Men, take him away and see that he is properly searched before ye leave him.

I would not put it past the scoundrel to fire the house and burn us all in our beds if so be he could." While some of the hardly trappers were dragging the prisoner away to confine him according to the directions they had received, Gregory bent over the form of the little girl, whom he took tenderly in his arms and kissed with a passion that told of the hold she had upon his heart.
Jessie was coming to and opened her blue eyes at this moment, shrinking closer to her grandfather and hugging her arms about his neck; then she peeped timidly around as if in search of the bad parent who had tried to get her to desert this precious home she loved so well.
Owen, seeing that she was unharmed, turned to leave, but her eyes caught sight of him and she called his name.
"Cousin Owen, please get my dolly for me; she's afraid to be alone," she said; and obediently the lad stepped forward to obey, while old Gregory smiled to see that the little queen of the post had found another loyal subject who was ready to cater abjectly to her petty whims.
"Boy," he said, as Owen flashed him a glance ere going out; "I must see you in the morning.

You must not think of going hence, for here you belong to this little girl and to me! Stay with us; let us show by our love what sorrow for the past has done for me.

Your act this night has bound you to us in chains that must not be lightly broken.

Owen, lad, you will find that the old iron spirit can be easily bent now.