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Gold Nugget Camp;

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Wild All-Around Sport.

BY COL. PRENTIES INGRAHAM.

CHAPTER I. _ .

THE MISSING MILLIONAIRE. ~~~ ' J

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“ Mr Canfield. I will take chances any
time with death- to win a case. '

" Well said! 1 knew you would do it, so
I did not go to the Secret Service chief for
men. but waited to see you.

“ i am delighted to have you take the
work, though it will carry you out of New
Yule—far away from the city."

“ All right, sir. Iwill go anywhere that
duty calls " i

“ It will take on to the Wild \Vest."

" Jast where Iywould like to go, for when
in laiit’ornia I had some little experience in
wild life."

"It will try your nerve, endurance and
temper to the utmost, as you will have to go
to the mining country of Arizona, among
the ranches and in fact follow trails of
greatest danger in the work I will have you
undertake.”

“ All right. sir. I live to learn; but what is
it I am to do?” - _

“ ion read of the mysterious disappear-
ance of old Millionaire Marcey?"

There was no immediatereply; and the
one who asked the quostion gazed fixedly at
the one he addressed, a lmndsome-faced
. youth who looked younger than the eighteen
years he had lived, and whose slight, ahtletic
form indicated strength and endurance far
beyond the average.

he other was a man of twent seven,
with a face of indomitable will ant nerve,
clear-cut features, expressive blue eyes and
the look of one who would do and'dare
much. ’

lie was stylishly dressed, and was seated
in the library of an, elegant New York home,
where he was keeping bache‘lor's .hall for
tllre few months he was visiting the metrop-
o is. ' ' ~

About him was the evidence of luxury and
refinement, and upon the table by which he
sat was a bundle of letters. an open map and
a note book. I

Whm New York Nat. the Boy ' Secret
Service lhief of "the Gam'm Ferrets, did not
answer his last question, though his; face
showed that he had heard it distinctly, Sher»
man Cantield i‘f said again: . v .

“ You have, of- course. read about the
mysterious disappearance of the millionaire,‘
Malctdm 'Mai‘c'ey?” ' ‘  , ' , ‘, " I " '

“ I have, Mr..9anfield,.and I know more
about his, disappearance than the olice seem
‘ to have found: out," was New .o‘rk Nat's
rejoinder. and the quiet smile hQVering'
about his determined mouth told Sherman
Canfield that the youth had a story-to tell. -

“What do you know, Nat. or do you care
to tell me ‘2” ' ’ V .

“Oh, yes, sir, I will tell, for you have
been too true a friend of mine and my ferrets
to refuse you anything; but has the disap-
rvpcarauce of Mr. Marcey anything to do with
the work you wish to send me upon to the

Wild West?" " '
, “Strange to say, it has, as you will see
when you know all; but now what do you
know about this most mysterious disappear-
ance of the millionaire?” . .

"I ,will tell you, sir. just what I know.
andthough the police accept the theory that
he has comittod suicide by leap/mg oi the
Long Branch boat at night. 0 was seized
with one of the dizzy attacks he is subject
to, accordingto the reports in the papers, I
know that if he is deadhe was murdered.
and if he is alive he is held a prisoner against
his will." ~ ‘ ,  ‘

‘ ,‘f'Ah! Nat, you interestme greatly, for I
am sure you have facts to base your belief

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, immunities disguised as a bootblack I was
fichuwfingmtwo men, whom I have: reason to
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believe are crooks. They went into Mr.
Marcey’s house. and five minutes after a
coupe drove up and halted before the door.
“ Then I saw the men come out, support-
ing Mr. MarCey, who seemed weak and tot

drove rapidly away."

“ And you followed the coupe, Nat?”

“I intended to do so but did not."

“ That was not like you, Nat. when you
were shadowing two men you believed were
crooks.”

Nat smiled blandly, and after a moment
said:

“ Do ou see this plaster on the back of
my head}: Mr Cnnfield ?"

" Yes. it looks like a bad cut. "

“ Well, sir, one of those men who led Mr.
Marcey from his home gave it to me, for the
"coupe stopped around the corner. he got out.
and asyl' was running along to keep it in
sight. I came upon the man, who dealt me a
swan blow with a brass knuckle and I was
knocked senseless.

“ Yes, Mr. Canfield, we must solve the
m sterious disappearance of the millionaire.
I have been working hard to do so. for 1 in-
tend to run those two crooks down if it takes
me to Tophet." '~

"' Well.‘ to do so, Nat, your trail leads you
not to Tophet but to the Wild West,” was
the emphatic response of Sherman Canfield.

——’—‘_—

anPrEu II.
THE .‘IIBSING LINK.

Cmvnn ferret that he was, New York Nat
could not just see how he would have to go
to the Wild West to solve the mysterious
kidnapping of Millionaire Marcey.

But, the young shadower read by Mr. Can‘
field’s face that he knew more than he had
thus far told, so he said:

“ All right, sir. I am willing, as I said.
to go anywhere. Only'give me the clue and
set me right in the start." v .

“ You have given , me the clue, Nat. for
the missing link in the disappearance of
Mr. Marco you have furhishe in proving
that he di not commit suicide, or meet an
accidental death, but rather was murdered.”

"‘ Do you think that he 'was murdered,

"Yes, I feel sure of it now that I have
heard what on have to say.
in .t “ The pol ce, detectives and reporters have
been tr ing to run down this mystery for
weeks. at with no result. 1

"‘His servants thou ht they heard him
come in with his pass- ey and go into the
ilibrary, and think they heard voices there. so
' supposed he had brought company with him;
but they did not hear him go out; and though
his mansion fronts on a park no one else
seems to haye seen what you did:
I “But, go out he did, and not a word has
been heard of him since. save that one man
asserts that he saw him on the Long Branch
boat, and that he appeared to have .bee
drinking. ' . ‘

“Now you show that two men you were
shadowin as- suspected caooks drove up to
his house 11 a coupe, entered, and—" ~

‘9 Yes, and now I remember they entered
with their own key l”

“,Well, they came out unseen by the ser-

7vants, Mr. Marcey accompanying them, and
they were apparently supporting him.
, . “Entering the coupe they drove away
rapidly. and} you attempting to follow were
metby one of the mlch with a blow that
stunned you. .' ' . '

“ This shows that you had been seen‘ and
suspectedilnnd when discovered following
them, you were promptly checked—which
shows that Mr. I Marcey really was kidnap-

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done for the sake 'of a ransom ‘1" .
1‘ Forithe‘sske of a fortune, Nat."

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“ Ah! you really think that is the runs
thou ?”

" Yes, I have letters here that place me i
possession of facts which 1 will now mak
known to you, for there are mysteries f0
you to solve, as you will see. lives to save
guilty ones to bringr to justice.

“I will read ,you a letter I have jus
received from an old mining pard in Colors»
do.

“ It is written in the Golden Nugget Min-
ing Camps, one of the. worst communities, as
I happen to know, in the country, and
where life is hold dirt cheap.

“My old pard isa good fellow, always
hoping to strike it rich, but always failing
in his hopes, yet still working on.

“ He IS square. honest, fearless and ever
read to aid a friend or do a good deed.

. “ lint his letter will explain, so listen to it
attentively.“ - ,

Taking one of the letters from the table

Sherman Canficld read as follows:

“ Gonna»: N UGG ET CAMP, COLORADO,
April lst,,18-——.
,“ DEAR. PAR!) SHERMAN.—

“So you are in dear old New York, are
you, keeping house in grand style for an old
chum who has gone away leaving you as
master? , ,

“Well, you are in clover, and 1 wish I
could drop in on you. and also meet that
young Ferret ,Captain you wrote me saved
your life. He must be a dandy hustler.

“Well, I am here at the same old game
of hoping to find a fortune; but howl hasten
to reply to your letter to put you on the
trail of a little deviltry that is being con—g
cocted here against one in New York, so
that on can thwart their little game, '

“ t is just this: ’ -

“There is a wild fellow here, one who
gambles ‘to win and shoots to kill, and is an ,
all-round sport, who it seems is pretending '-_ ' g
to be hard at work and thus d‘eceives his 01 t ,_
father, a millionaire of New. York,‘ who- ‘ '
threatened several years ago to disinherit
him unless he mended his ways. ‘ . I ~ ' r“

“The old man put up money for him to l ,
buy,,a ranch hererand believes the young f
fellow is working hard; but he squandere 
themone , never bought the ranch and has
developer. intoa terror; yet he writes home, 1
glowing letters of what he is doing and all ‘ ,«--
that. ' ’  s

“ Now it so happened that this youth he-
came suddenly made aware of the fact that
his father had an elder son, by a former W
marriage which hadbeen kept a secret, and _’ " '. '
which fact would rule him cut of his fortune ‘
should the old 'man learn that his first born”
still lived and was a fine fellow, while the.
second son was all that was bad. I H -

“ So, as the will was made in favor of the ' ~  ,_
sport, before the other son could appear, or
the father change the will, this heartless
scoundrel has plotted against tWO lives."

“ Ah! I see the missing link I furnished, 
Mr. Canfleld, in showing that themillionairc _‘
was kidnapped," said Nat eagerly,  

  
  
   
   
  
   
 
 
  
   
   
     
     
  
      
    
 
 
   
  
  
   
    
  
  
   
   
  
   
   
  

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THE MAD eponr’s PLOT. ' 

“Yns. Nat, you have I guessed ari baton; \'
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pard's letter refers to,[and this border 'sport 53  W
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“ But, let meread on,” and ShermnnCansT
field continued reading the letter: ‘_ ' . f."

“ Now,'Pard Sherman. it is asceret Ice
not divulge, of how: I. got hold of all think
and I am so tied up by a pledge that I,  '
not act in the matter myself;th the ,
plain that two‘ lives are-"nin’ 
millionaire and his; eldest son” andin
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Man Killer,’ and all of the namcs tit him.

i “There is a woman in the case too, one in

rhom I am interested, and whom I lmlievc

ared for me until she met Mad Maybrick.

Ie seems to have cast a spell over lzci‘, though
.believe it is fascinatitm, not love she feels
for him.

“ Her name is Florence l)udley. She
came here with her father a couple of years
ago, and report says that the girl herself
struck it rich b finding amine; but she is
,1 ‘ 'Wcll educated or her years, a refined little
'  [lady and a beauty.

 ‘ “ I love her and wish to save her from
. this terror, Maybrick Marcey, even though I
never win her myself, and you can help me.
_ “ The intention of the Mad Sport and his al-
ly, for he has a mysterious pard in eagne
with him, is to send men East who will do
. away with his father and also this unknown
. elder brother, of whose existence Maybrick
Marce has only lately learned.

“ ith the old man dead, and his will
standing in favor of Maybrick, and the elder
brother out of the way, the Mad Sport gets
the enormous fortune for all his own. and
will then still add to it by marrying Miner
Dudley’s daughter. That will mean her un-
happiness and her father's death, for that
terrible man will allow no life to stand be-
tween him and his plot for gold;-—of that 1
am sure.

' “ I send herewith copies of papers that
Were shown him, proving the existence of an
elder brother, and that he was alive, and just
who his mother was.

“ I made these copies to send to you, and I
place the whole facts, plot and all before you,
and beg you to act promptly to save the
millionaire and his eldest son.

“ As I ‘am not sure that I read your ad—
dress ’in New York aright, I send this to your
home in Omaha. with a request to forward it
‘ without delay to you.

,j “By placing all before Mr. Malcolm Mar-
cey you will show him, what he does not
, ‘ ' know~—that his eldest son still lives—that
”" his youngest son is not only deceiving him,
" but is the wickedest man in the mines, and
is living a lie, While he is plotting the death
of his father and brother to get, thereby, the
big fortune which he will commit any crime
to obtain.

“ Look over the papers carefully, Can-
field, and then act with your usual clever-
ness and promptness in the matter, for,
remember, that your doing so will also save

retty Florence Dudley’s happiness from
' eing wrecked by this unconscionable villain,
".H the Mad Sport.
9;; . “ I ask this of you by our old friendship,

*' ‘ and the pledge you once made me to answer
any call I made hpon you.

“ After you have warned Millionaire Mar-
cey. come, or send a detective here, and I
Will place you in possession of facts that
will send Maybrick Marccy to the gallows,
or make him a fugitiire from justice.

“Hoping soon to hear from you, believe
me, as eVer,

- “ Your attached pard,
“ linen Ilomomn,
"Nuocn'r NAT."
, Sherman Canfield passed the letter over to
 .- 1 a New York Nat, as he finished it with the re-

, “I... mark:

“ There, Nat, the case is before you, and
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CHAPTER IV.
1 Too LATE.

, - “ AND the warning came too late,” said
[New York Nat, as he glanced over the letter
- handed to him by Sherman Canfield.

-," “ Yes, forit was delayed a couple of weeks
or more in Omaha, as my family were away
from home and it was 'not forwarded to me
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“ It has, as you say, come too late to save
Mr. Marcey, for he has disapp ~ared—doubt-
less has been murdered, but his eldest son
may yet have cscapcd, so we must act.

“it is not too late to punish the villain
who rejoices in the name of the Man Killing
Sport."

“ No, sir; not too late for that. lie must
suffer. I am ready to begin work at once——
can slart to-night if need be.”

“ Good! and that alone is assurance of
success.

“ Unfortunately I am just now so tied up
in business matters here in the city, which ]
must settle for (‘oloncl Cody, that I cannot
get away; but you shall have all the funds
necessary, and can take with you any mem—
bers of your band of Unknown Ferrets that
you deem fit."

“ I shall take two, sir, Freckles and Keno,
for the former has been a clerk in a law of-
fice, can telegraph, writes a good band and
as news-agent has picked up a greatdcal of
information, while Keno is now a clerk in
the chief of police oilice and is as clever a
comrade as I want." So Nat answered.

“ Both are the Vcry ones to help you. I
will get special badch and papers for you
all from the Secret Service chief, so that you
will be thoroughly protected."

“ Thank you, sir. That will help usmucli,
in an emergency.”

“And I will give you a letter directly to
my pard Hugh llolcomb, so that he will put
you on the right track, though it will be best
for you not to appear to know him, I
guess." -

“Yes. sir, that will be best. My idea is
that We go to the camps as three runaway
boy miners seeking our fortune by gold-dig-

ing.)’

“ I’ll trust you, Net, to carry out your
plans to perfection, and you will find IIol
comb a splendid fellow, for I have seen him
tried time and again, and twice has he saved
my life.”

“ lie is my namesake, sir, I see, as he
signs himself Nugget Nat.”

“ Yes, in the mines they are sure to mis-
namc, or rechristen a fellow, and Hugh was
called Nugget Nat from the fact that he
found a nugget of gold Worth a fortune, and
in it was a silver vein that most distinctly
formed the letters N. A. 'l‘.”

“ That Was strange, sir.”

“ Yes, it was a remarkable freak; it was a
perfectly outlined .Nat.”

“I shall take it as a good omen in this
case, sir. " ~

“ Yes; it being your. own name; but, poor
Hugh's nugget was stolen from him one
night, and he has never seen it since. He
still lives in hopes of finding it.”

“Did he have no suspicion of who the
thief was?”

“None. it was taken while he slept, one
ntght. It hit him hard, for he was going to

return home with his find, as it was Worth
many thousand dollars.”

“He has indeed been unfortunate, sir;
but, now to the other letters you have
there."

“ Here is one which tells that Mr.- Marcey,
when a young man, and a lieutenant in the
army, married secretly a Gypsy Queen who
had saved his life.

“ He resigned from the army and joined
the Gypsy band, remaining with it for
several years, and until the Mexicans one
night attacked their camp and massacred all
save half a dozen, who escaped.

“ Mr. Marcey was one of those who
escaped, and believing his wife and child to
be dead, he returned to civilized life and be-
gan to grow rich, marrying a rain, and this
mafn, the Mad Sport, is the son y his second
wt 0. -.
“But, it seems that his Gypsy wife bits
not killed then, nor was her son, and new,
in some mysterious way, it is discovered
that the eldest son lives, a- .d is said to be a.

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splendid fellow, a well-to-do rancher in
Ariznna.

“llow his existence became known, oi‘
how the secret marriage Was found out.
llugh llolcomb does not relate, hc Sl'l'llllli':
to be under a pledge of secrecy; but, hero is
the addressof the tirstacn, known as .lulinn
Marccy, and if his mother, llonila. IE 0
Gypsy Queen, is still alive, thcn Maybrick
Marccy, the Mad Sport, has no claim upon
the estate of the Iuillimiaire, his father, if
Mr. Mrrcey is dead.

“Take the papers, Nat, look them (':ii'('-
fully over, and start upon the trail whcuew r
you are ready."

“I will be ready tomorrow night. sir."
but alas, it is now too late to save the mil-
lionaire, I very much ',fear," was New York
Nat's reSponse.

CHAP'I‘ER V'.
NEW“ rem: NAT AND nts ALLIES.

IN an old deserted mansion in the city of
New York, surrounded by several acres of
overgrown land, and with a burying ground
in the rear, a place shunned by all asa dread-
ed spot and haunted house—New York Nat
made his home, and here his band of young
Ferrets were wont to congregate and receive
the orders of their chief.

The young chief and his Unknown Gamin
Ferrets were a mystery to the police and the
Secret Service men, an enigma which they
could not solve. “

Almost daily were notices sent to the
Secret Service chief, through Sherman Can-
ileld, the ally of the young Ferrets, of crimes
committed of deeds of oullawry planned to
be done, and where “ wanted” crooks could
be caught, and these mysterious “ Un-
knowns" were making fame and fortune for
themselves, rough, for some reason best
known to the members only of the band they
preferred to work under (:chr and remain
wholly hidden as to just who and what they
were.

Thei: band was run with military dis-
cipline; their laws were severe and strictl
obeyed; and the Ferrets were proud of the r
gallant chief, New York Nat, and his sister
-—their Mascot Queen, yet whom they did
not know save as their Queen—not even
knowing her by sight, as, at their meetings
in the old Haunted Mansion, she was in-
variably masked.

In rewards offered New York Nat had
accummulated a small fortune for himself
and his Ferrets, and the band was bound
thus together by bonds which death alone
could sever.

It was the night following the da ' of the
interview between Sherman (lanheld and
New York Nat that the “ Unknowns ” be-
gan to asSemble by special call in the as-
sembly room of the old mansion, the keeper
of which, in the absence of the young chief,
was a huge and savage dog who seemed to
know each gamin detective by name as well
as sight.

The two chairs behind the table were occu-
pied by New Yo“ Nat and Olive, the Mas-
cot Queen of the ‘errets.

She was masked, as usual, and wore a
robe-like domino concealing her form.

The dog was in the cellar. acting as senti-
nel against any intruder, and the band, a
score in number, were ranged on seats in.
front of the chief and the Mascot.

In a few words New York Nat explained
to the band that he Was going to the Wild
West on a detective trail. and that two of
the band, Keno and Freckles, must accom-
pany him. . ‘

“ For the rest of you Ihave special work,”
he continued, “to which you must all de'
vote your, whole time and write me to an
address I will give you the daily results of
your shadowing;

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come of Millionaire Malcolm Marcey. who
disappeared from his home some time ago,
and is thought to have fallen overboard from
the Long iranch steamer.

“ Such was not the case, I now am quite
certain. for he was kidnapped by two men
for their further use. I have made a sketch
from memory of the scene as I myself saw
it—the coupe, the driver and the men.

“The two men who came out with Mr.
Marcey were, I am sure, (for I was watch-
ing them as suspicious characters) members
of the old Devil’s Den Gang of the Five
Points.

“The time they took him away was at
dusk. The coupe had no number, so came
from a stable doubtless.

“With these facts to work on I believe
you can find out where Mr. Marcey was taken
and where he probably is now.

“ I am going to the mines in Colorado to
find the man who wanted to get rid of Mr
Marcey, and together we must fathom this
niiystery and bring the guilty plotters to jus~
t ce.

“You, Keno and Freckles. must meet me
at the eight o’clock train for the West to-
morrow night via the New York Central
road; and Parson. you will be in charge of
the band until my return. subject of course
to the orders of our Queen, to whom you are
to report as to me, and to notify of any im-
portant discoveries you may make, leaving
your communications in our priVate box.

“ Now, boys, that you know just what to
do, the meetin is adjourned.”

The lmnd ispersed ( uietly in twos and
threes, and New York at escorted Olive,
the Mascot, to her home. in a little cottage
on the Hudson River, where he was wont to
take his meals.

After a late interview with Sherman Can-
field, the next afternoon, New York Nat,
and his two comrades, took the train for
the far West. __

CHAPTER VI.
ON A FRONTIER TRAIL.

“ PALS, does yer see them three gerloots
as come in on the stage from the East?"
“We sees ’em, Doc.” v
“ Does yer know ’em ‘2”
“ No, but they is tenderfeet, sure.”
“ Yas, out here, but where they belongs
the hain't greenhorns."
“ ou knows ’em then, Doe ‘I”
“ Yas, and they knows it all.”
“ You don’t think they is tenderfeet, then ‘2"
“ Oh yes, out here, but as I said, not
where they belong.”
“Who is they, Doc?"
“ Yorkers."
“ From the city, eh ‘2” »
“ 'as, from the great burg itself. "
“ Runaways. I take it. come West to fight
Injuns and road-agents."
“Not much!"
“ What then?"
“, I’ll tell you what; they is young fer-
rets.” .
“What? them young fellows—the spring
, chickens?"
“ Has you forgotten that there was a band
0' secret ferrets in New York, unknown
young fellers who run down the Devil’s Den
Gan ?”
“ 0, Doe; I remembers 'em well now,
for it was they who made us skip."
" You bet they did, Benson! and I tell

you they is out here on some trail, dead

sure.” i

“ Does yer think that, Doc?”

“ Sure of it, for I recognizes the handsome
feller who is boss of the trio, and I tell on
he it was who wiped out the Devil‘s en
J Gang. I has seen one of the others at Police
Headquarters, so I tell you they is out here
for work. ”

‘4' Shadowin'?”

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“Us?”

“Maybe so.”

“ Well, what’s to be done?”

“Watch which way the cat jumps and
then bag it.”

“ I’m with you, for we can’t afford to be
run in now."

“ You bet we can‘t!”

