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THE BONANZ_A__ MINER KINCl..

g BY E. L. WHEELER,
AUTHOR on" “DEADW‘OOD DICK” NOVELS,
‘fRQSEBUD ROB ” NOVELS, ETC., ETC.

 

 

CHAPTER I.
~ A PUSHING BOY. q . ‘

{‘SAY, mister, be you the boss of these hyer
di in’sfi”. ' . '

, a one who uttered this query was a.‘ mere
boy in years, probably .not over Sixteen, and.
looked even younger, owing to his. shortness in
stature. . ‘ -' , » ‘ '- ,

He had, however, every appearance of robust
health, and his round face would' have been

' - prepossessing had some of the dirt been washed
from it. His eyes were sharpdn their dusky
glance; his well-formedvmouth, with its wag—
gish sort of twist in one corner, indicated a,

_ , predominanttrait in the boy’s~suiiny nature;
hishuir Was curly, and of a brick-red color. .

_His attire consisted only of a rugged 'cnli‘eo

_ shirt, :1 pairof trowsers several sizes .too large,

_ with holes at the knee, and a cap without a

‘ frontispiece. His mudsplashed feet; were guilt-
lessvof boots or shoes, and his general appear-

‘ ghee indichted that he had trumped long and

or. -’ ' " e
. I The person whom he addressed‘wns a tall,
handsome fellow, attired in miner's liabili—
'ments. His eyes were brown, and yet pene-,
,tmtlng; his hair and his graceful mustache.

’ ” were ayshsde or so lighter thanrthe hair of the. ‘

 youth. .

7 v The. scene was the heartof a rugged gulch,
' where two scores of miners were" busily en-
' gagod in mining with punand shovel. while the

' young manspokeu to was leaning idly against

“ w in. rock, watching the men at work, and up—
, poured to be a boss.- . _ . . ,

‘ ' An expression of annoyance passed over his
-- face as he turned to gaze at the bog. .
“ghat’s that yourbusiness?" e, demanded,
gru y. . ‘  _

“Lots, you bet!" the young ragamufiln re-.

, plied, with. a wink. . “ Ye needn’t be so

, _ o . ,cranky because a teller axed yer Va ’portaut
, . -' i - question.” v g ‘ A '
.i “ Who are youl—what do you 'wuntl” .
‘ . “ I want ter know ef you be the high-cooko—
' lorum whutowns‘these hyer diggin’sl”
“No. I am not. What of it?” ‘
“Dash it. yer‘ as short‘ as. pie-crust. I jest
wanted ten find out. I’m Redtop Christopher,
or Christopher Rerltop. or Kit, the Denver Sport
' -—jest as'ye please—all the Way from Denver,
and I want work. Oh, I’m a bouncer, you’d
better believe, it my'hair is like yourn—u rich

‘ auburn,’.’ and the vagubohd grinned at his joke.
" Aubu'rnl I should say so,.you rod monkey’s

, - brother. What are vou out‘ln this_wildlm‘um—
' try for, anyway? Why. you’re nothin’ but the

 

J1 .r v stubof a cigar—~a. rout of. a boyf—a mere‘kid l"‘ ,
‘. 4 _ ,f‘Oh,_you dry up on that, mister,. Don’t kid

 

m'o, ’ease I‘m. sorter shu’ed Zofi‘,’ alongside ’0’ you. L V

I’m sixteen, and hev come tor stay, till‘ I ke
hack a gold brick big us a hoes-oar. Wfiali
want is w’ork, whar_ I can igit a liviu’, and 18.

by some shekels, in view of buyin’out stair '

road or two one 0’ these days.”

“Well, I reckon you’vqL struck- the wrong
town, my lad. Slim chances of your gettin a
job hereabouts', I fear. Kangaroos are are is-
count just nov'vJ’ v , j ‘.

“Git out! Guv me a job yonder. 'T can
handle a shovel liken Patrick, you bet!”

“Ihave nothing to do .with hiring the men.»

I simply see that they keep to work.”

‘ '“Oh, I see—«you’re gang boss. * Whar’s the

money boss? He’s their hairpin I Wunterinter—

‘view, you bet.-” .‘ " ' .. I .. .
“Mr. Lyons has not returned from Chicago.

He wii likely be back in~ a clay or two.’. Then,  , ' .

you hi

hi: strike hii‘p.” ' -
' ofA

a half? D’ye’spect him ter chow grass, or sub-
sist on ther pine—scented breeze? Reckon you
never. was hungry l’.’ ‘ -

“ I-. generally git hungry about meal-time!” ‘ ‘
was. the dry reply, with u glance at his wateh—-. r l
for it lacked' but allow minutes of 'quitting time, -

which wasut sunset.

“ Say, mister, -what!s, yer name?” the young -

Briektop demanded, rather aggressively. '

“You’re too inquisitive, my kid,” was then--
“quiet retort. ‘ - - , ' . , .

-“-Not a bit of itl How’s a. teller evertoget '
-uloug, ef he don’t learn who’s who!” v__ , .

The overseerleyed the kid a moment, keenly,

then put his hand in his pocketrand drew forth
several] pieces of silver money. _

‘Here. you young tramp, take this and clear
out. My nanieis Sandy. Git, nowll’he‘or'dered
sharply. * '

f‘Yon bet, Sandy, old 'stock'in’s.

~'Will arlmi t. Know of ary"stoblishment Where
fellerv kin git the worth of my money?" ‘

“ A Jew keeps, a grub shop up in comp. G0 i

there!" . ' . - 4 . -
“ All‘right. Much 'oblee‘ge to you. who an’
eat him out, an’ then go. interview

fer a job!” and he marched ofl.’,'whistling-as
merrily as though he were a born duke. ' '

. “ Queer. chap!” (Sandy
thoughtfully after him. .‘- He’sgotibrassenoug

.to carry himself through the world, I’ll vow, if '
‘ he ,don’t no uire‘ an

of the more precious
metals. 'At rst I most fancied I had seen
his face, before; hut of course I am mistaken.
He is probsbly some young runaway, from
Omaha or Denver.” ,

He mid-noiurther attention to Kit, but.

turned toward the miners. several on whom hnd
indulged'iu “Shirking” while he was busied in

.con versation-with. the little tramp. .
I Ghoul Gulch Diggings, owned and controlled-

l‘nleames-Lyons, of whom mention has been

model and the town, or mining-camp, ;known 93 . - i j

“ . > _ s
_ .q.‘

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ay 01‘ twol'j-Iur‘npin" Jerusalem, how ‘
.d’ye ’spect ‘u feller to wait a day or two, when.
he huin’t had nothin‘, to eat, for four weeks and.

 

You’re jest-
.n prime sort ovnuhob, you be, and 1’11 139 Y" .
humble sarvent pervidin’ yer’ain’t’too sassyl.
I’ll jest go nn’ surprise my digestive up Brutus

wi’ as big- a. set—out as therstate of my nances '

 

Boss Lyonsh. I
gal, an! see if I can't indooce hm: to work mo 11; » ‘

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V .. . ther stummick, ’til I’m sure ov a job I” he solilo- , .

~ ‘ ,vicinity.

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Ghohl Gulch, were located about a quarter of a
mile apart. .. , v - * A "-
The diggings were extensive, both as placer
' and. quartz vein, but Mr. Lyons owned the
. whole of the yielding territperg where prospect-
ing had thus far discove “any, gold and
_ would not allow any habitations orother build-

ings on his property, expept his quartz-mill, 'end- - '

his own private residence, which was built of

, stone, and far -more pretentious than .sny other A

residenca in that section of countryp ‘
‘The mining-camp had been situated further

up the, gulch“, and conéisted, besidos‘im-dwell» .

lugs, of a'couple of general storesl_—s tdvern
: hoasting of the name‘ of the‘ Grand.Union—;q
sm‘ithy, resmurent,‘several saloons, public gum
bung-house's and dance-halls, ' ‘ - ,
' ; The population was rather mixed as to
nationality, and was daily increasing, as Ly-
ons’s lucky strike a. few months before our story

had led peOple to believe that there mustsurely - A

 be other productive. territory besides his in that
The restaurant ,ol‘. which Sandy had‘m‘ade

mentiontoKit was located mear the-1 head of ‘

the camp, and was owned and .managed byn

~ , . ‘ponderous cross between a. Jew and a; German,
_ v who rejoiced'in the- name ot‘Hans Glockenspiel.

Such of, the miners as couldn’t afiord to pay

‘ "the acherge’of the Grand Union, or had no

homes of their own, generally patronized Edna’s
place; consequently he did a. li‘vin business.

’ Having money, he also dabbled a litt e iu‘pawn-.

broking, on ,a small somehheving fr uent

. opportunities to-teke in various things one
very insignificant loan; which hine times out of.
. ten were never red ‘ '

earned. - . V V
Kit at last spiedvthe den, and before entering
paused to Count ‘the money which Sandy had
given him. ‘ “ , .-

“ I reckon, I’d better not go in too heavy; on
quized. “ I’ve got only seventy-five cents hyer,

yin"for w1ttles.
Wonder ‘ef I can‘t work a red at on his ihletsl

. Never, try, never suck—eggs, eh: ‘We 1,. here

goes! ‘ -. . .1
He str'utted into, the-little one-story edifice,.

- .' where Hens held ‘ior'th, with the airhof a full-
?, 4 fled edbonanza'kin . ‘ '

L' . .5

,5

‘ noddin but silver-vars undv shiney.
or

.T e ~fat—feced, gig-bodied proprietor was

‘ ,,within the eating. bur, perched on a stool, and.

engaged in seeking solace in poWerful whifl's
.from a~huge meerschaurn ipe. ‘~  , .,

“:Hellol 'Wiegahtsll ow ou was,Dutchyl"
Kit saluted, familiarly. “ 3 this ther place
where o. teller gits_ ther worth of his ducats in
gmban .’ '

I. , f‘ilot‘ish der leruv- blade!” Hans declnred.‘

“You 'goes mit-der Grand Union, uud”you§g0t
on
{games 6 [high my blace, und I gives you got
. on can eat e as huff v’ot on 9. er
gdder'bhice."'  i. . . vyl p y' -
“Squerect‘l, that’s ther prim'e ticket! All I
. wants'is the worth 0‘ my money. Have you
'got-any quail‘ on toast, egg-fitters and snap-'
*per bu ?” ~ - ‘ -
“ Y’q yqu'dakes mefifor? , I keebs no Broad-'
way brace; You'gets beetund potatoes, mit

' ; presidtund-coflee—dotfsalu"

a

“Well, my. uppertite‘hin’t worry fastidgus,

' today, so fetch 1t alongl”. ‘ ~
The steaming hot edibleswere soon-placed in .
‘pitched

front of” the‘ young vagabond, and he
into?’ them with a will. .‘ . e l
, When One square meal had vanished, he look—
ed u , wistfully. , ' ' ’ " '
‘_‘ in‘t ot n'osistewed American eagle, or
(71mm chowfier, hev you!” he asked. ’

~‘ “ I-dell‘s you I keep no such stuff l"

on francaisel” , ‘

all v’atr you‘getd? V .

» “ 0h 1, mil, yconiiderin’the‘luttertude I’m in ,

Here’s yer ten cents!” .

fife cents for v’ot yep half." 7
‘fiGit out.
tell me you’

tier, “ V’y, young vellers, I sharge you seventy.

give me the worth ot'my money?

with what I got for ten cents lf’

I mgan.‘ I gives youh my meal, and sharges
you seventy-five cents.” ° '
-“Oh‘! I see.

Well, just charge it—neme’s

around _and settle. Thanks for your liberality.

Willdm ins ’in ’beut breakfast time. B :13
old bol pnal”g a, ' ' y 'y’

started for the door. . .

him to so denly pause and look back, to behold
a formidable rsvolver‘in the Dutchman’s grasp,

visa e.

anxiously. - . - / . ,

‘“ You bet! Youst you handon dot‘ oddei'
sixty-fife cents, or I. plow 01! der hull of_yo_u
scmniumlm > ' - , . ' ’

" “ Ye needn’t put yerself to so much trouble.
Dutchy. I’ve got use fer this lodging~house o’
philosofy, fer-years, to come, yet. Heersyer
ducats, ye stingy old, souer-krout barrel-every
red I’ve got, ’cept my hair.. Wait tlllaI patron-

. ize yerpig-peu ,ag’inl O—ohl‘ wouldn’t I like to

bite of! yer nose, tho’I-

'gi'vee teller ujobl” : .
“ Git you noddings! You'gitl" .

- ‘_‘ Yc‘g’u bet. ‘ Bequi'scat in peace, old lager!”

‘ Andstbe boy 'glided' from »the place with

By the way—cun’t ye

bims, like me, I guess,” Kit observed, aehe saun-
tered away, feeling much the better for his meal.
u7Them wittles war like ker’sene lie on troubled

waters,‘ tho’. Another pound 0' that beef would

goes the!“ bullgine wh stle at the '-b eéker, fer
ther hands ter quit. ’S t of .I wa ter inter-
view Miss LsureLLyons,‘ better be doin‘ it”.
He directed his footsteps, then, toward the
residence of! the bonanza. king, asJames Lyon ‘
was called 'by all who knew him. ' ' .
The handsome stone dwelling had been built in
is grove of maples, which was surrounded by a.‘

 

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“ Nor fi-icsSeed tarsn’tlertala mode icy perle ‘ _
-“N01.nol’rHunsl‘lflustered; “tYoungot youst  »

mebbe 1 'hev“got the worth of‘my money. ‘

‘.‘ Ten cents I" roured' Hans, growing-ramplec- _‘

ou OvergroWn cheese. f-Didn’tyou‘“ 
Now,‘ what you kickin‘ about? Jinn/satisfied -
‘f But, my Poy,‘ You don‘d vas understood v’ot r' I '1

Kit, an’ when' I strike upsy streak, .l’chome '

And s iding from his. stool, the Denverlvgport,
The suspicious sound of elickl click! caused V

and aldetermined expressionupon his rubicund’ '-

“ éllo! goinl ter shoot, eh!" Kit'inquired,

considernblejess'grace thanWhen he lied-subor-r -

1t. . - - . , v
“ Tbet old porkyplno don’t take ter little cheru- ‘

'a.’ made me'feel like a fi htin’vc'oek. Hellol'thar '

    

4 w I , Kit, theDenver Sport. V

 

hedge. An abundance of shrubs choked up the
grounds, wherein Were arbors, serpentine walks,
and rustic seats. 7" *
.Kit found the heaVy gate open, and therefore
had no diificulty in gaining access to the grounds.
H6 fiaused to gaze about him, when a‘voice
grey; is attention to a grotto-like arbor, near at

an .

“ What do you want here, young man?”

The voice was sharp and high pitched, that of
a woman, evidently far beyond her thirties, with
a sharp face, but with a simpering manner. Her
hair was nearly as fiery “ auburn ’ as Kit’s own.
She was dressed in a. flowing wrapper of start-
ling colors.

" 01d maid, out an’ out!” Kit inwardly com-
mented. “ Some ancient s inster who never
caught a mash, you, bet! in readin’ poetry,
too, as I’m a duck“! Wonder of I can’t scra
acquaintance, and have some fun? Let me see--
old maids’ names aire generally Angeline—~wou-
der‘ how it would strike this old gal?”

He stepped toward the arbor, and dotted his
hat like a. born' Chesterfield.

* r “ Be parding, lady—did you address me?” he
asked, his most gracious way. '

“ I asked what you want here?” the occupant
of the arbor answered, a little less harshly:

“ Ah, yes! Why, you see, I called to see Miss
Laurelyon an errand of mercy I wish to ob-
tain work, you see. You, I presume, are the
fair Miss Angeline?”

“Indeed! 'How strange!

' to hear of my name?”

“Ens enough. I fell in wi' a iu’st—class young
teller, own hyer, a bit ago—another sorrel—top
like you and I—and he spoke of you so descrip-
tively an’ endearin’ly, that I knew ye at sight.
Reckon he must be stuck on you, not?”

“ It—it cannot be possible that it was—it
m?” and Angeline grew as rosy as a blood-

How did you come

“Yas, it war the identercal chap—Sandy he
calls hisself. He’s jest all broke up on you. He
sesyou’re Jest reg’lar old free-stone peaches an’
goat's milk, wi’ honey fer sweetenin’.”

“ 0h! fie! You arepoking fun at me.”

“ Hope to eat my suspenders ef I am! Why,
. he raves ’bout you to his intermut ’quainmnces
like me., He privetly remarked to me thet he
did hav a. notion for Miss Laurel, but on mature
consideration he found the dil‘f’rence. You was
sedate, stately and womanly—(fit fer ther thumps
au’ knocks 0’ marriage life; no! no! them
weren't ’zactly the words, but he meant you
were solid, mentally an’ intellectually, while
Laurel war (Jung, giddy an’ girlisheunfit fer
Eatttgrmonia , consummation or suthin‘ like

a .

“Oh! I can hardly believe it true. It seems
so sudden-so unexpected I" and Miss Angelina’s
nervousness was laughable to behold.

""Yas, be sad he .had neglected to make known
his change of mind, because he was so timid, an’
so be commissioned me ter fetch you this as an
ice-breaker, to let ye know of his undying lovo."

Kit had picked a full~blown red rose near the
gate, and be advanced and p“ esen ted it to her.
ti An ehne was really tOO Overcome with emo-

on
high time for him to hop out.

“Ye see, Sandy didn’t happen tohev ainy
change in his pocket when he sent me—WOuld
be too bold i" he asked, half apologetically.

“Oh! no! no! bless you, no!” Angeline ex—
claimed, eagerly, and out came her velvet
purse ina jiffy. ,“Here is a dollar, my good
boy. Now, please, leave me to my own sweet,
sWeet red rose!”

“ Sold ag’in anlgot the tin!” quoth the saucy
Vagabond as he hurried away. “What a soft
old goslin’ she aire anyhow. Bet a bumper she

piles enter his giblets, Sandy, wi’ a hull cart-
load 0’ lollygagg'in’. Phew! won’t ther’ be a
circus then, an’ won’t my stock—that in the
bulge of my pantaloous-—go up n—kitin’! Ohl.
hum! Well, there’s no use livm’ ’cept one can
have fun. Hello!” '

He was, some distance away by this time,
when he was brought to a halt by a hand upon
his shoulder; . ,

Wheeling around he was confronted by thé
prettiest girl with the prettiest mischievous
face and starry eyes that he had ever seen. In
fact, this brown-haired, brown~eyed, rosy-
cheeked vision of loveliness, in a charming, airy
costume, nearly took his breath away, so great
was the surprise. Q

‘5 You audacious young rascal!" this vision at
loveliness exclaimed, trying not to laugh.
“ Whatever shall. ‘I do to you, now that I have
captured you?” ,

“Dunno! Who are on, an’ what’s bitin’

ye?‘n demanded the boy, ,0 godly.
, “Who am 1, and what 3/ bitin’ me? Well!
well! worse and worse! Why, Mr. Impudence,
I’ll have you know that there’s nothing bitln
me, as you term it; and, furthermore, that I
am Laurel Lyons.”

“Bully! You’re my mutton, then. Put ’er
that, Laurel, old gal I" and the ‘young irrepres-
sible put forth a powerful palm' that looked de-
cidedly as if it had not touched water in weeks.
‘ “ You dirty little vagabond,.do you suppose
I’d touch that terrible hand ?” ,Miss you cried,
stepping back, ,

“Do as yer like about that. It’s an honest
old list to grapple outer, tho’. »So you’re the
boss’s darter, eh?” , V

“I am.” .

“ Right "ye are, too. I’m a sport all the
way from Denver. on account 0’ the _pe-
cooliarit ov my propensities fer jumpm' Into
other to {3’ good graces, I’m best known as Kit,
the Denver Sport. Got outer my racket wi’ Au-
gerliner, did ye?” ,

“ Yes. 'How did you know?”

“Judged so. What d’ye think of it?” V .

“ It was awful bad in you; But I enjoyed 112.
though. Really, you ought 'to be ashamed of
yourself, Mr. Kit! A more outrageous boy I
never met.” _

“ 0h, gi t out! Whar’d you be ’bout that time
—-fer enjoyin’ the circus?”

“ 0h, hush! You have too much tongue]! « ,

“N'ary! I’m thinkiu’ o’splicin' on a place.
That foller Sandy’s yer feller. not!” ,

“ No, sir! Mr. lmpudence.” ,

“ Phow! Bet a dollar ye—J’

“ What do you want here, sir?” she Sharp!
interrupted, her eyes expressing anger, “ '

 

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“ He is not at home.”

“ Where is he?” '

“ Homeward bound from Chicago.”

“ Who runs the roost now?"

U 1 do.”

“ You’re my Salvator Rosa, .then.
job, an’ want it bad.”

“ I have nothing to do with my father’s busi-

I want a.

- ness arrangements, sir.”

“ But you’ve got influence. Be a good girl,
now, an’ work me in. I’m an ortun, wi’out my
a show ’cept what I can go for myself. I can
work like an ox, an’ I ain’t dainty ’bout what
ther job is, neither, as long as it pans out an
honest living.”

Miss Lyons relented, for she gazed at the
saucy stranger with a kindly smile. She w
barely over eighteen herself, and yet she was
gifted with more than ordinary intelligence,
and could see that this be was a diamond in the
rough, and would rapid y improve by a little

lish. i

“ ould you i like to work in the mines?" she
asked, kindly.

“ You bet]
man’s price.” ~

“ Well, I will see what I can do for you. Ahl
here comes Mr. Hawk now. He is papa’s super-
intendent."

A gentleman in faultless attire was coming
leisurely toward them from the direction of the
gate—a man of swarth complexion, with eyes,
hair and mustache all ( ark. , *

He eyed Kit with a frown as he approached,
and the youth returned the stare coolly.

“ Good-evening, Harry,” Miss Lyons accosted.
“ Here is a young lad who wants work in the
mines. Can you give him a chance?”

“ No; we have more help than we need now,
and plenty of applications from able-bodied
men.’

“ But I thought it was papa’s intention to in-
crease the force?”

“ Haven’t heard of it, I assure you."

“ I wish you could put this young lad on. He
is willing to do a man s work, and needs money
to help him along in the world. I guess you
can do it, can’t you, Harry—if I ask you!”

, “ Excuse me before answering; but what‘s
your interest in the chap! He looks like a pat-
ent tramp.” .

“ Ef you didn’t hey a red, her no friends, you'd
tramp, tool” Kit declared, spiritedly. .

“ Dry upl” returned Hawk.

“ I simply take a merciful interest in him,
sir!” Laurel responded, quietly. “ It isourduty
to hel the poor."

“Ham hl on’re a first-class moralizer. Miss
Laurel. xalkali: for your sake, I’ll do what I can.
If the kid has got the necessary tools he can
come to work in the morning, and try it till the
governor gets, back. That is as far as my power:

oes. .
“ Thank vou, boss. I hav n‘t nary a tool,

I kin do a man’s labor, if I get a

'.but of I don’t skeer up a set ’t ixt now and sun-

rise you can set me down fer a flat.” »

“ Look out ye don’t become too sharp,” Hawk
warned, significantly. “ If you steal you will
be made to squeal, and that, too, at the end of 3"

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have been used an’ got rusty again!” was Kit’s
retort; and thrusting. his hands into his pockets,
and striking into a whistle, he strode away.

