Attention!
Last night the town was packed with screaming and sobbing women chanting, "The King and Duke are home, The King and Duke are home." As the two men arrived, every minute somebody would say, over a fence, "Is it them?", and the gang trotting along would reply "You bet it is."(ch.25 pg.166) Reports say that as soon as the men arrived home, they ran over to the coffin which held their brother, knelt down beside it and began to pray.
After grieving for the loss of his brother, the King came forward toward the town and thanked them out of the goodness of his and his brother's heart, for the love and compassion that they had received during this trying time. Other resources speculated after talking with Rev. Hobson and Dr. Robinson, that Mary Jane had received a letter that her father had left behind that contained the family's inheritance. The letter goes as follows; "the dwelling-house and three thousand dollars in gold, go to the girls. Three thousand dollars in gold goes to Harvey and William, and it also told where the six thousand dollars in cash was hidden."(Ch.25 pg.168) After reading the letter, the King and Duke insisted on counting the money and they soon realized that they were four hundred and fifteen dollars short, but the boys did not mind and said they could do without it.
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