“They is not going to stay here. I take
it ”

“ No; but, whichever way they goes we‘ll
keep ’em company, for now I knows that
young one for certain, and you bet I won’t
let him slip this time for I’m sure now that
he is On to us."

“ Lordy! does yer mean it?"

A whispered response was given, then the
two men arose from their seats and walked
away.

They were two rough looking fellows,
drcSSed as miners, wearing slouch hats, top
boots and a belt of arms.

They had been seated in front of amining
camp tavern 'in the far West, a terminus
of the stage trail to the nearest railway
station.

The persons they spoke of were three
ouths who had arrived by the stage an hour
cfore.

The three had gone in to dinner, and after-
ward had a talk with the landlord in regard
to purchasing horses and an outfit for the
mountain mining‘camp of Golden Nugget.

“It is a long and dangerous trail. young
pards, and you'll want a guide and an escort
there, if you will not wait for a wagon train
or party to go through.”

“No escort, landlord. We came out here
to rough it and take our chances, and we can
follow the trail, I guess, so we will get an
outfit and start at dawn tomorrow,” the
spokesman of the trio announced.

“ All right. If on will go through alone
I‘ll say no more. ‘ve got horses to sell and
can fit you out to the queen’s taste, on bet,
if you’ve got the dust to pay for it a ."

“ We are not over rich, but we’ve got
enough to pay for what we want,” was the
answer.

The three youths soon selected their horses
and outfit, and showed considerable clever-
ness in doin r‘so.

Still refus of a guide they set out at dawn,
the next morn ng, on the trail of the Golden
Nu get Camps. the landlord of the tavern
rid mg a mile on the way to set them right
and give them full directions so that they
would not go astray.

They seemed p eased at the prospect of
Camping on the way and being alone upon
the trail, and rode along as though they were
not “ tenderfeet” in the Wild West, assum-
ing an air that seemed to say:

“We know it all.”

About a dozen miles had been gone over,
sufficient to show them that it would have
been wise to have adopted the landlord’s sug-
gestion and secured a guide, for it was no
easy task to follow a trail with which they
were wholly unfamiliar. They were hoping
to find a good camping place for noon, when
they heard the rapid clatter of hoofs behind
them. i .

Coming to a halt and looking back they
saw a horseman approaching at a gallop.

As he drew near he was seen to be well
mounted and armed, and rode with the ease
of a perfect plainsman.

He had a fine physique, was dressed as a
miner; his face was ,handsome, fearless and
frank, while his long blond hair fell in wav-
ing masses upon his broad shoulders.

“ You are just the ones I am after, pards,”
he said as he drew rein before the three
youths. . . .

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i CHAPTER v11.
A WARNING.

T HE three boy: "from New York looked at
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recalled having seen him back at the stag
Station.

Ilis manner was not hostile, however,
though just why he had come after them
they could not understand.

“ Well, sir, here we are, and may I ask
what you want with us?" said New York
Nat, for he and his two cromrades, Keno
and Freckles. formcd the adventurous trio,
as has doubtless been surmised.

“I wish to save you from your fees, for
you are riding into a trap 

 Indeed. sir? What foes have we here on
the frontier?"

“ You will know best when Itell you that
I overheard two men say that they recognized.
you as New York Ferrets~that you had
been the cause of their having to skip out of
New York, and they felt sure you were not
out here on a gold hunt, but perhaps after
them, and so they arranged to get even with

on.

“ I intended to look you up, but you got.
away sooner than I expected, and when I
heard the two men, whose room was next to
mine, say the would head you off at Silver
Creek Ford, decided to ride after you and
give you a warning that they intended to
ambush and kill you, for out here life is held
very cheap, as you will discover before you’
have been here long.”

“ You are certainly most kind, sir. but I
did not notice the men you speak of," said
Nat.

“ That is because you were not looking
for them, perhaps, but they recognized you,
and you know best whether they hit you
ri ht in saying you were detectives.”

glut and his companions did not reply,
and the stranger continued:

“Now, when I heard that you had gone I
hastened through with my business to come
on after you, for I am returning to Golden
Nugget and can guide you by a trail that
will avoid the ambush laid for you."

“ But 1 am anxious to see those men, and.
if they wish to kill us, to have it out 'with
them,” declared New York Nat, eagerly.

“ Ahl that is the true ring of courage,
young pard; and, as you wish to meet them,
why we will just surprise them, in their am-
bush and you can have it out with them, for

I am sure they are waiting in ambush for '

you at Silver Creek Ford.” ,

“ And you can guide us there, sir?”

“Yes, we can flank the ford and come
upon them from the rear.”

“All right, sir; lead the way, and when
we get there we willsee who our fees are.
If they belonged to the Devil’s Den Gang
they are bad ones and. are hiding from the
hangman,” explained Nat.

The stranger at once turned off at the
trail they had been following and led the
way over a trackless country. still bearing,
however, in the direction of Golden Nugget
Camps.

After a ride of ten miles they came to a '

stream, and the stran er then remarked:

“The ford is a mi e above here, for this 

is Silver Creek. ,

“There is a cliff at the ford that we cad
reach and you can see the men in ambush
from it. ,

“Leave your/horses here and We will go
on foot.”

The three New York Ferrets obe ed, and
after a walk of half an hour c1 mbed‘a
hill, and there, hidin among some rocks
bordering the trail, t ey beheld two men,
their horses concealed near them.

“There are your foes, and lying in am-IV:
Now, what do you.

bush as I told you.
wish to do?” .

    
     
 

 

 

“ Go down and advance upon them, and If. I r

if they show fight we‘will settle it in their:

way,” was New York Nat’s response. » 4' , " '5
So the stranger led the way downto t1:

plain, and New York Net and his .tw

comrades stepped boldly out and advanced“.‘
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'appcxioach and sprung to their feet, rifles in
an .

“Benson, they is onto us! Kill ’em!"
cried the man Doe, and their rifles were
quickly raised to their shoulders and tired.

But, they had been surprised, where they
had intended to surprise, and this so un-
nerved and flustered them that their aim
was very unsteady, though still too close for
comfort.

“ Boys, it’s Dec and Benson of the Devil’s
Den Gang. We want them for more than
that," cried Nat, and he called out:

“ Surrender, or we will kill you!”

The answer of the men was to fire again.
and one bullet was buried in the butt of
New York Nat’s rifle, while the other just
grazed his cheek.

“ You must kill them, or they will down
‘ ou,” shouted the stranger, taking no part
in the action. This New York Nat saw,
and fired at the man Doo. bringing him to
his knees, while Keno and Freckles dropped
the other with their rifles.

Running upon the wounded man New
York Nat saw his mistake, as he was sud-
denly covered by his rifle. But, ere the
tri ger could be pulled, the stranger fired
and his bullet saved the life of the daring
Delegate Detective. .

CHAPTER VIII.

A DEAD sacanr.
’TIIE first of the three men who had been
7! ing in ambush had dropped dead under
the tire of those they had meant to kill, but
.New York Nat did not wish both of them to
die and their secret be buried with them as
to the fate of Millionaire Marcey, for he con-
cluded that the two rogues were involved in

 

4 .that scheme.

So he had hastily aimed to wound his man
:and had done so.

But the man was ame, and though
brought to his knees by at’s shot and badly
wounded, had no idea of yielding, and 0
would have killed the young detective, but
for the quick and timely shot of the stranger,
whose bullet pierced the brain of the New
[York crook.

There was a moment of silent contempla-
tion of the scene; then New York Nat sprung
to the side of first one and then the other of
'the two men and said in a voice that sur-

' prised the stranger.

“ My God! they are both dead!"

“ Yes, our shot did not kill him and had
I not fire on would now be dead," coldly
admonishe the stran er.

" Pardon me, sir. know that I owe you
my life; but with these two men dies a secret
I came here to unearth.

“ It is a dead secret now, and that is why
I fired to wound and not kill.

“ But I owe you my life, for he would
have killed me as he cau ht me off my guard,
and most deeply gratefu am I to you.”

Nat held out his hand which the stranger
grasped and replied: ~

“ Had I only known that you wished to
secure a dying - confession I would have
broken the man’s arm, and not have killed
him, for I see that the wound you gave him

. .was fatal.

“ You know the men then?”

'“ Yes, sir; they are both escaped convicts
'and professional New York crooks; but, as
you‘ ave already been so kind to us, may I

V' - . :ask‘ that Iyoudo not speak of what my tongue
I

just lets p—’that I came West to learn a se-
cret these two men could have told?

“ We are sinépl three boy miners, sir,
.come to the Wil est to seek our fortune,”
:and Nat smiled, while the stranger answer.

'.ed:

["1 understand, my young friend, and
what you unintentionally said shall at once
Ebe forgotten.

“But you had better search your men;
-then we will bury them, for death makes the

 human form sacred in my eyes. Ialways

 

decently inter the dead, no matter what the
man may have been in life."

“You are right, sir. We will bury them
at once; but I will search the bodies first.”

This New York Nat did most thoroughly,
taking from the bodies some papers, a map
well worn, and belts containing considerable
money in gold and bank notes.

“ These are the men I believed them to be,
sir, for here is the proof," said Nat holding
up the papers; then he asked:

“ Are on much acquainted in the Golden
Nugget lines, sir?"

” Yes; Iain mining there; but let me in-
troduce myself, for there I am known as
Nugget Nat, though, as I am not, like man
men out here, ashamed of my real namcI
will make it known to ou—"

“ It is Hugh I'Iolcom !” quickly cried New
York Nat.

“ Ab! and how did you find that out?"
asked Nugget Nat, surprised enough at the
reco rnition.

“ 0 you know Mr. Sherman (faniielti,
sir?”

“ Know him?
I have on earth."

“ And a good friend he is of ours. I have
a letter from him to you, Mr. Holcomb,” and
New York Nat hastily drew the letter out of
an inner ocket and handed it over to him.

Hugh olcomb quickly lanced over the
letter and said, as he cxtem ed his hand:

“ So you are New York Nat. the Unknown
Ferret? and these are your allies, Keno and
Freckles? and Caniield sends you out to
fathom the mystery here and bring the guilty
ones to gustice?

“We 1, 1 am most glad to meet you—be
assured of that! You will have a gigantic
task on your hands, young pards; but, I
have already seen you tried, and from what
Caniield says, you can do what you pledge
yourselves to accomplish. I can ask no
more than that," and Hu h Holcomb shook
hands warmly with the t rec Delegate Fer-
rets.

It was decided to bury the dead crooks
there and 0 into camp for the night, as
it was now ate in the afternoon, and to com
tinue on to Gold Nugget Camp in the morn-

Why, he is the best friend

ing.

But, Hugh Holcomb now regretted, as
much as di New York N at, that the killing
of the two crooks closed their lips forever,
and left the fate of the millionaire adead
secret. __

CHAPTER IX.
THE COUNCIL or WAR.

WHEN the dead crooks were at rest in
their graves, the horses had been staked
out for the night and an early su rdis-
posed of, the Gold Miner, Nugget at, and
his three Ferret allies, sat down for a talk——
to hold a “council of war,” as' New York
Nat put it.

Hugh Holcomb at once set to work to ex-
plain the situation to New York Nat more
an}! than he had written it to Sherman Can-

e . -

He stated that he had seen those very two
crooks in Golden Nugget Camps a few days
before, and in conversation with the one
known as the Mad Sport, the Man Killer,
wniie the money that had been found upon
them seemed to show that they had been
well paid for some service rendered.

New York Nat explained that they were
the same two men whom in the city he felt
he had reco nized as crooks, and watching
them. he he seen them enter the house of
the New York Millionaire Marcey, and come
out with him, take the coupe. and drive
away.

It had been the man Doe who had sus ect-
ed that he was shadowing them, and qu ckly
getting out of the coupe had struck hima
stunning blow as he ran around the corner
in chase of them.

Now the question was, what had they done

 

with Mr. Marcey, and this could not be dis-
covered from death-sealed lips.

That he had his Ferrets at work to solve
the m sterious disappearance of Mr. Marccy
New ’ork Nat explained, and added:

“ Acquainted with the facts as they are
they will find out something, and write me
here at once, under cover to you, Mr. Hol-
comb.”

“ All right, a mail is due once a week in
Golden Nugget, and you should hear now by
the next, which will be in four days.

" But now let me tell on that the Mad
Sport is carrying a very Iiigh hand in the
camps now, and since I wrote Canfleld, has
klillled three men, so that he is dreaded now by
a .

“ He has a companion whom no one knows,
who calls himself Rio Grande Don and who
is a Mexican and a dangerous man.

“ The two are constant] together, and Rio
Grande Don made a recor for himself before
he had been two days in the camps as a dead
shot and a man killer.

" That he and the Mad Sport are plotting
some game of deep deviltry is certain.”

“ And there is no doubt but that the Mad
Sportis Millionaire Marcey’s second son, May-
brick Marcey ‘2”

“ Not in the least, as I know well, though,
as I wrote Caniieid, I am pledged not to
make known certain facts that I am aware of,
but still I can give you information enough
for you to work on."

“ Well. Mr. Holcomb, as I see it, Maybrick
Marcey, knowing now that he has an elder
brother, and that his father, deceived into be-
lieving that he is leadin an honorable life,
has made his will in his gavor, is anxious to
get rid of Millionaire Marcey before the will
can be chan ed through his discovery of the
other son an the truth about his, Maybrick’s,
real life.

“ To carry out this plot he set these crooks
to do away with his father, and doubtless his
elder brother also."

“ That is just it, New York Nat.”

“ Now we must find this elder brother,
and also. just what Mr. Marcey’s fate has
been.” i

“ Exactly." 2

“ You know the name of the elder brother
and where he can be found?” -

“ Yes, his name is Julian Marco , and he
has a ranch on the old Mormon trai near the
San Francisco Mountains in Arizona.”

“ Then I must look him up as soon astos
sible, for there is no time to lose, for see
here that those crooks had his name and just
how to find him, with a note addressed to
some one there who is known as Senora
Bonita.

“ The note is sealed as you see, but she
must be an ally of the assassins, though liv-
in in the house of Julian Marcey."

ugh Holcomb ,quickly took the letter,
glanced at the address, and said, as he shook
his head:

“My tongue is tied now, for I can say
nothing; but it would be well if you deliver-
ed that note in person, and as 1 have sealing-
wax at my camp, we can Open and reseal 1:.
so you can know its contents.”

“ Yes. all is fair in love and war, and this
is war, Mr. Holcomb.”

“ Yes, and war of the worst kind, for it is
war against cold-blooded assassins," sternly
said Hugh Holcomb, and he added:

“ Now there is another person to consider
in our council of war, New York Nat.”

‘f Who is that, sir?”

“ A oung irl whose destruction 'the
Man Killer is p otting,” was the response of
Nugget Nat the Gold Miner.

 

CHAPTER X.
UNLOOKED FOR. RESCUE.

“ You refer to the youn’ lady you wrote
Mr. Canfleld of sir—ii iss F orence Dudle ?"
said New Yorlf’Nat in answer to Hugh , ol-

 
  
  
  
   
   
   
  
  
  
 
    
   
  
   
   
  
   
  
  
   
   
  
  
  
   
 
 
  
   
  
   
  
    
   
 
   
  
        
      
       
      
       
     
      
          
          
    
       
        
      
       
        
   
        
      
        
     
          
      
          
          
     
    
    
       
       
    
      
          
    
    
   

 

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comb’s remark about the young girl selected
as one of the Mad Sport’s victims.

“ I do. She is a beautiful girl, dwelling
with her father alone in this wild land ller
father has struck it rich beyond all doubt,
and she is his only heir—all of which this
Mad Sport knows. .

“ lie seems to have fascinated her, and if

She marries him it means that her life

lwill be wrecked, so we must save her from

um.”

" We' must, sir; but does her father not
see the man s character and intention?"

“ If he does he fears to say anything, for
he appealed to me to save her from the
man." .

“ Well, Mr. IIolcomb, we are now ac-
quainted with all the facts, and we will go
into Golden Nugget Camps as three boy
miners, and at once begin work in shadow-
ing the Mad Sport, his ally Rio Grande Don,
and to find out if Julian Marcey and Mr.
Marcey have been killed.

” It will be better for us not to go in with

on, or appear to know you, save by meet-

ng you there." ,

“ Yes, Nat, that will be the best plan; but,

- remember, I am your ally, and command my
services whenever you need them, even to

the death if need be." .

‘_‘I will, sir,” was the answer, and the
party turned in for the night, the ,threc Fer-
rets greatly pleased with their handsome
miner ally Nugget Nat, while he was much
impressed and fully satisfied with the young
detectives sent out to shadow and to down
the Mad Man Killer of the Mines.

Bright and early they were off on the trail
the next morninghit having been decided
that Hugh Holcomb should leave them after
their noonday cam p and push rapidly on
alone to themamps of Golden Nugget, they
following so as to get in after nightfall, and
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rival.

They were just about to leave the noon
camp, when New York Nat, glancing over
the trail ahead, saw a party of horsemen
coming rapidly toward them. _

lie at once made their coming known to
Hugh Holcomb/who said quickly:

. “We are in a dangerous country here,
from both roadagents and red-skins; but,
fortunately, our camp is a perfect ambush,
as you see, so we hold the winning hand.

“ Get the horses together, and your rifles
ready, while I take a view of those follows
through my field-glass.”

t The young Ferrets were delighted with the

readiness for a fight. if need be.
As New York Nat approached the spot
. where Hugh Holcomblay concealed, view-
. ing the coming party throughhis glass, the
latter said: ‘

“.They are three in number, and one is a
woman.” ', v

“ A woman ‘3" y ,

“Yes; and more—it can be none other
than Florence Dudley. She must have been
kidnapped, {or I know those two men "as I
can now make them out—there! I see her
now distinctly! It is indeed Florence
Dudley." _

“ Then we must rescue her,"
decided the New York Delegate.

» “ By all means, but—" and after a pause
he continued:

“I must not be known in this matter, soI

' will go into hiding, yet be near if I am need-
ed. but if not needed I will go on to the

  

'quickiy

'j  com S.
j  ' r ‘ I “ es, they have her bound to her saddle;
" ' and, Nat, I leave it to you’re rescue or.
“If you can do so without kiling the
men. make them prisoners and learn what
" on can from them, taking. them to Golden
ug rct with you. . r
_ "‘ t will he a feather in your cap it you
firmue’ the; girl, and my, word for it, the
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where to go and what to do upon their ar-‘

prospect of an adventure, and were soon in E

miners will quickly relieve you of all
prisoners, should you take them with you. -

“ I leave all to you, and now I am off."

With this Hugh llolcomb hastened to his
horse, mounted and rode away into hidngr in
a pine thicket near by.

The kidnappers and their prisoner, mean-
while, were drawing near the rocks that con-
cealed the three 'l‘enderfoot Detectives, and
it could now be seen with the naked eye
that their captive was indeed tied to her
saddle, .

“ l’ards, we must make them.surrender if
we can, but not let them escape if they re-
.fuse. ,

“ They are riding right into our trap, and
be careful not to hurt the young lady.‘

“ Freckles. you cover the man on the right,
and you Keno, take the follow on the left,
but don’t fire until you see they will escape,
and I will stand ready as a reserve.

“ Now here they come!”

Three minutes after the two men, bronzed,
bearded, evil-faced follows, with their cap-
tive between them, rode in among the rocks
through which the trail wound.

They had. ridden hard, as their horses
showed, and cast glances behind them as
though Ionian pursuit.

Suddenly ew York Net’s voice com-
manded: .

“Halt and surrender, or we will kill
you!" '

A yell of terror broke from the lips of one
of the men, with the words:

“ Wheel and run for it, pardl”

“ Drop your man, Keno.” shouted Nat.

He was obeyed, while dashing out of his
covert, the young Delegate Detective seized
the bridle-rein of the other kidnapper, and
held arevolver in his face with the Com-
mand: '

" Surrender, or I pull trigger!”

CHAPTER .‘Ii.
FERRETS TO THE unseen.

Snnrxc his comrade fall, his bridle-rein in
an iron grip, a revolver thrust under his
nose, and two others coming to confront
him, the remaining kidnappea did not carry
out his intention to tire upon New York
Nat, but, dropping his revolver hastened to
raisejhis hands above his head while he
cried: ' ‘

“ Don’t shoot, for I pass!”

Nat had had such experience in dealing
with city crooks that he at once unbuckled
the belt of arms from about the man's waist,
and then ordered him to dismount.

This order was sullenly obeyed; then
Keno and 'lr‘reckles tied him with a dex-
terity that was surprising to him and he
growled out: I

“ Who be you, anyhow ‘2"

“ Boy miners,‘going to hunt up a fortune.
Are we on the right trail to Golden Nugget
Camps?” ‘ t

“ No, but I'll guide you there,” said the
man, promptly, while the young girl now
spoke for t e first time an said: ’

“ Yes, sir, you are on the right trail, and
I can guide‘ you there. , , .

“This-man only wishes to guide you to
where he has accomplices who are to 'take

for they kidnapped me. this morning from
or home there.”

ew York Nat gazed into the
speaker with admiring interest. It wasa
beautiful face. with Jarge, earnest blue

pressive mouth.

yfThe girl was slender in form and wore
amost becoming-blue cloth riding habit.
while a slouch hat and black plume shelter-
edtherhead- with its wealth of nut-brown
- It. .

“ I wih follow yourguidance not‘his, miss,
and return 'you’to your home; 'but,'I wish

 

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York Nat [in Gold Nugget Camp.

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me in charge, while he returns to the camps, '.
face of the .

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of,” Nat remarked .

“ I have discovered from what they said.
sir, that they are about five miles from here-
but, just where, I do not know, nor how;
many of the villains there are, ‘)

“ It will be best for you to go right on to?
Golden Nugget. I think, strapping the dead
man to his saddle and strapping the prisoner, ‘
also, for he is a bold, tricky ruiiian, ready ~
for any treachery."

" We were just breaking camp. miss, when '
we saw you coming, so will you not have ‘
some dinner and rest awhile before we start ?”

“I will. indeed, for I am as hungry as a.
bear,” was the cheery response, and ‘while'
Keno set about getting dinner, Freckles
looked after the prisoner. Nat unfastened
the lariat that bound the fair captive and led
her to a place where she could rest. while he
hastened away into the pines to find Hugh.
Holcomb and report the situation.