He had taken but a few steps when he paused’
and locked back. a

“ Hey, Miss Laurel l” he_c‘ried.

“Well, Kit?” .

“I forgot tcr say I’m much obleeged to ye, a.
hundred times. Good-night.” "

“Good-night. Be a good boy."

“ You bet! Good-night, Mr. Hawk.”

The superintendent, made no answer, as hound
Laurel walked on toward the houss.

CHAPTER II.
SUPERINTENDENT AGAINSII‘ Boss.

 

ALTHOUGH by no means a city, Ghoul“ Gulch ' ’

was as lively a camp, after working-hours, as

any other place within a hundred miles of it—in‘

fact, it was in many respects an infant Dead-
wood City.

The only street was thronged With people of
many Conditions, faces and characters, among
whom the scum and out-scourings of different
cities, States and nations were noticeable; the
dance—houses, saloons and gambling—dens were
in full blast, with open doors: every vacant lot
had some one of the catch-penny affairs on ex-
hibition that draw forth the lucre of the unwary.
It was literally a carnival of strange people, and
a stranger discordant buzz of sound.

Among the princip‘al resorts that were most
attractive to the average digger of the dust, was
a gambling-den known as the Mabille—a large,
one~story affair, rough in its exterio , but well
fitted up and furnished within, from the gorge-
ous bar to the magnificent gambling parapher-
nalia, pictures and carpets.

Facilities were here offered for playing almost
every known game; not that the proprietor was
profiting largely from running so extensive an
establishment; she, rather, had an eye to the
future, when the population eatly increased,
as it seemed to be gradually do ng. I

For the owner was a woman—a very inys‘
terious woman, too, of whom no one knew any-

thing more than was to be learned by every-day -

observation.

She had. suddenly ap ared, built the place,
and stocked and furnis ed it. She dressed in
deepest black, and ever wore sufficient thickness
of vail over her face to prevent any feature be-
ing discernible, except her eyes, dark and liquid,
for the use of which suitable holes had been cut
in the vail; She wore the tightest fitting of
black gloves, and no jewelry exceptagold watch
and chain.

Her actiOns were always modest, and woe be '

to the one who made an improper remark in her
presence. 3 ,
She never spent over two out of the twenty-
four hours in the place, and then it was at the
gaming-tables. During other hours the place
was run for her by a shrewd Spaniard, named
Carlos de Castro, and a corps of attaches. ‘

Even Carlos professed to know no more of the '

strange women than the public.

She always appeared at midnight, was‘hand-
ed over the money less the expenses, and de-
parted within two hours afterward—whither,
no one could find out.

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She came end went like '9. shadow. '
She seldom spoke, ’most always nodding when
questioned by 0. customer‘of her place.

' Her hour for coming had given her the title in
Ghoul Gulch of Madam ',Midnight, and no one
knew her as anything else. -

At the tables she had varying luck, but gen-

. erslly won. . I "I , ‘

Other woman gambled at the Mabille, as‘ well
as the Madam, but they were miners’ wives
whose husbands sanctioned the sport, and noth-

infilwrong was thought of it, it being regarded“
as ‘

enorable and pleasant pastime. , _

It was in the neighborhodd of midnight of the
evenin succeeding the events last related, and

4 the Ma ille was comfortably filled with people-

‘2. for a.wondor'all men—the majority of_ whom

were engaged in the various games.

arry. Hawk, the superintendent of the' mines.
HeAseemed to take no interest in any‘ of the
' games goingou around him; on the contrary;
- ‘rather appeared to he‘watching for some one, as
his gaze was turned toward the entrance of the,
resort. . ‘ , ' , - r
A perce tible scowl mantled his brow, and one
acquainte with him would have surmised that

- he was out of temper.

He glanced at hisshandsome watch occasional- '

1y impatiently. - ‘ . I

“ Curse the luck, why don’t the fellow come?"
he muttered. f‘He is mighty long, it strikes
me.» ' ~ ,

AI il’ in answer to his growl, the stalwart fig‘
ore of Sandy, the gang boss, was seen at the
other end of the' room. He came leisurely into
the place, with graceful step, and looking hand—
some in the glare of the many lights.

He :wes a manof some twenty-five years, or
about two years the juniorpt Harry Hawk.

‘ “ Hil there—this way, Sandy!” thesupe‘rinten»
. _' dentcalled. '

“ I want to see you.”

Without Chem 6 of his usually good—natured
exfiression, San y obeyed, and paused. near the.
to e. , V , ’, V , ~ - .

“ Sit down," Hawk commanded. , - '

“ Sandy, what, is your name? You’re a queer
sorter conundrum, and must have some other
sort of a title." I .

- “ Sandy suits my needs, sir, and I have no use
Ior any other i” was the evasive answer.

“‘ But on have another!" . .

1‘; EOSSIDly. It so I propose to keep it. to my-
se . ~ ~

“ Some shadow in your past career, that'makes
it necessary, I presume!” ’

‘ . a“ I presume not, sir!” Sandy retorted tartly. '

‘.‘ 0 l pray don’t take‘oflense. I meant noth-
ing. It Seemed so strange, to me, you know.
Let me see; you’ve been with us three weeks.”

"I have”. ‘ '

“ And have given Mr. Lyons the greatest of ,

_ satisfaction, I understand, .with but onevexcep-

tion." .

‘lAhi I was not aware of my not having done
everfihing entirely right.” ' » ' ‘
, “ ell, to tell the truth, you' have so far as the

. .o'verseersbip is concerned. But you see it's this
way. M step-uncle, Mr. Lyons. is a very rich
man. anfi: very sensitive one. It has come in

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of his daughter, during his absence, and as hybrid
based great hopes on her future,‘he is grieyOusly
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n several meetings between you and Miss ’ . '

Laurel.” ,
“Indeed! How. unfortunate?” <
Sandy had flushed somewhat, and biseyes

flashed With‘a spirit he could not control. ‘ ’

_“ Unfortunate, as you must know; because, ,
your stations in life are so at variance.‘ You are .

a manwho-depends upon the sweet of your brow
for sustenance, while she is a
wealth and ,culture.” f _ .
“I fail to see, sir, how you know that I am
beneath her social position. You, nor any other
rson in Ghoul Gulch, the any data as to who

. "am, what I am werth or what are my con-

nections with“ matters worldly.” ' \ _
“Maybe not. That is not for me to say._ I
know you ,to bee. nice-appearing fellow. I

speak only in the interests of my rela’tive‘, Mr. '

L 0118.”; .
"‘ Did he commission you to do this?"
_ “He did.!,

“He must hays received information from

you, then?”, . i . ‘

“He did. I felt it my duty to write him.
Laurel is but a child yet.” ’
.“ You have made ydurself decidedly fresh,
air, I assure you. Will you show me your in-
struotibus’i” -

"‘I haven’t them with me—letttbe letter on.-

my bureau.” V '

“ Perhaps, theh, you can
as to whom Mr. Lyons dengue to marry his
daughter?" ‘ v

“I flatter myself 1 can, that!” and am .

rubbed his hands and smiled. ' “The gentleman
could wear my wardrobe, and it wouldn’t be a
misfit.”  - '

. “I thought as much.’

return i” y r . A ~

‘_‘ What! dare you. insinuate that he did not
write Such aletter, you-4’ , s v .'

“ Have -a care how you address me, Harry
Hawk.
insulted with impunit .” _

“ You have imsul , me, sir! I’ll have satis.
faction for this. Hawk cried aloud, his passion
aroused, and leaping to‘his feet he ‘drew a re-
volver. A , v . .

Before he could hope to use it, it was knocked

from his hand.

“ Enough of this, Mr.“ Hawk.
other man can. fight in my place i”

It was Madam Midnight who spoke.

She, stood in. their , presence, her handsome
form looking queenly. ,
_ Hawk instantly cowered, and leaving his wea-
pon lying: on the floor, resented himself.

Sandy arose. - - , .,

.“ It’s a. matter of slight importance, madam.”

he said, .dofllng his hat, “and you-are right— r.

this is no place to settle a personal matter. Lt-
Mg. Hawk wants satisfaction he can send no—
tice by, his second any time; I have neither

inclination to fight nor to refuse to fighti?’ -‘

A game of faro‘was  starting, and the pot

war heavy. ‘

his ears t you have formed the acquaintance J Sandy strolled up, noted the piles, and drop-

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pad a hundred—dollar note on the queen (if dia-
7 moods. ' ' -
“A hundred to one I winl” he said. . .
, ‘ 1‘,‘ Five hundred eVen you don’t!” Hawk
' , ted, pulling forth a. bundle of money. '
4. . , “ Take you 1” from Sandy. ' ' ‘
’ The bet was’made; .Car'los de-Castra held the
' ~ stakes.‘ . . V ' . ,
The cards were then drawn,
Sandy won. ‘ ’ ; ‘ ' .
. ‘ A murmur from’nmund the table; while Hawk
‘ , looked annoyed and vengeful. ‘ ‘ ‘ '
“ I’m brokel” Ha.ka confessed.
.3003 till Lyons gets back!” , y,
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V  The game was inuch lighter this -time;‘ never-
‘ itheless, Sandy made aucther scoop. «
He was upwards of twelve hundred dollars in.
1“ That Will do for Inel” he announced. .
l . , “Crawfishl‘llilawksncered. ‘ V
’ _' . ‘3 Lin!" was‘the hot retort. v ‘ ~
i ' - , ,The- superintendent leapedto his feet with a.
,1, . ;' terrible oath; w ' v - _ '
' g j 3 .“ I’ll make you choke thét back, curseJOu,” he
v ' ‘ yelled. “ Come out into- the street,.if you are
 - not afraid." - ' ' ‘ . ‘ .
“ Lead ahead,” was Sandyls order. “We
might as Wellfsettle the matter now as ‘at any
other time." “ , , ' '
Hawkvobveyedyuttering a string of bitter im-
precatmns as he went. - ' . “r . , ,
' Sandy followed close behind him, no trace of‘
fear upon his handsome face. A .
. ' Outside a moon nearly full poured down a.
. mellow flood~of light upon the" town, illuminat-
in all objects with startling distinctness.
1n addition to the crowd» already upon the
' wide, rough thoroughfare, the Msbille was soon
- emptied of its habitues, and the greatest excite—
merit soon prevailed. _ A . .
The opponents took to the center of the street,
'» i which wasleft clear for them,.fof no Westerner
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as liable to get “ salivathd "_ as the duelists.
' “What. weapons do you propose to: use?”
. », sandy demanded; when they were facing each
' other. . . ’ . ‘ -
“Revolvers; curse you, or knives. I’m not
, _ -‘ particular, because I’ll make a. case for a coyote
' east. anyhow.” r ' r ‘,
‘ “ Revolvers, then, let it be. Choose your
’ .secouds,'and I Will mine, and they shall put the
" tools in order.” . ’ - .'
. “ Who will act for me?” Hawk cried, looking
around. “I wantasecond.’l . V ’ I .
“ I’m yer man,” cried a low-brow‘ed fellow,
with handy legs and an eye that some one had
I'recently fresc'oed in raiven color. “It’s a cold
‘dHay when I don’t load yer peppers kerect for ye;
arr . ‘ ‘ ~ «
, “ And I-will‘ act for the other gentl’? a long-
geared, meekdooking, smooth—faced man said,

' in height. "I’m Steamboat Steve, from the
Mississip, au'a stranger hyerabouts-but that
- don’t matter, for I’m' as square as a cube. All
right. psi-door?” . _ l '
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The weapons

“ er-whoopl .
Make roorri——breathin_’ space for the great chow: _
lam-up of Chico—ther untamed flowin’ fly from
Vulturevill‘e. ‘ I’m yer; mane—Monkey
the. bi“ gest' storm o’- blood A831" butcher—knives

thissi e o’ anywhere. Bow~wowl ba-a-alwho

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seen ‘ that each

Hurray !

“ We do]: spoke up Sandy.

“Bow-wow!‘ bah-a! _
bull-calf, thong My handle‘is Monkey Mouth, ,
the chewe’em up, an’ I’m every hit as good as I;
look. Get ter yer pcrsitionsl' I’m’ yer bloomin’
dandelion fer the squar’ deal every time, in’ ’
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. ‘ CHAPTER ‘III. , « ‘. ‘ "f

.' . AN EXTRA sn‘or. ' _
- “HURRAYI thei’s the ticketn-let’er' gol?’ cried" '
Kit, the Denver Sport, who had by this "ti-me
arrivedon the scene. '
W’otvscz'thet Sandy gits erway .w-i’ Hawk in
. tour. rounds. 30h but ain’t this a pic-inc tho 1“ ’
, “Jest ye keep yer gab outen, or I’ll chew yo
up an’ spit 6 out!” Monkey Mouth growled

so, feroc’iousy that Kits involmitarily- 

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ordinary pilgrim coveted, fer. an unsatisfactory

decision to either party was liable toentail [a
free fight in such a niultitude>as surged im— .

patiently at either side of_the streeh- .

“ Conic, gents; a referee is an imperatiye ne-
Who will oblige?” . ’

Whar’m I wanted?

outh,

Down the street, tearing along with panther:
like leaps, had come a gigantic specimen of the .
bummer race, with roars and yells, '_until he
was forced to pause and gasp for breathr;‘then
he glared around at the assemblage as if he r w
would‘liko to swallow them one by one. . '

Hatless and .bootless,‘ and clad only in a suit
of tattered, greasy overalls he possessed, in v
addition to his huge limbs and trunk, a mon~ '
.strons head, minus many visible patches of hair, ‘ y
and a terribly cut_l'ace of positively ‘wolfish ex- , .

.pi‘ession. the ’mouth ofgwhich stretched open
nearly from, ear to ear, and disclosed an ex»-
panse of large gleaming teeth, with here and}
there a vacancy where he had lost‘oner, ,

As a-whole, he was a‘ hideous object to gaze *
upon and a murmur of surprise was audible. ‘ '

“Ohl ‘ye kin .luk at mel 5 _
putty; 1 war ther chrome o‘ ther'Nor’west, a 4
week a 0; but I wanton ther rampage, an’ got '

% _WZho wants I a second?

I know I ain’t

“yer howlin’; old

’ve got a lone dollar

lime feller looks like heanight be able to

possum bizness in' this

"That’s right!” Sandy agreed. " “Let it.be I
on contains all: the cor- " ' ‘

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swaller a porkypine, uillsand alhi‘he ohserv-- ‘ ’
ness his old woman was
jealous-of his;bcauty‘ an‘ got up an’ lambasted
him. Sech is life. Who d’ye_bet on, pard?" ‘

"f Looks likeSandy will give-Hawk more than
he bargained for—that is, if he’s as good wi’
,‘the shooter as he aire wi’ other things.” v .

1‘You pile yer rhino on him ever time.” ’

“ I’ll ’zamine themipops, et ye p ease, beloved ‘
Secondsl’? .Monkey. Mouth declared. *“I want
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and then handed over to Monkey Mouth, who,
after a minute’s inspection delivered them up to
the two principals.

“ Put yer backs to each other i” sung out the
referee; “then each take ten paces for'a’d.
Then, when I squeal out ‘ Keno! wheel about
and blaze away, one shot each. When I squeal
‘ Kenol’ each time, let her flicker. When ye
git enui'f, let us know!”

They took their positions, these too’ men who
were to fight each other, and marched forward
«ten paces and paused, their weapons held in

readiness to wheel about and fire at the given

word.

“ Ready, gents?” sung out the giant.

“‘Readyl’ responded Sandy.

“Ditto,” echoed Ha wk. a

“ Then the devil take ther poorest shooter,
an’ some one pass around ther hot, an’ take up
a kerlection fer funeral expenses. Keno I”

The report of the weapons rung forth upon
the clear ni ht air.

A bowl 0 pain from Hawk.

His left wrist was shattered, and there was a
bullet wound in his cheek. ‘

“ Foul play i” he shrieked. “ I have been shot
twicel” ,

In an instant all was excitement of the most
intense character, as the crowd surged around.

Hawk had fallen to the ground, and the
seconds were exmninin his wounds.

“ The cursed teller (11d it!” the su erintendent
roared. “ Somebody salivate him or me.”‘

“ You are wrong," Sandy protested, he hav—
ing drawn near. “ I fired but one shot, as the
cartridges in my revolver will prove,” and he
handed the still smoking weapon over to Mon—
key Mouth. .

‘ The cha tells the straight," the giant de—
clared. “ bar’s been but one bullet fired
from this pop!”

“Yet Mr. Hawk has undoubtedly been hit

twice," Steamboat Steve spoke up, from
his kneelin position. “Here is a bullet im-
bedded in awk’s left wrist, and a bullet has

also grazed his right cheek with force enough
to draw blood. Some one certainly fired a
second shot, or else the single bullet struck his
cheek first, and glanced down and shattered his
wrist.” '

The idea aroused the risibilities of the rough
audience, and they proke into a roar of laugh-
to

r.

It did not please Harry Hawk, however, for
he uttered a string of curses.

“Take me in the hotel 1” he roared, “and st
a doctor. 1’11 yet live to be revenged for t is
night’s work!" -

is request was granted; several pairs of will-
ing hands volunteered.

After he had disappeared within the hotel,
and the majority of the crewd still lingered in
the street, Sandy entered the Mabille, and spied
gladam Midnight looking out of an open win—

ow. :

She evidently did not see him, until he touched
her lightly. on the shoulder, when she turned
with a litt e gasp of alarm.

“Oh! it’s only Ii” Sandy laughed. “I won-
dgrwhow many know who tired that extra
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“ I don‘t know 1” she replied, in a strange
tone of voice. “ Do you?"

“ I should say I do!"

She gazed at him a moment, in a. way that
made him feel uneasy.

“ Who did fire itl’ she demanded, in the same
constrained voice.

“ You did!” he replied, candidly.

A faint, sarcastic laugh escaped her lips, and
she turned and swept away from him.

Sandy gazed after her, half regretfully.

“ Strangel strap el” he mused. “ She is a
mystery, and she news it, and means to re-
main so. And I—I have resolved to netrate
her disguise, let come what may. by is it
that she is ever connected with my thoughts? I
sometimes fancy—" '

What he fancied, was not to be known, for he
abruptly turned and left the Mabille.

 

The Denver Sport was in a. quandary. He
had alread fallen in love with the camp of
Ghoul Gulc , for he was in the seventh heaven
of delight where there was any ,fun or excite-
ment to be had.

And he wanted to remain; but, how was he
to doitl He had been promised work, yet he
required a pick, shovel, pan, and pouch, and had
not the wherewithal to purchase them. How,
then, was he to become possessed of the import-
ant tools? ’

It was not probable that he could bu them
on credit; it was not likely that he con d bor-
row what he wanted, and as for stealing, that
was out of the question.

The prospects looked dubious. '

“ It’s a domed shame that a teller o my Den-
ver wit can’t see a way out 0’ this dilemmer,”
he mused, as he sauntered alon with ‘ the
crowd after the duel was ’over. “ bar’s whar
many a teller kin never mount to shocks, ’case
he ain’t got any graft to start .on. ’Tain’t goin’
ter stunt my financial growth, though—not fer
Mary. I’ve got ther requisite gail, an’ all I
want aire ther perquisite~ther hard doubloons.
Thor’s old Dutchy—I noticed he had a. number
of outfits for sale. Ef I could only strike a
dicker‘ wi’ him. Reckon thar’s no use 0’ bein’
afeard o’ tryin‘, anyhow.”

His stroll soon brought him to the restaurant
of Hans Glockenspiel. The only person present
besides the Teuton was a redhead man with
bushy beard, and a cherry-red nose, who was
leaning against the bar. r

“ Vell. v’ot you vents now ?" Hons growled,- as
he spied his tormentor of a few hours before.

“Oh! pothin’ much. Jest dropped in ten- let
ye kno’ I’ve struck a job an’ kin now aflord to
masticate two square meals a day at your cara~
vansary,” Kit replied, loftily.

“ Dab ish good.- V’ot vill you half?"

“Ten dollars out of the till. I never drink.
But, lookee here, Dutchy. If you want ther
honor o’ caterin’ ter my custom, you must do me
a favor."

“ Nix. I favors nopody. Von mans vas yoost
so goot as anodder, v’en he had der tin."

‘ Ohl butlook yer’. How much will you sell
one of them outfits for?”

“ Fife toner. Day was cost me ten.”

“ What a Whopper! Now, lookee yer’. ’Fore

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I kin o to" work, I wants one of them aire out-
fits. ’11 go wi’out breakfast an’ give ye 9. doi-
lar on one of them—every red I’ve got. Then,
when I git paid, I’ll give you the remainder.”

“ Shimmmy gracious! v’ot you dukes me for?
You'd’inks I vas a fool?”

“ Nary a. time. You are the smartest-lookin’
chap I’ve met in a dog’s hge. Why ’ve heard
Presydent Arthur eak of how iberal an’ ac-
commodatin’ Hans lockenspiel was.”

“ Taffyl Nix! I sells for cash.”

“ Ye won’t trust me then?" 4

“ Not 011 der court vas ’ minted mit hissolf.”

“All right. That’s one owe you. Just wait
an’ see how I’ll git even wi’ you. ’ .

“ V’ot you mean?” ‘

“You won’t know till all at once. I‘ll make
you wish you was a canary-bird, durned of l

” don’t!”

“ See hyer, boy, what d’ye want of an outfit?”
the red-faced man asked.

“To go to work in the diggin’s with. Got
their ob already.” 6 “I w 1 t8 ht h W

‘ use ouwan er os r—ni e.r

“2%.. mi it.” - g ’ y

“Well, you look like a smart 'un, an’ I kin
gi‘n ye a lift. I know Whar’s a purty set 0‘ tools
w’ot no one don’t use. Feller as owned ’em
passed in his cheeks t'other night."

“ Then spit her out, an’ I'll gobble outer 'em,
quicker t on Christmas l”

“ Will ye, tho"? Neow, you’re kinder clever,
3:00.?”8'posin’ ye wouldn’t give yer dollar fer
am

“Yes, I’ll do that, porwidin’ thar’s no skin
game?’ ‘ v

“ 0’ course not. Do I look like a feller as
would fabricate? My name’s Sol Shyster, as
Hans kin tell L e, here.”

“ Dot vos a 1 square!” Hans assented.

“ Then spiel out; and the stuif is yourn."

“ The dollar first. I hire allus mistrustful 0’
kids.”

Kit considereda moment. Might he not as
well run his chances, as to lay out of work?

“ Here’s the dollar. Now let’s beer from you.”

’ “ Waul, boyee, you foller up the lab till ye
cum to a dark, narrow ravine, r' thand side,
‘bout three miles from here. Pick yer way up
the ravine, till ye cum to a big cedar tree.
Climb this, an’ in the crotch you’ll find the tools,
an' no mistake. El ye don’t I’ll give ye back

yer dollar.” 7

“ That’s fair. Well, here goes 1”

r» The young sport from Denver left the restau-
-rant and trudged away hopefully, rather enjoy-
ing the moonlight night.

