Oliver Brown, the young physician, remained in the city with Dan till the business was all settled, and when they separated it was with the understanding that the warm friendship that bad sprung up between the two should be re newed at an early day.
Simon Riggsby sold his claim and the Travelers' Rest and purchased a farm near Fort Scott, but before he quitted the prairie inn he gave a splendid ban quet, to which were invited all the set tlers in the locality and the cattlemen as well. The affair proved a grand success, and was long remembered by those who participated in it.
Meg Frone died in jail before the ar rival of the time set for her trial, but Aaron Suggs and Mortimer Dill, her two associates in crime, were tried and con victed and received the punishment they so richly deserved.
Horace Bland, doubtless fearing that he would be implicated in the affair, fled from the city and was seen no more.
The greatest pleasure which the pos session of the generous legacy brought to Dan was that he was now able to ob tain the education he had so devotedly wished for and add a number of long desired books to his worn and insignifi cant collection.