“ 1 know all, for I saw your brave rescue,
Nat." said [high coming forward. 5 -

“They have accomplices some miles from, ‘ " ,
here, sir, to whom they were to deliver the: . .~,, 
young lady,” Nat explained. ‘- '

“ I wish I knew' where to find them; but-
you must press on rapidly to camp. I’ll.
be there ahead of you.”

" Can I tell her, sir, of your being here?"

“Not under any circumstances," quickly
demurred Hugh Holcomb.

“She really owes her rescue to you, sir.
asvyou planned it, and I thought she ought, 
to know that you——” .h

“No. no! You~ forget that, as the Mad, 
Sport holds her by some strange influence, '
she may tell him that you and I are pards, 7 " "
and that he must not know. for he is as cun-‘t '
ning as he is cruel and vicious.” . ‘s,

“ Yes. we had best not take the chances of

his finding out; but may he not be the one ,
who was the real kidnapper of Miss Dud- 
1ey‘!" v ‘ ’ 1
“I do not doubt but that he was; still het :
is too clever to be caught in it, and Idoubt 2'
if those very men know him H] the affair;
butl will be off now. and when y’ou reach
Golden Nugget tonight.th ,at once to the
tavern with your prisoner and dead man and ,
report that you were at your noon camp, '
saw the two men with the girl bound,-and
rescued her. ., r v , ' 'i

“ 'l‘he miners'will do the rest, as you will;:

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With this Holcomb waved a farewell tn;
the young,r New York detective and walke “
rapidly away to where he had left hisvhorse

Returning to camp New York Nat foun. ,
that the young girl was enjoyingiher dinneflfi“
and Keno had also given something to urges
prisoner, but it was refused with the 113$ ‘
"mark: ~ 7 W3

“I don't mind 'a leetle 'hunger whensI’r
lookin’ down 'inter my grave, for I tell yer,
boys, thcr miners will hang me sart‘iu. so-if’
yer don’t want ter see me strung up,la sight
yer'll never fergit, yer. better take what
money I has and let me go.” a , v; i

“ Don’t 'mind as, pard, for we’ve see
men die before and none that deserved“),
more than you, while we are not to‘-, be»
bribed.” answered Keno. ‘ . ,3

Soon after the party moved off on the tra'

to Golden Nugget! Camps,”Florence Dudle
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A GOLDEN "nuoom WELCOME.-, 

STERN and plucky. repared to mutate
ordeal before them. ew York Nat amid) .
Ferrets rode into the Golden Nuggetmini ,
camp soon after nightfall. ,1 " w_  -“

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companion; but he felt convinced as he
studied her closely that she was under some

' .' V saddening influence.

He saw her eyes droop at times, heard her
sigh involuntarily, and felt sure that she
carried in herhcart a secret sorrow, one that
was to influence her life in the future.

She certainly was a beautiful girl and a
charming one as Well, and the young ferret
captain did not wonder that llugh Iloleomb
loved her.

Knowing that she was wholly ignorant of
why he had come to the mines he tried to
draw her out, and she told him frankly that
she was sorry that he and his comrades had
come.

She told him that her father had once been
rich, that they had had an elegant home, but
they had lost it and her father had come to
the mines and worked hard to regain his lost
fortune. .

He had been successful‘ beyong his ex-
pectations, and yet they were not happy,

A - V though why she did not say.

Asked why she had been kidnapped, she
said she did not know, unless it was to force
from her father a large ransom for her return;
but she did not know that she had a single
foe in the mines.

‘She Was wont to go on long rides alone,

-‘ if taking her rifle for game, and that evening

' her horse had been lassoed not far from
home and she had been made a prisoner by

the two men, who gave her no reason for
1.; their actions.

Asked if there were many men in the

' ‘if‘mines of her. father's kind, possessing edu-

 his hunt for gold.

‘5 cation. refinement and unsullicd honor, Flor-

ence had, at once mentioned the name of

Holcomb, saying that he was a hero to ad-

mire, but onewho had been unfortunate in

, .‘She spoke of him as one to admire and

w trust implicitly, but about whom. there hung
a mystery. ‘ '

j Of the. wilder element she spoke severely,
though she said one and all had always treat-
ed her with respect. ' ,

Once shevspoke of the Mad Sport, saying:

. “.‘There is one man in the mines above all

"a. others-whom you must avoid, in fact two

 them; for he has a companion as danger-
7us as himself. I '

1]“! refer to one who rules the camps with

trod of iron. and the name by which he is
own is the‘Mad Man Killer. '

 ‘ His companion’s name is Rio Grande
dam, so beware of both of them, for they are
sideadly't as rattlesnakes.” ‘

' Audithis was the man that I‘IughFHolcomb’s

.ter to Sherman Canfield had said Florence

Jdlev was to‘ marry, and for'whom she had

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"discarded him.

'New York Nat jetted all down in his

 shied. and when they at last rode into the

"bumps they found a large body of horsemen

cassembling at the tavern to go out and look,

i

' homeho‘w i't had-became whispered around, as

ugh Holcomb” was also absent, that perhaps

. ,  run“ away With him. But this her
otherflcnonnced angrily. as he said that his
ghte‘rwas not one to run away. that she

‘ been kidnapped by some one seeking his

, .ud ghe was willing to pay largely for
~lre't'urnto him. ’~ . .
 then the party rode up. and agreat

" t-"went ‘up as Florence was recognized,
11 gazed curiously at the three young
With hen-jibe; prisoner and the dead

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- ~ _ Taiwan-m greeting from her father.
dammedto the excited crowd and
site other being kidnapped, bound,
is d'flight until halted by the three
1 ihinders. who had come to Golden

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Nemeork Nat in Gold Nugget Camp.

thrce Boy (lold IIuntcrs Wore invited again
and again to

“ Slip inter ther bnran‘ hev suthin'."

But the invitation was declined with thanks,
Nat acting as spokesman, and saying that
they had not yet learned to drink after, the
western style.

Most of the crowd cheered this smtimcnt.
but one big, bearded. hard-faced fellow with
a strong following took umbrage at their re-
fusal, and said as he stepped up to New York
Nat-

“ Yer has got tcr do in (lolden Nugget as
we does here, and put on no ciiiticd airs. 1
calls forthrec straight whiskies for you. and
of yer don‘t drink ’eni then I slits yer cars as
I ‘ust tcr mark pigs, so as I’ll know yer
ag'in "

‘l‘ Red Nose Jack, set up three glasses 0’
tanglefoot fer these three tenderfoot kids,
and pards all ’i'ound, Hitch ‘em guzzlo 'cui,
er see me put my brand upon ‘em—sec?“

“ Drink the rum, boys, for that is Purga-
tory Pete, and he‘s the worst man. in the
mines," urged a miner, in a. low tone.

“ I will not drink the vile stuff, nor can

the bully frighten us by his threats." was

New York Nat's firm rejoinder, and a death-
like silence followed the words of the‘ brave
Detective Delegate from the East.

CHAPTER XIII.

'I‘AMING A TERROR.

THE words of New York Nat were heard
with awe by nearly all present. for ,‘Purga-
gatory Pete’s record was too well knowu not
to know that he would resent them.

He was. one of the worst stripe of men
that are to be found in the mines, and he

'as as ready to quarrel and kill as he was to
eat and sleep.

He turned savagely upon New York Nat,
as though to spring upon him, and in the
interest of his movement thcdead and living
kidnapper and return of Florence Dudley
were forgotten. '

Checking his impulse, however, to rush

upon Nat, the bully smiled in a cruel way
and said: , '
19"" Waal, I said I would brand

“Yes.” . ' '

“1’11 deli, and then spank ther three of
yer and send yer ter bed.”

He took out his knife as he spoke. ran his
finger over the edge, and moved slowly
toward the youths, as though in no hurry.

{Phat there wereseVeral who were watch-
ing him closely he did not notice, or care,
but {high I-Iolcomb'had joined the crowd.
and Miner Dudley and Florence were gazing
at him with intense interest.

Suddenly the young girl stepped forward
and said: , '

“ Purgatory Pete, you ought to be asham-
ed of yoursel , but you are too low to have
any feeling of shame, ‘ p '

“ There are men here who will not allow
you to carry out your cruel threat!" and she
glanced over the crowd, while her father
said quickly:

yer, didn’t

“ Yes, there are men here to check you.’,’

“Let this be my quarrel, Miss Florence.
for I am watchingjiim,” and'llugh Holcomb
stepped to the front amid a murmur of ap-
plause. ‘ '

The desperailo, meanwhile, had paused at,

the words of Florence, glanced about the.
crowd and said: ~ ‘

, " There beTmen here, too, tcr back me up.
leetle gal; and as for you, Nugget Nat, I’ll
sqnar’ accounts with you afterl hasbranded'
th'er kids." I . ‘ I . - g _ '

.“Allright, Purgatory Petefl am ready,
so settle'now and do your branding after.
ward,” was Hugh Holcomb's retort. , '
~ All knew that they stood .on, the brink; of
avolcsno, that might burst forth at any

5 V moment, and the painful-rhetoric that follow-. ‘

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ed—for Purgatory Pete and Holcomb had
their hands on their weapons now, and scores r
of others were read y to draw also-was
broken by New York Nat’s _stcpping for
ward and saying boldly

” I thank you, miss, and you, sir, but we
expected to rough it when we came out here,
and that man has Sought a quarrcl with us.

“ 'l‘cndcrfcct we are, but not cowards, and .
I'll settle with him the moment he attempts
to carry out his threat."

'I‘here burst from the crowd a wild checrnt
this, which ended abruptly as the bully made
a rush at the brave young 'l‘cndcrfoot Deted
live, knife in hand.

[hit before llugh Holcomb could stop for.
ward. there was seen a lightning like move-
ment of New 'York Nat‘s hand. his revolver
was. drawn, lchIed and the trigger was
pulled in a second of time.

There was a yell of pain and fury as the
bullet shattered the hand that grasped the
upraiscd knife, which fell to tbc'ground;

But. the dcsperadp drew his revolver with
his left hand, when. before he could use it.
again New York Nat pulled trigger and
this time the left hand of the desperado
was shattered. the pistol dropping to the
ground, while the young tenderfoot shouted:

“Next time I‘ll send a bullet through
your_heart, Purgatory Pete."

At this moment a tall form stepped be-
tween the three Boy Gold Hunters and the
gang of bullies that were now backing up
Purgatory Pete and cried;

“This stops right here, men.
hear?”

“I hears, but my hands is torn ter, pieces
and my pards kills thet Ferret Tcnderfoot
boy whether you backs him up or not," Mad
Sport Marcey. and don’t you i‘orgit it."

“ What, not enough yet? Then take
that!” ' 2 '

With the" words the Mad Man Killer threw

Do you

this revolver forward and fired, his bullet

crashing through the brain of the big des~ '
perado, who dropped dead in his tracks.

“ if you did take up for me, sir, it was
covardly to kill that man who could not de-"
fend himself," shouted New York Nat, now
thoroughly : roused, and he fearlessly faced
the Mad Sport amid a perfect silence. . -

The Mad Sport Sm-ilcd blandly. and return‘
ing his revolver to his belt said quietl ‘:

“ Take your boy' rescuer in. ban . Miss r
Dudley, and give him a lesson in manners."

With this he turned and walkedaway,
while some one,'to change the dangerous -
topic into another channel, shouted out; ‘ ,

' “ Hang the kidnappers of MissFlorence l"

The cry was savmrely taken up; men rush-
ed to the dead and living kidnappers. and. in
spite of a strong show of resistance. they
were both quickly strhng up to aircel

There they him at the end of lariafs, the ,
dead and living si< e by side, until the sti ng- ,
gles of the latter ceased, and the crowd ‘be-
gan to disperse. while Hugh’ilolcomb w his-
pered to New York Nat: .

“ That ends our hope of finding out who

the real kidnapper was, but, let me c In. .

gratulateyou- upon your bold stand to-nig ht.
It has made you solid with the best men 'of ' -'
Gold Nugget! 'I‘hey’ll‘ stand by you after .
this." I ‘ V
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ran rsnnnr com) iiux'rans. V .
NEW YORK NAT certainly proved himself-:3.

a hero that night in Goldeii'Nnggewand'  

others beside Ilugh Holcomb came. 11 food,
congratulated him upon his pluck and 83411  ~.
aim, While Keno andi Freckles were wild hilt: v :
delight at the manner. in which th‘ swung};

ea tain hadacqnitte’d hi self.‘ ‘ ‘. ‘
him by the hand, 'tellin, them’ah Y,
must come to his homeghnd'jadih 1 ;:». >
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cabin at least until they could find quarters
for themselves.

But, the three detectives firmly refused,
saying that they would stop at the tavern
over ni ht and the next day find or build a
cabin or themselves, and the landlord of
the tavern told them to make themselves at
home in his hotel as long as they pleased,
adding in a whisper:

“ I owe it to you for being the cause of
Purgatory Pete's death; but you must be-
ware of the Mad Sport, for I didn’t like
the way he took your words to him, young
teller.”

Hggh Holcomb managed to get to say:

“ es, the Mad Sport will not let your
words pass unnoticed, Nat; but as I have
told you you have made man friends here
to-night—in fact, you are so id in Golden
Nu get after this.”

c three New York Ferrets were given a
hen-coo of a room with three bunks in it,
but ma e themselves comfortable, and after
a hearty supper went to bed, all con-
vinced that they were roughing it with a
vengeance.

After all they had seen and passed through
within the last forty-eight hours they were
certainly in a fair way to become real wild
Westerners, and get the tenderfoot knocked
out of them.

“We’ll begin work to-morrow,” Nat had
said to his two companions, before they sunk
to sleep.

When they awoke in the morning, at the
beating of a snare drum announcing break-
fast a “ Epicures' Hall,” as the tavern was
called, they saw that the camps were quiet
after the stormy night.

The bodies of the kidnappers had been re-
moved, and the miners were away to work,
save a few who boarded at the hotel and the
idlers and bums of the camps.

The landlord greeted them cheerfully and
told them that a miner who was about to
leave Golden Nugget offered to sell out his
cabin and claim for a few hundred, adding:

“ The onl drawback to it is that it is next
to the Man {iller's cabin. and you will hard-
ly be the best of friends, I fear."

“Oh, that cuts no figure, for we won’t
disturb him and he must let us alone.

“I was much obliged to him for taking
my part, but for him to kill that man with
both hands shattered, was the act of a cow-
ard and I could not help telling him so,”
averred the New York boy.

“ Well, watch him, that is all, for if he
would kill a wounded man, you may be sure
your age WOULd be no protection to you.

“ He pays me big money, and is very
friendly, but he’s a bad and dangerous man—
No, there is no charge for your lodging and
grub, boys," and he refused to take any in
spite of urging.

So Nat and his companions took out their
cash, counted it over as then h it was all
they had, when the former sai :

“Here’s three hundred, sir, if you think
that would buy the claim and cabin.”

" I’ll see him,” said the landlord, and
when he returned he told them that the cabin
and claim were theirs.

They found it a ‘pleasant little board build-
ing, situated at the head of the valley, and
within an easy walk of the large cabin home
of Miner Dudley and the quarters of the
Mad Sport.

There was grazing ground near for their
horses, wood and water, and the claim
panned out a small sum daily under hard
work.

Several days passed away and the three
Tenderfoot Detectives had not been idle.

They had acquainted themselves with the
mines and the young Delegates had seen the
MadSport several times, and found that he
was Inclined to be most friendly with them.
They also had met his close comrade, Rio
Grande Don, and several times had secretly
held interviews with Hugh Holcomb.-

  

New York Nat was convinced that the Mad
Sport held some secret power over Florence
Dudley. and noticed that he called at the
miner’s house daily

Visiting the miner and his daughter him-
self. Nat felt assured that at heart the Mad
Sport was not welcome there, whatever
might openly appear to be the truth.

“ Well, boys, I‘ve seen enough to know
that the first thing to be done will be to
hunt up Julian Marcey, the eldest son of the
millionaire, so I will pretend to go prospect—
ing, but really go to his ranch and see if he
is living or dead. I very much fear the
latter, seeing how much he is in the way of
this Man Killer desperado.

“ Nu rget Nat says there is an Indian here
who wi 1 be my guide, and is true as steel
to him, so you work on here, keeping your
e es and ears open, while I go to find Julian
It arccy.

“ It will take me a week or ten days, Mr.
Holcomb says, but I'll hardly be missed, for
you will show yourselves about the camps.
Steer clear of all rows, keep a close watch
on the Mad Sport and his pard, and note
just who are their comrades, for I’ll tell you
that be it was who started the cry to hang
the kidnappers that night; and he killed
Purgatory Pete for some reason we cannot
see through, while I feel assured that he was
the mover in running off Miss Dudley.

“ Yes, I’ll start tomorrow."

CHAPTER XV.
THE TENDERFOOT DETECTIVE.

IN a secret meeting with New York Nat,
Hugh Holcomb had arranged that the young
detective was to leave the camp at night,
under the guidance of the Indian whom he
had spoken of.

The red-skin was a hunter, and made
money enough by bringing in game to buy
his food, ammunition and whisky and that
was all he wanted.

He had been found in the mountains one
day by Hu h Holcomb, wounded, and his
death woul have followed, had not the
young miner brought him to camp and ten-
derly cared for him. ,

He was known in the camps as Chief, and
not once had he ever shown a wish to return
to his peo )le, the Utes.

“ Chief news the country perfectly, Nat,
and will guide you to the ranch of Julian
Marcey, for here is a map I have drawn
showing its location.

“ You may be too late to save him, but if
he has been done away with it will be an-
other crime to place at the door of Maybrick
Marcey, and I think your idea to find out if
both father and brother have been done away
with a good one.

' “ If he has been killed, then we must find
out if the two New York crooks did the
work, or the Mad Sport has other hirelings
to aid him." , a

With full instructions then to guide him,
New York Nat bade Keno and Freckles good-
by soon after nightfall and mounting his
hardy pony rode to the spot where he was to
meet hugh Holcomb and the Indian

They were there awaiting him, and grasp-
ing the miner’s hand in farewell the Tender-
foot Detective started off on his mission, the
Ute chief leading the way, mounted upon a
tough, wiry little mustang.

They went intOv camp when well away
from the last miner’s cabin, and slept until
Idaain, [when they again started upon the
trai .

Thus three days and nights went by, Chief
unerringly keeping his course, and, as they
went along, teaching New York Nat much
that he was glad to learn of frontier life, trail-
ing and what a career in the Wild West really
meant.

“ Pale-face young brave heap big head,
see much. know heap—no tenderfoot',” said
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ing on to what he was teaching him.

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“ I’m awful pleased to know it, Chief; but [‘0
I confess that I am a real tenderfoot out here, re

thomrh if you were in New York I guess I

couh give you a few pointers,” replied Nat. s
" No like pale-face village—love red-man's .1.

country." said Chief.

It was in the evening of the third day that
the Ute said:

“ Ranch yonder by mountain.

“ Sleep there tonight."

Before them rose the white peaks of the
San Francisco Mountains. and about them
the country had become more fertile and
cheering to ride through, contrasted with the
barren lands behind them, almost waterless
and treeless the past two days.

The Indian had been told that the ranch
of the man they sou ht was at the base of
the San Francisco fountains, and he had
gone there unerringly.

There soon came in sight a large log cabin
situated among the foot-hills, and in the
green, well watered valleys near were a
number of cattle and ponies feeding, a couple
of cowboys in charge.

They eyed the Indian and New York Nat
as they approached. and the latter saluted
them politely and asked if it was the ranch
of Mr. Julian Marcey that was in sight.

“It is, pard, but he hain’t at home,” was
the answer.

“ I am sorry, for I have come a long way
to see him.”

“ Where from?”

“Gold Nugget mining camps up in 001-
orado."

“ Thar’s where ther cap’n is.”

“ Indeed?

“ I am sorr I did not know it.

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“Dunno, but he’s thar, for his ma got a H; '
letter from him only two days ago.” ~_ 1

“ His mother?” ‘ -

“Yas, and we thought maybe you had ' I, -:
come through with a letter for her.’ *5 .

“ Where is she?” asked New York Nat,  
his curiosity excited. ‘ g; -

“ Up at the ranch, so you better go up and iris ,
see her.”  '

“ I will, thank you,” and Nat rode on "'2'
toward the ranch, having gained much food if}
for thought, for he muttered as he rode 
along; ,-.

“ is mother at the ranch, eh? , ft,

“ Then she was not killed as was su posed, a . .
and if she lives, then Millionaire arce ’s  '
second marriage was not 1e al, and the ad  3
Sport could not inherit the ortune if it was ‘  y, .
known. ’ ' '1;

“ I must go slow and with care.” i,“

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CHAPTER XVI. ‘ i9}:
NAT MEETS THE GYPSY QUEEN.

IT was a great, surprise to New York Nat 

to learn that the man he sought was in the . a; v

veg; camps he had left to seek him.

hat had taken him there he could not ,.~.
understand, for he was sure that he knew '

nothing of his father, and that he possessed
an enormous fortune that would be his at

his death. . {
“Chief, whatever I say here you must,
swear to. for I’ve got news I didn’t look for/f ‘

said Nat as they approached the cabin.

“ Me talk straight,” was the Ute's reply,:

and Nat turned his attention to the ranch
before him. '

It was fine] located upon the brow of a: ,
hill, and the ea in was as strongly built as
fort, for there was reason to dread a raid b
the Navahoes at almost any time. I v - .

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hridles, lariats, spurs, and several weapons.
while seated in a rustic chair watching their
approach was a woman engaged in sewing.

Nat gazed fixedly at her as he drew near
and muttered:

“If she is not a Gypsy she belies her
looks.” ,

He saw a woman of forty apparently, tall,
handsomely formed and attired in a pictur-
esque costume that betook of the Mexican
and Gypsy.

Her face was dark, very dark, her hair
black as night and around her head was a
silver band netted across the top.

She wore massive earrings, a necklace. and
her arms were covered with bracelets, as
were her fingers with rings, while buckles
were u on her small red slippers.

Her eatures were regular and handsome,
her teeth white as milk and the eyes were
,grandly lustrous and expressive.