Although already footsore, he did not mind
the rough tramp, so absorbed was he with the
prospect of getting the worktools. Being a
rapid walker, he covered the distance of three

.miles in ashort time, and found himself at the

mouth or the ravine. which was nothing more or
less than a deep black seam that rent two moun-
tain walls asunder.
, The moonlight penetrated but a few yards
into ilk—beyond the ’ imiest darkness prevailed.
“Gosh all fish-boo Bl Looks like there might
be spooks in there!” Kit commented using to
take in the lonely surroundings. 3‘ pooks or
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He boldly entered the fissure, Which in places

was barely wide enou h'to admit the passage of
a pack-horse. All i: e way along a shallow
stream of water run over the rough bottom.
After a full mile was passed over, the rift struck
a transverse seam, while the main passage
gradually began to widen, and in a short time
Kit came to a big cedar tree.

“I reckon this is my hardware store,” he
muttered, lookin carefully around, half-sus-
pecting that he ad been led unwittingly into
some Trap; but everything seemed quiet and
harmless. .

The hoot of auowl was heard further up the
ravine, which sounded dismal enough to the ad-
venturous boy.

The tree was an unusually large one with low
growing branches, and was crotched about ten
feet from the ground.

Kit knew he could climb it easily enough,
but had no means of knowing whether
it would be worth his while, for‘he could not
see up in the crotch.

“ Ef that sardine has fooled me, I’ll. eat my
shirt if I don‘t git square with him 1” he mut—
tered. “ I fancy he’s a cut-and-dried rascal, and
I’ll venture that the Dutchy ain’t fur behind
him. But I’ll shin up and find the tools, if they
are there."

Without much trouble he succeeded in draw-
ing himself up among the thickest of the
branches, and readily reached the crotc .

Sure enough, the tools were there, in a large
canvas sack—a shovel pick—ax, pan, pouch, and
besides these, a bowie- nife, loaded revolver, and
a snuff-box. '

“ Struck luck, by Jinks 1” Kit muttered. “ I’ll
jest rest here and examine my treasure." ‘

“ All but money,” he'soliloquized, as he finished
the inspection. “ These are purty new tools, too.
The pop an’ the pricker will jest fix me out like
a reg’lar miner. Woe be to his giblets who
treads on my come now.”

He sat a few minutes to rest.

The owl still booted in the distance.

The breeze waited along that peculiar odor
which indicates the approach of a summer thun-
dot—storm.

“ Guess I might as well be joggin’ along
back,” Kit muttered. “ ’Twon’t be many hours
till daybreak now. Wonder 7 of that Harry
Hawk won’t accuse me o’ stealin’ this lot 0’ fix-
in’s? It would be just like him. ’Speot like
enough Sandy will get bounced fer givin’ Hawky

the salivatin’. Quare lot 0' people they sire in”

Ghoul Gulch.”
He was about to descend from the tree with

his prize. when he fancied he heard voices, so he _ , I

resumed his seat, his heart beating fast with ex-
pectation. ' ‘ ’

“Wonder of I ain’t .got myself into a hornets’ ’ ‘

nest?” the boy from Denver mused, as he lis~
toned. ' .

Hal There it was again!

It could not be the murmur of the wind.

It was two persons in convorsation.

A couple of moments, of suspense—then the

vo‘l‘ces again. i ,
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outlaws, or somethin’ 0’ the sort, and I’m, a
cor us within the jerk of a snake’s tongue.”
ootsteps were now audible, and two men
soon came to a halt beneath the branches of the
cedar treel .
Each carried a lighted lantern, and Kit was
enabled to make out that they were enveloped
in dark cloaks, alouched hats and black masks.
They had scarcely halted, when a man came
from the direction of Ghoul Gulch, and joined
them. He, too, was equipped like the others;
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CHAPTER IV.
SANDY cars A BUG.

THE man who came from the direction
of Ghoul Gulch, was of about medium stature,
while the other two were strapping big fellows.

“Well, captain, 'how’s things, now?” one of
these latter asked, leaning against the tree,
idly. “Anything stirring?” '

“ Rest assured on that score, or I wouldn’t be
here,” the other responded, chuckling as he
spoke.

“Then, out with it, for we’re as dull and lazy
as gluttoned buzzards, wi‘ hevin’ nothin’ to do.”

‘ Didn’t ye tackle that case I warned ye of,
then?” I

“ Waal, we should articulate not! There was
nothin’ in it, ’cept a pair u’ nooses for a pair of
galoots of about our size I”

“You Were sensible, then. I suppose you are
prepared to o in toes, fingers, nails an’ tooth—
picks, for a ‘0 that will pan out big results?”

“ We 3’ LIOW don’t talk! Ef ye put us strad-
dle of a lead, of we don’t make it hum, our
name’s not Jack un’ Jill !”

, “ Well, Jack, I can put you on a. lead, that
will pan out better than anything we’ve
tackled yet. You know I told you t at Jim
Lyons had gone to Chicago?”

“Yes.”

" Well, he’s comin’ back, an’ will reach Ghoul
Gulch. by stage, about ten o’clock, to—morrow
night.”

‘Ye don’t say!”

“ But I do you know.”

“ Does he bring back a. fat pocket-book?”

“ If he don’t it’s queer. He took ten thousand
in bullion with him, and is going to fetch it
back in paper."

“Then he’s our mutton l”

“ Of course. That ain’t all the prrzra
gobbled onto a wife in Chicago l”

“ Burn the wimmenl What of her?”

“Wait till ye hear. This particular piece 0’
petticoat aire a rich ’un, an’ I’ve l’arned she
wears suthin’ like ten thousun’ dollars’ worth 0’
diamonds?

“ Wuss an’ wuss 1”

“Better an’ better, I should calculate!” Jill
, urgled. “That‘s our pot, as sure as thar’s
eathers on a shanghai’s foot. We orter make
ahaul as would fix us up in bizness for along
time to come.”

“Better than that."

“ But say, ain’t it rather risky to ’tack the
hearse light-handed?”

“ I'reckon We’re enuff for it. The night-stage
never comes! in with more’n two or three

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passengers. However, I'll find out beforehand. 5
The stage gits to Pineville about five P. M. So...
I’ll telegraph there about that time, and flu it“
out how many passengers the shebang has go .
aboard.”

“ Look out it don’t rouse ’spicionl”

“ Leave that to me. If ye war as old as I am
in the bizness, ye’d not trouble yerself a away.
I never was nabbed yet, in all my years of,
rogueryl”

“That ain’t sayin’ you mayu’t be yet. But,
capt’in, Where are we ter ’tack ther hearse?”

“ Five miles out, where the stage abruptly \
rounds the Indian Nose rocks. It’s a capital
place. It reaches there at eight o’clock always,
unless for some accident. You be there on
time!” ‘

“Wull you be thar?”

“Unless something turns up, more than I ,
know for, at resent.”

“ It would 9 risky ‘tackin’ it alone.”

“Nonsense. You’ve done it before now. Be
there, without fail, well heeled, and don’t let it
get away from you.” -

“ I’Zeerect, boss! We’re to have a ekal divvy,
hey?

“ Of course. Get back now!"

Then, turning, the captain strode swiftly in
the direction of Ghoul Gulch. while the other
two took up their lanterns and made off in the
op osite direction.

it had been listening with all ears. He '
comprehended, acutely enough, that those
below him were professional road-agents, and
their daring plot for robbing Mr. and him.
James Lyons had inspired him with more than
ordinary interest.

Perhaps it was because he was about to enter
the employ of Mr. Lyons—perhaps it was be-
cause he recognized~or thought he did—the
voice of one of the two———the vmce 0t Jack—the
one who had conversod the most with the cap«
tain.

“ If I’m off my base, I hope I’ll be put out of
the club,” he muttered, after they were gone,
using a base-ball phrase to express his sentiments.
“I am getting decidedly interested in the ker-
acters that Ghoul Gulch pans out. ‘But, there’s
work, to-morrow, and to-morrow night. and I’ll
be jiggered it I don’t need sleep. So I’ll shuffle
off for camp, an’ sleep on the soft side of a sod,
till dawn.” ‘

Descending from the tree he hurried back to
the mining-camp, sought out a corner where he .
was not liable to be disturbed, and was not long ‘
in dropping off into a sound sleep.

When the six-o’clock Whistle blowed, however,
he was at the office of the Lyons Mining Con-
cern, and found Harry Hawk busy dispatching
the men to work.

Kit came last in the line, and the superintend-
ent glared at him ina way that would have
abashed any ordinary lad; but the Denver Sport
was cheek-proof to scare, and nodded as famil-
iarly as though he had known his boss for years.

“Good-morning, Mr. Hawk! Dosh me, but
I’m glad to see you looking so well, after last
night. ’Twere a downright shame for ye to git
it so rough. Pd ’9] bet on you, for my pile, you
looked so sure. Hope you won’t be laid up
long?”

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The boy’s apparently candid sympathy took and tell the clerk who 'sent you. It will be all
Hawk by surprise. ri ht.”

“I guess not, boy," he said, pleasantly. “That ‘Much obleeged to you, sir. I’ll not. forget
man Sandy—do you like him?’ yer kindness,” and, greatly elated at his good

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m, turing ag’in’ him. I’m watc ing him like a “ Where are you now, seven per-day?” and he
,y. , weasel.” laughed as he talked. “Ef ye was a ten ye
of g “ Good. That’s what I want. Mindl if you coaldn’t tempt rue ter go back on Sandy." -
= can catch him—or implicate him, do you under— He took particular pains to pass Hans Glock- .,
m stand—in any crooked action, your fortune is enspiel’s place, and found the Dutchman stand-
' made l” ing in the doorway.
fly . “ Kerectl I savyl But, where am I to sling ‘ Hello, poyl how you yes?” he saluted.
ml ‘ my muscle to-day?’ “ Dinner vas all read by der iuSide." .
,5 “ I’ll put you under Sandy. Watch him like “Ye don"t say so, ' utchyl Well, you Just go
31; a ferret. Will you do it!” right in and gut outsxde of it yourself. I’m stop-
“If I don’t, I ll chaw my own ear.” ping at the Grand Union. No more second, 
“Good! Be ofl? now. As long as I see you class grub for yours truly!" . l
I are working for my interests against—you know And he strutted on With the pomposnsy of a. . i
—I’ll give you seven 4 day. That’s three above lord—mayor. 2
the others." The Grand Union was a large frame building - 
g3 “ I'm your mutton then,” Kit declared, danc- with plenty of room. and was as nearly a first- , ,1
it; ingcgway. ~ class hotel as could be found in the mining- ~, g
, ‘ hen out of earshot, he chuckled softly, to regions. The dininiroom was large and liber— ' i
himself: allyfuruished, and t e meals were bountiful and ‘

“ I ain’t so green as I look, mebbe. the dishes varied._
Ef that Harry Hawk ain’t jest a prime old Kit entered With several other miners, and
,1 piece of willoiny, I don‘t want no grub fer a was served_w1th courtesy be little expected, con-
,. month. Wants fer make me his stool- igeon sidering his dilapidated a pearance, and the
e ’2 too, to work out some mean revenge on and y. way he put down the victua s was astonishing to
35 Seven dollars] Wow-ol that’s a flgger, but et the waiters.
can’t tech me. I’ll jest pertend her be in wi’ “Ef I'm tor sojourn at this csravansary, I’ll
. Hawky an’ scoop the collateral, while in reality hev to inwest in some better to ," be mentally
1 I’ll not let harm come to Sandy. I can’t fergit soliloquized. “This ain’t no ha f—shell place.”
thet it was his loose cash what got my stomik After dinner he went to the office and men-
2 on speaking terms wi’ beef an’ pertaters, on my tioued who had sent him.
 arrival heer. He’s a prime gud fellsr, butI’ll “That's all right,” the clerk said, suavely.
: bet thar’s trouble in store for him.” “ Call again." . ,

. { At the diggings he found Sandy setting his “Reckou mebbe I W)"; as soon as my finances
, 3, men to work at the placer claim. aggregate sufficiently, I ’spect to stop here reg’-

.3 Still another gang of men had already gone lat,” he announced.

j to work in the drift that had been tunneled into 011 the way back to the diggings he met Harry

i one side of the mountain. Hawk, both of whose arms were in a. slin ,

g “Hello! what’s this?” Sandy exclaimed, ashe while a. patch of court-plaster ornamented

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ness.“ “ Well, ho , how d'ye like it?” he demanded,

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j Hawk.” ‘ forgotten you had no money. tap into the
‘ “ That’s strange. He’s hardly the man to show office, here, and Simmons Will pay you for to-
any one a favor, especially a boy.” da ’8 work.”
“011, the gel did lt—yer gal—Miss Laurel. éit obeyed, and then betook himself to the

She coaxed him a. bit, and he wilted like a frost- diggings as he observed: ,

bitten cabbage.” ‘ Haw y is nice as goose- om’let. Thinks
“ Oh, that’s the way of it, eh? Well, get to he’s caught onto a reg’lar no t . Too bad to

work, and let’s see what you can do,” collar his sbekels an’ deceive him, both—~bu he
Kit did get to work With a will, and literally orter know better'n ter pick up a Denver y

b his own row " with the biggest of the fer a flat.” ’

miners, until the noon whistle blew. On arrival at the claim, he found no one there

lie then sat down upon a bowlder. and rather but Sandy. It was not yet one o’clock, and the
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nor?” Sandy asked, as he wgs agent to depart “ How gmgich‘ per ounce fer yer thoughts?”
f0}~ his own regast. Kit asked, cheerily. ,
‘ Nixl” the oy replied. “ Hev to:- wait till “ Not much. I was day-dreaming.”
pay-day for my grub.” “’Bout the boss’s gal, hey? Don’t blame
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“Nonsense. We have known each other.but “Not if the court knows herself, and she
a. few days, and are scurcely on terms of inti- ruther opino she do. But, lookee here, Sandy,
macy." I’m a kid, yet I fancy I know a few p’ints. Ef

“ it out! Can’t close my lockers. By the ye wur well-fixed in every respect, ye’d sail in

way, the old gent is comin’ back to—nightl”

Sandy gave a start, while u peculiar expres-
sion came over his handsome face.

“ How do you know this?" he asked, cying
Kit sharply.

“ What war ours made fur but to hear?”

“Who did you hear say so?”

“That’s my biz. I never gives away ’portant
secrets. Givc ye one p’inter, tho’. The guv’nor

.1 aire fetchin‘ back a bride.”

“ I suspected something of the kind. Hawk
has been confiding to you.”

“ Like Patsy Bolliver went to Congress
That close-mouthed rogue hev got too much
sense.” i

“ Perhaps.”

“While we’re alone, I wont ter give ye un—
.uther p’inter,” Kit added, mysteriously. “Hev
ye got ydur life insured?” .

7 “Ha, ha! I fonéy not.”

“ Well, ye better git it.
trouble afore many moons.”

“ Maybe! What makes you think so?”

“ ’Cusc that Harry Hawk is watchin’ fer a. sly
chance to git squnr’ wi’ ye. Ho has picked me
up as a reg’lar sponge—hemled softy, an’ sent mo
heer tor watch yer fer some action that will in)-
peach er kei'recter.”

“ In eed! This is news; tho’ he is villain
enon h to do angthingl”

“ at he is! eg’lur thoroughbred‘rogue. I
fiet extra wages for pipin’ you—.-seveng per diem.

ow’s that for clum-buke?”

“ I suppose you are taking it?”

“ Wouldn’t orter be kicked of I didn’t? Just
bot I’m scoopin’ in sech Snaps."

Ye’r’ liable to see

“Well, how have you made out for hilll—‘.

can ht me in an criminal action?"

“ nry actl ‘ye take me fer a. mean, dirty
nlncompoop of a slouch? Ef ye do, ye’re oil' yer
narrow-gage. Ef I go back on you, I hope I may

v,» be ground up an' stuffed into red—hot bologna to
be masticsted by Dutchmen] When a. féller
does me a. good turn, my name ain‘t Christopher
Bricktop of 1 don’t stick tighter tow him than
perfume tow a? ole-cut!”

Sandy smii at the boy’s apparent earnest-

ness '

“ Well, I’m glad I’ve got one friend,” he said;

His tone would have seemed to imply that he
ad but few. “A true friend is more valuable
han gold.”

“ I ortcr know that,” Kit replied. “ But, I say,
old stockin’s, ain’t that :some obstacle, ter ye
makin’ headway up. thar?” a'iid he nodded toward
the Lyons residence.

“Perm 5. Why do you ask?” ,

“’Ca.’se kinder dropped outer the idea. She’s
rich, ye know—losstwiso her daddy is—«an’ you’re

, nothin’ but a luberin’ chop, like me, forinstunco.
1 know suthin’ ’bout it myself. Got mashed on
a purty Chinese gal up in Denver, whose daddy

* war rich; but 'ca’se I wouldn’t let some one flat—
ten my bszzoo. un’ wear my shirt outside of my
breaches, the parent said no."

“ Your tongue will run away with you some

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fer Miss Laurel for all ye was worth.”

“ If I had wealth—although I um not exactly
a poor mum—and good social position, it is true
it might be different. I keenly feel the differ-
eucc in our spheres in life; the more so since
Hawk kindly reminded me of the fact last
night.”

“ Don’t you take no stock in him. He’s after -

the some chicken you are. Jest ye listen au‘
I’ll tell ye how wgit yer work in on the old
man. 7dost smooth his pin-feathers an’ the gal’s
youru.

Sindy could not help taking an interest in
what Kit said. The young vuguhond‘s words
were so often filled with good sense that the
handsome miner was rowing to like him.

“ Go ahead, Kit.
more, so be brief with your discourse."

“ Well, as I war suyin’, of ye git yer work in
on the old man your stock’s ’way up. I’ll tell ye ’
how tor do it. D’ye know whar ther Injun
Nose is?”

“ About four or five miles to the south, along
the stage trail.”

“ Kerect. Well, ther stage, at night, gits to
thct place about eight o’clock?” '

ll Yes.”

“ Ter~night at eight it will be stopped at that
point by roud-ugcnts, and the guv’ner an’ his
lovoy~d0vey will be robbed 0’ their ducuts and
other wnluables.” ‘ >
“ The deuca you say! How do you know this,
boy?" ‘

“I overheard the plot last night’twixt three
masked men—I reckon ye call ’cm roudeagents
out here.”

Kit then related the circumstances of his trip
to the lone ravine in full.

“ By heavens! this is an outrage, and we
must hulk their little game.” ‘ ,

“ Bet yer ace-flush on that! See the diet?
You an’ me gits ahead 0’ road—agents an’ gives
wurnin’ to ther stage, an‘ we’ll give the robbers
fits. .The gnv’ner will be so elated that he’ll
count us as rog’lar out an’ out heroes, an’ that’s r
lhtgvjyou’ll git inter the good graces of. his gib-
e . .

Sandy smiled faintly. ,

“ I’m of the opinion we wouldn’t be so greatly
[ionized as all that, Kit. James Lyons is not
the man to idolize a person for doing hima.
favor. He would be more likely to hand us an
Xspiece and thank us in apolitc way which
would give us tounderstund that he id not
consider himself under any further obligations
to us. However, it is our duty to not. no mat-
ter about the consequences. Keep this matter

'to yourself and I will see you after six.”

The whistle at the quartz mill blow just then,
and the men came trudging back to their work.

Kit did his full share of labor with the others,
and seemed to rather enjoy his new occnpu~
tion.

The afternoon, however, seemed toidrug slow-
ly to him. His mind was full of their impend-
ing nocturnal journey. . _

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something that set him agog with excitement,
and brought a broad grin to his face.

Sandy was idly leaning against his accustomed
bowlder, watching his men, his back turned to—
ward the Lyons ninnsion.

Tripping along from the same direction, came
Miss Angelina Lyons, elegantly attired, and
looking like a schoolgirl at a distance.

“Now for it!” Kit muttered, feeling like roll—
ing on the ground and yelling. “ It an explana:
tion follows, and I’m exposed, won’t Sandy give
it to me, tho’l” -

He managed to change his position so that his
back vies turned to the overseer, for fear Sandy
would observe the expression of nierriment upon

. his face.

Nearer and nearer approached Miss Angeline,
her movements stealthy and catlike. It looked
as it she was desirous of taking the overseer by
surprise. »

Sandy, mentally absorbed in one of his days
dreams, was oblivious of everything except; his
thoughts, and his watch of the laborers; conse-
quently the surprise to him was com lets. '

Miss Angelina reached the hack 0 the bowl-
der, and throwing her arms about his neck,
twisted him around, and kissed him repeatedly
upon the cheek.

The cry of astonishment that Sandy uttered
attracted the attention of the miners, and all

hands looked around in time to take in the last _

kiss of the exceedineg dramatic scene.

A ronr of laughter was the result!

Sandy grew as red as a beet, while Miss Ange-
liue’s bug about his neck was evidently there to
stay. ,

v Unable longer to control himself, Kit lay upon

the ground, convulsed with laughter.

“Let loose, woman! Blame it, what do you
mean?” Sandy at length cried in hot anger, and
breaking from her embrace he held her away at
arm’s length.

“Ohl' Sandyl"
“ how cruel you are!
broken.”

“My dear woman, consider yourself lucky
that your neck isn’t broken l” the astounded
overseer cried white with anger and mortifi-
cation. “For heaven’s sake, Miss Lyons, what
is the meaning of this ridiculous scene?”

‘fWhy—why, Sindy, I didn’t know I was
domg you any harm. See, love, I have your
little red rese, as fresh as when plucked, over
my heart—"

‘ What red rose? Confouud it. I—I—”

Sandy was too excited for utterance, con~
scious, ,the while, that the miners were taking
in the scene, with immense delight.

“Didn’t you send it, Sendy?~didn’t you send
it as ehpyuvenir of your ove for your dear
“gdifiwxm

” d preserve us!” groaned So «1 .
“Ohl Heaven, what does she menu? Red
~30UVBH11‘L0110Ve—oonfound it, woman, you’re
crazy! I never sent you so much as an atom of
anything.” ' _ r

“ You (3! you_ did. base deceivei-I The
young gen eman said so. He brou ht me your
declaration of love—he came to b eat: the ice
between us!”

“ Break the ice between us?” and Sandy was

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used up. The sweet rolled down his cheeks,
and he would have been overjoyed had the
earth opened up and swallowed him.
“What fellow?” he continued.
Show him’to me!

“Who was
he? How did he look? I’ll
murder him i” ’

“I——-l forgot!” Angeline faltered, faintly. P
“So great was the ecstasy of my joy, that I ‘
ha vo entirely forgotten him.”

“0h! crackyl what a relief I” thought the
young Sport. “ Hope to gracious her memory
continues bad. Sandy would annihilate me cf
he found out ’twes me as engineered the circus." ’ A

“You are evidently laboring under a fit of
mental derangement. madam,” Sandy declared
trying to control himself.

