ted away. Now old Gabe was
following him down the river and on to the dim mountain line, where the
boy's figure was plain for a moment against the sky, and then was lost.

The clouds in the west had turned gray and the crescent had broken
the gloom of the woods into shadows when the miller rose. One star was
coming over Black Mountain from the east. It was the Star of Bethlehem
to old Gabe; and, starlike on both sides of the Cumberland, answering
fires from cabin hearths were giving back its message at last.

"Thar hain't nothin' to hender Rome 'n' Marthy now. I nuver knowed
anybody to stay 'way from these mount'ins ef he could git back; 'n' Isom
said he'd fetch 'em. Thar hain't nothin' to hender--nothin' now."

On the stoop of the cabin the miller turned to look again, and then on
the last Stetson the door was closed.

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