“ It's the Gypsy Queen Mr. Marcey mar-
ried and believed dead, or I am greatly mis-
taken,” muttered Nat, and dofling his hat
politely he said:

' "Pardon me, madam, but I came here
irom Golden Nugget to seek Mr. Julian
.Marccy.”

“ My son is away from home, young man;
but you are welcome, so come in and I will
make you feel at home,” she replied with a
decided accent in her English, yet in a voice
that was strangely soft and musical.

Nat dismounted and gave his rein to Chief,
who led his horse away. gain with a
Mexican who came at ;thc :call 0 the we-
man.

“You are oung, senor, to be following
the trail in th s wild land, and in company
with a red-skin,” she said.

“I know the Indian, madam, and he is
a true friend to me, though I am what you
call out here a tenderfoot."

“Yes, a tenderfoot in frontier experience

perhaps, yet well versed in other knowledge,
take it

“ So you came here to see my son ?"

New York Nat, young as he was, had be-
came a deep reader of human nature, and he
had been closely studying the face of the
woman and he determined to go slow, to

,make haste slowly and be sure of his
e v

ground so as to ma no mistake.

“ Yes, madam, I came to see Mr. Julian
Marcey.”

“ You came from Golden Nugget Camps,
I believe?”

"‘ Yes, madam.”

'“ And he is there."

'"I am sorry I did not know it.”

“‘ He has been there for some time, and
you must have seen him for he is one to at-
tract attention."

” I'did not even hear his name spoken.

“Will you describe him, please, madam,
and I can tell you if I saw any one answer-
ing the description."

h “ He is there, for I lately had a letter from
; im.

“ But he is a tall man, with broad
:shoulders, and an elegant form, a face as
dzlilrlk as mine and just the one to win a young
g "He has 9. ion silken mustache and im-
perial, wears his lack hair falling upon his
shoulders, dresses in Mexican attire and is
about thirty years of age.

“Do you recall seeing such a person?”

New York Nat was about to reply when
,he checked himself, and remaining silent for
a moment, asked:

“ You an he dresses as a Mexican,
madam?”

V “ Yes, he is a Mexian Gypsy, as Iam.”

“ I only wish I could have met him, for it
’is a lon ride here on a useless errand.”

“Per aps I can tell you what you would
know if will make your business known

s other.”
Nat hesitated an instant, and then said,

’ ,aarneatly:

 

“ In} case I should miss him upon his re-
turn, I will tcll you why I came."

“Not now, come in to supper," andtthe
woman led the way. '

CHAPTER XVII.
NAT (snows (‘Al"l‘IOUS.

NAT was shown a pleasant room, in which
there was a large hammock swung instead
of a bed, and having made his toilet by
brushing off the dust of travel, he went into
the supper-room and sat down to a most
tempting meal.

The woman was not long in making
known to him that she had been the queen
of a once powerful band of Gypsies, but war
and disease had reduced them until in the
end the remnant had all been wiped out by
an Indian massacre, only her son and herself
escaping.

She seemed to like to talk of herself, and
also stated that she had married an American
army officer, and that he had deserted her
at the time of the massacre, and she had
never seen him since, but had reason to be-
lieve that he was still living, though at first
she had believed he had been killed by the
Indians.

The chief of the Comanche band had
spared her life, and her little son’s, on ac-
count of having once been kindly cared for
by her people, and in time she had bought
their freedom from the Indians, and had, as
her people had been wiped out, become a
ranch-owner, for she had ottcn some money
from where her father had buried it.

She had taken her son to the East to be
educated, but they had, after a few years,
pincd for their wild life, and they had re-
turned to it, purchased the ranch they then
lived on and were contented.

Nat listened with dec est interest to the
story of the woman, for it agreed with that
which Hugh Holcomb had written to Sher-
man Canfield, and which he had read in the
various papers he had then with him.

As the returned to the piazza the woman
excused erself fora moment and Nat hastily
drew from his ockct a small miniature set
in gold and g anced at it, while he slowly
shook his head, and then openin r a letter,
one of those given him by Canfie d, be read
it over, and again came that significant shake
of the head.

The woman soon returned and handing a
miniature set in gold to the youth said:

“Thereis my American husband 'as he
looked when he won my heart.

“ He was a handsome man, and I loved
him with all my soul.

“ He resigned from the army and became
one of our people, but then came the mas-
sacre, and that ended my dream of love."

The likeness was of a handsome youn_
man in the uniform of a cavalry officer, an
upon it was engraven:

“MALCOLM MARCEY,
“ Lieutenant —th Dragoons,
” U. S. ARMY.
“To BONITA, MY Grrsv QUEEN.”

“ I will now hear why you came to see
my son, senor,” said the woman, and there
was a look of nervousness about her, an
anxiety to learn just why he had come.

" I am a clerk in an attorney's office,
madam, in,Ncw:York, and I came here in the
interest of your son.

“ In fact I will tell you the truth, as I must
makeit known to him, for you can doubt
less give me more information than he
could.”

“ I know that I can,” was the eager reply.

After a moment New York N at said:

“ You are right in your surmise that Mr.
Malcolm Marccy is alive, or rather he was
until several months ago.

 

“ He married again, however, years af-
ttlar, believing you more dead, and ‘ his son
a so.

“ He married a Southern lad of great
Wealth and beauty, and she dict after the
birth of twin sons, one of whom also died.

“ The other was raised by his father, but
as he grew toward manhood he became very
wild, grew dissipated, gambled, and so
squam cred money that his father at last
threatened to cut him off unless he changed
his ways.

” He promised to do so, came West, wrote
his father that he had found a ranch well
stocked with cattle, which he could purchase
at a bargain.

“ His father sent him the money, and be-
lieved his letters home telling how he had re-
formed and was working hard, while in reali-
ty he had squandered the money and had de—
velopedinto a border des erado, known as
Mad Maybrick the Man Ki icr.

“ In some way he learned of his father's
former marriage and that he had an elder
brother, and so be plotted to get rid of his
father and brother and thus secure the large
fortune that he would thus inherit."

“ A bold plotter indeed, senor."

“ Yes, madam.”

“ But 1 would still stand in the way, for
not being dead, Mr. Marcey's son by his
second marria e would have no claim."

“ True, but e seemed not to know of you,
only of his brother, and I know that he sent
hirclin s East to get rid of his father.

“ fiat has become of Millionaire Marcey

I do not know, but he mysteriously disap-
peared, and in the company of two men,
whom I have the proof were bribed by May-
brick Marcey to put his father out of the
way.
“ Too late to save Mr. Marcey I came here
to warn his eldest son of his danger, and to
tell him that he is the heir to the millionaire's
fortune.

” Butgou tell me he is in the camps where
his mur erous brother now dwells, and, if
he knows who he is will plot to kill him.”

The woman smiled in a strange way and
replied;

“ As I know now why you are here, senor,
I will place confidence in you and tell you a
secret.” ‘

 

CHAPTER XVIII.
'rna orrsr QUEEN’s SECRET.

“ YOUNG senor, both m son and myself
have much to thank you or, as you are to"
lace in our hands a fortune, ifrmy husband
3 dead, or give us a claim upon our ri hts,
if he lives, as the wife and son of a mil ion-
aire.
"Of course, as‘ you act for an attorney,
on will expect pa , and your reward w ll

aliberalonc, I p edge you, and I wish now
to tell you that indivi ually I desire you to
serve my interests and most liberally will I
recompense you.”

“ You are very kind, madam.”

“ However you may serve your employers,
you must serve us, myself and my son, bet-
ter; and in possession of the facts on both
sides, you can the better not for our inter-
est.”

f‘That is true, madam, and I appreciate
your kindness toward me, for you know an
attorney’s clerk is not paid a large salary."

“That I do not know about, but you will
find that the one who serves me, Queen
Bonita, will be well paid."

“ I thank you.” ‘

“ Now let me tell you that it has not been '

very long since we knew of Mr. Marcey’s
being alive and that he had married again.

“It came to my son's ears through one he
befriended, and who accidentally told the
story, when he heard Julian’s name was
Marcey.

" But m _
also learns that his alfbrother waste wild

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fellow in Golden Nugget Camps, and known
as the Mad Sport and Man Killer from his
desperate deeds.

“ Having assured himself that his father
livml, and that this desperado of the mines
Was his heir, Julian decided to act for his
protection and mine.

“ So he went to the mines and became the
pawl of the Mud Sport.

“ Of course he knew just what he was to
him, but did not allow his half-brother to
suSpeet his identity.

“ lIe pretended to know the whole story of
Millionaire Marcey‘s life, that he had an
elder son then living, and whom it was
necessary to get out of the way if he, May-
briek Marcey, expected toinherit the fortune
as the direct heir of Malcolm Marcey.

"Thus he gained the confidence of his
half’brothcr and undertook to put Julian,
himself. out of the way for certain con-
siderations, as also the old man.

“Then he was told that the latter deed
had already been arranged for by the Mad
Sport, who had emplo ed two men he knew
the life of, to put his father out of the way."
I “ To kill him?"

i “ No, strange to say that, Man Killer
though he is. he shrunk from taking his
father’s life even by proxy, so the two men
were hired to take Mr. Marcey from his
home and carry him under the pretense of
his being a maniac, to asmall‘ private asylum
in a Western State.”

“ This the men did?" = .

“ Yes, though Maybrick Marcey would
not tell my son where the asylum was, and
the two men Julian was unable to see."

_ “ Then, he does not know where Mr.
Marcey is confined?"

“ No, but I suppose he can be traced."

“ Doubtless, madam, and as he is not mad,
he will be released, while you. as his wife,
can prove your claim, and your son’s, and be
restored to your rights, as Maybrick Marcey
certainly has no claim upon his father in a
legal way.” - I

“ That is just it, and now in possession of
the facts you can arrange the whole affair
for us.” I

“ I think so; but I must find Mr. Marcey
first." -

“ Yes, I will give you a letter to my son,
and perhaps he may now know where he is
hidden, or can, in some way find out.

“Then you will see him, tell him that I
and ,his darling boy Julian still live, and are
anxious to be taken into his heart and home
after all‘these long years of cruel separation."

” But what about this second son, for he
is a very dangerous man?"

The )woman smiled. and it expressed
volumes, while she replied:

. , “ Yes. and myson is avery dangerous
'man too, senor, and between us, this man
the Mad Sport must be gotten rid of."

“ It would be just as well for several
reasons,” coolly said Nat.

“One would be that he would kill my
son, rather than ‘ yield his claim to him, but'
rerpember, he does not know Julian while
J1 inn does know him and thus holds the
advantage.” 7.
, “ Very true; but there is ._a legal point to
be taken into consideration too.” ‘

‘ " Whatis that senori".

“Should Mr. Marcey have died, for he is
an old man, and the charge of being mad
may have broken him (lawn, or he may
age’gone mad in earnest, which is just as

3‘ And then i" ‘ .

q‘.‘ Incither casethis son Maybrick is his

: . heir, and his will is made." .  -

'  r “ But Ilive and so does Julian.” /
V ‘ '-‘ The law would have to be assured fully,

 and it ‘would be years before perhaps proof

“could be found. so Iyou 7 might be old- before

you Won Your. case.’ ‘\ ,
 [itThatis ctrue-A—you have. a wise head,”
j 'hswoman sold anxiously. _ :* x

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“ Yes, it would complicate matters for
you."

"But with Maybrick Marcey dead my
claim could come in, there being no other
claimant, and we would be secure.”

“ Far more than if Mayhriek Marcey
lived.”

“Then he must die,"
tone;

“That he is a desperado all know, and he
has been deceiving his father and persecut-
ing him. .

“ He is a murderer, and should be hanged
—yes he must be gotten out of the way.”

CHAPTER XIV.
Tun INDIAN omna‘s DISCOVERY.

NEW Yoak NAT saw that the woman
meant 'ust what she said.

The lad Sport was a dangerous man—so
was J plian Marcey, his half-brother.

The Mad Sport was plotting against his
fathcr. and to get rid of his half‘hrother,
and the latter was then his companion in
Golden Nugget Camps, and unknown to
him, so he held the whip hand over him.

Nat ran over the situation rapidly in his
mind, and as was his wont, quickly came to
a conclusion as to what was best to be done.

So he said: , - '

“Well. Madam Bonita, I had better re-
turn to Golden Nugget and carry a letter to
your son from you, telling him whoI am,
and we cangwork together."

“Yes, yes.”

“ I can then arrange withiMr. Julian Mar-

savagely said the,
woman; but she quickly added in a milder ‘

 

cey what is best to he done, and he can per-
haps find out in some way just where his A
father is held in confinement."

“ Yes, you must find that out."

“Then we can let to get rid of Maybrick
,Marcey, the Mad port, in some way, and if
Mr. Marcey is living,4and in his right mind, ,
all will be plain sailing for you and your son ‘3,
as claimants.”

“ Yes, yes, you understand, I_ see

“ You are wise beyond your years, my
young. friend, and you shall be well re- l
warded. I , .

“At last I see a ray of hope, I see the '
prospectof realizing a dream that will place
me in a luxurious home, living a life of
pleasure, and with servaxits,'horses and car-
riages at my command. ‘ e
“ Yes, I see hope ahead, and you, young
senor, shall be" Well remembered," and the
woman clasped her hands in an ecstasy of
delight'at the luxurious picture that floated
before her vision‘of what her future life
would be.

“When do you wish to start upon your
return, young senor?" she' asked, as though
anxious now not to delay him.

“ 1 will depart after an early breakfast in
the morning, madam, and while on write.
the letter I will see my Indian gui e and ,tell
him to be ready." , ' , ,

. " Yes, I will 'give' you fresh horses, the
best en the ranch, in the place of your tired
animals”, . . ‘

“ 1 thank on, madam." ‘

“And wil see that yorIr provision~bag is
well supplied, while what money you may
need my son will let you have, for he has
,plenty with him." ' .

“Againll thank you, Madam Bonita,"
and Nat arose and went out to the corrals in
search of the Ute chi .

He failed to find im, and was returning
to the cabin when he met the Indian. V v ’

“Well, Chief. been well taken care of ‘2”

“ Oh, yes, heap plenty to eat."

i ‘f We return after. breakfast in, the morn-
n 'l’ I I] ‘ ‘ ‘
g‘ Me readyflf. . i 1

“The lady will give us fresh biases and

 

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planar to eat." _ . / -
“ ood, me ‘get along-jail right‘, but vaguero
gotoo."   '  '. ‘ “ ‘ . /



“ Who?”

“ Mexican cowboy go too. ”

“ How, do you know?"

“ l‘lcar Squaw say so.”

“ You heard the Gypsy woman tell him to
v” .

“Yes, she call him and tell him we go
after breakfast, he start two hours before
we.

“ He must ride Very fast, taking his best
horse. and get to camps ahead of we, and
give letter to her son.

“She tell him not to let us see him on
trail or at camp. "

“Ab!” and New York Nat gave a low
whistle of surprise and said quickly;

“Say, Chief, can we overtake that oa-
query?”

H 1788' I!

“How, if he has a better horse than we
will ride?” .

“ Him horse get lame on trail—Chief
knows." . .

' “All right, I'll leave it to you, but don't
let the oaquero know that you are aware he
is going."

“ No, Chief have still tongue."

“ Good! I will go back now and not let
them know 1 found you: but did the woman
see you when she told the aaquero he must

go

go to the camps?"

“ No see Chief—me slip away like snake.”
“You know your business, Chief, and I
wish I had you as one of my band of Unknown. ‘ ~

Ferrets in New York." .
The Ute did not comprehend the compli-
ment but smiled as though he knew some.
thing had been said in his praise, and New
York Nat at once retraced his way to the
cabin ,and asked the Gypsy Queen if she
would not send a man to lockup his Indian
guide for him. ’ '
This she did and Chief soon appeared and’ "
was told by Nat to be ready to-go upon the
return trail in the morning. ‘
After a long. talk with the Queen that
night Nat retired, and when he arose in the
morning she had the letter for him to. giVe ,
her son. » '  '
Soon after he rode away with the Ute,
promising to let Bonita hear frcm him as Soon \
as all had been arranged with her son.

1

CHAPTER XX. 'l ‘
'rua Grrsv‘s COURIER. I ' .  

, Ones New York Nat and his Indian guide a 
had passed the Mexncan cowboys, guarding-

the ranch cattle, and gotten well out of sight,., 1'  V;

they pressed rapidly on. . v -- .
heir horses were good ones, and willing ' 
to go, while they were built for endurance? ’
as well. 
A few miles out the keen eyes of the In:  _
dian saw a single trail coming into the one "
they were traveling, and he said in his 1545. ‘
conic way: ~' . "
” Vaquero trail.” , ’
“ Then he is ahead ‘of us without doubtff .
“ 0h, es, me see him go early. ” _ ' 
. “Goo l”' - . ~ ~ 
“ And me fix pony so not go far."  " , ..
“Better still: but I hope you didnot have 

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' to make the horse suffer.”

" No, me fix him all rights-tie hair round.) r
his leg, make him heapvlame bimeby.” ”  
“ You are a dandy, Chief; but then will,
not the oaquero avoid us?” '  . I
“ Oh, yes.” ‘ t
” Then how will we catch him

for you are?
the doctor in this case, and I am a tenderf »

you know." ., ,1
" Yes. Chief know.” was the rev ly ,n
tone that New York Nat did not think,
altogether complimentary as t0 ,1 his ‘f‘r
education; but he said: . ’ , ,1  ‘ g
“ You can plot'some way'tb bagihim
out killing him.” . _ v : ' " -'
“ No want kill “him'?"'. '2  '
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“ I-Iim only a Greaser.”

” Never mind what he is.”
" Ilim have good scalp.”
 , “Well, this ain’t no scalping expedition,
‘ , Chief, so we must catch the man without
killing him, though what to do with him
afterward I do not know.

“ Now how will we catch him, Chief?"

“ See hill yonder?"

H  1’

“From top of hill See long way.

“ vVaquero’s horse get lame he turn back to
get another.

“ No matter how lame, he ride him, for m-
. quero never walk.
1.2, . ' “ We wait for him to come back, and
Chief have lasso and catch him, for me lie
 hid on side of trail. I
' “Chief, you have got it down fine, and

we will bag the vaquero without doubt.

“Then we must decide what to do with
him.”

“No want him, take him to camp, tell
miners he horse-thief, they hang him.”

“ Well, Chief. under your training I will
not be a tenderfoot long. 1

“Why, you can give me pointers at my
own game.

“ But we’ll catch the eaquero first and
then let circumstances decide as to the future
for him.” ‘

They had now reached the summit of the
[ridge and the Indian guide peeped over.

“ He come, pony heap lame.

“Look!” .

New York Nat dismounted and looked
over the hill. just where a bush concealed

.  him from view.
, ‘ ' -“ Yes, there he is."
. _ “Him come back here, take trail where

' 'he come in, so as not to meet us, and go back
to ranch for another horse." ,.

‘ “ And we must h‘ead him off here ‘l”'
“ Yes, catch him with lariat."
 New York Nat then rode back out of
 sight, taking the horses with him, while the
'- Ute chief selected a spot where he ceiild lie
,  in hiding and not ten feet from the trail the
eaquero would pass by.
i The. Ute fastened one end of his lariat
‘ around a scrub inc growing near, and coil-
in "the other h d it in hand ready for use.

.. . etching from his hiding-place New York
Natvheld the greatest interest in the result.
uHewas always fond of a life of adven-‘
.. ‘ ahd he was beginning to like the ’career.
pen. "the frontier, even though he was a
‘nderfoot. '

.»:;He‘ saw the head of the mquero a pear
over the rid e,.then the shoulders, ant the
 horse limpe painfully into sight. ,
 Another moment and there shot forth from
"behind-,thefiocks a little dark cloud. it set-
tled 'd'ver the head of the cage/em, the startled
pony gave .a. spring forward and the rider
was dragged fro his saddle. '

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form. .- .
‘ The 12 new lay as he had fallen. all in a
has , the ariat still wound about his, body.

"a  is horse had one but a few paces away,
 halted, hol ing one foot up from the
“ground; . .' ‘ .
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I - “land heartLbeat.” , .

 ell-forWard in a‘strange way as
' ea raised, it, and

i :lind the Indian ,stauding over the prostrate\

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“ My God! his neck is broken."

U “ llim dead, maybe so," quietly said the
to. '

“ Yes, he is dead.

“ You did not mean to kill him, but the
{fall broke his ncck."l

“ (Thief heap sorry.

“Make pony well now,” and he walked
over to the pony of the (lypsy's courier.
leaving New York Nat decidedly in a
guandary at the situation he found himself
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(.‘lll\l"l‘El{ XXI.
'rwo Lirr'rnns.

WHEN the Indian chief reached the pony
of the dead courier he raised the lame leg
and running his hand along it broke a horse
hair that had been Wound closely about it,
stopping the circulation of the blood, and
thus, by an ingenious device, causing the
lameness, though doing no serious harm.

Rubbing the leg for a few minutes to re-
duce the swelling, the Ute led the animal
over in where Nat stood still regarding the
body of the vuquero, and said:

“ Bury cliquero now, maybe.”

“ Yes. we must bury him decently; but I
wish the letter he carries first."

A search revealed a letter addressed
feminine hand to: " '

SENOR JULIAN MARCEY,
Br COURIER Pazo."

The letter was sealed, but thrusting it in-
to his pocket Nat went on with his search.

There was a belt of money. evidently the
man’s private belongings, with some loose
change in one of his pockets, 9. pair of re-
volvers, a knife,~lariat, couple of scrapes and
bag of food.

This was all that he had with him.

The body was then wrapped in a scrape
and a spot not far away selected as its burial
place. I 

in a

The Indian dug the grave in a way that

appeared to show that he had had considera-
ble practice in that kind of work.

Then the body was placcd in it and the
grave filled in and rocks put on top to keep
off the coyotes.

The Ute looked longingly at the scalp, as
though he would haVe liked to have taken
it, but this Nat would not hear to and with a
sigh he relinquished his desire. ,

The horse was rapidly getting over his
lameness, and mounting they rode on for an
hour or more when the noon halt was made
on the banks of a small stream and where
there was good grass. '

While theUte prepared dinner, New York
Nat sat down to look over his letters,

The first was the one he was carrying to
Julian Mareey and it‘was sealed.