“’Tis false. I know what I’m about, and ,
you can’t put me oil with such pretenses. \
You’ve won my affection, and then publicly
trampled on it. Oh! sir-rh,1y0n shallpay dear- '- 
1y for thisl’ Every one shul know or your base ‘
perfirl , and I’ll have legal redress in the bar-
gainl’ and. shaking her fist fairly under his , :
nose, with unmistakable wrath, she turned and V ' v‘
hurried away. . ~
_ “Go to work, you fools!” Sandy roared to -' ‘
the miners, “ before I shoot Some of you. The , ;‘.
crazy creature has clear knocked the breath out 5 '
of me. What possessed her to assaii me in that '
style, beats my time. I’ve a. notion—J”

“ So have I !” snorted Kit, endeavoring to con-
trol his merriment. “ I’ll bet the broken bones
of an old orcng-outang, that Hawky has been .
puttin’ a. job up, on you, ter pay ferhislast ,r
night’s lunch.” .

“ If I thought he had—7” ’ ’ '
. Sandy did not finish the sentence, but the ex-
pression of his fuce spoke better than words,
that it such were the case, Mr. Hawk had bet-
ter look out for himself. I

The men went to work, and the remainder o
the afternoon passed without incident. ' é ,

Sandy kept his usual ition, but his face
'was clouded, and he was p ainly in no pleasant
humor. v \

“Look out fer another moonlight fracas, ter- \
night!” Kit mused, ashe worked away. “I
kinder wish I hadn’t done that thing. Here- . -,
after, shoot me of I don’t fight shy of, old 
maids.” ' L ‘ ‘ '

However, when quitting time came, Sandy .  ‘
did not go near the office, but straightway' ‘ .
sought his own rough shanty. ' 

This was a, relief to Kit, and he went tusup- " _
per, with an easier mind.  .5:

After supper, he sallied forth to purchase/f ,
some cartridges, a, cheap flannel shirt, apair of ‘ ;
pants, and a serviceable pair of boots, which  ‘
nearly exl ousted his day’s wages. , .

“Tomorrow I’ll try and scoop in a better 7 ' -
article of head-gear,” e muttered, as he betook
himself toward Sandy’s shanty, “Dunno
whether I’ll find Sandy in humor-dor our trip,’
tonight or not. He had the genuine sky blues
the wust kind, this afternoon. ’ ' j'

Naturally light-footed he; approached the» 
overseer’s humble abode Without much noise. 
The shanty was somewhat isolated from the ,5
other habitatious, by the handsome fellow’s
choice, for he was naturally of ‘9. retiring dispo-
sition, seldom courting the society of any one. '

  

 

    
 
  
   
   
    

 

  

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As the boy drew near the shanty, he fancied he
heard voices.

“ Mebbe he has got wisitors, an’ my presence
would be obnoxious. I’ll not interdooce myself
at present, but I would like ter know. who his
visitor is,” he muttered: and after a brief pause
he stole nearer. As he did so, the voices be-
came plainer.

It was a cloudy night; the moon only showing
itself at intervals: so be readily obtained a posi-
tion where he could see and hear without danger
of being noticed.

Sand stood near the door, leaning against a
tree. 11 front of him was the figure of a woman
-—a graceful-looking person, too.

Kit had as keen a ir of eyes as any one well
could have. and he eveled t em at the female
searchingly.

“ Bet a pint o’ cider it’s the guv’nor’s gal, Miss
, Laurel,” he muttered.

The sound of her voice a moment later corrob-
orated his 0 inion.

It was in eed Laurel!

“ Now for sugar an’ ’lassesl” chuckled theirre-
pressible Denver Sport.

' CHAPTER V.
a BUSY NIGHT roa SANDY.

“ SANDY, what have I done—what have I said,
that you treat me so differently?” Laurel’s voice
demanded. “ Why are you so cold—so different
from your usual selfl Something must have
occurred to bring this change?”

“ It might as well be explained now as at any
other time,” he said. “I was fascinated by your
dear face and charming manners, and sought
your acquaintance, blind to the fact of the
stron contrasts in our respective positions in
life. ndeed, Idid not pause to consider until
spurred to do so by the information that your
respected father urgently requested that our in-
timacy should immediately end.”

“0h,’Sand , thisis not true! I know papa
did not say 1: at.”

“I was informed that he did, and when I
came to consider that I am but a poor working-
man, and you a beautiful, cultured young lady
oi! wealth and position, I cannot doubt but that
it was your father’s edict. Naturally, he must
have loftier aspirations for your future."

“Hush! hush, Bandy! Don't let this trouble
you in the least, love. Who told you that my
papa made such an absurd remark?’

“ Harry Hawk.”

"I thought so. You can rest assured that
there" is not a word of truth in it. He is a bad
man.

“Yet as ires to tyour hand, and his suit is
sanctioned y your ather.”
“£37 no means. Father never once men-
tion such a thing to me, and Harry Hawk
is well aware that I heartin despise him,
and repulse whatever advances he makes.
Now, you will cheer up, won’t you, and be like
yourself again! I must go, now, and get ready
for the coming of pa, and my new step-mal
A kiss, Sandy, and I m one.”

He embraced her fon y, and then she hurried

a a .
“Worry well execootedl" Kit muttered, still

 

' r crouching in his concealment. “The: gal, tho',

  

 

has ter do ther most of the manufacturin’.
Sandy’s as green as a akuleboy at love biz.
Guess I better sneak off, an’ cum up whistlin’, as
tho7 no one had been kissed wi’in a hundred miles
of here.”

He suited action to the word, and directly ap—.
proached the shanty, whistling.

“You’re late,” Sandy said. “We’ll have to
make big time, now.” .

“ 1f I’d been ’arlier, I might ’a’ prevented a
smack l” was on the end of Kit‘s tongue, but he
only answered;

“I guess we kin make it; you lead, an’ I‘ll
foller.’

Without further parley they darted away
through the gulch, toward thexlndian’s Nose, at
a jog-trot.

Once Sandy paused to look at his watch.

It was half-past seven.

“We may have trouble in getting past the
Nose!” he remarked. “ At best, we can’t get far
beigond it before we encounter the stage.”

hey increased their speed. Both were good
runners, and long-winded, and consequently did
not mind the exercise.

At the Indian Nose (an abrupt bend in the
course of the gulch), the trail curved close
around the mass of jagged rocks, from which
the place derived its name. The‘gulch there
being quite wide, the two kept to the further
side, and thus got by the proposed road-agents’
trap, without encountering a soul.

Not pausing, they sped on, and re-entcred the
stage-trail, about amile and a half above the

Nose.

Thai were by this time beginning to get con-
sidilara 1y “ blowed,” and came down to a
we k.

“ The stage is due, already,” Sandy said, look-
ing at his watch. “ It’s eight-fifteen l”

‘ It’s lucky we got so fur,” Kit replied. “ We
better make as fur as we can, however, for the
stage kin be heard a good ways off, an’ of the
road—agents ,war to hear it stop, they might
smell 8. mice, and slide off.”

“You reason well, Kit!" Sandy assented.
“ We must try to lay out these scoundrels.
How many did you say there would be of
them?”

“ Two, sure—mebbe three—~judgin’ by what I
could hear.”

“ Well, I’ll register for two of ’em."

They continued on, for some distance further
—then, from afar came the rumbling of heavy
wheels.

“ The stagel" Sandy announced. “ We might
as well stop here."

“ Yes, but thar’s one thing ye’ve forgot.”

“ What?”

“ Ef we try to stop the hearse we may be tuk
fer road-agents, an’ git a hull shot-tower plugged
thr’u’ us!”

“ Tme; but we must manage it somehow.”

“I hev ther ijee. Build a fire in the middle
of the trail, and stand near it. They’ll take it
as a signal 0’ danger, when we wave our head

ear. 7
g “ Goodl We must be quick about it.’.’

Combustible material was plenty in the vicin‘

ity and they soon had a large heap of it in the

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Waiting until the stage was thundering along,

close at hand, they applied a match. In an in-

stant, a blaze shot upward, illuminating the sur-
roundlngs.

* On came the stage until it was less than a

Ellfidl‘ed rods away. Then it made a sudden
a .

, “ H1110, ahead, thar! What’s the matter?”

hroared the stentoriau voice of the driver.

“ Come ahead to the fire I” shouted Sandy.

The vehicle, drawnhy its tour-in-hand, slowly

drew near, and as it once more halted, a. man’s

head was thrust from the window.

‘ What the dogs is up?” demanded Bill Blake,

til): .21, film, eylng andy suspiciously. “ Who are

‘fiRoad-agents are waiting for you at the Nose,

and we are here to warn you.” Sandy replied.
is Mr. James Lyons aboard?”

. ‘Yes; here I- 31211” cried the man with his
head out of the window. “Hello! by my soul!

' Is it on, Sandy?” .r ‘

“ t i, sir.” I

‘: You say there are road-a nts ahead!” ’

‘ Yes, Sir. They have feesigns “POD Your

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, money and your lady’s jewels.”
,{ “ The deuce! How did you find this out?"

“ My companion here, Little Kit, overheard
,the plot between three masked men. He told
:. me, and we_ came to help you through.”

 " Your kindness shall not be forgotten, over-
? seer. Who is this boy?”

arrival.”

“Ahl Now“ about this unexpected trouble.

_ How is it to be averted?”
' “ Leave that to me. Take Kit inside of the
coach With ou._ “ l’ll ride on the box with the
driver. 8 Will make the bend at a speed that
Will defy a hundred road-agents, providing the
driyer knows how to handle the ri‘nbonsl”

‘ Egon bet I do!” Blake said, grimly; “ an’
there 3. nary a team in the mountains that kin
tech mine.”

“Good! Now, then, Mr. Lyons when I rap
on the top of the stage, you and all parties in-
side crouch as low as possible, till you hear from
me again. Get inside, Kit.”

_ The boy obeyed; then the “hearse” resumed
“75 Journey. Sandy sat on the driver’s seat, on
the Side from which he expected the attack was

i “A waif who is working under me— a new

i
1 to be made. He held a pair of six-shooters in his

grasp and his netratin gaze never once left
the lfio’ute ahead (life them. g
ow m ’ ' -
{Blurogated‘ any have you got aboard? he in
A only the two, besides you tellers.”
“ Light, am’t you?"
“ grfnerely thet way, the trip this way.”
- bend agenbreflve ihe word, let go around the
n
dql‘lstrkee] us when” speed, but take care you
Part3 ogtbeitr thatl ilibel; war the fu’st thifiig I
in ——
bend. belly-te-tootl’gon safely round a s arp
Ahoy, were now close to the Indian Nose.
minl‘ieadbtlzyélothing but darkness and uncer-
man 87d: andy in a shrill whisper com-
. “ New, then—let her go!" and at the same
“time rappedrou the top of the co'ech.

 

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Blake had no need to use the whip. All he
had to do was slacken on the lines, and the four
spirited horses leaped forward with a rush.

Around the bend they swept at full speed, the
coach careening and running for some distance
on the two side-wheels.

“ halt!" came in a hoarse yell, and a man

leaped in front of the horses, endeavoring to ’

check them in their headlong flight, while a.
second brigand attempted to clamber up the
side of the stage. ' ‘

angl

A bullet from Sandy’s revolver went crashing
through his shoulder, and he fell backward to
the ground with a howl. ,

A terrified shriek from the lips of the other
ruflian told that he had been trampled down be-
neath the horses’ feet.

If there were any more of the party, they
were careful to keep well out of sight.

The Sta 9 rushed on at the same furious rate,
until 'we beyond the bend, when Sandy ad-
vised Blake‘ to slow up, as all danger was over.

Without further incident the stage arrived
at Ghoul Gulch, and after halting at the Grand
Union to let Sandy and Kit 011‘, drove on with
Mr. and Mrs. Lyons to their residence. .

“ Not a word of what has happened!” Sandy
said to Kit in alow tone. “By keeping quiet
we may possibly be able to dropwon the ring-
leader of the gang.” 0

"That’s so. Guess ther capting didn’t para
ticipate in the ’tack.”

“I should judge not. There were only two
that I could see.’

“Well, we’ll see how the guv’nor deals out
his gratitude ter-morrer. Didn't even say as
much as Jack Robinson to me, by Jinks! I’m
oil! fer a snooze, now. Take keer of yerself,
Sandy.” ,

“ I will, Kit; goodrnight."

They separated then, Kit entering the Grand
Ufiion, and Sandy strolling on toward the Ma-
bi e.

Entering that establishment, he found the
usual crowd there as regarded numbers, and
nearly all were engaged in games of chance.

Carlos de Castra, as usual suave and polite,

moved about here and there, with a pleasant *

greeting for new-comers and a supervising eye
to business. ~

He was literally as keen as a' steel—trap, this
oily Spaniard, and it is doubtful if Madam Mid—

night could have chosen a better representative 1‘

of her interests.

Harry Hawk was not present, and Sandy con—
cluded that he was at the Lyons mansion to
Welcome back the bonanza king and bride. .

Sandy was just as well pleased. He felt in an
ill-humor over what had occurred at the dig—
gings that afternoon, and would not have cared
to meet the superintendent, lest another quarrel
arise that must surely be attended with unpleas-
ant results. ~ - v . _

That he was regarded with glances of curiosity
and merrimen’t he was uite common, as h
sauntered about through t e great room, and he
knew by this fact that the report of the scene on
tags flats had received general circulation about
t e camp. ’ ' ,

That many- believed he really had been " mash-

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robahle,

ing” Miss Angeline he know was
than de-

and his chagrin can better be imagin
scribed.

In snuntcring about he encountered the long,
gaunt individual, Steamboat Steve, who had
acted as his second in the street duel.

“ Hillo, Saudyl” the Mississippian saluted,
familiarly. “Just been looking for some genial
follow as kin pla cards. What d’ye say to a
game 0" poker? f you’re as good at cards as
you are handy with a shootin’-iron, then I‘ll lay
down my boodle an’ sing anthems 0v unbounded
praise to ye.” _ _

, Sandy had not taken a particular liking for
the fellow from the first, and he now gave him

'a. sharp scrutiny.

. “ Are you very desirous of V losing your cash 23”

Sandy asked, dryly. “ If so, you’ve not met the
wrong man’to ta‘ckle. I fancy I’ve met you be-
fore, sir.” , -

“ Like enough. :Ef' ye ever plied up am7 down
the old ragin’ Mississip, ct air more than likely.
Ahl here’s a vacant table. .Here, waiter, fetch
us a fresh deck. .

Sandy was satisfied thatthe man was a pro—
fessional cardsharp, but he was not the one to
back down before a challenge, no matter what
odds he had to conteniwith.

“ What is to be—draw poker?”

“ Yes—if you lite.”

“ For what figure, as a starter?"

“ A hundred dollars.”

Here’s my stake.

the deal fell to

“Very good. Cover it,
I and out for denll”

The money was plunked, and
Steamboat Steve.

“‘Isee five hundred extra on this hand!” he
said a few minutes later. ’\

“ ’You are a good bluifer,” Sandy observed.
“Before we go any further, I propose we lay
down that which talks 1”

Without a word Steamboat Steve laid down
his stake, in greenbacks, and Sandy did the

same. I

“Now, if you have no objections,” he said,
“I’ll rake in the pot!” and he spread out his
cards upon the table.

Steamtioat Steve uttered an oath.

It was a winning hand.

“ Are you satisfied?" Sandy asked, as he
gathered up the money.

“ Perfectly!” the Mississipian replied, with
assumed nonchalance, and they rose from the

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CHAPTER VI.
sANDY’s covasn or TRUE LOVE.

SANDY soon got interested in watching a four-
handed game of eucher until twelve o’clock

came; and with it the woman mystery of ‘

Ghoul Gulch, Madam Midnight.

Whither she came from. or how she gained
entrance to the Mabille, Sandy failed to note,
but there she was, at her post at the card-table,
looking precisely the same as she did every
night, at this particular hour.

Sandy did not go near the table, but kept
aloof, and watched her narrowly. He had

 

made up his mind to one thing. If she left the
Mabillo that night, he was going to find out
whither she went, if such a thing were possible.

That she knew something concerning his past,
he was almost certain; yet, who or what she
was, aside from her present calling, he could
not imagine.

She evidently felt, by intuition, that he was
watching her, for she gave him a quick, furtive
glance occasionally, and as quickly returned her '
gaze to the board. ‘ »

About two o’clock ’a dispute arOSe between
two miners at the bar,'wh1ch momentaril at-
tracted Sandy’s attention. When he again urn-
ed his attention to the farotable, Madam Mid-
night had vanished.

A muttered exclamation of vexation esca’ped ' -' ‘

him, and he hastily made his exit by the rear

wa .

‘yShe’s as sly as an eell” he muttered. “ She ‘
can’t be but a moment ahead of me i" '

Without, the darkness now was dense, and
a drizzliug rain was falling; but ahead he fan-
cied he saw a moving object, after which he
hastened with the stealth of a fox. to soon dis-
cover that it was indeed Madam Midnight.

He bade'fair soon to overtake her, when‘ she '
turned around the corner of a. shanty, and was
lost from view.

Sandy continued on, and also rounded the ‘
corner, only to find himself confronting the
muzzle of a revolver, held by the gloved hand
of the madam. '

“ Ste E” she warned, uietly. “ If I were you
I woul not tire myself y trying to play spy."

Sand y could not find the use of his tongue.

“I wouldn’t like to hurt you. What on earth
ever caused you to dog my footsteps?" she do-
manded. I

“ To find out who you are that knows so much
of my past!”

“ Whatever caused you to suppose that I
know anything of your est?"

“ I cannot tell you—l ardly know; but I am
sure you are in some way connected with my
past life."

“ Nonsense l” was all she answered. ,

“ god you are evasive as you are mysteri-

“ Not at all. Becausa I have on sevaral occa-
sions chosen to show you favor at the fare-table
it is not saying that I am posted in your per-
sonal history.”

“ Tell me who you are, and I swear never to
divul e the secret, except with your permis-
siou,’ he said, bending toward her with eager-
ness that was almost fiercely earnest.

She laughed at him provokingly.

“ You go back to campgnd forget that your
curiosity ever got the tter of you,” she re-
sponded, advisinglv. “ If I ever catch you fol-
lowing me again I’ll have to shoot you.’

“ You will?” i v

“ As sure ,as I am Madam Midnight 1”

“Well, I don't know but what I’d stand a bul-
let- or two for the sake of knowing who you are.
At all events, I’ll find out sooner or later, or my
name ain’t Sandy l”

s

“ Maybe it would not be to your advantage to 3
know!” she said, significantly. ’
She glided away and Sandy stared after her

  

 

 

 

 

 

 

Kit, the Denver Sport. ’ ' 1'?

 

in perplexity, until the darkness hid her from
View; then he turned and sought his own shanty.

 

During the next forenoou, when the men were
at work in the diggings, and Sandy was at his
usual post, a servant came over from the Lyons
mansion and delivered him a note.

He tore it open and the following lay before
him:

“DEAR sz—I request your immediate presence

I at my residence. Leavelthe boy in charge.

‘ Yours, etc.
“Jss. Lyons.”

“All ri ht. Tell the gentleman 1 will call
directly,” e said to the servant.

Summoning the Denver Sport, he gave him
instructions. _

“Goin’ ter see ther guv‘uor, oh?” the boy
asked. “Look out Angeliner don’t git in yer
hair!" ,

“ Dry up!” Sandy growled.

He hurried over to his shanty and donned'

some more presentable attire, after which he
started for the mansion, feeling more ill. at ease
than though he were about to face a regiment of
enemies. v 1 ‘

His ring was an5wered by the servant who had
brought him’the note. who ushered-’him into a
pleasantly—furnished parlor, where three persons
were seated—Mr. Lyons, Laurel and the new
Mrs. Lyons. .

“ Mr. Sandy, my wife !” the bonanza king said,
rising. “ Louise, this is the gentleman who so
opportuuely came to our aid last night!”

Both parties acknowledged the introduction
with a courtesy; both parties gave a visible start
as 1their eyes met for an instant, and grew a trifle
pa 6. ~

Mr. Lyons noticed it.

Laurel noticed it.

Neither, however, allowed their surprise to find
the least expression. ‘

Sandy, taking a seat, turned inquiringly to Mr.
Lyons, who, aware of the young man s embar-
rassment, came quickly to-his rescue.

“ Well, Sandy, how have things been panning
out during my absence?” he asked.

“ Very nicely, sir, I believe. Mr. Hawk, I
presume, can ive you a better general idea.”

“ Undoubte y, sir, but the lazy dog has not
turned up, as yet, to welcome me back. By the
way, I hear from sis, here, that you two gents
had a slight unpleasantness, and Harry came out
second best!” and the mine-owner laughed.

“I am sorry to say such was the case,” Sandy
replied, bowing. “ We had a little dispute, and
he grew hot-headed, as did I, and the result was
a duel.” .

“ Well, from what I can hear, you served the
ranch] right. He always was a disagreeable
dog, and is more so since he came back to me a
few months ago. I am sorry, however, that you
crippled him, for I am now out of a clerk and
secrefiary, to say nothing about a superinten-

“I believe Mr. Hawk continues about the
oflice. 811'.”

“That may be, but he is not ca able of
attending to my business in the wa want it
attended‘to. I have been consl ering the
matter, air, and the obligations I am under to

you, and I have come to the conclusion that you
are the man I want in Hawk’s place. You are,

' I perceive, well educated, and have a fair capa-

city for business, and I am confident you would
suit me.”

“I do not deserve this kind treatment, Mr.
Lyons, and I should not like to be the means of
losing Mr. Hawk his position.”

“ That’s my buainess. I give him your pres.
out job. It will suit him much better, in his
present condition. You will take charge of the
office to—morrow. And now, Sandy, there is an-
other matter we had bettercome' to an under—
standing about.” -‘ a "

A slight flush came to the young man's cheek.
He know well enough what the subject was to

be.

“ You see,” Mr. Lyons proceeded, “that I am
a man who makes it apoint tospeak frankly.
Laurel has been telling me that she has had the
honor of making your acquaintance, and finding
you an intelligent man and gentlemen. has
formed an attachment for you, and believes
that you have for her. ,She also tells me that
Hawk warned you to keep army from here, or
risk the peril of my great displeasure.” , .
f “th did, sir. he quarrel arose from that .
ac . ' ~ ' ~

“Well, now, the‘ matter stands this way;
Laurel is my only surviving'chfld, and Lhave
the keenest of anxiety for her-future welfare.
I want to see her married to a worthy man,
whose aim in life shall he to make her happy. ‘
It is not exactly necessary that this man shall
be wealthy, as in event of my demise, Laurel .
becomes my sole heir. But I Want her to have
a man‘who shall be not only worthy of her, but
shall also be of good name and reputation as a
citizen.” ‘ >

“ Your desire certainly is commendable,”
Sandy replied, earnestly. v

“ I think it is. Now, as farvas I'know you, I
am well pleased with you,‘ and believe, with
Laurel, that you are a. worthy, young man.
Still, as you are aware, we none of us have
known you for longer than a few weeks. We
are thus placed in a peculiar position. You.

itself, would seem to indicate that there was a. -
cloud hanging over your past, which made it

Therefore until you can give us our real name,
and some assurance that your c aracter in the
past has been and is yet above reproach, I can--
not feel safe in saying that I approve of you as
a suitor for Laurel’s hand. " é...
“ And you are rfectly right 2” Sandy as-
sented heartily. “ 0 judlcious parent could
favor the union of his daughter with a man v,
without a name. I had a name, once—and was
the only son of a most highly respectable I
’ family—but an unfortunate circumstance made
me an outcast and a wanderer upon the world.

chose that which I now bear, in order thatI
might lose myself, among strangers, never to
be‘ recognized and connected with the past. I
have told you all I can tell you—more, than

decreed that I shall» not mingle with gsociety I
suited to my taste, I will do what is gentlef '

 

 

have never given your real name, and that, in . ; , 7

necessary that you would remain incognilo. ' 

I renounced the name belonging to .me, and ’ "

I have ever told any one else. As fate has ' '-

 

 

 

   

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Kit, the Denver Sport.

