The lisping babe without teeth,

the mother quick with child, and

the maid in the bloom of youth shall die.

A voice from my father’s grave cries

Revenge! Eternal revenge!”

and he threw himself across his father’s grave.

How well Tom kept his promise and how many Indians his rifle sent to the Spirit world will appear in the next chapter.

CHAPTER XXIII.

Tom kept his vow and had his revenge.