Aftera while it was cleverly opened and
in such a way that it could be rescaled and
the discovery not made that it had been
opened. ,

It was as follows: ' /

“ MY DEAR SONz— .

“Firepower of this is Senor Chandler, a
young attorney’s clerk from New York.

“ He has come West to find your father.-

who was kidnapped from his home, and to
find you and warn you of danger from the
hands of your brother Maybrick.

. “ We have talked over the legal as ect of
the case, and he will tell you what is est to
be done under the circumstances to hold our

‘title secure, and as he is” a very clever young.

man his advice is worthy, of consideration.

‘1 I have promised the young,man a large
personal reward if we win, and‘ if he needs
immediate, funds you can supply him.

“. Whatever is agreed upon between us as
tovwhat is best, will meet my views. '

“ Let me hear as soon as a move has been
decided upon. . . - . x

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This letter New York Nat carefully sealed
with the remark. '

" That is all right as far as it goes; but
new l‘ll see if the other is‘not more explicit.“

He broke open the other letter and read:

 

“ Mr l)l‘1.\ltl.\'l.\)\‘ldl).llll.l.\N.—-—-

“ You will be surprised to get this letter
from me telling you that an attorney in New
York is on the track of your father and your-
self, and is striving to thwart Maybrick
Marcey from committing a double crime.

“ I am not known to be alive, so am not
considered in the matter.

“ The attorney's agent, a most clever
young fellow, with only his youth against-
him. came here to the ranch to find you. 

“ He told me what he will make known to .
you. that he has learned lhat Maybrick Milf‘l
cey is aware of your existence. and that he is .
plotting to get rid of his father and of you.

“ Fortunately you know his intention re-
garding ourself, and are countervplotting.

“ I to d this youth that l was the real.
claimant to Marcey’s millions, being his wife,
long believed dead, and that you were his
son, so we could claim the estate.

“But be presented legal complications
that might ariseas far as our proof was con-
cerned, and suggested that with Maybrick
Marcey out of the . way matters would be
easier for us, especially if Mr. Malcolm Mar-
cey was alive and in sound mind.

“I pretended to think so too. but you '
know that Malcolm Marcey would discover
the truth as far as you and I are concerned."

At this Nat whistled and taking out the
miniature he had looked at slyly when at the
raneli,éhe again regarded ,it attentively, as
well as reading over one of the letters he also

 
      
     
       
         
     
     
       
   
    
   
         
      
 
     
        
        
       
     
      
      
 

“ I begin to see a great big plot. and I’ve 9‘
got to counterplot on just as extensive a
scale,” muttered the young Tenderfoot De»
tective, and he at once began to read the
letter again carefully from the first.

Coming to the place where he had left off
he went on as follows, unheeding the Ute's
call to dinner: , .

    
        
     
    
      
         

“Of course. if Mayhriek Marcey’ has in“ f“
earcerated his father in an asylum, as he
claims to have done, and he is still alive, '
we must see that he is proven insane',.or. ‘
dies. '  :

“ it will never dofor you and I to attempt
to stand the test before Malcolm Marcey n
his right mind. , '

“ Under existing circumstances then it is
best to first get rid of Maybrick Marcey.‘ a

” You know that he has plotted our life, . 
that he has pledged you a handsome su to; ' ‘ 1
get rid of Julian Marcey for him, and u 
have accepted the duty. . '

“ He is unpopular. feared by all, a terror,

:1 desperado, and could readily be led into a , .
difficulty with some one and killed, orbe shot. -
from an dmbush. i '  _

_“ You know best how to silence him.” . ' "' .

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part Of the letter, striving to impress-it most 
thoroughl y, in his mind as food .for. thought
as he rode along. , - , i ‘.  .'-

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has no 'one to dis ute itt . v . 5 , ', .'
"As" Maybric Marcey’s pard you, 
readily plot against him. , . . J , ‘
“ You wrote me of a young. girl whom he:
intends forcing into a marriage with him;
just for her money, be'holding some. secfitt. 
power Over her. ' ,“kl  ' f  f ' 
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told the miners of, and that (you also love
this girl. '

“ Now with Maybrick out of the way you
could marry her. thus adding to your fortune,
and it won d be well to discover the secret
over her that he holds, so you can have the
same owcr.

“ hen Maybrick is beyond recall, let me
suggest that you and the youth arrange a
plan to have him carry the proof of my
claim as wife and yours as eldest son to
Marcey’s fortune.

“ If need be, Malcolm Marcey must follow
in the track of Maybrick Marcey, for there
must be no mistake.

“ You understand.

“ Much influence will be carried by the
youth’s story, so he must he promised and
paid well.

“ I need say no more, but leave all in your
hands.

“ The youth will bring you a letter "from
me introducing him, but ‘ send this ahead
by Pezo, whom keep with you until you
have some important tidings to bring back
for me.

“ I can start for New York at a moment’s
notice, and we are in this game to win, for
there is not the shadow of a suspicion against
us, and if we find old Marcey would betray
then his tongue must be silenced as I said.

“ Destroy this letter the moment you read
.it, and be sure to write me fully when your
plot is formed.

“It is a fortune and a life of luxury for
us in palaces, or the one we lead here for us,
so win we shall.

“ Ever
“ Your devoted
“MOTHER.”

This letter New York Nat folded and put
carefull away with the miniature and the
[others t at he carried, keeping the one given
himnby the woman for her son in a pocket to
'tse .

“Now I can eat dinner. Chief, and with
:an appetite, for I have had a tonic to give
.me one,” he said cheerily, and he did enjoy
the meal which the Ute had prepared out of
the bounty furnished from the larder of the
fly sy Queen Ranch.

fter acouple of hours’ rest they mounted
.and pressed on once more, the pony of the
dead maguero havin gotten entirely over his
lameness, while ew York Nat soeiu it
took a lesson in the art of how the In ian
'had accomplished the clever act of sending
the courier back for a fresh horse, a return
that had proven fatal to him.

The courier’s death had relieved New York

‘ Nat at least of his presence as a prisoner, a

thing that would have been most embarrass-
ing as he would not have known what to do
w th him at Golden Nugget Camps.

With his own letter of introduction, and
the caste Julian Marcey, New York Nat felt
thoroughly forearmed for the work in hand,
and he meant to lose no time in carrying out
whatever plot he should decide upon.

His visit to the ranch of Julian Marcey
had opened his eyes to the fact that he had
left that personage. by his mother’s assertion
,a dangerous man, in Golden Nugget Camps
as the pard of the very man who was plot-
ting his life, but who, not knowing his half-
brother, did not of course suspect him.

It was a wheel within a wheel, and Nat
saw that all would have to be handled most
delicatel to make matters come out as he
to have them.

Discovering that Julian Marcey’s mother'
was living, he had reason to believe that she
was a very dangerous woman, and would

, go as far in a plot for gold as would her son.

He did not care to know much more of the
career of - Julian Marcey than he was then

:fitfigainted with, to discover that he was one

sad as surel as was his half-brother the
Mad Sport, and e went on his way plotting
and planning" to find the millionaire, to

 

thwart both Julian and Maybrick Marce , and
save Florence Dudley, all the while p eased
that he would have as a strong ally Hugh
Holcomb, and the Ute Chief, not to men-
tion his Ferret pards, Keno and Freckles.

 

CHAPTER XXIII.
THE RETURN or run TENDERFOOT.

NEW YORK NAT and the Ute rode into
Golden Nugget late at night, having made
the ride back in good time.

The Indian went to his camp near Hugh
Holcomh's cabin, delighted with the fact
that the young detective had turned over to
him the vaquero’s belt of gold, horse, saddle,
bridle and weapons.

He was to at once acquaint Hugh Hol-
comb with the' fact of Nat's return, and
wished him to come to his camp the next
mornin .

Nat found no difficulty in arousing Keno
and Freckles, for they had been most anx-
ious about him ever since his departure.

They welcomed him back with warm

rasps of the hands, and gave him some
etters that had arrived that day for him,
while they said he had not been missed by
the miners, nor was his departure, they be-
lieved, known in the camps.

“.Ihave a letter from our Queen, boys,
and another from Parson,” he said, and
breaking them open he hastily glanced over
the one from Olive the Ferrets’ Mascot.

His face brightened and he said.

“They have found him, boys.”

“ Found who?"

“ The millionaire who was kidnapped.

“ The boys went to work with a will and
found the coupe that had taken Mr. Marcey
to the ferry.

“It had been hired at a down-town livery
stable to take a crazy man, it was said, to
ithe train, and they went across the ferry in
t.

“ Then the 'boys discovered that tickets
had been bought for three men to Kansas
City, and the state-room in the sleeper had
been en gaged'.

“ So arson jumped the_ train and track-
ed them, discovering at Kansas City that
tickets had been purchased for a little
town in Kansas, and thither Parson followed
to find a private asylum there, and that on a
date agreein with the time of the kidnap-
ping of Mr. arcey, two men had taken an
old gentleman to the asylum and left him'
there.

“ It did not take Parson long to feel con-
vinced that the old gentleman was Mr. Mar-
cey, held as a lunatic against his will, and so
he wrote me full the particulars and re-
turned at once to ew York.

“This is the connecting link I needed,
boys, to make out my case against the Mad
Sport and the two men we had to kill.

“ Our 'Maseot’s letter states that all goes
well, that the papers say the police are still
mystified about the fate of Mr. Marcey, and
she tells me that Parson has gone West on a
sure trail, she thinks.

“ They held a meeting at th'e Haunted
Mansion last night, and the boys all sent
their regards to us and wished us to hurry
back, as they feared we would be scalped
out here in the Wild West.

“Now, boys, I am very tired, so I'll turn
in, and when Mr. Holcomb comes I'll tell

on with him the result of my trail. and you
et I struck it rich, as they say out here.

“ Now, what of,.the Mad Sport?"

“He's all right and killed another man
two nights ago.”

“Well, the Man Killer’s days are num-
bered; but is his pard here?”

“ Rio Grande Don?”

“ Yes.”

"Yes, he’s here all right, Cap’n Nat.”

“ Have youseen Miner Holcomb?”

” Yes, twice. and he seemed anxious about
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“ All right, we’ll turn in now,” and Nat
was soon fast asleep.

The boys allowed him to sleep until they
had breakfast ready the next morning. and
Hugh Holcomb came up just asthey finished
the meal. 4

He welcomed Nat warmly, and said:

“The Chief told me that you got there,
Nat, and I congratulate you.

“ But now let me hear what was done?"

“I found that Julian MarCey is not the
good little man we supposed, but a design-
ing, dangerous fellow, one that knew only .
lately that his half-brother was living, and ,
at once plotted to get rid of him. ‘

“ His mother is living, too, and—” I

“That is bad, for it will hurt her deeply '
to know all that she must learn."

“ Don’t waste any sympathy upon her,
for she is as wicked and dangerous as her
son.”

“ Indeed ?”

“ Oh, yes, sir, it is a dog cat dog case all
around, for to get rid of his brother Julian
Marcey came here and became his friend,
and is now known as his shadow, for he is
no less than Rio Grande Don.”

“ Whew!

“ You have made a discoverv, Nat.”

“Wait until you hear all, Mr. Holcomb,
and then say if ever you heard such a deep,
devilish plot to get a fortune,” and Nat then
told of all that he had discovered.

 

CHAPTER XXIV.
A CRIME UNMASKED.

HUGH HOLCOMB, Keno and Freckles lis-
tened with deepest attention to all that Nat
had to tell, from his searching the Gypsy
Queen’s ranch until the killing of her courier
and the return to Golden Nugget.

" Well, Nat, as I see it all now, the Gypsy
Queen and her son were not massacred, as
supposed by Mr. Marcey, and after long
years finding out that he lived and was very
rich, they plotted to get his fortune, when
they discovered that he had married a second
time. and had a son.”

“Yes, sir.” ‘

“ Then they decided to get rid of that son,
and coming here to do so, Julian Marce
discovered the cheerful fact that his hal -
brother was plotting to kill him and his
father. ”

“That is the situation, Mr. Holcomb.”

“ And Julian Marcey will let Mayibrick
put his father out of the way, while be per-
forms a like duty for him. gettin his for-
tune thereby, and also Florence Dudley."

“ Exactly, sir.”

" But you have run the secret to cover,
have fathomed the mystery, and can now
lay your clutches as a detective upon the two
brothers.” ‘

I “ Yes, sir, but we must go slow, and my
first move will be to send Keno after Million-
aire Marcey.

“ I will write a letter to the asylum, show-
ing how the head of it has been deceived by
the two men, and demand Mr. Marcey’s re-
lease, and he can come West with Keno.

” And when he is here I shall strike, for I ‘
will arrest the Mad Sport and Rio Grande
Don, while the Ute Chief can carry a letter
to the Gypsy Queen Bonita, that will bring ' ;~ ' ‘
her upon the scene. , ‘

“She shall. also be arrested, and facing ,
Mr. Marcey, I will take them all away to be. " ~
tried before a United States Court for con- j
spiracy, attempt to defraud, kidnapping and
murder.” . g-

“ You are playing your cards boldly and‘ “
cleverly, Nat, and you will win,” said Hugh
Holcomb, earnestly. , 

“Yes,'sir, I intend to win this, my first,"
trail as a Tenderfoot Detective. and it‘wili' ,jj.
save. Mr. Marcey and Miss Dudle , and 
brinlgI the guilty ones to punishment.’ 7

(I  fi’ ’ .

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“Did you ever hear of Old Sloat, the
guide?”

“ Yes, sir, I have heard of him as an old
frontiersman.”

“ \Vell, he is here in the mines, and came
ill and poor, so I cared for him.

“He lay ill for weeks, but Ibrought
him round all right, and one day, hearing
my name, he told me a strange story, keep-
ing back however facts which I most wish»

. ed to know, and swearing me to secrecy
i upon some points.

‘ “Now Old Sloat came into camp again
1 - to-da and is very feeble and wretched.
“ -e is at my cabin and I fehr his days
are numbered, while he said he wished to
i tell me a secret.
/ “ I Wish you to see him and hear what

i he has to say before you send Keno after
‘ Mr. Marccy, for what he tells will be about

this whole affair.”

“I will be glad to see him and talk
with him, sir."

“ Very well, you come over to my camp

v this afternoon,” and Hugh Holcomb took
' ,, his leave.

- He had hardly gone before Florence

Dudley rode up, and dismounting called

out:

““Mr. Nat, I wish to see you, for I have
something to tell you.”

Nat walked apart with her, and seeing
that she was much excited said:

"I hope nothing has gone wrong with
you, Miss Florence?”

“Yes, everything has gone wrong with
me; but I did not come here to speak of my-
self, but of you.

1“ Your life is in' danger, let me tell you.”
,. “It always is. ‘

 “ I am used to that, Miss Florence.”
. “ Well, this time you will dieif you do not
' look out, as the Mad Sport has said to me
that you were threatening his life and he in-
tended to kill you.” '
“I have never threatened him, but when
.. t he begins his game he will find that I have a
. . ., _-.‘ prewar good band to draw to.”

' " ' y, Nat. you are getting to talk, just
,like the miners,” said Florence with a smile;
but her face clouded again and she said:

“ You'will not betray me if I tell you a

- secret?” ‘

“ No indeed.”
. , , I “Well, I do not believe Rio Grande Don
_ * 1' is the Mad Sport’s friend, as he professes
tcli be, a’ndI think he is suspicious of him

a 80. '

“He seems anxious ~to go away, and so

' he has told me that Imust go East with him
within three days. and I feel confident that
he intends to quarrel with Rio Grande Don

. before he goes, and of course that means to
kill him.”

“But you are surely not going with
him?”

." I must, for he holds a secret against my
father and threatens him unless become

-- his wife, but I know that it is my money he
wants. ' '

‘. . “To save my father I must marry him,
and will.”

 

CHAPTER XXV.
THE OLD ourns’s s'ronv. .
, NAT heard what Florynce Dudley said with
. asmile she did not understand, and then
;' ‘ukedi ..
I, 7 ,m “Pardon me, but is your father‘s name
 'Lewis Dudley?"
 “It is.”
~ “ He is from New York?”
“ Yes, but you will not tell?”
 “Let me tell you that your father left
-.,New York the victim of a most desrgning
'1'Villain, who, with circumstantial ev1dence to
*aidihim, made him appear to be a murderer
. sand a robber.
  ,f“ But 1 am a detective. Miss Florence,
‘ _ and I: know all about your father’s case, and
' sf itiwas who ran down the real robber and
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murderer, and time and again has your fa-
ther been sought for and notices in the pa-
pers have urged his return.”

“Thank God for those words.”

" Maybrick Marcey knew him in New
York, and was aware that he left at a time
the crime was fastened upon him; but he
knows he is not guilty, he is aware that your
father dreads to be found out, innocent as
he is, fearing to suffer for a crime he did
not commit, and so he forces you, to save
him, to become his wife.

“ But 1 tell you that it will not go, for I
will prove to your father that there is no
charge against him, and he will return home
in honor, and with the large wealth he has
earned out here."

With tears in her eyes Florence rasped
the hand of Nat who continued hasti y:

“But not a word of this to any one until I
say the word.

“Return home and pretend to accede to
the demand of the Mad Sport and have your
father do the same.

“ I did not intend to strike so soon, but to
save you I will, and let me tell you that my
strongest ally in all this is Hugh Holcomb,
and when 'the blow falls he will be the one to
deal it.

“ Now I can say no more, but go home
and feel assured that you will not need the
Man Killer, for he is about to the end of
his rope, and you need not fear ltio Grandc
Don either, for his neck is in the same
noose.”

With a light heart, and hardly darin to
believe what she had heard, Florence Dut le
rode home, while Nat went at once to Hug 1
Helcomb’s cabin.

The Indian chief was at once dispatched
with a letter from Nat to Bonita the Gypsy
(fineen, and told to go with all the speed that
h s horse could carry him and guide her back
to Golden Nugget.

Then Nat went into the cabin where Old
Sloat the borderman lay.

“This is the young man, Pard Sloat, of
whom I spoke.

“The one who came West at my call to
thwart those who were plotting a crime. so
you can tell him now what you would not
tell me,” said Hugh Holcomb.

“ Yes, I’ll tell you now, as he is here to act
and keep your good heart from making a
fool of you.

“You have told me of the boy and what
he has done, and he’ll see that things go right
now.

“ I‘m on my last trail and nearing its
end, so I must talk and you two must lis-
ten.

"I'm an old man, but time was when I
was an army scout down in Texas, and I
mind a Splendid young fellow by the name
of Malcolm Marcey.

“He married the sweetest girl I ever set
eyes on, a Gypsy Queen, and they loved each
other.

“ There were two of them as (liii’erent as
starlight and sunlight; but he got the em,
for he won the girl with a heart and son .

“ Well, a son was born to them, and when
he was still a baby the Gypsy camp vas at-
tacked by Indians and all were ma sacred,
save two. i

“The officer was away on a hunt at th
time, with me, and we escaped; but his wife
and child were killed,

“ I did not tell you that I had married the
Queen’s sister, and that I had a little son too.

“ But they were spared, though I believed
them also slain.

“ Long after I found that they were not.
and when I found them she, my wife, tried
to kill me. .

“ I never went near them again.”

“ But they are living, and the woman
claiming to be Bonita the Gypsy Queen is
but her sister, and the son, pretendingto be
Julian Marcey is known here as Rio Grande
Don,” said New York Na

 

“ Who told you this, boy?”

“ I went to their home and discovered the
secret for myself, and that they are plotting,
now to get Mr. Marccy‘s fortune."

" It is true, but you will thwart them.”

“ I will; but do you know anything of Mr.
Marcey’s second marriage?"

“ Yes; but it was to thwart her, Viola, in
wife, and my wicked boy, that I told Ilu K
Holcomb what I did, though not all, and 0
wrote East to save Malcolm Marcey from
them and you came West to take their trail.

“ You are but a boy and a tenderfoot, but
you have done your Work.

“ You ask if I know of Malcolm Marcey’s
second marriage?

“ Well, I do, and I know that his wife
gave birth to twins.

“One of those boys was stolen as a baby
by my wife, and he was reared with no
knowledge of who he was.

“ But I found out the crime, and it was
only a short while ago that I discovered the
missing boy, and there he is, bearing the
name of the one who reared him, llugh IIol-v
comb, while his real name is Malcolm Mar—
ceyoil
“ My God! is this your secret. old man ‘2

f‘ Is this true that you tell me?" cried the
y6ung miner.

“ Boy, tell me who he is the image of?"

“Of the Mad Sport, Maybtick Marcey,”

said Nat, eager] '.

“It is true, for he is your twin brother,
you all nobleness, be all evil;

oes.

“I have the proofs of what I tell you, so
you can prove your claim, Malcolm Marcey,
and may God bless you, for you have been
true as a son to me.

“Now, young Tenderfoot Detective, you
know it all, and there are two men and a
woman you are to put your grip upon: Viola
the G 'psy, her son Carlo, not Julian Marcey,
and aybrick Marcey, the Mad Man Killer.

“If you have the nerve to take them, do
it now, so I can appear as a witness against
them and place in your hands all proof of
what I tell you.

“Will on take them, Tenderfoot‘t”

“ I wil l” was the stern response.

CHAPTER XXVI.
THE mxnnnroo'r rmrs TO WIN.
“ You are covered, so hands up or die!"

 

The words fell like a death knell u )on the'

ears of the Mad Sport and Rio Gran 0 Don
as the two sat in the former’s cabin the night
following the recital of the old guide’s story
to the New York Delegate.

The two men were talking earnestly to-
gether. They were plotting for the fortune,
though each was even then trying to deceive
the other.

The Man Killer, not willing to take any

chances with a man so dangerous as Rio .

Grande Don, had that very day bribed two
of his hirelings to kill him the next day, and
yet he was telling him that he intended to
marry Florence Dudley and wished him to
go East with him.

He had been told, b Rio Grande Don,
that the man sent to kill, Julian Marcey had
done his work, and believing it, the Mad
Sport the more wished to remove the Don
from his path.

And Rio Grande Rob, in reality Carlo,‘tbe
son of Viola, the Gypsy, was planning to
kill the Man Killer before he should wed
Florence Dudley, and thus remove him from.
between him and their father’s fortune!

