully aware that the war has
left many bitter memories; yet when the words are spoken which link his
life to Joyce's forever and forever (for true love ends not in the grave),
he clasps her to his heart, and thanks God that Morgan made his raid into
Ohio.

THE END.

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FOOTNOTES

1 Calhoun did not tell Morgan the exact truth regarding his capture
and release. For this see "General Nelson's Scout."

2 For full particulars of this see "On General Thomas's Staff."

3 This convention was in reality not held until June 15, 1864.

TRANSCRIBER'S NOTE

The author's footnotes have been moved to the end of the volume.

The following typographical errors were corrected:

page 70, "wagon train" changed to "wagon-train"
page 73, "orced" changed to "forced"
page 86, "kulking" changed to "skulking"
page 125, "way" changed to "way."
page 140, "At" changed to "As"

In addition, several missing, superfluous or misplaced quote marks have
been corrected.

Variations in spelling ("pass-word" and "password", "tear-drop" and
"teardrop", "bastile" and "Bastille") were not changed. The single
occurrence of "Matthews" was not changed to "Mathews" as it is not clear
if the same character is meant. Similarly, it can not be decided if a
horse is called "Salim" or "Selim".

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