  

 

manly, at least—may your estimuble daughter
no further attentions than whatapassing ac-
quaiutanccship warrants.”

A trifle pulcr, but even more noble-looking
and handsome than ever, he arose, hat in hand,
to depart.

Leurcl’s face was turned away, and she was
weeping softly to herself.

Mr. Lyons was evidently somewhat affected.

He arose and put forth his hand.

“ I am more than pleased with your answer,
Sandy, because you express the sentiment of a
noble‘minrlcd man. What your past has been,
I win not ask. I have every confidence you
can some day render a. satisfactory explanation.
Until then you are always welcome to our
family circle, and I shall, believe me, take the
keenest interest in promoting your welfare.”

“ I am very grateful, sir; more I can hardly
say, I think. I willbid you a. good-morning.”

Add bowing, he took his departure.

He went back to the diggings, literally a new
man.

During the day the matter of the attempted
stage—robbery became public through the facts
being made known by Mr. Lyons, and Sandy
and Kit were the heroes of the comp.

A posse of men were deputized to visit the
Indian’s Nose and bring in the two outlaws, if
anything was to be found of them, but the mis-
sion was unsuccessful; no trace of the brigands,
deed or alive, was to be found.

During the afternoon Sandy saw Mr. Lyons
standing just outside the office engaged in con-
versation with Harry Hawk, the superintenrlv
ent. Judging from occasional gesticulations,
,on the art of the latter, Sandy formed the
opinion but Mr. Lyons was making known his
proposed change.

“There will be trouble out of it!” Sandy
mused, as he watched the miners at their work.
“ Hawk is as thorough a rascal as one can pick
up, and I know he will strike back with a will,
if I succeed to his position. If he does, he’ll
not catch me napping. I’ve an idea. that he
was connected with that stage robbery, but un—
fortunately have no evidence to use against
him. I And—~that woman! By Heuvon, my
time for revenge does not look so far off! Will
she assume tho offensiVe or the defensive? I
shall, not have to wait long, I fancy, to find
out!

And Kit, too, as he worked away, preserved
that thoughtful and withal anxious expression
of countenance.

He looked keenly at Sandy now and then;
which act the latter noticed, and wondered
what he meant.

CHAPTER VII.
A NEAT man GAME.

AFTER work was over for that day, Kit went
to the hotel, got his supper and made some
slight alterations in his meager toilet.

When he came out of doors he,found Sandy
sittm on the steps of the veranda. engaged in
smok ng, while he watched the swarm of miners
and others who filled the street.

 

 

“Ah! is that you, Kit? I was just waiting
for you,” Sandy said. “I wanted to haves
chat with you.”

“ Thet so? Well, I’m allers open fer an argy-
ment, you bet!” declared the boy.

“ Come! we will take a. little walk up the
gnlch where we will not be apt to he overheard,
or interrupted.”

A few minutes served to take themout of the
camp proper, where there were no dwellings,
and they found seats, facing each other, upon a
couple of b0wlders.

Tossing Kit a cigar, and giving him time to
light it, Sandy watched him, a. moment, in—
tently.

“ it!" he said, finally, “do you know what
my thoughts are, just now—what they have
been, all day?”

“ Ken’t say as I do, Sandy. “ Ye see, I didn’t
happen to be born a walkm’ microscope nor a
mind~reader.”

“ May be not. But just allow me to tell you
that I believe you are a. first-class fraud."

“Humphl You’re complermeutary, I’ll be
darned ef ye ain’t. Whats bitin’ ye? What
the blazes have I done to make ya thunk it?"

“ Well, I’m not positive that you have done
anything in particular, thus far, but I suspect
you’re not'all you seem. Own up the truth,
n0w. Hadn’t you a mission, that brought you
to Ghoul Gulch 8"

“Ho! ho! a mission? Yss, you bet I had!
Pecuniary circumstances forced me to make an
omission of a. number uv square meals, and I
made“; my mission ter come beer in s’arch of

ru . ’

“ Evasively answered. Nevertheless, I am
not one to be easily deceived. You did not
come here from Denver, at all. You came from
Chicazol"

‘“ Wan], if ye know more ’bout it then I do,
ther’ ain’t no use 0’ me sayin’ a. word 1” and Kit
grinned provokingly.

“ Am I not right?”

“ Dunno! Reckon you ain’t, tho’."'

“You reckon! You are non-committal. You
might as well out with it, for I suspect you.
You were sent here to hound me I”

“ Git out! You’re crazy! Thor idea 0’ a
young rat like me, a—houndin’ a. big teller like
you! The way ye talk, you’d ’most make a
feller thunk he do amount to somethin’.”

“Bah! nonsense! You are awful innocent,
but I’ll guarantee a sharper young whelp don’t
live. Let me tell you, however, that I’ll never
be taken back to Chicago alive!”

There was a stern ring to Sandy’s voice, and
a deadly gleam in his eye, all of which went to
prove t at he was in earnest.

Kit eyed him askauce, his face still distorted
by its irrepressible grin. .

“ Ef ye wait till I tote yer back to Chicago,
you’ll wait a. long while," was his answer.
“ An’ ,imw, it you’ve got thr’u’, let's go back ter
cam .

“Very well. Please understand this much,
however: I know you in your true light, now,
and shall govern myself according] . You are
not here alone. You have a. con! crate. You
give him my respects, and tell him I am not
afraid of him l'"

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“When I see sich a teller, I’ll tell him!” said
Kit, soberly enough.

They arose, and went back to camp, saying
nothing until they came to the Mabille; then
Sandy turned to Kit, and gave him a sharp,
searching glance, as if trying to read his inner-
most thoughts.”

“Kit, I did you a friendly act.”

“ Bet ye did, ole stockiu’s, an’ I’m jest ther
sort of hairpin w’ot ‘precxates each a. thing.”

“If I thought you didn’t, I’d be tempted to
give you pretty hard usage.”

“ An’ I’d jest let ye apply ther toe of yer boot
to ther seat 0’ my pants with a vengeance, I
would. Squeal out, now. I know yer wanter ax
sumthin’, an’ ef I kin return ther favor, I’ll do
it, sure!”

“ I want you to truthfully answer one ques-

tion. Dc you know the person who is known
here as Madam Midnight?”
‘ “I do. There, now, don’t ax me no further,
for sure’s my name is Brickto , I won’t answer
ye. Jest ye keep joggin’ rig t alcng, mindin’
yer biz. an’ ye‘ve a show ter die rich an’ respect-
ed. It’s a good day fer flshin’, but you keep
right on hoein’ corn, an’ the fish won’t bite you,”
and without another word the young red-head
turned and strode away.

Sandy gazed after him with a frown.

“I thought they were connected,” he mut—
tered. " Both are undoubtedly detectives, and
this Madam Midnight is the head one. Let me
see: she was here several weeks ahead of me.
Could she have known of my intention of com-
ing here? I rather fancy not. If not. they are
not after me. Perhaps they are after Mrs. Lyons
and the fellow, Steamboat Stove.”

 

That same-night, in the wee sma’ hours, there
was a dim light in the front parlor of the Lyons
residence, and Harry Hawk paced impatiently
to and fro across the richly ted floor.

His face wore a scowl, and e expression of
his dark, sinister eyes was not good, to say the

east.

Directly his face brightened, as he heard a
light footstep, and the new Mrs. Lyons swept
into the room.

She wore a waterproof with hood attached,
which enveloped her figure.

Her face, 'which was one of some beauty. was
cold in its expression as she faced Hawk.

“ Not a word here,” she murmured. “ I gave
him a drug, but he may not sleep long. We must
seek a safer lace.” .

“ We had etter get out In the open air. Steve
is waiting outside anyhow,” the dark man an-
swered. “ There is no one prowling around at
this hour and we can converse without fear of
interru on.”

He stealthin led the way from the house, and
she followed, closing the door behind her.

They QUIQkIS’ 19“? 1ibei‘n‘oundrs, outside of which
they were Joined by Steambogg Steve. When
they halted, they were in close proximity to the
spot where the mterwew had previously taken
place between Sandy and Kit.

“ Well, now,_1et’s understand ourselves,” Hawk
spoke at last, lighting a cigar. “ I see you have

made your pomt, Cassie.’

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“ As far as it amounts to anything, I have,”
the new Mrs. L ons answered.

“ Humphl hat would you ask for—the
earth?”
“ Oh, no! What’s on it would suit me better.

If you fancy that I’ve fallen into a bonanza. dip,
you are much mistaken.”

“ Explain yourself.”

“Well, in the first place, you are doubtless
aware that we are being most emphatically, per-
severingly and determinedly hunted for.”

“ I believe I am. I should hardly have left
Chicago, to come here, if things had not looked
suspiciously warm for me there.”

‘ 1, too, was satisfied for my part," Cassie de-
clared, “ and Steve here, had no reason to he to
the contrary. That unfortunate Morton mur-
der was too bad. Thank Heaven my name was
never brought in connection with the affair,
even by my potassional name. Well, as I was
about to say, when I got to this dull cam , I
naturally calculated everything safe. Fancy
my consternation, when I had been here only a.
few hours, at meeting face to face, one of our
fattest victims!”

U who?”

“Dick Douglass.
of last March?”

Hawk uttered an oath.

“ Well, curse my stupidity!" he exclaimed.
“ I could not locate the fellow, until nothat
you recall that night, although I have had ‘a
notion all along, that we had met before. So.
this Sandy is the follow we cleaned out of the
fifty thousand?”

‘ The same.”

“Did he recognize you?”

“ Of course. He is not the person to easily
forget a foe. So you see the fix we are in. We
could hardly be in greater peril if we were back
in Chicago.” , .

“ You reckon he’ll make it warm for us,‘
then?” ,

“ I fear so.” '

“ Maybe two can play at that game, you
know; I’ve got a grudge against the chap, any-

w

“ If he will act, he has already sent for help.
I fancy, though, on second thought, that unless
he is crowded, he won’t precipitate the attack.
You see, there’s officers wanting him, too, and
he evidently came here to lose himself from the
reach of the law.”

“Curse him! that’s not going to help him.
The old man has changed our positions, and

at him in my place. If I don’t get square with
im my name ain’t Harry Hawk.”

“Be careful what you do, Harry. I fear
this man more than I do any of our enemies.
A word from him would get me kicked out of
my beloved Jimmy‘s house, and knock every-
thina‘ in the head.”

“ Well, what’s to be done?”

“ There is but one course plain to me. We
must gobble on to all the lucro we can raise and

skip, Providing I could get suflicient wealth to 

out-balance my infection for my dear Jimmy,
I don’t believe but I should be quite satisfied to
make a change of base.”

“ Ye‘r’ sensible,” Steamboat Steve added.
“There’s no doubt but we could find hundreds

You remember the tenth

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of safer places. I know one thing: I was tracked
some distance after I left Chicago, and am not
positive I threw the hounds of the law off my
trail, even then. There may be a detective here
wutching for me this very minute.”

The trio exchanged glances of alarm.

“ I’m cursed if I like the looks of matters, my—
self,” Hawk growled. ,“ Once the law gets a
grip on us, we’re gone, for there’s certainly old
charges enough standing against us to set us to
breaking stone for ten years. If you two had
onl kept away, confound you, I’d have been all
ri t.

5‘ Wouldn't you, though?” Cassie sneered.
“ You’d like us to lift everything off of your
shoulders. Your kind wishes are likely to strike
inland kill you one of these days. No! I am glad
we are all together."

“ Why?” .

“ Because in'union there is strength. We have
been partners in many a little game for gain,
and I know we’ll need each other’s co—operatiou
in the future.”

“I know one thing," Hawk growled. “ You
always managed to get more than the lion’s
share of all the business we did. You can sport
around diamonds to.the tune of ten thousand
dollars, while I’m lucky to have ten dollars about
my Pocket." - '

“ t’s your own fault. Gambling rarely makes
a. person rich, for they who gamble, as a rule,
never salt anything away. With me it was differ-
ent, so you,have nothing to growl about. Is it
decided that we had better pull up stakes?”

“ Them’s my sentiments,” declared Steve.

“I’m cursed if I care to be yanked into cus-

tody l” Hawk snarled.
, '“ Both of on are sensible. If we can make a
big haul b ore we go, we are all right. Lyons
keeps most of his wealth about him, outside of
the mines, I understand.”

“ He does. In His ofllce there’s a big burglar-
proof sate, wherein lays ’most all of his ready
cash, and it ain‘t no small sum, you can bet.
Thenxhe has a smaller safe in which he keeps a

few thousand at a time to carry on busmess r

with.”

“ Had you access to these safes?”

“Only to the small one, you bet. Only a
professional sharp could open the other by long

racticc and proper tools, for besides the com—
kina’tion locks, the old gent always carries ahasp
, ey.

“I dare to presume I could ope'n it,” Cassie
cried, her eyes gleaming. “ It will be the first
one lever failed on if I cannot. It is the same
one Lyons has my diamonds locked up in for
safe-keeping.”

“ You can bet they’re safe then,” Hawk

I chuckled. “The racket will have to he worked
wrth care. If we could implicate Sandy in it,

. it would be a good idea, and I fancy I can
work it."

“ We are listening.”

“ Well, It will. require a couple of days and
nights to do it in. To-morrow, or rather, this
morning, Sandy takes charge of the office, has
the handling of the cash. and the closing up of
the office, and is virtually responsible for the
safety of everything. About this time twenty-
tour hours hence we will meet again. I will

 

enter the ethos and take a. couple of thou-
sand doilarsl'rom the small safe. Miss Ange—
line hates
job having been put up on her by, I suspect, the
young rascal, Kit. I can work her like a babe,
and cause her to denounce Sandy as being the
robber out of revenge upon him. I can imitate
his handwriting to perfection, or any one’s, for
that matter."

“ Your idea is good, so far. But go on.”

“ On the next night, if the land lays good,
you shall have an opportunity to try the big
safe, and if you succeed in opening it, we’ll
Seize upon the lucre immediately and skip.
know of a safe place where we can hide until
the affair blows over a little—then, we can go
where we deem it the safest l”

“ Good idea!" Steamboat Steve agreed.

“ I think so,” chimed in Cassie. “ I must get

back, for fear the governor might awaken. and

that would explode everything.” _ -

 

On the ensuing morning Mr. and Mrs. Lyons
ate breakfast alone, Laurel not having yet

come down-stairs, and Hawk having already '

gone to the diggings.’

“My dear," the bonanza king said, “I have '

something to ask you—something that struck
me as being rather queer when I noticed it:
When this man-enigma, Sandy, paid me a Call
yesterday, I noticed that when you two saw
each other, immediate recognition was observ-
able. Will you kindly explain to me how this
ha pens?”

‘James, I will, for it is but right you should
know,” Mrs. Lyons said composedly. “You

see,-this Sandy is not Sandy at all, but Dick ‘

Douglass, by name. I made his acquaintance
over a year ago at a reception and learned that
ho was the son and partner of a well-to-do Phila-
delphia gentleman and speculator. He repre-
sented the firm in Chiea o and bought up grain
in téioir inlterest lflor the "tern markets, the old
"en supp m 1; a :‘nouoy.

" N Welll”y g

‘5 After forming my acquaintance, he paid
me considerable attention for a while, and I
grew to look upon him as :- snitor. One night
he told me he had just received fifty thousand
dollars from his father, with which to catch on
to a corner in grain. The Dem: day he came to

bid me good—by, saying he was forced to fly to '-

parts unknown. He had lost every cent of the
money at cards, and hadwritten to his father to
that effect; but knowing his father to be astern,
unforgiving man. nothing remained for him but
flight. A week later I learned that the elder
Douglass was in Chicago, hunting for Dick With
a posse of detectives. That’s all I know about
the matter.”

Mr. Lyons looked very much disa pointed
when he left his residence and walk toward
the office.

 

CHAPTER VIII.
A POST-OFFICE TEAR. ‘
SANDY was already at the office. and the

"miners had gone to work, when Mr. Lyons

reached there.
“ Good-morning,” Sandy saluted. “ Pleasant
morning, sir.”

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“ Quite so. I thought I would run down and
see how you are getting started.”

“I have not done anything more than dis-
patch the men to work. In regard to matters
Within tho oflice, I preferred to receive instruc-
tions from you, sir, before touching anything,
in order that you might see how things were be-
fore I took charge.”

“Very sensible of you. We will get to work
and see how Harry has loft things. Where is
the under clerk?"

“ He has resigned, saying he did not care to
stay, unless Hawk had charge.”

“ Indeed! That’s rather singular. I have
occasional] noticed that he and Harry were
pretty thic together. If there is any worthy
person you have to suggest us‘o. helper, it is
your privilege." .

"Considering the service he has already (lone
you, I should say young Kit was as deserving of
promotion as any one.”

“ True. I had nearly forgotten the lad. If
you think he will answer your purpose, you
shall have him.” 7

They then made an examination of the differ-
ent books and accounts, and Mr; Lyons looked
dissatisfied.

“ I sec that Harry has largely cvordrawu his
salary, which he had no authority to (10. Let
it pass, however. I trust my new superintend—
ent will not do likewise.” ~

“You need have no fear, sir. You will find
that 'my conduct of the business will bear the
closest scrutiny.”

“ I hope so. Here are five thousand and one
hundred dollars which I leave in the small safe
for general business purposes, although it is
necessary to use but a small portion of it to
meet the running expenses. Here is the key m
the combination of the safe.”

A few more explanations were made; then
Mr. Lyons took his departure.

After he was gone, Sandy gout for Kit, who
directly made his afvipearance, evidently a good
deal surprised.

” livid ye rend for me, Sandy?" he demanded,

poki§g his head in  the door.

es. Come in Kit. I’ve got you an easier
job in the office. can you write?’

“ Reckon l" I

“ And figure!”

.“ Sum. Guess I could figger out how many
cubes of quarter-inch bloc'ks would go in a box
0’ the dimensions of a square inch 1”

“ You’ll answer, I guess. Your business will
be to remain at the office and do whatever I
have to set you at.”

“ Kerrect. But. how about the collat, Sandy 3”

“ Oh, that will be fixed all right !. What
Lyons don’t’.’ give you, I’ll make up out of .my

own Egcket ._

So it assumed his new positlon. and during
the day proved that he not only knew how to
read and write, but was a creditable book-
keeper. I

At six o’clock. after paying off the men,
Sandy locked the safe, putreverything to rights,
and left the office,,taking good care to lock the
door behind him. '

He then sought his own shanty, where be pre-
pared and ate his evening meal.

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' “Hawk took the change very coolly,” he
mused, as he seated himself in the doorway, af-
ter he had finished his supper. “ What does ho
mean? No good, I’ll vouch. The new Mrs.
Lyons reco nized me, and since then it’oocurs
to me that arry Hawk and the fellow Steam-
boat Steve are the same two men who were
prowling near her- residencc tho night I was
robbed. They are all here together, and have
designs upon James Lyons’s property. Shall I
expose them? (Or shall I watch and baffle
them?’D . .

He sat for over an hour in deep thought.

“ If Kit is not here to spy upon me, he is here
for another purpose. Perhaps it is to seize upon
this precious bundle of blacklegs, who cleaned
me out, and made me an outcast.”

When it was dark, he arose undoauntered over
to the general grocery store, which also contain-
ed the post and telegraph oflices.‘ '

All three departments were run by a dwarfed,
little “hump-bucked individual9 with keen eyes
and dark complexion, who had the reputation
of being as shrewd a. business man as Ghoul
Gulch boasted of"

The store was 1‘. favorite resort about mail
time, which was when the stage arrived, and
among those present as he entered, Sandy be
held the giant who had acted as referee at the
due], and who had announced himself as Mouv
key Month, the chew—’em-up, and very appro~
priately so, too. i .

The giant’s appearance had not changed a
particle, only that, if anything, he was dirticr
and more bloodthirsty-lookin than over.

His notice fell upon San y the moment he
entered, and a. glare of hatred ontei'ed his blood-
shot eyes.

4‘ Thar ho air, on’ he’: my roast o’ rib 2' or a
dollar P“ be muttered to himself, WhllC hc winked
knowingly nts'evcral of Ghoul Gulch”: hardest
cases, who were ruffians of the most pronounced
character.

hIitf was evident that the giant meant mis—
c e . .

“Good-evening, Bondul,” Sandy accosted,
addressing the storekeeper. “Did you get any
answer from that telegram?”

4‘ I did that,” the hunchback replied, handing
Sandy a. piece of paper. “ Here it is l” ‘

-Sandy received it and glanced over it, an ex-
pression of satisfaction coming upon his face. ‘
f l’fhe message was from Leadville, and read as
o ows: \ - - '

“ MR. SANDY. Sim—I will start at once. with the i
“R. JAYNE, Dep. Sheriff.”

While Sandy was engaged in the perusal,
Monkey Mouth had stolen nearer, with the evi-
dent intention of looking over the superinten-
dent’s shoulder.

Sandy anticipated this, however, and quickly
put the paper in his pocket. '

“ See hyar, me bloomin’ young goslin’, s’posiu’
ye let me hev ,a squint at that air spar!” the
giant snorted, putting his arms a imbo and
striking an attitude. “Jest do yer royal uncle
ther honor tor let him into yer secret, me
duck.” r

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plied. “ I am amply able to digest my own
messages.”

“ Kerwhoop~wow-ol d’ye heer him now? Sez
he won’t let old rampageous Monkey Month see
that air dockyment—ther original Monkey
Mouth, ther great chew-’em-up of Chico. Oh,
thunder! oh, rantankerous alligators! What
way shall I annihilate him fer his imperdence?”

“ Maybe you’d better not adopt any positive
plan,” Sandy suggested. " I don’t half believe
you really want to get hurt, and therefore,
I shopld advise you not to attempt anything
rash.

“Ye wouldn’t, hey? Ye think I orten git up
an’ chew on ye, like would a. plug of old navy,
hey? Then, jest {e waltz out that aire telegraf
dispatch, before walk all over ye!” the giant
cried, his aspect growing momentarily more
fer'ociouS.

“ You’ll have some tall walking to do, sweet-
ness, before you get that message,” Sandy an-
swered, his composure not in the least ruffled.
“ I want you to understand, Mr. Chow-’emmp,
that you can’t chew even one side of me, and
as for walking over me, you’ll have to wait till
the woodbine twineth over my three by six!”

