shadow him, cling to him, persecute him, till you break his
heart, as he broke my father's and mine."

"I will obey, mother."

"I believe it, my child. The preparations are all made; everything is
ready. Here is a letter of credit; spend freely, there is no lack of
money. At times you may need disguises. I have provided them; also some
other conveniences." She took from the drawer of the type-writer-table
several squares of paper. They all bore these type-written words:

$10,000 REWARD

It is believed that a certain man who is wanted in an Eastern state is
sojourning here. In 1880, in the night, he tied his young wife to a tree
by the public road, cut her across the face with a cowhide, and made his
dogs tear her clothes from her, leaving her naked. He left her there,
and fled the country. A blood-relative of hers has searched for him for
seventeen years. Address... ......,.........., Post-office. The above
reward will be paid in cash to the person who will furnish the seeker,
in a personal interview, the criminal's address.

"When you have found him and acquainted yourself with his scent, you
will go in the night and placard one of these upon the building
he occupies, and another one upon the post-office or in some other
prominent place. It will be the talk of the region. At first you must
give him several days in which to force a sale of his belongings at
something approaching their value. We will ruin him by-and-by, but
gradually; we must not impoverish him at once, for that could bring him
to despair and injure his health, possibly kill him."

She took three or four more typewritten forms from the
drawer--duplicates--and read one:

..........,.........., 18...
To Jacob Fuller:

You have...... days in which to settle your affairs. You will not
be disturbed during that limit, which will expire at. ..... M., on
the...... of....... You must then MOVE ON. If you are still in the
place after the named hour, I will placard you on all the dead walls,
detailing your crime once more, and adding the date, also the scene of
it, with all names concerned, including your own. Have no fear of bodily
injury--it will in no circumstances ever be inflicted upon you. You
brought misery upon an old man, and ruined his life and broke his heart.
What he suffered, you are to suffer.

"You will add no signature. He must receive this before he learns of the
reward-placard--before he rises in the