But, the two were apparently devoted
pards, and were talking together in the cabin
of the Man Killer, when the ominous order—-

“Hands up or diet” startled them like a
rifle-shot. -

They saw two Winehesters and a revolver

covering them, when at once up went their--
or they were not madmen enough to.

hands.
rush deliberately to their death.

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the one holding the rCVolver glided up to one

. then to the other of the astounded men and

slipped upon their wrists steel manacles,
while he deftly disarmed them both.

“ That Boy Tendcrfootl“ gasped the Mad
Man Killer, recognizing New York Nat as
the young Gold Hunter.

“ Yes. gentlemen. I am the Kid Tenderfoot
Detective in the Wild West. Iwant you
two for conspiracy to kill, to rob, and for
other heinous crimes.

“ l’ard Ferrets, come in and we’ll make
them douva secure.”

In came Keno and Freckles, when the two
infuriated men were securely ironed and
then bound together with lariats.

They seen, however, became white-faced
and silent, both wondering how much was
known against them.

Presently into the cabin came Hugh Hol-
comb.

At sight of him the Mad Sport cried:

“You have done this because I won
Florence Dudley from you, and this is your
dastardly revenge!"

“ No,‘ this young tenderfoot‘ from New
York hss'run you to earth, though I confess
that, to save Florence Dudley from you,
when I learned from one who knows you
both, who and what you are, I did plot to
Checkmate you, Maybrick Mareey~you
whom I am ashamed to own as my twin

brother. and whom no Word or act of mine
can now save. '

“ Now I also know of you, Carlo, son of

. the Gypsy Viola, and how you plotted, not

knowing that I lived, to get rid of Maybrick,
here, put my old father out of the way, and
thus secure his fortune.

“ I knew you both as you are, but for the
sake of our kindred blood, Maybrick, I
would have saved you if I could. '

"But your father, Carlo, Old Sloat, the

guide. has made known the story, and if the .

miners do not hang you bo_th-—— My God!
they are coming!”

A roar of many voices, the tramp of many
feet was heard, and New York Nat cried:

“ They must not, they shall not hang

‘ them. .

“IWe will protect them and take them to
tria ." -

“ Nat, you are not in New ’! ork now, so
beware! These men would tear you and
your comrades limb from limb. if- you pre-
sumed to inferfere. -

“ They are all around, and thirst for the
"blood of those two men, for Old Sloat, when
he heard you were to arrest them to-night,
went to the tavern and made known the
whole story.

-" If you value your lives do not resist the
decree of fate. It is Wild West law—an eye
for an e 'e and a tooth for a tooth!”

' New ’ork Nat could but yield, and a mo-
ment later the cabin was surrounded by hun-

dreds of enraged miners.

'Nat made a brave appeal for them to let
the law punish the villains, but he was sir
lenced with the words:

“ Border law and Wild West justice rule
in Golden Nugget!
“They must hang!” .-

' And, pleading for mercy in vain, the two
men were dragged up to the tavern and
swung up into mid-air. A just retribution

V had fallen upon them for their crimes; they

had merited and met the outlaw's doom.

‘ CHAPTER (XVII. .
CONCLUSION.

GOLD Nnoowr Games were wild with ex-
citement the night f the hanging of the
Mad Man Killeran'd la Grande Don. '

 Nut and his two oungl comrades had nc- -
: ,compsnied Hugh
-' Miner Dudley, and! there they found Old

olcomb to the home of

'8 out, who had told to Florence, and to her
story of the crimes known to
wards -'  , * ~ »

Then Nat made known that retribution
had befallen them, also told Mr. Dudley the
story of how his foe had been run to earth,
confessed his crimes against him and no
stain longer rested upon his name.

: “I thank God for what you tell me, my
noble young friend, and within the next
two weeks I will settle up my all'airs here
and go East with my child,” said the miner,
fervently, and he added:

7 “ Yes, and you will have alarge fortune,
Florence—one that I place in the hands of
Hugh Holcomb—no, I beg pardon, of Mal-
colm Marcey to manage for you, for he, too,
must leave these mines.

It was also arranged that New York Nut
and his two comrades sh'ould go along, but
the Tenderfoot Detective decided that he
would go upon the trail, meet the Gyps
woman coming with the Indian as her guide,
and turn her back to return to her home, for
he said:

“These mad miners might kill. her, too,
and I do not war on women.

“She can go back to her ranch, for her
punishment will be great in the ignominious
death of her idolized son, and the loss of the
fortune she had plotted to 'gain."

So Nat and his two fellow Ferrets went on
the trail, and meeting the Ulc‘ and the
Gypsy two days later, the woman heard the
story of her schemes being discovered and of
the death of her desperado son.

Loving him as she did, she loved her own
safety more, and gladly took Nat’s advice
and fled back to her much home to pass her
da 3 in bitter memories.

Vhen the Ferrets returned to Golden
Nugget, the learned that Old Sloat was
dead and ha been hurried with honors.

Miner Dudley, Florence and Maleolmj
Marcey were ready to depart, and they rode
out of Golden Nugget amid the ' wildest
cheering of the miners.

When they reached the railroad, they all
decided to release Millionaire Marcey from
his confinement, and this they did, the old
man being overwhelmed with joy at having
found a noble son in the young miner, and
putting from him all grief at the fate of the
unworthy Maybrick. '

Back to Lew York he went With the
party. . . '

Upon arrival in the great city, New York
Nut and his comrades again retired into the
seclusion of their lives as the Unknown Fer-
rets of the Metropolis, but with their treasury
much the richer for their work accomplished

a as Tenderfoot Detectives in the Wild West.

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A Human Spider Weave-s His Web.
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A schemer, [scheming for a big prize finds his foil
in a boy and girl—Davy Dean and Nickel Nell—who
“ get on to" the case quite by'accidcnt. There is a
lost man who is badly wanted, but he seems to home
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4P3 Flush Fred, the River Sharp.

368 The Canyon King; or. a Price on his Head.

till-i Dan Dillon, King of Cross-cut.

33? ()Id Gabe. the. Mountain Tram .

327 Terrapin Dick, the Wildwood Detective.

31.") Flush Fred‘s Double; or, The Squatters’ League.
308 Hemlock liank. Tough and True. '
298 L gzer Lem: or. Life in the Pine Woods.

25!) Flush Fred‘s Full Hand.

974 Flush Fred, the Mississip )i Sport.

24% Montana Nat, the Lion o . Last Chance Camp.
2‘22 Bill the Blizzard: or. Red Jack’s Crime.

209 Buck Farley. the Benniiza Prince.

129 Mississippi Mose; or, a Strong Man '8 Sacrifice.

BY CAPT. FRED. ‘VIII'I‘TAKER.

611 The Showman Detective; or, The Mad Magician.
609 The Texas Tramp; 01', Solid Saul.

445 Journeyman John. the Champion.

41:2 Larry Locke. the Man of Iron.

406 Old Pop Hicks, Showman.

878 John Armstrong, Mechanic.

826 The Whitest Man in the Mines. l
310 The Marshal ot’ Saransmwn; or, The League.
303 Top-Notch Tom, the Cowboy Outlaw.

29.") Old Cross-Eye. the Maverick-Hunter. ,

290 The Lost Corvette: 0r, Blakeley’s Last Cruise.
284 The Three Frigates; or. Old Ironsides‘ Revenge.
277 The Saucy Jane, i’rivateer. ,

272 Seth Slocum. Railroad Surveyor.

265 Old Double-Sword; or, Pilots and Pirates. '
25‘! A Yankee Cossack: or.The Queen of the Nihilists.
247 Alligator Ike: or. The Secret of the Everglade. ,
242 The Fog Devil: or, The Ski r of the Flash.

230 The Flying Dutchman or 1 0.

226 The Mad Hussars; or. The 0‘s and the Mac’s.
215 Parson Jim, King of the Cowboys.

\211 Colonel Plunger; or, The Unknown Sport.

206 One Eve. the Cnnnoneer.

193 The Man in Red; or, The Ghost of the Old Guard.
187 The Death’s Head Cuirassiers.

174 The Phantom Knights.

159 Red Rudiger, the Archer.

132 Nemo. King of the Tramps. ,

115 The Severed Head; or. The Castle Coucy Secret.
108 The Duke of Diamonds.

98 The Rock Rider; or. The Spirit of the Sierra.

96 Double Death; or, The S y of Wyoming.

69 The Irish Captain. A Ta e of Fontenoy. '\
65 The Red Rajah; or. The Scourge of the Indies.
39 The Russian Spy; or, The Starry Cross Brothers.

BY NED BU NLI‘LINB

657 Long Tom. the Privateer. v
683 The Sea S y. ' -
621 The Red avateer: or, The Midshipman Rover. .
584 Fire Feather, the Buccaneer King. *
517 Buffalo Bill‘s First Trail. r' ‘ ‘
361 Tombstone Dick. the Train‘ Pilot. '
270 Andros. the Rover; or. The Pirate’s Daughter.
122 Saul' Sabberday, the Idiot  , ‘
111 The Smuggler Captain: or, e Skippers Crime.
61 Captain Seawaif, the Privateer. ,
{:3 The Red Warrior; or, The Comanche Lover. j .v
. 8 The Sea. Bandit: or, The Queen of the Isle.
16 The White Wizard; or. The Seminole Prophet.  ,-
l4 'llhayendaneges,the Scourgetor', The War-Eagle. " ’

MISCELL ANEOUS.

811 The Man in Red; or. The Island Rovers. By
Lieut. Ha. Denies Perry, U. S. N. ‘ . . -
566 The Daunt ess Deteczive: or. The Daughter 

. Avenger., By TomWJQiilg. ,
542 The Ocean Drift: or, The ght for Two Lives. .
Joe: or, The Counterfeit-.91":I  -

By A. . Holt.
534 Green Mountain

Cave. By Marmaduke Dev. r,
366 The Telegraph Detective. By George H. Morse
353 Bart Brennan: or. TheKing of Straight‘Flnsh 

Bv John'Cuthbe‘rt. . >
350 Flash Falcon. Soviet Detective. By W. J. Cobb. , 
312 Kinkfnot Karl, the ountain Scourge. By Mm» 

ris Redwing. »,
275 The Sluuagler Cutter. I'iyJ. D. Conroy. ’ f in
261 Black Sam, the Prairie lunderboit. By Ooh.
, Jo Yards. ,1 ' ' "
190 The Three Guardsmen, By Alexander Dumas.
179 Conrad, the Convict. By 0!. Gildsrsleeve.
166 Owlet. the Robber Prince. By S. R. Urban-
152 Contain Ironnerve. the Counterfeiter Chief- . .
148 The Doctor Detective. B George Lemuel. I v v
144 The Hunchback of Notre name. By Victor Hugo. .~
110 The Three Spaniards. By Geo. Walker. '
133 Rody‘tlie Rover. liyfiijlliam Carleton. .
12.5 The Blacksmith Outlaw. - Ry H. Ainsworth.
110 The Silent Rifleman. By H. W. Herbert. . .
102 The Masked Band. By Geome L. Aiken. ' ' . ,
78 The Mysterious Slpy. By Arthur M. Gnaingel'." ‘
76 The een’s Mus 'eteers. {B George-Albany. 
68 The ighting Trapper. By apt. J. F. 0. Adam!
60 Wide Awake. the Robber King. I By F. Damont
11 Mids ipman Easy. By Ca
10 Vidocq, the French Po ice
9 Handy Andy. By Samuel Lover. . I
6 Wildcat Bob. By Edward L. Wheelcr.=» ' ' 
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1““ Kit Bandy, Dvleriiw; or, Silver Star, the Boy Knight.
1615 Kit, iandy iu ’l‘exan; or. The Young Mustangor.
208 Kit inndy'a (‘utchg or, The llov Hercules.

422 Kit liandy'n Right. flower; or. linlw Sunnthn liuy Giant
4411. Kit, Ihuuly‘n Suoop; nr. Little ihn'krkin. the Centaur.
("3 Kit Handy": Slick Scheme; or. (lid 'l‘ou: Rattler.
66] Kit iiandy'a Deliverance; or, liunher in...

680 Kli. “alldy'a liril: or, liaunliexn Dull. thn Freelance.
791 Kit Bandy llattled "Ty'i‘lh'ihhllll“itmt.

795 Kit, liandy In lied lain; or. line Young Whirlwind.
T99 Kit iiandy’» lilg liuutle: or. Snddlu Kim: Sum.
804 K“ I‘llndy’n Brig-“dc; orY Ilun, tln- Mountain Guide.

153 Jack Drew. the Nrun-nis. or, Earle Kit thr iiov Demon.
182 Jack Drew‘u Drop; or. Liltlr llnrriennc. th» Boy Captain.
9033 Joel. Drew In Deadwood; or, l’r...1.r.-1l’.,r,c.

87 Keen Knife on Guard; or, Antrinpe Abe, the Boy Guide.
31 Keen.|{n|fc. the Prince of the Prairie».
5 Vagabond Joe. the Young Wandering Jew.
18 The Dumb Spy.
4] Lam-o Jack. the Young linstnugcr.
58 The Border king: or,Thc Sei'retFoe.
i 71 Delaware, Dlek, illn l'..m.._. lung,” spy.
T4 Hawk-eve "lll'l'\’ the Young Trapper Ranger.
88 lioilo. the Boy Iluuger; or. 'l‘hclleiresa.
184 Hun-e. shot h'et i, th. nuy liiilenmn.
I43 Hear-li‘ace haul. the Silent Hunter
178 Did Solitary, the iiurlllitTrappel’.
‘18 Tiger Tom. the Texas 'l'urror.
224 ilalhin Dirk; or, Trapper Tom’l ('antle.
338 Little \ lidiire, the Young l'ralrie Nomad.
fl 8 The Parson Detective; or, The Little Ranger.
248 The Dingui-ed Guide t or, \‘l'ild Raven, the Ranger.
260 Dare-Devil Dan, the Young l’rairir Rouge-r.
272 .llinknklu Mike, the Boy Sharpshootcr.
290 Little I‘oxiire, the Boy Sun or, Old ('nioh Arbucklo.
800 The Sky Demon; or, Itnlnholt, the, Ranger.
884 Whip-kill]: Joe, the Boy Rauchcro.
409 IIereulen; or, Dirk. the. lin)‘ Ranger.
4]? VVebfoot Mole, the Tramp l)vlli|‘ii\'€
45? Wingedi’oot Fred; or. Hid l'oiar Saul.
468 i‘alnarnc Tom. the lllg Tram-er iloy.
§i2 h‘tonewnll liob, the Boy ’l‘nnnn.‘

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.32 lilunderlng liar-ll. the lirrluit liq-Trapper.

52 Don Barr, the Plains li'rcciant'c.

670 Norway Neln, tlh- Bit: iloy liountninver.

3'38 llighland ilarry. tIn~Wlmrd Riflenuul.
93 Poker lek, the i)€l.t‘('i.i\’t‘ Sport.

"Y T. I.“ ilAliliAlTGIl.

23 Nit-it o’ the Night ; or, 'i‘hv- lioy Spy of ’76.
87 The. Hidden Lodge; or The Littlv Hunter.
4‘? Nightin ale hat; or, The Form-st i‘uptnins.
64 Danni aek; or, The Outlaws «.t' the Uregon Trail.
89 hit I Ill'ei'oot, the Wood-llnwk: or. 01d l'owdcr-hwa.
94 Midnight Jack; or, The. iioy Triipire'.
106 Old Froaty, the Guide; or, The “'hite Queen.
128 Kiowa Charley the Whitr Mustanger.
189 .Ind e. Lynch .l r.: or. The Buv \‘izlinnto.
155 Gal: Tr gger. the S mrt; or. Tins Girl Avenger.
'liiii Tornado ‘om; or, njun Jack Front Red Core.
188 Ned 'l‘olnpie. the Border Boy; or, le llad Hunter.
11m Arkanaaw ; or. The ()uwn ot Fntn’a Revenge.
20? Navajo Nii‘ko the Boy Gold Hunter.
8N5 Captain iiuilot; or. Little Tonknot'u Crusade.
881 Plucky Phll; or. Rona. rim Roi ezubel.
941 lliil “rave: or, The ltonghs oi' the Rorkiel.
3555 Captain Apoli , tnu King-Pin ol' llowie.
367 The liueln-kin Detective: or. The King of Road-agent»
879 "iii \Vlllehi or, The iiut'kuitin ilenlneradorl.
294 Dylnuuiie “an; or, The iinwle Made of (lochotopl.
802 The Mountain Detective: or, The Trigger Bar Bully.
3i” { liellpae. Trunm Curd of Arizona.
896 1‘ Ten Pardut “r. The Terror o1 ’I‘aku-NothO.
82% "I: Religion; or, Tim Quecn ot' ihn Lima).
3 l’itflegu Man; or, iirul Thnudcrhoh's Secret.
.54: "out Hum rm! Pan-1|; or The Terrible Six.
366 Velvet. Foot. the indian Du-tovtit'e.
886 captain Outlaw; nl‘, l in- li"t‘(‘ulu~er'u Girl Foe.
896 Rough Rob 0r. ’l‘ho 'win Champions oi lllne Elam.
‘1] The fluke" Anal"; or, The lion-me oi' Ranch linhln.
filii Felix Fox. the Boy Spotter: or, The Gold Gang ol'Ncw York.
Qflfi Texas Trump. the Border Rntilrr,
436 Phil V‘llvlh the Now "fork Fox; ol'.'l'h« Mystery oi'Room 91.
M5 The (‘lty V amnlrelli 0r. “in Rum"- l’iueoh.
40] one Again-i. Fifty: or. 'l'Im Lust Man of Keno Bar.
70 The Boy shadow: or. Felix Fox’l Hunt.
477 The Bxeelaior Door-t: or, The Washington Spotter.
499 flingle Hi ht. tlm "no-Fixed Sport.
502 Branded ten. the Night Farm.
512 tbodger Dick. the. Wharf-Spyi Detectiw.
Dodger Diek'a Bent Dodge; or, The Gotham Gold Gang.
Fox and Falcon. the lioweryslliltlowa,
lodger Dick. the Dork Fern-t.
lodger Diek’a Double: or. Th.- Rival Boy Detectivn.
Dodger Dick'a Draper-ate, Cane.
68 dodger Dick. “10 Boy Vidoeq; or, The Gang ni‘Three.
8 The Two Shadows: Of. Dodger Dick's Stop Game.
‘89 Dodger Dlrk’n Drop: or. The Mun from Jersey.
894 Little Lon. th» Street-Sinner Detective.

 

 ‘10 Old Skinner. tlw (Md Shark: or. Tony Sharp on Gmrd.

636 The Champion PnrdI: ur. ’l‘hl- Lucifer ol’sllvcr Bar.
387 Dirk Donn. the Dock Bov Drirctive.
C45 Kit. the Pavement Shin-n.
  “unilun, tiw Dov iicaulo.
1 Jersey Jed, the NW Hustler: or. Shadowing the Shudowor.
Q85 "fippy “I. ‘n, ma Boy Musician Detentive.
0] Pluto ranfi Fred. the Canusrn Sitar .

  
 
  
   

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2 Kitty Winkl, tn.- Bell liny poem... ’ W "e "i 6'“

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54‘, lillly \Vinku, the Ross Boy Shadow.

68 Eagle Nod, tho Boy on Guard: “1'. The Camp SplderI.
80 Tonkaway Tom. the Red Wizard.

'7 The Bantam Snort.
Clip. the Battery Ferret: or. Jack Jeffen’ Foul Play.

"Y BUOKSKIN 8AM (Maior Barn. 8. Hail.)

' anon: Roeky‘l‘flio cell or.Benhn.tne Horu-Br .x .
- .48 Giant George; or, o a

he Anz’l of the Rain".
'15 Arilona Jack 3 or Giant George’s Ford.
2 f The Tarantula o Tam-t 01'. GiflntGoorn'I Revenge.
of The Strange Part] I or. Little Ben'a Death Hunt.
:18 gar-wrung. Kgi-wgogé or.1‘h9r';nann:ulndn€v'i;lnou.
80 II a e I 030?. 0 man ugh"!
‘ Prlo Tigris ctr: The Tonkaway’n Trust. '°
.; The Fl hung Trio: or. Rattlesnake, the Tonhw-y.
- Wild alt: or, Big-Foot Wallace to the Front.
857 The Ranch Raider-I or. The Shire of Fort Pug-tow.
Snap-Shot. the Boy Ranker.
75 Obit?!» the Creek; nr.The Throw Thunderbolt...
"an on Bill: or. Frio Frank in the Front.
Romeo and the Red-8 or, The Boloaguorod Ranch.
Little Lariat; or. Pecan Poto’l Big Rampage.
Daisy from Denver.
0 Three Trailer“ or. Old Rocky on tho Romp...
. II Bill: or The Lynx oftho Loom.
_,i.ittlo Lone drum or. The 3.11. mi. Cibolo/
"0.010 Oarl. tho Chico Giant.