” Ye won’t surrender that message, then, ter
me, ther champion scrougcr o’ Sorrocco—ther
rourin’ cadaverous pestilence from Pineville’l”

“ Not by along shot, you big porpoise l”

“ Then by the great eternal, I’ll mop this
yer’ floor wi’ e, till ther ain’t enough left 0’ you
ter make‘a ta ler dip of l” -

And with the words, the giant made a leap
forward that threatened to carry the young
su erintendeut off his feet.

t did not turn out that way, however. The
handsome man evidently had no idea. of becom-
ing the bullwhacker’s victim. His steel-like fist
shot forward with a suddeeness that was surpris-
ing, considering that his arms had previously
been folded, and Monkey Mouth received aterri-
tic blow between the eyes. that nearly carried
him ofi.‘ his feet, ponderous as he was.

A bowl of rage burst from his lips, and once
more he made a furious rush for Sandy, intent
on clinching with him, but again that catapult
of muscle and bone struck out, and caught the
chaw-’em-u full in the mouth, knocking several
of his tusk- ike teeth from the sockets and cans-
ing him to reel backward, and choke until he
was purple.

“ See hyer, this ain’t fair!” 0. quartette of the
roughs cried, stepping forward. “ We ain’t go-
in’ ter see Mon git abused by no lout of a
sport, like you, nary a. time."

“ Oh! then your baby elephant isn’t equal to
the emergency, eh?” and Sandy smiled scorn

tn 1 .

“Iii he can’t lick yer, we kin!” the spokesman
cried, whose handle was Crank Jim. “ We kin
show ye thet ye can’t maul w oever ye please,
hyer in Ghoul Gulch.”

“Indeed! So you think the combined crowd
of you brutes possess sufficient stamina to tear
on a single man, eh? Well, now, you might
possibly be mistaken.”

And a pair of six-shooters suddenly appeared
in Sand s grasp, leveled at the ruflians.

Just ow they appeared so suddenly in the
superintendent‘s grasp, or where they came

 

from no one present could have given a. clear
idea;yet there they were, looking at Cranky
Jim and his pals threateningly.

“ Take keer thar!” Cranky cried. “Put up
them aire shutin‘—irons, wull ye? Ye might let
’em go of!!!”

“You never told a bigger truth! I did not
come here to fight, but If you are hankering
after a scrimmage, I’m jest the gent to accom-
modate you. If you pick me up for a flat,
you’re. liable to drop me ag’in for a hot flat-
iron.

“I dunno whether we aire or not i” Cranky
growled. “Hi, Monkey! shall we stamp on

imi

The giant had by this time suliiciently recov-
ered from his discomfiture to take in the situa-
tion.

“Kerwhoop! Yes sail in an’ tear the cussed
skunk limb from limb. D’ye hear? Cut off his
head an’ use at for a football," he elled.
“Hurry! I, ther great chew—’em-up, wil head
the m0vement.”

“Halt!” Sandy shouted. as the were about
to rush inabody upon him. “ give you all
fair warning, and you’d better heed it. Death
will greet you if you come for me.”

_“ If ye shoot, ye’ll be hanged!” cried Cranky

1m.

“ And if I don’t shoot I’ll be hanged!” Sandy
retorted. “ You pay your money and take
your choice—so suit yourselves l”

The rufl‘ians hesitated.

Although they could have torn the superin-
tendent limb from limb with a good will, they
were by no means anxious to venture into the
jaws of what promised to be certain death.

“ At ’im!” the giant howled. “ Aire five of
us afearrl 0’ one cha 0’ thet galoot’s figger?
One! two! three! at him!"

Freshly inspired the ruflians,with vengeful
yells, leaped toward Sandy, who stood fearless-
ly awaiting them.

Bang! bang! bang!

Three times a jet of flame leaped forth, and
almost with the same breath Cranky Jim and
two of his companions dropped to the floor.

The fourth wheeled about and ran for dear
life out of the est-office, while Monkey Mouth
paused, with a uflled oath.

“ Shutel” he roared. “ Take advantage o’yer
dra while you’ve got it, ye low-lived cuss l”

“ 0, I’ll not shoot!” Sandy replied. “ I’ll

spare you, for I’ve no desire to kill so worthy a ’

case as you. You’re too pretty and sweet to
plant yet. Face about, and get out of this

uilding the liveliest you know how, and all
will be right. If you disobey me, I’ll tell the
public who played up—” ' ~

“Let up! I call quits!” the giant cried, his
jaw dropping, and a sudden fear seizing him.
“ You’re a square cuss, an’ when I say quits, I
mean it!” and he left the post office, his face a
study in its changing expressions of fear, baffled
ra e and chagrin.

gaudy restored his revolvars tediis hip hol-
sters, and laughed quietly.

He then left the post-office and walked away
as if nothing had happened.

The job for the undertaker was not complete,
however. Examination proved that neither of the

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three roughs were mortally injured. So that in
a few minutes Cranky and his two cenfederates
were restored to consciousness.

Not long after the shooting, Monkey Mouth,
Cranky Jim, and the other three tonghs met,
’ust Outside the camp proper, and not far from
éandNy‘s shanty.

“ ow ter bizness, boys!” the giant said. “ We
all allow we want revenge on this cussed galoot
w’ot calls hisself Sandy?’

“ You bet I” the others chimed in.

” Now, I purpose we fix things, an‘ give hima
boost he won’t fergit!"

“ How d’ye mean?”

“Easy enufi‘. Spikey, hyer, has a duplicate
key ter the powder-house. We gits a couple 0’
kegs 0v giantpowder, an’ roll ’em in under the
shanty, which stands up, on stilts, an’ set ’em
ofl' wi’ a long train, so we ‘won’t git hurt.
Whoop-eel won’t the cuss think a cyclone hev
struck him?”

“ Bullyl Ye’r’ a genius, Monk!” Cranky Jim
cried. " We does ther trick, you bet, and
Hawky goes back in ther office to-morrow.”

The villains then and there shook hands over
their diabolical plan, and set out to perfect ar-
rangements for putting it into execution.

CHA TER IX.
THE BIGGEST RACKET on ALL.

TWO miles down the gulch, from the mining—
town, a trail wound up among the craggy
mountains, such as might have been worn by
grizzlies or other animals.

A figure in male attire came down the gulch,
and clambered up the rugged path, which was
steep and winding.

In ten minutes a. rocky shelf 'was gained. ,

Opening hack into the solid rock of the moun-
tain, from the bench, was a cavern Somewhat
larger than the ordinary parlor of a dwelling.

A fire was burning within, its blaze furnish-
ing sufficient illumination to disclose the fact
that the interior was rudely but comfortably
furnished. .

Before the fire sat a young woman, plainly
but neatly attired. engaged lD roasting a plece
of venison upon the and of a. pomted stick.

She was a parently not over twenty years of
age, and t e firelight shining.r upon her face
revealed a glorious picture of girlish beauty.

The person upon the ledge stood watching
her a few minutes, admiringly—then, he ad.
vanced into the cavern.

She sprung up, and uttered a. glad little cry,
as she as: him. .

“Ahl ‘ it you, Kit? Something seemed to
tell me that you would be here, to-mght. Take
a seat.”

“Bet I will!” Kit assented. “It takes the
atmosphere out 0’ me to climb the trail." .

“ It is rather a tedious climb. How are mat-
1391's gmgrefiflng in Ghoul Gulch, Kit?”

“ wrmmlngly. Jest tell ye. Sis, things nire
narrowin’ down to a close, an’ we’ll soon have
to file up our spurs in true fl’tin’ trim.”

“ The sooner the better. I am getting tired of
the monotony, to tell the truth.”

“ Guess things aire narrowin’ down tor a
 Xe know what I told ye last night.”

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“ Well. that can’t he helped, I reckon, but the
plan can be carried out. As for t’other plan, I
paid a. private wisit to ther post-oflice arter I
were beer.”

“How did you make out?” .

“Nothin’ fer us, but I found suthin’ of im-
portance tho’.”

“ What was it? Don’t keep me in suspense."

“Waal, I found a letter lyin7 on the table
’dressed ter the postmaster. It were evidently
an answer ter sum letter ther postmaster had
written ter some one, in answer ter a former
letter ov inquiry. Hecr’s a duplercut copy of

.He handed her a piece of paper, on which was
written: ,

“CHICAGO, , 188—.
“DEAR Sim—The man you describe, in answer to
my inquiry, is undoubtedly the one I seek. Kee an
eye on his movements, and 1 will pay you we] for
it. I will arrive in Ghoul Guich on the. 18th inst.
“ Emrus Douensss."

 

“ That is a litteral cappin’ o’ ther climax, ain’t
it?" Kit grinned. ” Thor old man’s as hot arter
Sandy as an indignant hornet. ”

An expression of defiance flashed into the
girl’s eyes. 7

“ He is all for gold!” she said, bitterly. “ He
will find, however, that he cannot always have
things his own way. Let me see—to-morrow is
the 18th?” ,

u Yes.”

“ Well, we shall have to put our wits to-
gether and be prepared for the work ahead of
us, Kit";

 

The work of preparing for the destruction of
Sandy’s domicile did not consume much time,
and the task was at last completed to the sat-
isftaction of the schemers who had planned the

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J Two kegs of giant powder had been stolen
from the powder-house. and after being tapped
were rolled in under Sandy’s shanty, the floor
of which was a couple of feet or more from the
ground.

A heavy train of powder was then laid from
the kegs to a spot some three hundred yards
away. \

Here the five conspirators grouped together;
when everything was ready for the explosion,
which was to send Dick Douglass to “ Kingdom
Come.”

A strong breeze swept down the gulch, and
Monke Mouth had to strike several matches,
before 6 could keep one lit long enough, to ap-
ply it to tho powder—train.

He succeeded, finally, however, and a streak
of fire shot toward the doomed shanty.

An instant later, there was a. terrific ex-
plosion, and a glare of light, as the shanty flew
heavenward, in a thousand pieces!

The ruins instantly took fire, and lit up the
scene as bright a»: day.

“Guess he’s blowed all ter grease-spots!” '
Monkey Mouth grunted. “Come! There’s a '
crowd comin’ this way, Ther job’s finished an’
we better git up an’ git l”

“ Haven’t you made a little mistake? I’ve an ‘
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‘ let the grass grow under your feet l”

' thgvpackage and the letter, with a strange

‘thin’s goin’ ter drap.”

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hThe words came in ringing tones from behind
t em.

The wheeled around, aghast, and as of one
accor , uttered a cry of surprise!

‘ Before them stood Sandy, the light of the fire
gleaming upon the, polished barrels of the re-
volvers he held leveled in his grasp.

“ The zjob isn’t finished yet 1” he repeated,
sternly, ‘ but it will be when I’m done,” and his
revolver spoke forth the death-warrant of the
Chico iant.

Again and again, the leaden messenger called
its man to account, until, with the fifth report,
five men lay stretched out upon the sod, never
to rise again.

Then, not caring to encounter the crowd that
flocked toward the scene of the explosion, Sandy
turned, and walked rapidly away.

The morning following the. fire, dawned
bright and “clear. The Denver Sport was on his
way to the office, rather earlier than usual, when
he encountered Harry Hawk.

, The ex~su erintendent carried a neatly-
wrapped pac agein his hand, and seemed in a
“ Good-morning, Kitl" he saluted. “Where
bound?" ‘

“ To the office, I reckon.”

“ But you’re too early. I say, you’ve got
time torun an errand for me. here's a V in
it for you. Will you go?” .

“ Dunno. Depends ’cordin‘ to circumstances.
What is it?” I

“Why, I want you to take this letter and
package to the house, and deliver it to Miss
Angelina, or, if she’s not up. tell the servant to
give it to her. Mind on, it’s a surprise for her,
gave it to you. Do you understand?”

“ You betl”

“ Well, will you do it?”

“For a ten-er!” '

“ You" young scamp! But, never mindl
Here’s the cash. Now, off with you, and don’t

“They’re so numerous in size that no grass
card ever git a chance I” Kit grinned, trotting
o . '
On his way to the Lyons residence, he eyed

smde. ,

“ Bet a red herring I kin tell what’s in the bun-
die,” he averred. “I didn't hear_ a nocturnal
interview all for nothin". Sandy, old stockin's,
yer rospects luk away below par. But, don’t
git own in the month. When me an’ sis do
make our move, in this game 0’ checkers, some-

Arrived at the mansion, he was informed
that the fair Angeline had not yet arisen from
her couch, so he left the letter and package in
charge of a servant, and hurried back to the
office, where he‘ found Sandy already opening
up for the. day’s business. ~

CHAPTER X.
SANDY m DEEP mscaacs.
HIS face did not wear its usual good-natured
expression; on the contrary, be 100 ed decidedly
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“ Hillo sandy—I hear they’ve bin tryin’ ter
make a dzarr, out ov you," Kit saluted. “ Didn’.
know we war livin’ in Russian Ameriky, whar
that’s a loaded Nihilist under every stick an’
stone.” _ -

“No I did not. I guess, however, the ones
who blew -my shanty up will have totry thei"
ex eriments in a different climate henceforth.”

uring the forenoon a large number of curiou '
persons passed the office, and took particular
pains to look in, evidently to see the superinten-
dent. No attempt, however, Was made to arrest:
him, although by sending Kit out upon the
street, Sandy learned that the killing of the five‘
ruflians, and the explosion, were foremost topics
of conversation. - ‘

Mr. Lyons made his appearance at the office,
about ten o’clock, took up a paper and began to
read, while Kit and Sandy continued at their’
oflice work, which, though not extensive, ke 1:
them employed during the better share of t 9

day.

All three stepped to the open window, as the
forenoon sta e’was heard to roll into the camp,
for, coming rom the East it usually brought a
number of passongers. ,

Among the passengers, today, who disem-
barked in front of the Grand Union Hotel, was
a short, fat individual, of past middle age, with
a smooth face, pug nose and florid complexion.

He was well dressed, carried a valise, and had
evidently come from a distance.

Behind him, and evidently his companion,
was another man—a wiry, angular individual,
smooth-faced, well dressed, and gifted with a.
habitual watchfulness on either side of him, that
would indicate him to be either a hunted crimi-
nal or a detective.

Kit saw these two men; Sandy saw them;
Mr. James Lyons saw them.

Kit made a sly glance at the handsome super-
intendent, and saw that his face had ,turned
very pale. , ~

It was no matter of surprise to the youth.

The man who had first got out of the stage,
was Erastus Douglass. '

“ Kit, run down to the post-office, and get my
mail!" Mr. Lyons ordered. ” I am anxious to
see how stocks stand 1"

“ Yes, sir," and seizing his hat, the boy was
off like a shot. Office work was too tame for
his nature; he loved to be out of doors.

He was hardly gone, when San y turned back
into the office, and put on his one and hat.

Mr. Lyons looked at him in surprise. '

{{‘It-ilellol what’s the matter, Sandy!” he_
as e .

“ Something has happened, Mr. Lyonf, which
demands that I immediately quit your employ,“
was the answer.
for leaving on so short notice, but it is impera-
tive I should go at once; - Whatever balance of
salary is due me, you can give to Kit, if so you
choose.”

“ But, Sandy, isn’t there something remark-
able about this sudden action?”

“ Only so far, sir, as concerns myself and my
past. Give m, regards to your daughter, and
tell her my a action for her will never cease,
tho’ miles upon miles may separate us.”

He turned then; quitted the office, and hurried

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dbwn the gulch, the irregular line of shauties
sdon hiding him from view.

, Mr. Lyons'was sorely perplexed, and priced to
and fro Within hls office.

“ What can have caused his sudden depar~
:vurel” he mused. “Was be afraid trouble would
come of the shooting afl’air! 1 don’t believe it.
He is not a man to run from an attack, even
hough the people were against him, en masse.
’erhaps the arrival of the stage had something
0 do with his abrupt departure." ~

Kit returned in a few minutes, with a bundle
of letters anc‘inpapers. .
“ Hillo: bar’s Sandy?” he demanded. on

V; not seeing the superintendent, his face assuming

an anxious expression.
v “ You tell me, and I’ll tell you!” Mr. Lyons re-
“ He left immediately after you did, and
made no mention of coming back. It is the
most singular case I ever knew.” '

Kit'gave vent to a long whistle of surprise.

“ You go over to the dig ings, Kit, and tell
on remain there,

‘ . and see how well you can fill his position.”

Kit hardly liked the idea of this, but seeing no

* reasonable excuse for refusing, be obeyed.

He. realized pretty clearly haw it was all going.
The web was weaving around Sandy as sure as
fate, and since he had suddenly taken French

leave, the pres )ects of extricating him from it ‘

looked rather ubicns.

The boy went to the diggings, as ordered, and
made known his errand.

There was a perceptible expression of trium h
on Hawk’s face as he hurried toward the
office.

He found Mr. Lyons in a decidedly unpleasant
humor. ,

“ Here I am, sir—what’s wanted?” he asked,
on entering the office.

“ I want you to resume your former lace
here!” the bonanzaking answered gruflly. “ hat
fellow, Sandy, has suddenly left my employ, and
I judge we’ve seen the last of him.”

“Why, ’pon my word, that’s strange! Have
you looked around to see if everything is all
ri ht?’

' 5‘ No. I’m satisfied he is perfectly honest,
however.”

“ I wouldn’t take a whole block of stock in the
follow. 'It won’tbe no harm to investigate, I
suppose?"

“ Of course not. Look in the small safe; I’ll
guarantee he couldn’t open the other.”

Hawk did as directed, his eyes gleaming mali-
ciously. «v ,

He brought forth a small money-drawer, and
began counting.

“Phewl Something wrong, as I suspected.
Here’s but a handful of money, compared with
the usual amount. I’ll-be shot if he hasn’t got-
ten away with three thousand dollars! Count
it yourself, sir. There’s two thousand here, less
the amount of last night‘s pay-roll.”_

“ This seems incredible!” Mr. Lyons said,
counting over the notes and coin which Hawk
had placed before him. “ I had great , confi-
dence in the fellow, although I had heard a bad
re rt of him since his promotion. He is cer-
ta nly a double-dyed villain to take advantage
of me so soon."

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“ I should say so. What do you propose to do
about the matter?” '

“ Confound it. I’ll make it a bad job for him
if such a thing is possible. Hang out a placar
offering five hundred dollars reward for his cap-
ture!

“grower, what is that for—what is the mat-
ter. .

Miss Angeline stood in the doorway, and it

'was she who had spoken.

“Matter enoughl” growled the mineowner.
“ That scoundrel, Sandy, has skipped out and
gakep three thousand dollars of my money with,

1m.

‘ “Ohl max-CE what a bad man!
to see him. e sent me a package is morn-
ing, accompanied by this strange letter. I
didn’t know what to make of it, and I just
thought I’d bring them here and demand an ex-
planation.”

“ Let’s see the letter!” Mr. Lyons cried, ex-
citedly. “ It may throw some light on the mat-
ter of the robbery."

Miss Angeline handed him the missive and he
opened and perused it, his face growing dark
with anger as he did so.

Appended is a copy:

“ DEAR Miss Lyons:—

j‘ I hereby send tyou evaluable package which I
Wish you to kee or me a few days until I need it.
Under no cone] erzition let any one knowanythlng
about it, and confer a favor on your true friend,

“SANDY.”

“ Let’s see the package,” Mr. Lyons said; “I
have an idea that the money is in it.”

The package was opened, and, sure enough,
there were the three thousand dollars, intact.

“ I told you so!" Harry Hawk cried, in tri-
umph. ” I suppose you’re satisfied now that the
great and only Sandy is a thoroughbred ro ue."

“ I am, indeed, although no light evi ence
would have convinced me. Fix up and post that
placard, and make it a thousand dollars reward
for his capture, instead of five hundred. If that
amount does not secure his capture I will make
it ten thousand, but what I will have satisfac—
tion for the way I have been lll‘treated.”

“ You have the right spirit," Hawk cried,
jubilantly. “ I woul never rest, if it were me,
until” I succeeded in bringing the fellow to jus-
tine.

Mr. Lyons did not reply, but turned and
strode from the office, With a troubled expres—
shipn of countenance—Miss Angeline following

1m.

After they were
with exultauce.

“ It couldn’t have happened better I” he cried
gleefully. “ In one stroke everything has been

one to a neat turn,-and we are safe. Sandy is
now an outlaw, and dare not return to expose
Cassie for fear of being captured himself. To-
night We will make an effort to rob the other
safe, and the crime will of course be laid to
Sandy~long enough, anyhow, for us to get
safely out of the country. Victory is ours, and
we ought to rejoice l” y

I 'ust came

gone, Hawk' fairly glowed

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The report was not long in circulating over
the town that Sandy, the handsome superintend

 
   

  ., 'Kit,_'the

out, had absconded with a large amount, of
money belonging to Mr. Lyons, and n thousand
dollars reward was offered for his capture.
. When “the news of the, damning charge
c 7 against Sandy reached Kit’s ears, he shook his
' head, a wise expression chasing awhy the habit—
ual grin upon his face; -
“‘Ther thing ain’t settled, yitl” he muttered.
" “ Sandy’s got in hot water, and it’s'plain that
evidence been been worked purty strong against

wish tor—day’s Work was done, so I could begin
tor move my chessmen toward the endin’blf the

V . game.”
i ' The old entleman, who had arrived by the
stage was rhstus Douglass, of Philadelphia, and

Sandy had reebgnised him, as had Kit. f , -
.- , Knowing that his father was after him with a
i , -' . warrant for his arrest; Sandy had believed dis-
“ -crction in such a case to be the hotter part of
valor and had embraced an opportunity to get
out oi Ghoul Gulch whiletime yet remained. ' K
_ ‘,Du1‘iug the afternoon Mr. Erastus Douglass
had an interview ‘With .' the postmaster, after
which he paid Mr. Lyons a visit, finding that

. gentleman alone in his parlor. - ' .

After. introducing himself, the Philadelphinn

said: ,
“ Mr. Lyons, I, leurirthat you have had a
_ ‘ young man in your employ who is called Sand ."
-  . -' “ Until-8. very few hours ago I did, and i I
' «'am not greatly mistaken you are his father, as
I can discern a great reseimilancejiotween you.”
‘_ i - ,f‘ I am his father, if I, too, am not mistaken!"
~ I - ' the old gent answered. “ I am Erastus Douglass
' - ‘ - .of Philadelphia, and proud of the fact I am, for
— . _ I there is not another man inthut city who comes
. of a more aristocratic family; But,.most un-
 . ‘ ‘ fortunately, my son Richard is wholly different.
' . He is a scapegrnce, a doieulter, and .a rascal,
and I have sworn that he shall have no further
. liberty to disgrace my nsmefi ‘I

I had intrusted him with.”

you can arrest him,” Mr. Lyons shid. . “ He has
7 greatly deceived me; I suppose you are aware
’ . _ i that he has robbed me as Well as yourself?”
 , ' ‘ , “BO 1' have learned. 'Thnt is what brought
- - ' me to‘see you. I want to know: if there is ' not
some way, we can work together in this-matter
~in order to effect his capture.” ' - -
. “None that I know of, other than you mi ht
offer an extra reward, if you-have any-idea. t at
.- '» it will avail anything.” '
o - The” Philadelphian looked disappointed.
~ .. “ I shall take good care he don’t acape, ii‘. once
he is captured !” Douglass declared» “ I was al~

him every opportunity to‘ rise and make a mark
for himself in the world, and the way he used
me was villainous to say the least. and was the
meansof breaking up my happy home.
whole, I think I shall 0391‘ an additional reward,
\for I shall never rest until my guilty" son is pun-
ished,” and the old gent took his departure in 3

~ m e. v
r E Guilty though Sandy be, Erastus Douglass is
certainly an unnatural father!” Mr. Lyons re-
flected aft‘er'he was gone.
. I r,

Denver‘

. cum;

him. But if me an’ sis can‘t git him out o’ther .
scrape it air purty funny-like; Heigh-hol I.

