In the course of two months, Sir Roderick Barclugh received the answer that Mollie penned, and when he read its contents, he kissed the paper that held the precious words, and as soon as the war closed, after Cornwallis’s surrender, he immediately took steps to transfer his baronetcy to his next of kin and made all arrangements to wed Mollie Greydon in the following spring. He did not forget to do justice to Mrs. Arnold and her children before he left England or resigned his title. He secured a pension for Mrs. Arnold of three hundred pounds sterling yearly and one hundred pounds yearly for each of Arnold’s children. He felt the responsibility for Arnold’s rash deed to a very great degree. In the balmy days of June following, the old mansion of Dorminghurst was gay with the prospects of the wedding of its jewel. The old hemlocks seemed greener than ever and the lover’s walk and the old mill had its attractions for Mollie and Roderick in the prenuptial days. The wedding was celebrated in high pomp (for the Greydons had practically gone back to the established church) by the Reverend Mr. White, the Chaplain of Congress. The war was over and the people were united. The drama of the strife was past. Peace and its pursuits held sway. Roderick Barclugh and his bride emigrated over the Alleghanies and took up lands in the blue-grass region of Kentucky, where they lived in happiness and contentment, rearing a large family. Their love for fine horses brought the line of thoroughbreds that distinguishes the soil of the State of “the dark and bloody ground.” The descendants of the Barclughs have spread throughout the valleys of the Ohio and the Mississippi, and they have ever shone in the councils of our nation, being noted for their integrity, loyalty and patriotism. TRANSCRIBER’S NOTES: Italicized text is surrounded by underscores: _italics_. Obvious typographical errors have been corrected. Inconsistencies in hyphenation have been standardized. End of the Project Gutenberg EBook of Arnold's Tempter, by Benjamin F. Comfort