delivered them alike from savage foes and from the destructive

power of the whirlwind, resumed their journey

towards the Mustang Valley.

CHAPTER XXVI.

Anxious fears followed by a joyful surprise--Safe home at last, and
happy hearts

.

One fine afternoon, a few weeks after the storm of

which we have given an account in the last

chapter, old Mrs. Varley was seated beside her own

chimney corner in the little cottage by the lake, gazing