,- ‘ have come to
‘ ' j arrest him for'embezzling fifty thousand dollars

' " I am afraid you will halveto find, him before:

ways a kind and indulgent parent to him, giving”

'made matters worse,

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CHAPTER XI.
AL‘L'FOB PL‘UCK. ”’

THE news of the robbery was conveyed to.
Laurel Lyons by, Miss Angeline, who,‘ together _

with -the new Mrs. Lyons, expressed their
heai‘tiest satisfaction. - ' V 1
“ i don’t believe a word of itl’hLuurel dc-
clared, stoutly. “ Sandy is a gentleman of
honor, and no‘ one‘could even tempt. me to be-
lieve that he would stoop to commit a theft.”
Putting on her hetrshe left the house; and
made her way down to tho diggings, where Kit

was acting as overseer over the men that were _

atwork.. V . 
He grinned andmodded as she came up, at the

same time dotfing his hot in true Chesterfieldinn ‘

st lo.
"“Afternoon to yer,

andy, I
su pose?” . , ‘ t
‘ Yes. It was to See you-concerning the mat—
ter, that I came down here. Ohl Kit it cannot
be that it is true abouthim stealing the money,
and running away 3" o I
“ Nary
reckon, but he didn’t steal no collat,‘ and ye kin
bet er life on that!”
“ et, how do you account for the

strange

part about the mono and the letter in his hand-' '

writing being sent iss Angeline?” -

“Easy eriufl.. I-had the? legitermut honor
bearin’ them‘sume to ther
m
I ii,an who give ’em ter‘memer tote,"

“ Ohi Kit, then Sandy did not send them;
there is a plot to ruin himi”,

“ You bet!
perarie

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a. parcel o’ rogues as there is in' the whole coun-

try. . Mind, you keep mumhbut‘note who leaves ,
yer father‘s shanty tor-night urter the camp is

aslee

ward you if on succeed .iu‘ clearing
love best inc. 1 the world 1” ,
- 9‘ You bet we’re 'goin’ ter try!"
,‘_‘ Who?” - ‘ ’
“We—«inc an"

Gulchl” . . .~ _
Madam Midnight?"

' “Whati ' . ..
-“You bet! But, jestye 'keep yer tongue

the}: female mystery oi Ghoul

frozen between yer urty teeth ’til’developments .

begin to unwind. hen thar’ll hen. breezewuss
than (forty cyclones.” _ V

“.I am so glad there is (a good prospect,” and

'Lnurel’s heart was lighter as'she took her leave:

The setting .0! the sun brought backtothe
gulch all who had participated in the search for
L ahdy. ' e . ‘ ’ .

A tagged outset of men they were", and what

the search had~ been fruit;

been found.

Kit’s mind had not been idle-during the day, ‘

und’he had formed a few opinions of ‘his own.
Hewasnot prepsre'dto'believe that Sandy had
left the vicinity of Ghoul Gulch for good. He

reasoned thathisnim would be to communicate

. Miss Laurel!” he said. '
“ Shute me fer '8. porcupine if I ain’t lad tor:
receive a wisit from ye. Heard ’«bout

time! He’s skippedjthe trash-loo, I r

. Lyons Ranch, an’ of .
memory ain’t all knocked into a Cooked hat, ,

But, jest you keep as mum‘as a. '
mouse. Ther hull thing is drawin’~to,a , '
close, what will clear Sandy, and convict as tart .

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. appeared, “ made up ” as

secretly with Laurel and endeavor to persuade
her toelope with him v _ v
After supper that night, just as Kit was think-

‘ in: of starting for the mountain cave, he was

ouéoeted by a muddle-aged man in the bar-room
of the Grand Union, who at the same time nio-
tioned him to one side. . , ' '
“ Are you the young fellow they call Kit?” he

asked.

' “ That’s me,” replied the b0' . -

.“ I thought maybe I could flarn of you cou~
cerning a man, Sandy. He directed me—eI’m a
deputy sheriff from Leadville—to proéure a

, warrant hnd;requisition from Chicago and come

here and arrest three noted thieves “and con-
fidence people. On my arrival hereI find Sandy
has skipped out under the charge of embezzle-
ment.” ' ,. " »

“Don’t yer b’lieve a word of it. I’m here»
after these daisies,too. They’ve sprung a sorter.

, trap on Sandy, but I kin onspring it as easy as

they sprung it, {ml don’t ye fergit itl Ter~night
isjtber time, an’ I want yer help. Grit tergether
a dozen, fellers as kin keep'murn, an’be ahind
this. hotel, artcr midnight ten—night, an’ waltz
thur till I come fer ye l" ' _ .

. ‘ “ D’ye expect :to pull ’em ?" - '

5‘ Sure as ye’r"bcrn—'all ’ccpt one feller, who’s
got jaer turn - State’s evidence, in order to clear
sand ’5 skirts of a couple of'charges.” , '

I “’ aye'youpowcr'to act in this case?” .

v “ Bet I have—rightfrom head-quarters in Chi— .

cawgo. Wull‘ ye be on hand?" 4

“ I shall be only too glad to assist you, young
man, if you are sure of your game.” I ‘

In due time Kit reached the cave in the moun-
tains, and found there awaiting him—TMmiam
Midnight. , j - r .,

Without delay he made known the events of
the (lay in GhoulGulch. - ‘ '

“ Thor-plum IS ripe, $13, an’ ef we don’t pluck

it tar-night, you kin bet it’s gciuZ ter fall off ther -
‘ tree an’bu’st our calkylationso Waive got big

work aforé us. an’ darned. little tiine'ter do it.
First of all, we‘ve ob tag-gobble onter Sandy.”
, “ How 13 that’to done when we den’t know
where heist" ' _ _
“ I je‘sttickle my ribs thet I know whar he is
located: It’s' a tart hiding-place thet I dimov-
ered when I- were comin’ ter town.” . . -
The ‘woman accordingly retired behind a cur-
tained' partition of the cave and in due time re-
M’auam Midnight, the
owner of the Mabille. ‘ '
The two'then quitted the cave, and descended

to the gulch-bottom, but, instead, of returning

toward the town, Kit led the way in the opposite

- direction-

In the course of half an hour heApaused, and

V pointed to a little bench on the mountain—side,

some hundred yards ab0ve. _ \ r -
“ There’s a little but up there,” he said, “ and
I look to find our man there. Comel but be
cautious, for he may hear us coming, and hold
us at bay.” . ’.
He was right. The were but littletnore than

- half-we “up, when t ey heard a ringing chal-

lenge 0 ~“ haltl” and saw Sandy’sbead and arms
protruding over the edge of th cliff, a pair of
revolvsrs in the grasp of his lien s. -

“ Halt!” be repeated sternly. “ Come a step
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further, and I’ll blow your brains out. What
do you want hero?” 7 . ' ‘ ’

“ A.feller w'ot looks like you!” Kit replied,
with a grin. » “ Didn’t ’spect'visitors did ye,
noW?” . ' ‘2 ~ *- - '

“ On the contrary, yes, and have‘ prepared a.
reception for *em.” . ’

;‘ Not fer us, ye ain’t. VVe’re friends, ye see,
instead of foes.” ' - e v _

~“Ohl That won’t work. My eye don’t gloss
over for a cent. Go back and tell my father he
will never take me alive.” - 4

” Neither he will. We’ve got the hull thing;

cooked an’ dried, wu’ aire goin’ ter feast tar-night.

We’re jest oiu" ter show ther old man a‘ trick _v ‘ 'y

wi’ a triang e to it.” . ,

“ I don’t understand you!” > , ' /

“ Know ye don’t. Ye don’t even know, yer
best friends. . We’re two Bloods from Chicago‘
ani'we’re oin"ter prove thet ye were robbed 0
that fiftyt ousandl" .' ‘_ . . , ,' - _-
* “How are you to do it?” . I
- “ You’ll find out soon’s we git ready ter maize
dewélopments. Yle don’t even know that ye
eire accused o’ robbin’ Lyons’s safe?” ‘

“ I should say notl Who dares to charge me
with such acrime?” . I V

“ Money found missin’, after you left, Miss
Angeline fetches it to light wi’ a' letter from you
tellin’ her,to keep it fer ye till called for.”

“ This is infamous l” _ ' ’ . '.

“ I should ker-shicker; but, don’t sweat. Yer
humble servant, Christopher Bricktop, hes got I

the bulge. _ The; parties w’ot robbed the little,

safe, aire goin’ ter tackle the big one,. tar-night,
calculatin’ you’ll git the blame fer it. We’re
goin’ ter scoop ’enr, you bet", and let Steamboat
Steve hev a chance for his white alloy, ef he gives
Ca ssiean’ Hawk away.” ‘ 1

“How came you to knew‘ these' people, or of ,
my affairs?” Sandy . demanded, still suSpicious -
and on guard. . . ~ ’ ‘ . '

“You shall learn that when it comes to make
a general explanation. ,, Our sale business here is
to arrest these thieves, and clear your character
of a lemish,” now spoke up the Woman. '

you interest yourself injny affairs.”' -.
“ Perhaps not. All will be plain to you. in . '
due time, however. Come! we have very little '
time to wait, as we-wish to lay for Steamboat”).
Steve yet. til-night.” V ’ .. . ,  ,
“ ‘I don’t know whether I will accompany you
or not. I fancy your. story is only a detective’s
subterfuge to secure my c ture. ‘ r ' "
“Nonsense. We could ave taken you long
ago, if it had been our desire; I wfll _ guarantee

that everything is square, and before morning 1 A

you can prove to your father’s satisfaction that
you are innocent of intentionally getting away
with the money intrustecl to You.” _' , .

“ Yes, she’s telliu’ ver genuine Scripter ,frum
ther book 0’ ’Zek’el, Sandy. '
we'll fix ye out all in sharie, so no one will ob-
ject to your huggin’ Laurel yonsl" Kit chimed

in. .- , - . ‘

“ Well, I reckon I shall have to go ’long with ‘
you, but if I detect the least sign of treachery,”
I’ll shoot you quicker’n scat!” he‘said, descending 
toward them.  ' r‘ . v“

“ To prom to you we mean everything aswe

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have said, when we get back to near camp, you
can leave us and secrete yourself near the yous
mansion. When you are wanted to Participate
in the victory, the boot ofnn owl wil give you
warning to come to the front of' the mansion,
where you will find us.”

“Very well. Lead on.”

The journey back to camp was made as rapid-
ly as possible, for the evening was well ,ad-
Vanced.

When the diggings were reached, Sandy
branched oil? toward the Lyons residence, while
Kit and Madam Midnight slowly approached the

cam .

“ §ow, ther next thing fer us ter do, is tor cap
ter Steamboat Steve!” Kit said. “ If any one o’
the gang will squeal on a pal, he’s ther hairpin,
ever time.” , ~ ~

“ ‘ am of the same opinion, but how to get
him into our power, I cannot see.

“ Well, there’s one plan that may work. You
stay here, and I'll reconnoiter. I’ve an idea.
Hawk will stay indoors at the mansion to—night,
to prove to Mr. L ons that he was indoors all
night. Such a t V ought, anyhow, has just oc-
curred to me. I’ll go to t e Mabille, an’ ef I
find his gags, Steamboat, thar, an’ Hawksy not
there, I’ 1 pump him up with that idea Hawksy
wants ter see him down the gulch, an’ I’ll show
him the way—right before yer shooters. Pro-
vidin’ this don’t work, I’ll come back, an’ we’ll
put our heads together ter hatch up some other

lan.‘

p “ Very well, you can try. Be expeditious,
however.”

Kit accordingly hurried away.

When he arrived at the Mabille he found, as
usual, 8. large percentage of the denizens of the
mines there, engaged in various games.

A glance told the boy that Harry Hawk was
not present. _

a Steamboat Steve was, h0wever, and Kit at

once approached where_he was seated.

“Hillel pardner!" he said, slapping the rogue
familiarly on the shoulder. “ Be you the tarricr
w’ot Hawksy sent me for?”

Steve uttered an oath.

“ See h er, what d’ye mean by bein’ so impera
dent? ho’re you, an‘ w'at d’ye want?”

“M be tismal appendix P’ints ter ther name
0’ Chr stop er Bricktop, an’ were prevailed ’pon
by one Harry Hawk, in an’ fer thor considera-
tion of a V, to wait upon a galoot called Steam-

' bout Steve, an’ cornduct him ter ther spot Where
the party 0’ the first part stands wi’ the mantle
0’ night wrapped around his corporosityl”

Steath Steve gavea quick, scowllng glance
around, evidently afraid that Kit’s volubility

would attract attention.

“ Shot Oyer devilish trap,” he hissed, “ or I’ll
throttle ye. Lead the way and I’ll foller. How
fur’s Hawk waitin’i”

“ A little furder on." i

“ Then ye kin skin back; I kin find him, I
reckon I?

“ Halt! Hands up an’ mouth shut, or you are
a dead man I” a ringing voice cried, and two
revolvers looked the rufflan in the face, with a
loud click.

“ Yes, Steamship, old socks of ye as much’ as
utter a peep, ye’r‘ a corpus!” Kit cried, jubilant-

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1y. “You’re our prisoner, an’ if ye make a
move ter escape, down goes yer apple-cart
a-b’illn’ 1”

“Ten thousand devils! What do ye mean?

What hevI done?” the rufllau growled, white ,

with rage. , .
“ Done snuff, Steamer, ter retire!” V" 'g‘; '
sponded, producing some stout strapsfi.‘
we concluded ter not let ye hov a finger er»
ie to—night at the office. Hawksy un’ Cassie
{in attend to that, 1111’ of you know where your
neck is j’intcd fie kin turn State’s evidence ag’in’
em! or take 1; e consequences all arranged for
yer reception by the sheriff’s posse.” ' *

’ 'CEIAPTER XII.
A JOLLY ROUND-UP.

WHEN Steamboat, Steve learned, by Kit's

words, that the dplot to rob the big safe was
known, he vents terrible oaths, and worked
himself into about as furious a. passion, as any
ordinary man well could do.
' “Careful, now!” Madame Midnight cautioned,‘
watching him like a hawk the while, and keeping
the muzzles of her revolvers right where he could
look down the shining tubes. “Don’t attempt
to osca e, unless you are anxious to die. I warn
you! Eyou submit peaceably, you have chances
of escaping the fate that our companions in
crime are certain to get. it, secure his hands
and feet, so that it will be impossible for him to
budge.”

“There’s but one chance for {or white alley,
md ef ye don’t improve that wouldn’t give
six cents for yer chances of missinla life sen-
tence!" , .

“ ow d’ye mean?”

“ by, this way: Ef ye squeal on ther clear-
through record of Hawksy and Cassie, wi’ facts
’bout how ye plucked Sandy an’ other sech

 

things, that’ll be State‘s evidence, an’ you go '

soot free. ,0therwise you’ll have to take yer
chances wi’ or two pals.”

“Then I’l squeal! I hev ’bout concluded ter
quit this kind 0’ life anyhow, tho’ I would hev
liked to get a. divy of old Lyons’s wad, you betl”

“ Undoubtedly. But ye’ll never corral a cent
ov that till-tap. Now, ye see, arter we gobble
onto Harry an’ Cassie, we’re goin’ ter hey sort of
a reunion an’ explanation, on you’re expected to
make a clean breast of the matter,”

“ Ef I do, shall I have protection?” ‘

“ That’s just what you’ll git. Face about,
now, an’ march down the gulch, where we’ll tie

e to a tree, out o’ hearin’, till you’re wanted.
emember, if you try town, you’ll get a shot in
the back what 11 take your breath!”

Steamboat Steve made no reply, but shufl'led
Elovgly in advance of them, evidently resigned to

is ate.

 

The town was early asleep that night, for one
of its wild, wakefu population, for very few
lights were to be Seen glimmering after one‘
o’clock—even the saloons being closed.

About this time two closely muffled fl res in
male attire were to be seen standing in rout of
the Lyons office, in an attitude of listening.

The darkness of the night was complete; a per-
son a short distance away could scarcely have
distinguished the two figures.

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. .

' They were Ha Hawk and Cassie, and were
waiting for Steam oat Steve to come.

“The cuss is mighty tardy,” growled Hawk.
“ I want you to get into the safe, and be done
with the job as soon as possible. If we were
to be caught at this, the goose wouldn’t hang 30

There‘s no danger. Open the door.
. no particular use of waiting for Steve,
as there’s nothing for him to do. He will prob-
abl be along while we are at work.”
aving the oflice key, Hawk obeyed, and they
both entered the room, closing the door behind
them.

Lightin a candle, for the shutters were tight-
ly closed, awk led the way to the huge safe,
which reached nearly to the ceilin .l

“ I can open that in short or er, I believe,”
said the disguised woman, beginning to examine
the combination plate.

. In ten minutes the door of the safestood open,
and the plundering began. '

Package after package was hauled out of the
interior.

“ There’s no time to count it now,” decided the
woman. “ Stuff it into the bag, and we can
count it when we get to the house.’ ‘

Hawk obeyed, and soon had a good-sized bag
filled '

The safe was then closed and they left the
office and hurried toward the Lyons residence,
of course not encountering Steamboat Steve
which occurred to them as being strange.

They cautiously entered the mansion, and the
front parlor, locking the door after them. No
delay was made, then, in lighting a lamp, and
ibleginning the counting of the money out on the

cor.

They became so absorbed that no thought of
danger entered their minds.

“A hundred thousand here,” Cassie announc-
ed, stacking up her piles.

“The same here,” Hawk echoed. “Eureka!
what a fat pile! I propose we divy even, and
skip b the back way, and let Steamboat Steve
smell or his share!” ,

“ Wouldn’t that be a. racket though P’

It was the unmistakable dee sonorous voice of
the Mississippian that uttered t e sarcastic query,
and .Hawk and Cassie glared around in the
direction whence had come the voice.

Two faces grew ghastly pale with alarm,
then, and well they might.

The folding-doors between the front and back
parlor stood open, and that end of the room was
well filled with people, a number of whom held
weapons leveled at the astounded safe-robbers.

Foremost among the group were Kit, Madam

Midnight, Sandy, Mr. Lyons Laurel, Mr.

Douglass, Steamboat Steve and the Leadville
deputy, who was backed by a file of men.

“Well” my gay starks, I see we’ve got ye,
hey?” Kit said, with a chuckle. “Lay ther
hull blame on me an’ Madam Midni ht, here.
We’re ther hull head 0’ ther bizineas. her gent
on ther right, there, he be the deputy-sherifl‘ o’
Leadville, an has a warrant for ter take ye back
ter Chicago. So jest let him put the bracelets
on 81 ,

“yA million curses on ye alll” Hawk cried,

‘ furiously.

‘4, Kit, the Denver Sport.

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“ Ye’ve played {pr last skin game an’aire goin’
ter git skinned. eputy, secure them chickens,
then I, Christopher Brickto , hey a few state-
ments to make, which I thin concerns several
present."

Hawk ielded to being handcuffed with bad
grace, w ile Mr. Lyons gathered up his money,
probably about the most dumfoundsd man in
existence.

‘ “ Now, then,” Kit said, “that couple are
known in Chicago as two of ,the cleverest thieves
and cracksmen in the city, Steamboat Steve
being their confederate. He has turned State’s
evidenceagainst them for the consideration of his
freedom. Steamboat, what are that pair Want-
ed for in Chicago?" -

“ Sate-bur lary, forgery, abduction, and vari-
ous acts of vi lainy.”

“ Correct. But one particular case is of in-
teregtdto’ps. You see this old gentleman here?”

0. a

“ Well, he is a rich speculator, and is hunting
a son whogot away With fifty thousand dollars.
Yousee this man, Sandy? e is the old man’s
mutton. You have seen Sandy before?”

“I have." ’

“ Where?”

“ In Chicago.”

“ Under what circumstances?”

“ We were workin’ men of means. Cassie
made his acquaintance, and he came to see her
several times. We were there one night when
he called, and learning he was heeled, we
drugged his wine, went through him for fifty
thousand dollars, and after throwing him in
thestreet a mile away, moved to another part
of town.”

“ Is this correct, Sandy!”

“ It is. I never could gain track of them, and
knowing father would be unforgiving and re-
vengeful, I wrote him I had lost the money, and
fled West."

“Are you satisfied now?” Kit asked of the
elder Douglass.

“I suppose I shall have to be, with the best
grace possible.”

“As far as your money is concerned you
shall have every penny of it to-morrow!” Ma-
dam Midnight said, throwing off her mask. “ I
have made it, and cleared my brother where
you would have crushed him; you even drove
me from home because I pleaded for him. 1 did
leave home, went to Chica o, and with the aid
of good, brave Kit, ferrets out the whole case
down to the present day. Call on me to—morrow,
at the Mabille, and I will repay you for Sandy’s
loss—since it is money you most want.”

A cheer greeted her as she turned and swept
from the room.

“ She’s a clipper 1” Kit declared. “Now, Mr.
Lyons, I suppose you will admit that Sandy has
been wronged, an’ airs entitled to yer respectan‘
confidence?" ' '

“ Certainly, my brave boy; but how about
the ,flrst robbery, and the love affair with my sis
ter?’

Kit burst into a roar. . '

“ ’Bout the luv scrape, I got that all up, myself,
fer devilment, as your daughter, there, knows.
The two robberies I overheard planned t’other

 

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who hired {no terfetch ther forged. letter an.

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'It auitdd my purposo to be known here as Kit,‘

the.Denvor Sport. Now, then, Sandy, yell" a‘s
clear as a whistle, and-l‘wanter See. yer kiss yer
yours truly, Kit; “ Brickwpl"
And Sandy did. _ r . ‘ .

I [The next: day, Kit; and ntho' doputy-sheritf

{started for Chicogo. with their prisoners. Cassie
and Hawkwere subsequéucly tried and received

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J9 Lam: Jack, the Ynung Mustunger. By 011 Coomos.
20 Burn-ink Ralph Rut-kn‘ood. By llarry SLGém-ge.
3 The D ‘ lly Franx S. Finn.