  

 

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11 The Two Detecthen; or, The Fortunes oi I Bowery Girl.
76 Abe. Colt. tilr Crow-Killer.
79 b'ol (iiugcr. the Giant 'l rapper.
93!: Joe lines. oi'Augel- and Ilia lioy Pard.
4:“ New ‘i ori. Nat. A Tale ol'l‘rlcltn nrnl Traps in Gotham.
408 New England Nick; or. The Fortuneu ot'u Fuundling.
.\ imble Nick, the, Circu- Prince.
Till)! Ted. tnc Arizonn Short.
‘ Cool Colorado, tln- Hall-lirch Detective.
, Cool Colorado in New York: on, 'l‘h.- Cowhoy’a Fight.
li‘ GICDIHHC (7. JEN kh.
Git Thar ilwney the Unknown.
i-‘zit Thar Dwuey’u Pledge.
'l he Demon Doctor; or, Dradlloid. tlu- Kid ilctcctIvo.
Double-Curve Dun, Ih.- l‘itl-ln-r lh-tcriivr.
Flute, “1.. Sinm-r “him-Liv... or. iiiVlli')’ in a New Role.
The Pitcher Detective’n Foil: 0r. Dnu‘r Double Play.
The Dcean Dei retire: or, 'i'hu- i.n.~tCrnlm- ot the illack Boar.
’l he I’ltcher Detectivr‘n ’l'oualIe-t Tut-ale.
Larry the Thoroughbred: "I'. lh-utcu on Ewry Side.
9 iron "lillil. ill" Charm-Ni ill-lettin-
i Lucie Ham’u Detective in (‘hit-ago.
lil' (YIIA IHJ‘IB Milli ins.
“'ill Homer-I, the Ho) lictei‘tli'u.
l'llil llnrdy, tho lion lioy.
l’imumw Vote; or, Nicodcnmn, ilir Dog Domtivo.
Detective Dick; or, The Hero to Rags.
llauduolne Harry, the lloothlm-k Detective.
“’ill Wildfire, tho Thoroughbred.
"lat-k "can. Will Wildfire n Racer.
7 Alike Merry the iiarimr l'oiicc Boy.
162 “'ill “’lldiire in the “'oodn.
1"in Baggage. the Railroad lioy.
A ’l‘rump Card; or. Will Wildfire “'inn and in...
4 "ob "coke"; or, .\iy*turies ol‘ New York.
1 Bob "(yoke-ti, tlu- liunk Runner.
8 The Hidden iland ' or, Will Wiidtire'n Ravengo.
7 Fred llalyaral. tlh- .liu liont lioi‘, «r, The Smugglen.
liob Rockett: or. Driven to the “'uil.
1. Hhadowed; ur, Boo Rochctt'l Fight for min.
2 Dark Paul. tiu- Tim-P KIW-
Dauhiug Dave. the Dandy Dutot‘tin.
'i‘om Tanner; or. The llhu-l. Sheep oi the Flock.

235 Hum Charcoal the l'r.-mhnn Dnrky.
235 Shadow ham. tln- Mvawngcr in...

The Two “ lilooda "; or, Shuuundonh liill and “ii Gang.
Dick Dan-hawin ; or, A l)ltiiiliii Iloy in (‘hn-ngo.

The Young .‘harpn: or, .tollirting Miku'n Hot Trail.
Jolly Jilll. lilo lirtm'iivr A]! urn-tiliro.

.lolly .Illu’u Job; or, ’I‘ln- lonng Detective.

The \"ater-Ilonnd: or, The Young 'l‘llorougilbred.
Danimway. ol‘ Dakota: or. A Wmieru Lad in Quaker City.
":1th Ready. thc liotnl llo) Detut'iivo.

B 1 Tony 'l‘llornc. thn Yuguhond lh-terttv...

’i‘he Reporter-Detectivet 0". Fmi HWY" Bliufl'd.
\i‘ lite-Awake Joe; or. A iioy oi the 'l‘luh-a.

Larry. the Leveier: or. ’l'hu lilooill oi the Boulevard.
li‘ireiiy Jack. the River-lint Deirt‘iivu.

428 The Loy-t Finger: or. The Entrummd C‘rlllu'.

Fi‘t‘il Flyer. illn' lirimriv'r ihltel'livr.

lll\‘illi'll)l(! Logan. tho l’lnlterton Fern-t.

Billy Brick. the Jull)‘ Vagabond.

Wide-Awake Jerry, lh'tet'tlvo; or Entoxnlmi Alive.
Detectiye Dodge: or, The Mv-aiery of Frank ilaarty.
“'ild Dick Racket; or, [low ilc Fought for Honor.
Root-A. the lioy Fireman x or. The Sharp tor the Sharper.
The Secret. N-ry‘lce Dov Detective.

Jimmy the Kid or. A idlinl) Among “'olvol.

'l‘om Bruce oi . riuuu-nux “n'l'ht' Woilin ii“! FON-

' Pl'WkY i'dlll; the Boy Speeulator.

7 lioh and Sam, tlm Dniny etevtlwa.

The. (‘urbaione Detective; or. Harry Halo'l Big Boat.
Detective Frnnk’u Sweep-Italian.

Ned Norman. the Gamin Broker.

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89'! Itoh o' the Bowery; or, Tins Prince of Mulberry Stmi.
415 The Vagabond Detective: or. Bowery 305" 300m-
452 Iiotuqur liob. the Street-Boy Detvt-tlve.
The .awyer'n iihadowt "r Lulto’l Loam.
.launty Joe, thu Young Horne-King.
Surly Him. the l'onu'.v llm‘rvnuin [loturtivm
Five Points l'llil. the Pavement i’rinvo.
Jack Jaggera. the liuit‘her iloy lirtrctIVe.
filii Tartar Tim; or, Five l'niuta l'hil’d Mrnazorim
526 North River Nat. the Pier Dn-ti-ctin.
533 \"reniliug Hex, the Pridcol'thc Sixth “'ard.
54-] .i'eil' Flicker. the Stable Boy Detective.
55l Nick Nettle, the liov Shadow; or, The Old “'1‘” Myltcry.
559 llnrlem Jack, ilu-( fili‘l' Boy Drirl‘livr.
669 Brooklyn lien. the ()n-lih-Own-llook Detective.
57? Pavement Pete th.~ Seclrt Sifter.
538 .lack-o‘-l.nniern. the Under-Sun Prospector.
\‘vliicL‘ “rulu- Iggri, the Stl'm-t-Strcrel’.
“ hit-fling .laeoh. thc Dctcl'tivr'fl Aid.
Buck ill nblebee. the Huh-n. iiunmtet.
-:l|lll"llt‘"flililll tlic Rxpru-In-Truiu Ferret.
‘I‘I'Il II 0 ).t c iowcry Badger: or,SCoo in 3 SH 801.
t'i fiky-liocket. Rob. ihr Lite-SaVer. p I pp.”
haltpeter flol. ti... N.-w York Navigator
6!”. finiey :Ilm, tln- ()nlv One of His Kind.
I "Ill 1 hllilii. tih- Rnnil-llonar Detri'thu.
Monquito Jack. the lillMtlt-r i'laiuin.
lii‘llilifl'lhllir the Brown Sport‘s Kid.
1: Dirk oi ihe Dorka. ilir Night-“ntch.
.) It‘llnoer Flynn, the Stm-t Patrol. .
I l‘ oxy i' red at lidd Part]; or. Th.- Kcener’l Huge Hflliil.
i (‘at-st-le Pale, the Scorn-goat Drtrt'tivr.
Bowery Billy. the hum-n Bouncer.
The Illg Four of the liowery.
lint-k. the New York Sharper.
The Grand Street Arab.
The cut “roadway Garniu.
The lioai-(‘lub Ila-cot: or, Dun Dcrkerfa Double Deal.
The l nlon Square Baggage Boy.
IIY PHILIP S. “’AliN E.

61 Patent-Leather Joe: or, Old Rattle-unite. the Cit-mu.
1T5 captain .A rilona; or, Patont-Leuthar Joe'l Big Game.
1915 Captain Maak; or, Patent-Lorthor .loe'l Defeat.

819 Den-pard. the Duelist; rr, The Mountain Vumplru.
333 A To“ h Boy: or, Tho Dwari’n Rovengo.

863 Little ‘oruado: or. The Outcantu oftho Gian.

873 Little Jingo; or. the Queer Pard.

38" Little Dh-my! 0?. Caught in "in Own Tnp.

401 Link: Hhoo-l‘ ly: or. A Race for a Ranch.

408 Little Leather-"receiver; or, Old Jumbo'. cum.
481 Little All “in! Oh'l'ha Cur-o of'lilnod.

451 Colorado Rate. A Tale of the wiirm

480 Three Jolly Portia; 0r. The You of Paddy'n Flat.
517 Jim Gladden’h Debut t or,Tim Jolly Pard’n Cam «in.
527 The Jolly Paul! to t e Real-no; or, The Jack 0 Hearts.
547 Randy Andy; or. A Good Man own.

55“ Lurk“; L"; or. The (‘ut for a Life. .

i574 "id “'oaael-top. the Man with the Don.

598 Keen Clem. thv Ranch Imp.

599 ,"m [Dandy the Nix-Nam.- Sport.

618 Billy Blane-g or,'i'hnz Skeluton‘n Legacy.

«3:; “klahoma In the Blue-Cont Scout. i
648 Happy llarry’a Big Find; or,'i'ho Beautiful Smite]
88‘. Cheeky Charley the Shecl-l- .

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8 Kain-an King; or, The iiml ltight Hand.
19 The l’ ulqu 5 1y: or.'l ho l'iiot ul lilv Promo.
55 Iremiiy- .ye. the lulu-own N‘hut; UII'i'iu- hundm Brotherhood
ii!" "order iiobiu Ilood; or, ’i‘hn l'rnirl.- Rm‘rr.
158 i‘ uuey 1‘ rank of Colorado; or, Tho 'l‘rupper'r Trust.
ll" (‘01.. A. i“. lllll.'l‘.
HIT “’idcnuukc. the Truth he) lh'ii-t'livr.
fill livnd:lgitl. Ill rr , 'u I"ly or; or. lnllcr Dcrhy.
673 Headlight it: rr_.‘~ Hazard.
691 Headlight. Iiurry‘u Ilaui; or,Th.~ itullroud i’arda.
1'27 Ilcndllgilt harry‘n Hire": or. Mud Mudgc.
759 Headlight. luu'ry‘n Heritage.
791 Headlight llnrry'n iiuni; or,’l‘l..- i'ncln-ol‘unid,
39:! “lack Huck—Mn; or. ’l'lu- Manila” Mun or Death Canyon.
4l9 Kennei h, the hulir-liine: m. The Doomed Six.
485 Little Lighti'oot. tho I'llotm i‘w \\'....n..
.38 The Dandy hpor ; or.'l‘hu King I’m (Iounplrntor.
ill' JDHEPH ii. liADiiiCli. JR.
5 Valiant-tom.- duck: ul.'l h" 'lrnl'vrrl.
4a [Hunk J h", the liniili-AL’illi‘, or, ‘ho (lutluw'l Rain“.
65 "um-ion 9 iii“; or. Mmtung Sam and iiin l'ald.

  
 

 

.119 ll illiilllf 8am ; or,Tho King oi the Pinim.
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136 Si mm: iwi. Kit; ..r,'|‘h.a linughloroi‘thu Ranch.

144 Ddinty Lance the My Sport.

15! Panther Paul: or. liniui} Linn". to the Rencul.

“to The “luck (“um i or. ihdntv lmlll't' in Jeopardy.

168 Deadly Darth; UY. Fluilliliu i‘irl' “Hill Vire-

IHA ' ‘he liuy Trailer-n; or, Dainty Lance on the War-Path.
203 The "0 Pardn; or. Dainty Lani-e Unlnalkl.

all (irookm i‘ulo, the i'uliban oi ('elraiial City.

310 The "urrn‘wn “'0”; or, ’l'lm lienutiiul Dewy.

BID The Blank Hider; or,’l‘h~- llornc-Thievel' Loaguo.

885 Did Double Flat or. The Straws Ullid”

.55 The Kin oi the Tomi-r or lhunol Boouo’n Lut Trail.
‘19 Kit. Fox. the Border Bov Detective

62:. (‘hincapln Dan. the Day Trailer.

97? l'lIInt-npln Dan'n Second Trail.

"3.“ (Vhlucapiu Dnu'~ Ilome Ni reieh.

69-“ "id Crazy. the Man Without a Head.

Tim Light-Henri. Luic‘u Legacy.

TIN LIglIi-Ilearl l.uie‘~ Lani Trail.

728 Hllvorbladc. tlu- Silo-hone.

7' El Hilverltluile. tln- linit-lzh-od; or. The llnnler Beagle at lily.
’28!) Silver-Mud“ the limitilr. or. 'l‘in- ilordur iicngie’a Trail.
748 fillu-rblnde the homily, or, ’i'lnn llordur lleugle’s iioy Pard

"Y J. \l'. ilfliiiiN.
469 The iii. al Limit» of ;\ owluu .
49H (‘m-tuu liurr. lhu Man Iron llard Luck,
537 Did liIIi-ke e. thu ‘iivrnt Shadow.
56-1 Powder Pl’nil, tho it... .‘iilucr: or, Thu Man Without: Past.
60” Holly Dorrli. illn \etn-rnn Dciertch.
820 Little Ll hilllllfl’l League; or. The hlvutcry ortne inland .
633 Pim-ky Dani. tm liov i'ronpet-tor.
751 Gold-Dual Dan. iln- Trail Pnlrol.
755 Gold Duni Dnu'n "nth; or, liw-klcun Roy, thc Regulator.
lil' CAPT. ALF" I'll) ll. TA YLDR U. B. A.
191 liuil'alo liilly. the Boy llnliwhacltor.
194 iiuil'alo iiili - lien or. The Gambler Guido.

ii" l'IDlVAIiD 8. ELLIS.
ii Iiili liiddon. 'l'nter. '
’4 Beth Joni-a; orl u-Cnptivon nl‘tno Frontiur.
)0 Nat. Todd; or, I'm: Fate oi the Sioux Captive.
.1 Tue Frontier Angel,
03 The Boy Miner-g or, The Enrhantml inland.
189 The llunted Ilunflrz or, The Strnnun Horseman.
fl54 The Illilizillood; or, The l’anthor oi the l’lninl.
97] The lingo Ilunicrx or. Tho Steam Prairie Man.

M IHGEI.I.AN I‘Iillifl A li'i‘lliillB.

4 The “’ild-llorle Hunter». By Owl. lem “a and
Froderlrk \Vhittahul’.

it Adventure! of B Ma

Iii: Gullivor‘a Trove a. ByDcan Sn .

14 Alndtllut or.'l'ho Wondofinil‘mfi.

10 Iioblnuon Ornaoe. (9'! llluntn Duo.)

18 flindbnd the Sailor. His Seven Vo an.

90 The Hon Serpent: or,Tho Boy Rob nuol Om By ’In

ewin.
88 The ileean Bloodhound; or. The Red Pint" of tho
Cardin-«n. Ry S. W. Piarco.
Bil 'l‘he lloy Clown: or, The Arena Queen. Byl‘ 8.12%.
8! Ned “'ylde. the Boy Scout. By 'I‘exal Jack.
51 The lioy Iiii‘en; or. Th.- Undorlvound Camp. By A.C.lm.
95 The Rival liovern or, The Froobootorl ortho Mini-aim
By blank-Col. Haleltino.
98 Iiohin flood. the Untiawod Earl: or.’l'ho Merry Mon oi Bruno
wood. By Prof. Glider-lean.
105 Did Ilube, the Hunter. or, The Crow CIDiivu. By Captai-
Hntnilton Holman.
119 The Mad Ilnnterx' or. line Com of Death. By Burton Inc.
134 Tippy. the Texans or. The Young Champion. Dy Georg.
Gleason.
198 The Young Privateer: 01'. 1"" Pluto’s Btronxhold. By
Hurry Cavendllh.
14H Sharp Sam: or, The Adventure. ot a Friendiou Boy. By J.
Alexaner Patton.
.87 Dusky Darrell. Tr! per. 01'. Thu Green Ranger 0! the Yol-

our-tone. By Elm'd,‘ “5,”? v i. 80 a a 1- Alha-
261 F r “I Veal-nail! " a a" n y' . '
amt flair". u..- Guich '-r.D-vy Crochm “‘ N“

8 Earl n C. D. Warron.

898 Iii-d Gl‘aw. tln~ One-iii,vai Tripp": or. The Maid oi tho Ciil.
By Capt-in Com-incl.

317 [reflux-k Pete. the Livoly Lad from landvllio. By Lion-
tennnt Alfred Thorn.-

8.3 The sky ‘jet‘noillve‘ or, A Boy’n Fight tor Life and Honor.
By Motor Mickey Free. .

850 Red Ralph. the River Rover: or.Tho flrothu’l 3..
vonlzo. By Ned Buntllne.

365 nnlflmore “on the, Root'ohlcit Detective. By A. P. Morris.

BTd-Gold-Du-t 'l‘omt or. Bn-n'n Dom-h- Mntoh. Dr G H. Mono.

8'!“ California Joc’o Fir-t Trail. By Coionol Tho-II.
Hover Monster):

418 “Iin “(unlit-hell, the CH" Climber. By F. 8. Winthrop.

‘75 The “lack Shit». R} John S 'arner.

484 gonna-limbo Dle' and iliu Three lnvinciblofi h

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589 The. Gowbo Duke. By Edwin Brooke Format.

559 Ariel the At late. By David Druid.

585 “'III Water-II, tie Bov Farrel. RV H. Entnn.

682 The Dead Remain-’- Double. By Gerald Carlton.

721 Maverick Mose, the Arizona Dfflll.ilVi‘; or,Tlm Wizard of
Uritm. Put-I. l'lv “'ill Lil-chm...

309 Don Danton. ihc Gent from Dent-or. By King Keene. of tho

By C. E. Tr‘nh.

U. S. Secret Service Corp...
814 or High. the Fri-en Detective. ‘
880 he Grim Lodge" in ling Alley; 0r. Citizen in...)
By 'J. G. Bothura.

0" Nulnhur Sewn. By lien D. Hullidov.

R!" The Chicago Drummcr'n Deal.

84! PEI-I30 Charlie. the (‘at’n-l'aw Sport. By Marina-
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843 Bnnfltrhe "Iver Sport; or. Failing tho Frllco Sharp. 3,
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861 Billy Brine. the Swamp Fox. By Chas. F. Well".

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Deadwood Dlek Novelis.

1 Deadwood Dlek. the Prince oi the Road.

20 Deadwood Dlek’u Deilanee; or, lloiihlr Dagyvrs.

28 Deadwood DIi-k In Dingulue; or, liuil'ul. ill-n

85 Deadwood Dli-k In “In Car-tie.

42 Deadwood Dli-k'n Bonanza; or, The Phiinii-m Mini-r.

49 Deadwood Diek In Danger; or, Hymnal)”.

57 Deadwood Dli'k’il Hauler; or,'l'he l'ardaoi Flood llar.

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eat wom l' “I Am. 1 vi: or. ("H urn‘ Ch ‘e.
100 Deadwood Diek in Leaiivllle. I J “H
104 Deadwood Dlek‘a lleilee; ur,’l‘he Double Crllnssifln.
109 Deadwood Diek an Detective.
129 Deadwood Dlek'u Doublez on'l‘hv Goruon'a thrichGhost.
 ll).i-sriilvii'(bitt‘li Ill’IIi-h‘a ill‘iIlllli', ihll'l‘llt‘; ur, lilniidv Bill.

- eat woo e ‘a g su— 1“ or, A (1': l ..- oi'ituld.
mo Deadwood Dlek oi’ Deadwood: onThill'ick-‘d Party.
195 Deadwood Dlek'a Dream; or.1‘he Rivals oi the Rural.
201 Deadwood Dlek’is “ ard: or,T‘he lilnrl: lilll’s Jel-‘liel.
:02 IDs-agwoog  ili'oon; rl’or, fillfllllliy June’s Adventure.

. a woo e ' a cat ea .
221 Deadwood Dlek‘o Death-Plant.
282 Gold-Dust Diek. A [hiumuce oi'Ruugh- and Toughs.
 “eadwoog  {:lvltdhei infirm. Spirit ot’Swuuip Luke.
eai woo e ' ii ea ' ‘ra .
309 Deadwood Diek’l Dealt Ur,The Gold Brick 0! Oregon.
821 Deadwood Dlek‘ii Dozen; or.'l'ha Faklr ot‘i’hautouii’iute
I47 Deadwood Diek’l Dneate; or, Days in the Digging“.
 Igeaggggi‘l' llgl'eli'flecnlte'aeed; or,’lue Terrible leudeita.
ea 0 ' i- a m.
405 Deadwood Dick in Dead (‘Ii .
410 Deadwood Diek’u Diamondl.y '
421 Deadwood Dir-k In New York; or, A “Cute Cole."
4110 Deadwood Diek‘is Durst; nr, The Chained Hand.
 Reagwoog “let.  «rift; Crimean Creai-eut Sign.
ea woo e '. r. in, e unee.
458 Deadwood Dlek .lr.‘u Full lia d.
459 Deadwood Dick: Jr.‘n. urn Rou'lid-Up.
465 Deadwood Diek, Jr.‘r. Raeket at Claim 10.
iii iltfil‘t‘é‘t‘l illt'i.’ :li’vf.‘ ii$"‘l.".'"'i”i‘""“‘““ 3”"
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4’“ Deadwood Dlek. Jr. In Dead\ 0 ii.
iii. i’.”“‘.i“'°“‘.‘. iii-r  
ea woo e'. r. I. II erlt ‘ .
500 Deadwood Dlek. Jr.’u. DI lrrglhlue
:01; Remix-333 Dlek. jrflu. 121- {zeros-e0.
5 ea. ' r.‘iI ro e - .
ma Deadwood Dlek. am! 'i‘in-ee.‘Le
529 Deadwood D ek. Jr.'a, Danger Dueka.
 neagwoog  cll‘a. :llrmi'. Death Ilunt.
ea woo e' r. n exa .
544 Deadwood D ek'. Jr.: the Wild i:’ent Vidocq
549 Deadwood Dseh. Jr., on Illa Mettlc.
554 Deadwood Dlek. Jr., In Gotham.
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2;: Beingivoog  or: gr}, krflClsicago.”
. ea woo e '. r.. not.
584 Deadwood D ek. .lr.. In Denver.
590 Deadwood D ek. Jr.'i-. Deeree.
595 Deadwood Dlek Jr., In Beellebub’a Baoin.
600 Deadwood D ek. Jr.. at Coney Island.
 {:eagwoog a ct. gm... Lf’ad’vll‘lte Lay.
ea woo c' r. n e ro .
out Deadwood niok.’ an: in Cincinnati.
624 Deadwood D ek. Jr., In Nevada.
660 Deadwood D ek. Jr., In No Man's Land.
686 Deadwood D ek. Jr.. After the Queer.
642 Deadwood D ek. Jr.. In Bquan.
648 Deadwood D ek. Jr.‘-. Chane Aeroaa the Continent
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om: Deadwood u ek: Jri. aek in the moo...
672 Deadwood D ek. Jr.. In Durance; on? Gathered In."
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690 Deadwood D ek Jr.'si. Dollars.
695 Deadwood D ek: Jr.. at Danger Divide.
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on woo e r. a nu '- o .
710 Deadwood D ek’ Jr... in San Frasiciaeo.
716 Deadwood D ('i‘, Jr. ll, Still Ilunt.
722 Deadwood D ek. .lr.‘u. Dominoes.
in”? il°“‘.l"°‘“.i ii "i? '.l"’~"’ ll""r'.'i'"°n 1
ea woo e . run on e ea .
110 Bengwonfi Ilium-ll? gnu-Z lli’eatlhlwtateh.
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.52 Deadwood niok,’ Jr.'-,’ Dcothblow.
75R Deadwood Dlek. Jr.’u. Der-aerate Strait.
764 Deadwood D ek, Jr.’n, Lone "and.

