Here the villain grew weak, and his voice husky.
They gave him more brandy, but he failed to rally, and without another word he went to the bar of God.
He had been overtaken and punished at last.
They left his body to the vultures with the rest of the wretches he had herded with, and went back with Ralph to shake hands with Frank Reade.
[CHAPTER XXXIII.]
CLEANING OUT THE COUNTERFEITERS.
Another day has dawned.
Along the blazed roadway conducting the traveler to the sequestrated den occupied by Captain Jerry Prime and his gang of counterfeiters, a large number of men are riding.
Captain Harry Hale rides at the head of his picked band.
They had come into the emigrant camp one hour after the fight that had resulted in the extermination of James Van Dorn and his savage band.