0y clown.
Tim Phantom Minor; or, Dunlwuud Dirk’a Bnnrmza.
Edward L. Wheeler. ‘ , ' .
The Sen-Cut. By Capt. Fredcrlck Whitaker.
Tin-rihunhs » .By Oil Doomelf
Rafi. in as» :By Harry St.'6eorze. '
011111911 an e" the Annihilator. By E. L. Whaeler.
(Hunhlflygjthe éreat Simi- of n... we... By J. r. 0. Admin). .
The. Boy hvtaln. Br Roger Starbuck. ' .
Dick Darling. the l’onv Express Rider. By Ch I. F. Whittaker.
#01! Woolf. tlre Borda'r Rhifinn. By F4le Whaler. . r '
izhtirxgnic l‘ at. fly ’1‘. C. Harbin-th 3 . , .
Black Jniln. the ROMA em. 13 Jamil: E. Badger, Jr. \
Ornnlm 011, the Muked omn, Ky E. . Wheeler.. ' '
liurt Bunker, the Trn’figer. ‘By George E. Lnsnlle. .
Thong}? Rifles or, _ 9 Underground Cnmp..By A.C.ironl.
TMW 1m III: 010. By George E. anllg. ~
N11?! Rigdiiotf, Jig. 'Tliy Elwnrg LCWheeler. '
e n e , the rapper. y n t. J. F. C. Adnmi.
Dendl‘y‘IEye, the uknuwn Scout. B: Buffalo BilL
Nick Millen’n Pet. By Capt. J. F. C. Adam
Dendr ood Dick’s En lea. By‘Edward L. Wheeler.
 King}: dyLOIlil Sigma. ' B ..
c ‘orygvor, rm V ‘, in ca . 7 ii St. Geor ..
The “’hito‘lndinn. By cm... .1. 1?. c Adam - ‘
Buckhorn Bill. By Edward L. Wheeler. ‘
"1‘56 shadow Ship. By Col. Pruxtiu iggraham,
The Red Brotherhood. By W. J. Hamilton.
Dandy Jack; or, The Omlaw of the Oregon Trail.
I Harbaugh. \
Hurricane Bill.

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Single “and; or. A m: (or a Life. By w.-J, gamma“,

- Putcnt-lcnther Joe. By Fhilip S. Warne.

The-Border Robin Hood. Hy linu‘alo Hill. _,

3 ,Gold Rifle, the Sharp-hoover. liy Edward L.“'heeler.

54 01d 21 (hibln; Mr, A Greenler in the Woods. By Carri.
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J. F. C. Addmn. , ' .
Delaware Dick, thu Young Ranger Spy. - By Oil (Emma.
Mud Tom “'eatern. W. 1.11m lion. '
5'? Deadwood Dick on Deck. By Edvard _L. Wheeler.
ti: Ygaul‘ Trngperi. .13 Oil Coornel.
Duelist. m n a 
Elli: €31“ the Crow—Kl ler. B Albert . Aiken. ‘ ,
Corduroy Charlie, the Boy rtvo. B Eda‘vfrd L. Whaler-
Will Sonnets. the Boy-Detective. By has. onia.
. r. the Giant Trapbor. Bv A. W. Aikon.
84 Runebu Roh- By Edward L. Wheeler.
_ Joe. 13v Cg thin J. F. C.‘Adninl. ‘ .
66' R 11011: 06 the "Zoo -Hawk. By T. C. ilnrhuugh.
1 Rollo, the Bay mun. By Oll Gnomes. -
Iriyii )tlho‘ Girl Miner; 013110“th Rob on Hand. By Ear-rd
L. ' an ar. r

69 Detectlvofiiek; maths ileroln Rap. By Charles Menu.

70:811'r95h0t Sahihomoymfltmnn. B 01 Coornu.

’31 Slim-p Sam; or,'The Adventurrl oil rlondleu Boy. fir J.
_ ' Alaxmrdar Patun. 'V  V
- .72 The Lion ’oftfieflca. By Albert W. Alkqn, , .
78 Biminzrn h l’hll,tlro Boy Sleuthmr, Rosebud Roh'IRolpporr.
‘ mum. By .. W'heulcr. r .- ' V _ h
741:1): une Pete; or, l‘ficudemm, tlfl! Dog,Dotectlve. By
- Are‘ orrln. - V .
75 Island Jim: or.'i‘he Pat of the Family,~ By Brncobrldzo

. fimynr' kaflukawry). v -
76 WMeh- y tin Shadow. By Edward ~L."thl'erI
g; Dick Dead e. 1h- fiov Smngulur. By Col. P. Irrm’ahm.
7

Deadwood I) ek’n Device. By Ed. L. \Vin-eler. . , -
9 The Blank Muytn‘ncer.’ By (In rt. Mayne Reid. '
80 "id Front '. lb} Gum... KER-TU. arhnugh.

81 Tim He‘ll V ipcr._ Hy Col. mun inmahmn. ' -
8’ Se“! JOHN” 0": The CRPHWI hi the Frbnticr. livE. . Ellis.
88 Onnnda Chet. thQCmmmferr Chm. BvE. L, Wheeler".
84 The Dumb Pnze.‘ By CaptJ Fradednk Whittaker. ‘

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88 Deadwood Dick in Leudvill ., By Edward L. “'lmoler. .

893B!“ Biddorr. ’l‘rflppcr- By dvuml SMEl‘lls. ~

90 Tippy. the Texan. By George “lemon.

91 Munitmg Sam, the King ofthe Plains. By .lns. E. Badgcr,1r,

92 The Ocean Bloodhound. Bv StunuelJVui‘r-ucg - _

98 Phil Ilnrdy, the'iioan Boy. By Charles Mania“

94 Deadwood lliek ml Detective. 13y EJL. Wheeler.- . I

' )1an mi: . F. c. Adm... ,N
as mnmdgm'mck. By E w. . . Wheeler. V
97‘The Blur-k Steed-M1113 Prairies. By lama L. Bowen.
98 The Sea Ber 'ent. By Juan Luvls. - '
99 Bonanza B L the Man Tracker. By E. L. Wheeler. ‘ ~
100 Nat Todd; or, The Fillmof the Sioux Captive. Ey E. S.~Eliiu. _
101 During Davy :‘ the Young Bear Klller. By Harry St. George
102 The X dlo‘w Chief. By Capt. Mayne Reid. ..
1113 Chip, i120 Girl S nrt. By Edward L. “'heelar.
104 The Black So, ooner. By Rn v r Starbuck.
105 Handsome Harry, lira Bwtb Deiective.
106 Night-linwk Kit. By Jomph E. Badger, Jr.
10'l'_Jnx-k 110 '11-}: Lead. By Edward L. “'heoler.
103 Rocky . olnrtnin Kit. By T. C. linrhnugli.
109 Tim ih-nndml' "and, liy Frank Durnont.‘ ,
110 The llrorui Rider. liy George W. Brown. . ,
111 130.15 Bob. thu King M Buniblaclifi. By-Ed nrd L. thfir‘. _
112 he Iielplcvm llnnli.‘ liy'Cnpt; Iiaynu‘ m. _ .. . ‘.
11:3 Hear-F909 Saul, thafiileni Hunter.‘, 011 Cnomgn.

' 114 Pine . Pin“. the ‘Mormiuln Boy. '13 l‘. 0. liarbaugh.’ ‘ ‘

15 Del wom] Dick’rt'DoubT By Mwnrd L. Winder. «

l 16 Julia Coma. Ski‘pgerx ny apt. F. Whittaker. . --

1 nncv Frank, 0 ,nlurmlo. By “Blllfuln NIL".
118 \V ill \Vildilrc, the 'l'hm‘uughbrud.
119 Blond'e Bill; or, Deadwood Dick’
I . L. Wheeler. ' ’ ‘
120 Gopher (lid, the Boy'i‘mppnr. By '3. C. Harhangh.

121 llnrr Armntrongytne Captain of film Club. By iii-"9'.

bridge emyn ', (J ck iinrkawvyd ‘ u -
122 The llnntefi l unter. ' By Edward 5. Elm. '
128 Solid Siun, tho Boy Rand-Agent.- By Edward L. Wheeler;

‘124Judg'e Lynn-11.11%. By ’1". 0.}1arhangh.

By Capt. Mayne Reid. -‘ .

128 Hue Blazer-r or, The Bran-k 0' Day Boys of Rocky Bar. By

Frrmk Dnmnnt. ‘
127 Tony» Fox. the Ferret. By Edward 1.. Wheeler. ‘
128 Black Bun, Will Wlldfire‘a ihrccr. Br Charla Honk. ,
129 Eagle. Kit. the Boy Demon. B" 011 Comnes. ' ‘
130 Gold Trig‘flfir. the Sport. Ex ’1‘. C. Hlulmn‘gh. '
131 A Game oi’ Gold; or. i). \dwood Dielfl Big Shrike. 11,

~ Edward L. W'heuler. - . V
132 Ilalnt Lnnummn 40y b». ByJ. 15.13215 er, Jr. .
188 \l'illl- re. the links ()1th :«vlill. BY Frank arunni.
184 .“lke chrrv. the llurhor l‘ulirellny. iiy Charles liforrlh.

. 185 Ilcudwoml Dick ut‘l)endwood. By E. L. \Vlmaler.
186 Old Rube. the llnuwr. By Capt. llamiltmn Helms». " ’
187. Dam Rock, the Man from Texas. B G. Waldo Brenna.
1&8 Bub ockett, in» Boy gadger. By C M. Morris.

139 The Black Giant; or. aim Lump in Jeopudy. By Jon.

‘ . - .Badger r. . ’ V >
140 35;, In rrzrma. By Philly swam. v
141 New or}: Nell, tin Boy-Gk Detective. Bi‘E.1/.Wlil€h. '
142.1Attie Tex” the Young Mustang". By 0! Goon“, >
143 Dirndlle h; or, Fighfingrfire with Fire. By Jul. E.

Badger, r. ' r
144 Little (Ar-It. tho Wild Rider. 13y Col. Prentin Ingrid:an 
The Tiger 01"1‘ v By Gnu, Waldo Browne. ‘
148<Tiic Cattle Kin .' By Fri-mid) mont. ‘

l4? Nubhy Nick of hevndn. By hifirn’rd L. Vl’l‘ieolaz'.

1A8 Thunderbolt Tom. B ‘ Hurry St. Geo _

149 “ob )I‘Eoehett. the Bank minor. By ch as Morris.

1510 The . nd Minnr. By G. Waldo Brow )e. ‘

51 The fies) Trailer, By‘Col. Prentiss "graham;

152 Dandy Dnrkc: or, TheTrzmoiillgh Pine. B ‘W. R.

153 Wild Fm k, the Buck _ Bravo. ByE. . solar.-

164’1‘lm rai . J .E. Bldg" r. ’ v -

155 com 1 me e y Bandit lly c.1_.r’....n..r.mtm. ‘

15 111%“ 2.1!! .tlte Woods. By C. M ‘

By eiivrorra. '

By Chile. hibr'rin. ~ ‘ .
I, iome Hm. By Edward '
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‘15 lo, the Bnrder Boy. r Br T.C.Har uh;

158 Dondwnog Dick’s Doom. By E. L. “15.33%. .
15,” i'nleni-Lenflier 'Jno‘a Defimt. By Philip Wmo.,

160 lhlil’ it) 1"“y, Hm BA}! iiullwhncker. By Col; ; ngnlum
161.80]; k (ekett, thqflrvksmnu. By Charles Marvin . .
162'Llitlo l urrinnney'lha Boy ‘Capiniuu By ()R C
168 Deadwood Diak'n Dre-a . lkv E. Ir. Whealer._
:34 ornndo 'Iham. Ev T. (I. Enrhflwh -
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WI] Midi?“ “’inq and Lose/I.

10?. Handy Roek’n Pledge. By, George . Browns. “

168 llqndwood lik-‘k’n Ward. BY mwm’d - W508“?-
"Iii. Thw'oy ‘1 mini)“. L‘ 9y Rilwnrd wm ti.

1? ll» incl“ lightflpr' 1,1113. By Charm Harris.

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71 Frank Morton. the Boy Hercuiel. B on Com-nu.
1 7B The Yankee Ranger. By Edwin .meraon.
73 Dick Dingle, Scout. By Edward S. Ellis.
74 Dnndy Roek’n Scheme. Br G. W. Brnwno.
Wis The Arnb thective. By Edward L. Wheeler.
' {V111 \Vildflre‘s Pluck. By Charles Moms.
Vhe Boy Commander. By Col. l’rentiu ingrahsm.
he Maniac limiter. By Burton Suxe.
gain: Lnnee or, The Mystic \Iarksumn. By J. E. Badgerr
he oy Gold- inntor. By T. C. Hnrbuugh.
he Scnpcgrnoe Son. By Charles Morris.
[‘ho Dark-Skinned Scout. By Lh-ui. Col. Hazeltina.
lire: Dart Detectiva. B Oli Cnonws.
l‘enthrsrwe lit the Boy g y. ll Erlwurrl Willstt.
lilon B111, t a (Surist P nco, By Col. l‘rvnti-s Ingraham.
'Dointy Lance and "in Ford. By .lnSr'pil E. Badger, Jr.
H‘he 'lrnppcd Tiger King. By Clmrlw Morris.
ho Ventrllo uist Detective. By Edward L. Wheeler.
ld Rock ’I oyl. By Maj. Sam. 5. Hull.
ir- Sim no, Scout. y .7an L. Bowen.
handy ock’I Rival. By Geo. Wnlrlo Browns.
Ilukory llnrr . Bv Harry st. George.
)eteetive Jon Grim. By Edward L. Wheelsr.
’ros ect Pete, the B0 Miner. By Oil Cnnmu.
‘he ‘entlori‘oot Trni er. By 1‘. C. Hnrbaugh.
‘ho Dandy Detective. By Charles Morris.
Boy, the Youn Cattle King. By Col. Prentiss [mgr-ham
bony Dan’s nak. B Frank Dumont.
:lctionnry Not, Detect n. By T. C. Horhmurh.
Fhe Twin Horsemen. By Capt. Frederick Whithhr.
*nndy Darko’s l’nrda. By Wm. B. Eyater.
Porn, tho Texan Tigsr. B Oll Coomea.
nm iha Oflico Boy. By hlries Morris.
i‘he Younf Cowboy. By Col. Prentisa lnmhnm.
Fhe Fron‘ er Detective. By Edward L. Wheeler.
White Li htniny or. The Boy Ally. By T. C. Hath-ugh.
Kentuek albot I Bond. By Capt. Mark Wilton.
Trap or Tom’- Castle Mystery.
The mentor-Boy Detective.
t The Hunchback ofthe Mines. B Joseph E. Bud“, Jr.
1 Little Ginnt and In. Band. By 1!.” 5. win...
: The Jimtown Sport. By Edward L. selar.
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(loom-I.
By Charles Morril.

The Pirato'l Prize. By C. Dunnln Clark.
i Dandy Dove. of Shasta. Br '1‘. C. nrhnugh.
6 ICJIring Dun, the Ranger; or, The Dsnver Detectivo. By Oil
oomsa. '
6 The Cowboy Captain. By Col. Preniill Ingraham
’1 Bald Head of the Rockies. By Maj. Snm. S. Hall.
8 The Minor Sport. By Edward L. Wheeler.
9 Buck, the Detective. By Albert W. Aiken.
l crook-Shot Frnnk. By Charles Morril.
Moria the Kidd‘s By Col. Prentiss lnmsham.
i Rosebud Ben's oys. By Oll Coomel.
h Gold Conrad’l Watch-Dogs. By T. C. Harlin-ugh.
L Frisk Form“, tho New York Bov. By G. L. Aiken.
Dlok row, the Miner’s Son. lly Edwnrd L. Wheeler.
Dakota Dick in China 0. B Charles Morris.
Merle, "I. Boy Cruiser. y Col. l’PllilIs lnzraham.
The Preacher Detoctlve. B 01] Comm.
Old Hickory". Gri By John . Marshall.
l Three Boy Sports. By Capt. Frederick Whittaker.
] Sierra Sam, the Dubai". By Edward L. Wheeler.
1 Merle Monto’s Treasure. By Col. Prantiu lngraham.
1 Rocky Rover Kit. By Ensign C. D. Warren.
Boldy, th- Minor Chiel. By Capt. J. F. C. Adams.
Jack Stump‘s Cruise. y ROZCI’ Stnrbuck-
Sierra Sam I Double. By} Edward L. Wheeler.
New-ho Ned Detective. y Charles Morris.
Merle onte’s Sen-Scrnper. By Col. Pmntlu lnzrahun.
9 Ben’s Big Boom. By Capt. Mark Wilton.
l0 Sharp Shoot Mike. By 011 Coomcl.
1 Sierra Sam’s Sentence. By Erlwnrrl L. Wheeler.
2 The Denver Deter-live. By ’1‘- 9- Hnrbnugh.
8 Dutch Jnn’a Dilemma. By Mu . L. W. Carson.
4 Merle Monte‘a Dir-guise. By 0|. Pn-ntirs lngraham.
5 Buldy’a Bo Partner. By Eriwuni S. Ellis.
1 ti Detactlve een’a Apprentice. By Charles Morris.
7 The Girl snort. By Edward L. “’iioeler.
A 8 Giant Gaorgc’a Pnrd. By Buckskin Sam.
- 9 [lunch Rob’s “'ild Ride. By T. C- l'lflrimuih.
50. Merle Monte’s I’m-dun. By Col. Pruntiss lngraham.
51 The DcnfDetective. Bv Edward Willem.
52 Dr-nver Doll’s Device. ‘1 _l L- Wheeler-
Tcndcrfoot. ,' ~ mark Wilton.
ill! Ben. By May. lmwls W. Cur-an.
55 Joll Jim. Datective. By Charles Morris. v
.56 M or e Monte’a Ln-i. Cruise. By Cu]. Prentiss lngrnham.
5? The Boy Chicfoi’liooky Puss. llv Mai. E. L. St. Vruin.
)enver Doll as Detm'iivc. By E. L. Vi'hcclor.
little Foxc e, the Culurudn S y. By ()‘J Canines.
Ii ' Edwnn “'iiieit.
Hide, the Sport. ly'l‘i C. llarbuugh.
filly, the Boy Rover. By Col. Prentiss lngrnharn.
luster Bob‘s Buoy; or. Lip, ths Light-House Knpor.
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265 Billy, the Buggoge Boy. By Chulea Morris.
266 Guy’s Roy 01mm. By Capt. Comatock.
26’? (Hunt Geor e’a Keven o. By Buckskin Sam.
263 Dond-Shot finndy. By 01. Prentiss lngrahnm.
269 The Qunrtzville Bonn. ‘ 15g Edw Witlett.
270 Denver Doll’s Mine. By . L. heeler.
271 Ebony Jim’s Terror. By 011 Comma.
272 Kit, the Girl Detective. By T. C. Hnrhnugh.
273 The GiJrl Rider; or, Nimble Nsd’l Surprise.
liniiger, r.
274- Dcud Shot Dnndy's Double. Bv Col. 1’. ingrnham.
275 Fred, the Cotton Wnii. By Charles nrris. _ _
276 Deadwood Dick Trapped. By Edward L. Wheeler.
21‘? The Idiot Boy Avenger. B Albert W. Aiken.
278 Arizona Alf, the Minor. B T. .Hnrbmrgli.
279 Colorado Jack, the TI er. hederick Dewey.
1250 Dead Shot'Dlndy'I an en]; or. Keno Klt’s New
Rois. By Col. Prentiss inn-ham.
281 Not] the Boy Pilot. By Jack Farragut. ,
282 Buck Hawk. Datectin; or,'.i‘|n Masaenger Boy I Fortuns.
283 131’ minds“ i-vthfilicrl 3 rs ni Win it
ov n o y In e .
$84 The 8 owlila-n’l Belt Curd. By Capt. Fred. Whittakar.
285 01d Rocky’o Part]. By Buckskin Inn.
286 Dick, tho Dakgtkal Sport. BByJClrrllol Margin.
28’? Neil the r. y ac lnrragu .
288 Denilwocyd’ynic 1".- Dirqzuise.  Edward L. Wheel".
289 Colorndo Nick, th Lusoilt. B _ r“. H.  Stoddard.
290 Rube, the Tender oot. By :2. E. L. at. Vrain.
291 Pencon Po“, the Leadvilla S o . By Albert W. Aikm.‘
292 Joe‘ Morey, the Ni ht Hawk. y Jos. it. Badger, Jr.
293 Dwarf Jake, the emotive. By Ed. W lien.
294 Dumb Dick’s Ford; or, Elias Jana, the Girl Minor. By
Edward L. Wheeler.
995 White Wing, the Ferrat Fiyar. By Charlea lam-11.,
296 Govlnda, the Tiger Tamer. By Capt. F. Wlnilulrer. ‘
89? Arizona Giant George; or, The Boyees o! Snrdma—Box
City. By Buckskin Sam.
B98 Daisy Doll’s Dosh; or, The Ten Colorudo Pards. By ’1'. C

By Jon. E.

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Harbau h.

299 The Bgnlloon Detectives; or, Jack Slasher's Young Bard.

y Harry Enton.

800 Deadwood Dick’s Mission. By. Edward L. Wheeler.

301 Dund Duke, the Cowboy. By Mn]. E. L. St. Vrain.

802 Big ennon’ll Bet. By '1‘. C. Hnrbaugh.

803 The Hotel Boy Detective; or, Thu Grand Central
Robbery. lly Chas. cm].

804 Bald liend’s Ford; or, Creeping Cat‘s Cunning. By

Buckskin Sum. .
805 Dusky Dick’l Duel; or, The Demon’s Trail. By Harry

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806 Suit‘titcr Fritz; or, The Store Deiective'l Dewy. By E. L.
me an _
807 Nick, the Boy Sport! or, Thn'e I’lucky Psrda. By MI]. E.
i r

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308 Double-{Binth Mot; or, The MyltlcCalii'ornin Giant. By
Jos. E. Badger, Jr.
809 Old Greybeord’s Boy; or, The Girl'- Ruse. By C. Dunning
Clark.
810 Kit, the Girl Captain; or. The Mad Sailor’a Log-a]. 3,
81 real P13°"“(illlmilmmm' n B k kl Slim
1 r0 re n 'exnl. y uca n . I
812 The Detective Rood-Agent.) or. The Miners Oran-aha

City. Bv .L. Whue «r.
Bill Honest Jack's Protc e. B P. S. Warns.
By ..i»- :rrl Willst.

814 Clip, the Boy Sheri . .

815 Tom. tho Arizonn Sport. By )luyur E. L. St. Vrsin.

816 The Etrcot-Aruh Detective. Hy ‘in 1 Morris.

81’? Buvknkin on of Texan. By iiiwinxn Sum.

BIB (hilaflldr) Charlie’s Detective Dunn By E. L. Wheoln.

3|!) Fri-Airy Frank in Idaho. llv Rngcr slurhuck.

B20 Cool Surn’a Girl l’nrd. By T. C. Hurh ugh.

821 Billy, the Kid from Frisco} By I. C. Cuwrlrlck.

822 Fred Flyer, Detective; or, Abe Blizzard on Di-ck. By Chill.

iorril.

823 Dend Shot Ike in Montana; or. He: Helper the Yanks.
rm. By Roger sturbucr.

824 Kit, the Denver Sport; or, The Bonamm Minsr King. By
Edward L. thulrr. _

825 Dunky Darrell, the Camp Dstsctive. By Edwin Emerson.

B26 Boy, the Boy Cruiser. By Col. Prentiss lngrnham.

827 Ned, the Roving Miner. By Harry anard

828 Rocky Ben’s Bond. lly W. J. Hamilton.
Ready April 93.

829 Dave, the Colorado Wrestler. By Ma]. E. L. st. Vrain.
Ready April 30.

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