The little
plot of ground was in truth a portion of his own compensation exacted
in advance of the murder.
Perry was to have done the shooting. At the last minute his nerve
failed him. Frank Jenison then coolly directed his henchman to stand
guard while he committed the diabolical deed. To use his dying words,
his father "was ready to die anyway, so it was a kindness to end life
suddenly for him."
We know how David walked into the trap, and how he crept out of it
only to become an outlaw, hunted and execrated. Perry went to Chicago,
where he was to remain for a few months before coming back to receive
his promised share of the money which Jenison was to realize on the
sale of certain properties as soon as he was clearly established as
heir to the estate.
Remorse began to gnaw at the heart of the murderer. He could not sleep
without dreaming of his slain father, nor could he spend a waking hour
that was free from thoughts of the innocent boy who would be hanged if
the law laid its hands upon him.
Then, one day, there came a stranger who told him of Isaac Perry's
treachery. The thing he feared had come to pass--Perry's defection.
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