thicket,  drew  his  revolver,  and  prepared  to 
protect  himself.  He  remained  there  about  five 
minutes.  Suddenly  there  came  another  report 
close  to  him.  The  shot  was  immediately  fol- 
lowed by  another,  and  then  Mr.  Hardy  heard 
one  of  the  trappers  say;  ‘T  think  they  are 
done  for.”

Mr.  Hardy’s  friends  called  him  from  his 
hiding  place,  and  showed  him  lying  behind  a 
fallen  tree,  the  bodies  of  Moody  and  his  son. 
The  old  man  was  shot  through  the  temple  as 
he  was  looking  over  a log,  and  his  son’s  back 
was  broken,  he  having  attempted  to  run  away 
after  his  father  was  killed.  Both  were  dead.

Mr.  Hardy  and  the  trappers  then  returned 
to  the  house,  but  finding  it  empty  looked  into 
the  barn,  and  there  discovered  the  two  women 
in  a cellar  under  the  building,  digging  a grave 
for  him.

There  were  twenty  skeletons  in  the  place. 
Moody  and  his  son  had  killed  every  stranger 
who  had  visited  their  lair  during  several  years. 
Before  Mr.  Hardy  left  the  country  the  women 
were  hung.  Moody’s  remains  and  those  of  his 
son  were  also  hung  on  a tree  near  the  side  of 
th  road,  as  a warning  to  murderers.

COURT  COMMENT