770 Deadwood D ek. Jr.‘u. Dei‘ent.
:36 Deadwood D ek. Jr.’ii. Rev-rs‘rreetlon.

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787 Deadwood D ek Jr.. De ed.
792 Deadwood Diek. Jr.’u, Double Deviee.
797 Deadwood Diek. Jr’.e. Denperate Venture.)
802 Deadwood Diek. Jr.'I, Diamond Dlee.
607 Deadwood DIek. Jr.’u. Royal Finall-
818 Deadwood Dlek. Jr.’u. Ilead-oif.
816 Deadwood Dir-k. Jr.’u, Rival.
822 Deadwood Dir-k. Jr.‘e. Boom.
828 Deadwood Diek. Jr.’si. 80001).
384 Deadwood Diek. Jr.’u. l’rox .
840 Deadwood Dir-k. Jr.’-. Clute .
845 Deadwood Dick. Jr.’n, lllfh ilorae.
852 Deadwood Dlek Jr.. at 1 evil’u Gulch.
R58 Deadvfltod Diek. Jr.’u. h‘euih-iiole lluatle.
368 Deadwood Diek. Jr.’u Bomb-ihell.
s70 Deadwood Dlek. Jr.. In Mexleo.
K76 Deadwood Diek. Jr'u. Deeoy Duek.
882 Deadwood Dlek. Jr., In Silver Pocket.

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699 Violet Vane. the Velvet Sport: or, The Jubilee qt Jiurlitown.
068 Violet Vane’il Victory; or. The Jasper City Clean Out.
693 Violet and Dali-y. the Pong Pardn.

705 Violet Vane’a Vow: or. T e Crnitv Detectlve’s Crait.
;2-i Violet ‘:ane'a Yer-Heanee: or, The Vl’ipo-Uut.

80 Violet. 1 aae’u Ver lei: unThe Game at Collin City.
741 Violet Vane. the Venn-Uni uiet \‘lqu. or, S mrt vs. Sport.
750 Violet Vane. the Vauquis ed. or. The l.iie . trunks.

76 Violet Vane'n Vision; or, The Fiery Hand of Fate.

48 The Diamond fluort: or, The Double Face olBed Rock.
519 Cults-min .Ilyuterg; or.Five in One. -
531 D 1 Dare the part from Denver.

5 . 7 01d Bombshell. the Ranger Detective.

60-1 Iron Fern. the Man oi Fire: or, Among the Vultures.

619 The Boy Tram Deteetlvet onTho Double Grileinm
641 Diurnal Dave's: Dandy Ford; or, The CluemCapt. Claw
651 Bousld Boy Frank. t a Young Amateur Detective
632 Wild Vulcan. the Lone-Range Rider.

714 Did Miner-y the Man from Mliismrrlf

774 Clear-Grit Cal, the Never-Silv-Dle Detective.
.769 Sam Sheridan. illr. Secret Service Special.

806 Cowboy Steve the Ranch Man

800 Hobby Nat. the Tenderioot Detective.

886 Shar- er Stoke’n Double Deal.

85 Spot r Bob In New hork.

86 Spotter Bob's Bowery Racket.

     

  

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SD ilili‘lt‘llllil Rob; or, NiixL'i'i. Neil, the Knight.

#4 Roi-emsd Rob on "and: W. N) I. 1hr i‘iI'l Miner-

RN Roi-ebud Rob'r- Rea pi-aranee: ur, l'liolngralill Phil.
121 Ron-bud Rob‘n (‘hallenuez ur, (‘inunumn ('hlp.
277 Denver Doll. We llvirv'tlve Qllen'li: wr. Thv Yunliu-e‘e Surround
261 Denver "011': \‘letory; or, Mtuli and (‘rosshnuem
2N5 Denver Doll'ri Der-0y; or. Little liill‘a Bonanza.

296 Denver Doll's Drii‘t; hr. The Road Queen.

86" 1 reka Jim. the i-‘oiii-i-‘ul lierer; or. Thu Lli'o Lottery.
872 Yreka oil 'I i'rlze; nr. 'l'hw wolven ni Wake—Up.

3‘5 \ reha .1! '~ Joker or. Th.- Rivnis of Red None.

“ND \Lrel‘a .lim'~ \ew inlet Hr. lili'y'lc lieu.

804 1 reka .llra oi' Yuba Dam.

209 Fritz. the llnuud-li-uy Detective: or. Dot lmiie Game.

213 Fritz to the Front; or. The \‘eiurilnquist Hunter

24-1 Sierra h‘arn. 1h. hrnui‘irr Ferrel: or, A Siaior’a Devotion.
245' Sierra linm'a h‘oerot; or, The Bloody Footprints.

253 Sierra Sam’n i’aril: hr, the Angel oi Big Vista.

258 Merra Hain'n Revert nr. The Siuieu liride.

8&1 Kangaroo Kit: or. T ie Mysterious Miner.

889 kangaroo Kli'a Raekett or. Thu Pride of Played-Out.

89 Death-Faee. llt‘ll‘i'lll'i‘; Ur, Life in New York.

69 The Boy Detective: or, fluid Ride, the sharpshooter.

96 “'aieil-l'lye. ihr llelm'llvr: or, Al'rlllfl and Angels.

117 Gilt-Edged Dick, the SI: irt Detective

145 Captain Ferret. the .‘ew York Detective.

161 New York Nell, the “ovum Detective.

226 The Arab Detective: --r, Siiuueur, the lioy Sharp.
291 Turk tlse Boy Ferret.

325 Kelley. Illekev .11 Co" the thw-tlvm oil’hlladelphln.
848 Manhattan M ke, the limvery Drtertii'e.

400 “'rinkleu, the Night-Watch Detective.

416 High Ilat Harry. the lime Bull Detective.

426 .fiasn filabniiiea. the Beggar-Dov Detective.

484 Jim Beak and Pill. Private Detei'tlvrl.

26 (‘loven “001‘, the lluthilo Demon; or, The Border Vultures.

82 Bob iVooli': nr,Thei;lrl Dead-Shot.

45 Did Avalanelle: or. Willi Edna, the Girl Brigand.

53 Jim Bluduoe. Jr.. the Boy l’henlx.

61 Bur-khorn “III; or. The Red liiile Team.

9:: (limqu (‘lret ; or. Old Anaconda in Sitting Bull’s Camp.
113 Jack “0er the Young Sriricuintor.

125 Bonanza Bill. Miner: or. Madam Mystery, tho Forger.
183 "it-ll "01) the Kin): of Boviliinekg.

141 Solid Sam, the lim- Baud-Agent: or, Tire Branded Brown.
177 Nobb ' Niek ofN'evada; or, The Sierra: Scampa.

181 “did ‘rauk the Blli’lililllll Bravo: or. Lady Lily’s Lava.
236:;‘pollo Bill, the Trail Tornado: or. Rowdy Kate.

240 (‘yelone Kit. the. Young: Gladiator; or. The Locked Valley.
278 Jumbo Joe, the My Patrol: or. The Rival Heirs.

.99 A No. 1. the Dashing Toll-Taller.

808 ’l.lza Jane. the 'x'irl Miner: or. the lron-Nerved Sport.
880 Little "Pele-Shot: or, The Dead Face of Daggenvillo.
858 Flrnt-C aa- Fred. the Gent irnni Gopher.

87B Nabob Ned; or. The Secret oi Slnh City.

Bllfl (‘ool Kit, the King of Kidn; or, A Villain’s Vcnaoanee.
‘38 “onto Fe Sal, the Slasher: or. A Son’s Venue-mm).

.86 Sealakln Saln. the Sparkler; or The Tribunal of Ten.

BY LIEUT. A. K. SIMS.
589 Tom-Cat, and Paul; i~r.'l'he Dead Set at Silver City.
622 ’l‘om-(‘at’u Triad: or. The Ail'nlr nt Tnnihstmie.
681 Tons (‘at‘n Terrible Tar-k; or The Cowbo Detective.
686 Tom-Cat'- Triumpht or. Ill-ck sn's Great omblno.
546 (‘aptnln (‘aetuafihe Chaparral Cock; nr. Josh’s Ten Strike
568 The Dandy of Dodge; or. Rustiluu Ior Millions.
576 Tire Silver Sport; nr. .loah Pennerinint's Jubilee.
586 Sail'ron Sol. the Mnn With a Shadow
601 "a py Ilanis, the Dutch Vldocq; or. llotTimeont Round-Up
61 1 11113111 Barnacle, the Detective Herculen.
646 Cowboy (slid. the Cattle-Range Drti-ctive.
657 Warbl an “'Illlam, the Mountain Mountebiink.
665 Jolly Jeremiah the l‘lalnr Detective.
676 Hi nal Sam. the lionlzuut Scout.
689 Billy the Gynay Boy; or, The Myrterv 0! Two Lives.
699 Simp e film, the Brnuriio Buster: or. For Big Stolen.
71 The Me-nIerl-t Sport; or, The Myltidod Detective.
788 Toltee Tons, llli‘ Mud i’ror'ii-cwr.
45 Kaunas: Jim. ihi: i'ims-(‘ut Dem-live.
1 Marmaduke. the Mustauger Detective.
‘8 Tile Ru-tler of Rolling Stone.
65 Lone "and Joe. the CuuuuitteeniOm.
01 Kent Kirby. the High-Kicker from Killbuclr.
682 The Doctor Detective In Texan.
872 Two Bhowruea Detectives In Colorado. '

BY J. 0. COWDBICK.

Broadway Billy Novels.
490 Broadway Billy. the Bootblsck Bravo.
514 Broadway Billy’s Boodle: 0?, CiemingaStrimce Cue.
586 Broadway Billy's ‘DIIIIkIlty.”
557 Broadway Bill ’is Death Rat-ket-
579 Broadwin Bil y’u Surprine Party.
605 Broadway Billy; or, The Boy Detective'slliir Inning.
626 Broadway Billy’s Dead Act: onle Lesgue oiSeven.
66 Broadway Billy Abroad; or,’i‘he l‘l-mtblai-k in Frisco.
67 Broadway Billy’u Beat; Unlienllng San Fruuclsco'sFlnut.
667 Broadway Billy In Clover. '
696 Broadway B lly In Texan; or, The River Rustlera.
708 Broadway Billy’si Brand.
711 Broadway Billy at Santa Fe; or, The Clever Deal.
720 Broadway Billy’i- l'ull "and; or, The Gamln Detective.
78 Broadway ill y‘io llueineroi.
788 Broadway Bil y‘n Curious Case.
758 Broadway Bil y In Denver.
76 Broadway Bil y’ii Bargain: or, The Three Detectiv
769 Broadway Bil y. the Retriever Detective.
775 Broadway Bil 3": Shadow Chane.
7’38 Broadway Bil y‘n Bengleri: or The Trio’ii Quest.
766 Broadway llllly'u Team: or, The Comlrlne'ii Bin Pull.
790 Broadway Bllly’n Brigade; or. The Dead Alive.
796 Broadway Billy's Queer Bequest.
800 Broadway Billy Bailled.
305 Broadway Blily’» Signal Scoop.
810 Broadway Bil y'n “'Ipe (int.
£15 Broadway Bil y’r- Bank Racket.
821 Broadway Bll a Bluil'.
8'26 Broadway Bil Amon‘f Jeruey Thou.
N38 Broadway Bl Bal .
889 Broadway BII y
844 Broadway Billy’ Bl‘u Bulite.
849 Broadway Bil y'e I! 00.000 Errors.
#356 Broadway Bil y’u Blind: or. The Mithlock Stowaway.
862 Broadway Bil y In London.
36.“ Broadway Bil y Shadown London Slums.
N74 Broadway Bil 3 n From-h (lame.
x80 Broadan Bll y and the Bomb-Throwers.
as: Battery Bob. the Doek Detective.
860 silver-Mask. the Man oi Mystery,’ or, The Golden Keys.
B69 Shanta. the Gold King; or, For Seven Your] Dem.
490 The Detective’nA prentiee; or,A Boy Without. Nona.
424 Clbuta Joan: M. d-Hot Times st Auto Bar.
489 dandy Sam. the Street Scout.
467 Din-o Dan. the Dan; Dude.
506 Badlth Ralph t 2 Prince of the Road.
524 The nzineer Detective; or, Reiillglit Ralph’l Reno)“;
548 Mart, the Night Expreu Detective.
571 Air-Lille Lake the Young Engineer: or The Double Case
591 The Boy Pinkerton; or. Runnini: the Bani. Out.
615 Fighting llarrv the Chief of Chained Cyclone.
640 Bareback Bet- , the Centaur of the Circle. '
647 Tnypewriter Till. the Merchnni’n Ward.
859 oonilght More. a the "Piunni"Msn of Ants Bu.

 

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‘Ahil New Tori; Nai'u Deadly DealJ
5N3 New 1 ork Nai'u (‘rook-(‘har-e.
577 Sew York Sat/n 'l‘rurnp (‘ard.
371 New York Nut and the Grave Ghouls.
H65 New York .Vni'i- Mir-shed Mir-cot.
859 New York Nat. :iu Hun-in Drum-c.
H56 lllek Duonl’n Kldnupper Knock-out.
N47 Diek Doom'u 'l'en Fir-Ike.
H42 Dlek Dnuin'u Finish "and.

72 Diek’ Dournhi Death-Grip: rrr,The thwtivn- l:_\‘ l'm-i ;y
77 Dlek Dooni'n Destiny: Mr. The River Biai-Meu’a 'l'iiru:.
"Ii Diek Doom: 0r. 'I la- Siuirr s and Sllnl'l'ns oi New Ymii.
fill-l lllek Doom in Bunion; Hr, A Mun Ui Muny Marika.

93 Dli-k Doom in ('llli'llflil.

798 Dlek Doom in the \i llil “'eili.

808 Dlek Doom‘r- ('lean Sweep: 01', Fqu 1-1th in N UH-
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llek Dooin'n Diamond Deal.

N19 Diek Doom’u (IIrl Mari-oi.

~29 Dlek Doonr‘n Shadow Hunt.

885 Diek Doons'rs Big llurrl.

7‘19 Ila-hing Charlie: U".'l'he Kiriiucky Trmlri‘inot'a h'irrt’i'.':;?l.
756 Dar-hing (‘hnrlle‘n Der-tiny; onThc l<«-In-L:xlilc'rS Cni' '
760 Dal-hing (‘harlle‘n l’a“ nee l’ard. 'li
766 Dar-hing Charlie. the Ri‘rt’ilel‘. _

497 Back Taylor, King oi the Cowboys. ,,
737 Buek Taylor. the Culliitl.ill("§ (‘a dive.

748 Bnek Tavlor‘u liloyn: («The he Riders ot‘the Bio Grouch...
560 Pawnee, Bill. the l‘rail’lr Shndower. '
718 Pawnee Bill: nr. Cm], the Mad Con-hay.

719 Pawnee Bill'u I'ledit‘e: mnThc (‘Owbol’lDWm- A
725 Pawnee Bill: or. During Dirk. ‘
692 Redi'ern‘n (‘urioriu Care; mThr Rlvnl Silurian 
697 Redi’eru at Devil'n Russell: "I" Th" sl'm’l’ "’0'" Tun--
702 Redi'ern’u lllgh Band; (yr. lllue Jill'ki'l.

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707 Redi'ern‘u Lani ’1 roll: tr. The Red Sombrero Range”... x I
663% Red Ralplr'a Rune; t‘r.'l‘he Buccaneer Mldeliiluuun. "
67. Red Ralph's Bold (.‘unxe; «in'l’he Wizard Miller. 

679 Bed Br Iplr. the Mualuuir. or, The Freebooter's Legacy.

644 Butterily Billy'ri Dir-grille. ,

650 Butterfly Billy. the l'unv Express Rider. .

656 Biiiieriiy Billy‘u Man Iunt.

662 Buiterily Billy‘s Bonanza.

565 Kent Kingdom or. 1 ho (min at the Overland.

570 Kent Kingdon’a i-‘lmdower; «lathe Curd Queen.

575 Kent Klnxdou'u Duel; ii, The Surgeon Stout. i

5H6 Kent King-don"t Doom: ivr.The Buckskin Avenger.

545 Lailite Run Down: M. The liuulil'ieerl iii Barrntnrla.

560 lasllite‘ll Learnt-y: or. The Avrnglng Son. , v u
555 Lailtte'si (‘oni'enlonz or.Tl..~ Creole Cor-air. , .
520 Brick-kin Bill, the ('nrnanche Shadow. ‘1
525 The Bueki-kln Brothers In Texan. )'
580 The Buekakiu Bower»; or. Tile Cowboy Pirates. ;' ,.
53 he Bucks-kin Rovers-t or, The Prairie Fugitive. ;
540 The Buekakln i’ardn' Queut: or, Captain Ku-Klux. v
508 The Royal Mlddy : or, The Shark and im- Sen Cat.

507 The Royal Mlddy'a Luck; ur,’l'he Hunted Mid-bipolar“

511 The Royal Middy'ri Fog. i

450 “'izard “'Ill: or. The Buy Ferret or New York. «
45 “'izard “'ill’si Street Scouts.

474 “'lznrd “'ill’a I'ard; or. l‘ieru. the Flower Girl.

483 “'Izard “'ill’n Loot (‘aaez or, The Ferrell Allunt.

429 Dam-an Dare. the lay Refuges.

486 Duncan Dare’a l'loi; or. A Cabin Boy's Luck.

487 Duncan Dare'a Prize; or, Thr Sm Raider.

441 Dunean Dare’is Ferret: (>r.'l'he Ocean Fireiiv.

402 leader. the Youn Connpirator: or, The Fatal hug-er.
407 laodor'u Double ‘iruue; nr.Tlie Boy Insurgent.

412 luodor’n \i’ar-(‘loud fruit-e; or, The “lid Yuchtunlau.. i.
216 Biron Bill. the Prince oi the Helm. ' ,
222 Bluon Bill's Clue; or. Grit, the Bravo Sport. '
804 Dead Shot Dandy‘il Dilemma. _

308 Dead h'hot Dnndy’is Double: or. Ki‘hokli.

814 Dead filrot Dandy’a Deilaneel 0". The liov Bur-er. .
607 Dead Shot. Dandy"- (‘Iik it onThv River Detective. = ,v
245 Merle Monte'a 1A a?) for Lite. . '4
250 Merle Monte'a M utlny: or. Brandt, the Buccaneer. .' ‘

 

264 Merle Monte’e Treat-sire olan . 17“ I
269 Merle Monte the Condemned. v v
276 Merle Monte'n Cristi-e: or. "The Gold Ship"C‘hoIe. .

2N0 Merle Monte‘si Fate: or. The Pirate'l Pride.
.84 Merle Monte‘a Pledth or.'l'he Sea Marauder. . . ‘ ;,
197 The Kid Glove Sport ; or. Little Grit, the Wild Rider. k 
204 The Kid Glove Sport's Doom; or. Bull‘slo Bill, iht
Pony Exrreao lil ler. , l in

865 Dead-Shot R Inh’ii Ten-Strike.

867 Dead Shot Ralph'u Drag}

878 Deek-llawk Roy‘n Big 00).
825 Mario the Cowboy (‘oa-ter.
731 Ruth Redmond, the Girl Shadower.
686 0rlando. the Ocean Free Flag.
617 Ralph. the Dead-Shot Scout.
602 The Vagabond oI’ihe Miners.
597 The Texan Detective: or, The Black Bravos.
591 Delmonte. the Young Stu-Rtnver; or. The Averaging Sailor»
5ND The {Ink-art (‘adeit or. The False Detective.
495 Arilona Joe or, The Buy Paid of Texas Jack.
4R7 Nevada Ned. the Re\'0lVer Ranger.
468 Neptune bed, the h'oy Counter; or, Pirate ln Spite.
462 The Sailor Boy “'anderer: or. The Boru Guide.
446 lloohazard llarr : or. The Sea Sca cram. . I-
398 The Red Clarinet llandna or.’l‘he
887 “'ar ratis \"ill. the Trailer Guide. ‘ ‘
8""! The ’Indian l’llot: «r. The Search for Pirate inland. ~
877 Bonodeiv the Boy Rover: or.The Finale“ Schooner. . ’ .
2N7 Billy Blue-Hyena of the Rio Grande. L
287 Lone Star. the Cowboy Ca taln. .
229 (.‘risssi-on Kate. the Girl railer: or. The Cowboy's Triumph; .
116 The “lhllllu' Captain; or. The Hermit of Hell Gate. V ;;
111 The Sea-Devil; or, The Midahipmnn’l Legacy. '
102 Dlek Dead-Eye, the Smungier . or, The Cruise oi thoVim.

75 The Boy DrseII-t; or. The Cruise oi the Sea-Wolf. .

62 The Shadow i-‘lrlpz M, The Rival Lieutenantl.

24 Diamond Der r or, The Mystery oithe Yellowstone.

17 Ralph Roy, ine linv Buccaneer; or. The Fugitive Yacht.

7 The Flying Yankee; or, The Ocean Outcast.

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892 iiowi‘ry Ben in Chinatown; or, burn Ling, the East .
Side Sport. 3y Harold Payne.

898 Farrel Fox'o Sweep-Stakea; or. The Boot Connioh.
i'ulirr’l Round-u . liv Dun Dunning. 4 , '

894 Arizona Die "in WI e-0ut; or, Dare Devil Davu‘l Dada;
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895 FI ls Avenue Fred, the Valet Detective; or, A Comori
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896 New York Nat. in Gold Nugget Camp; or,Tluinid1; M
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897 Davy Doon’si Bl; Bounee: or, Nickel Noll, the Boy

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898 Deadwood Dick. Jr.’n. Double Driv or, The Rival
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