BODY-SNATCHER. CHAPTER XXXV. THE GRAVE IN THE PAST. CHAPTER XXXVI. THE PLEDGE THAT WAS GIVEN. CHAPTER XXXVII. "WHICH OF THE TWO WAS MY MOTHER?" CHAPTER XXXVIII. UNDER THE SPELL. CHAPTER XXXIX. BARKSDALE'S WARNING. CHAPTER XL. THE HIDDEN HAND. CHAPTER XLI. WITH THE WOMAN WHO LOVED HIM. CHAPTER XLII. THE SONG THE OCEAN SANG. CHAPTER XLIII. THE DEATH OF GASPARD LEVIGNE. CHAPTER XLIV. THE HEART OF CAMBIA. CHAPTER XLV. THE MAN WITH THE TORCH. CHAPTER XLVI. WHAT THE SHEET HID. CHAPTER XLVII. ON THE MARGINS OF TWO WORLDS. CHAPTER XLVIII. WAR TO THE KNIFE. CHAPTER XLIX. PREPARING THE MINE. CHAPTER L. SLIPPERY DICK RIGHTS A WRONG. CHAPTER LI. A WOMAN'S WIT CONQUERS. CHAPTER LII. DEATH OF COL. MONTJOY. CHAPTER LIII. THE ESCAPE OF AMOS ROYSON. CHAPTER LIV. HOW A DEBT WAS PAID. CHAPTER LV. THE UNOPENED LETTER. CHAPTER LVI. "WOMAN, WHAT WAS HE TO YOU?" CHAPTER LVII. FRAGMENTARY LIFE RECORDS. CHAPTER LVIII. "THE LAST SCENE OF ALL" 

 

SONS AND FATHERS

CHAPTER I.

TWO SONS.

At a little station in one of the gulf states, where the east and west trains leave and pick up a few passengers daily, there met in the summer of 1888 two men who since they are to appear frequently in this record, are worthy of description. One who alighted from the west-bound train was about 29 years of age. Tall and slender, he wore the usual four-button cutaway coat, with vest and trousers to match, which, despite its inappropriateness in such a climate, was the dress of the young city man of the south, in obedience to the fashion set by the northern metropolis. His small feet were incased in neat half-moroccos, and his head protected by the regulation derby of that year. There was an inch of white cuffs visible upon his wrists, held with silver link buttons, and an inch and a half of standing collar, points turned down. He carried a small traveling bag of alligator skin swung lightly over his left shoulder, after the English style, and a silk umbrella in lieu of a cane. This man paced the platform patiently.

His neighbor was about the same age, dressed in a plain gray cassimer suit. He wore a soft felt traveling hat and the regulation linen. He was, however, of heavier build, derived apparently from free living, and restless, since he moved rapidly from point to point, speaking with train hands and others, his easy, 

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