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* > i» © Britz Dunder, the fat Gerinan youth, presented him- 7S) self in the door. Se Tir one hand lie had a half-eaten pie, and he was ob- y i ey 3 ~ . liged to splutter and make a prodigious swallow before i he could articulate the words that called Dick’s atten- tion, | ‘What is it, Fritz ?’’ ‘‘Dere's a feller vants to see you alretty ofer on der drail,’’ ‘Can't he come here?’ ‘“Dot vas imbossible. He say oof you vill come py ‘ih Soe him he vill be efer so mooeh obliged.’’ Dick left his friends and at ouce went over 'to a point on the trail where a team anda inouutain wagon were standing, There were two men in the wagon and one of them was haudenfed. It was the handcuffed ian that claimed Dick’s atten- tion to the exclusion of everything else, just then, for he was noue other than the gambler, Morgan! ; CHAPTER VIII. - THE RUNAWAY. ' Mr. Wade, I kuow,’’ remarked the man in charge of the prisoner, reaching out his hand; ‘‘I recognize you from description, sir. Harlow Burton is my name, and I have chased this scoundrel here clear from old Cochise. I’m adeputy, you understand, and Morgan is wanted for murder.’’ . As Dick grasped the deputy sheriff’s hand he looked him over with considerable interest. He was a hunchback, his head hardly reaching to the shoulder of the prisoner; his arms were of enormous length, his face was smooth-shaven, and his eyes steel- gray aud piercing. Between his knees stood a Winchester rifle, and on the seat at his right—the side farthest fron. Morgan—lay a navy six, ready to his hand in case of trouble. Burton was very well known through that section Beet under the sobriquet of ‘‘Old Lightning,’’ and he had ~ ~~ Se) 7. x ar 4, =F ise a v - : - Z 2 a d ‘ ? vd ,. <e ¥ a 4 os 4 .. s Ja Aci Mahe Came : woe aa ont sf ‘ eo A 457k ee earned a reputation of absolute fearlessness in the track-_ ing down of criminals. Dick and Burton had never met before, aS may be sup- posed from Burton’s remark, aud it was interesting to note the swift way in which they sized each other up. Dick’s hand leaped out in a momeut, and the ensuing clasp was cordial and hearty. ‘*Glad to know you, Burton.’’ ‘<Tt does me proud to shake your fin, Wade.’’ ‘You have a friend of mine there, I see.’’ "| didn’t know that. Have you and Morgan had dealings together ?’’ ““He was training g with Kinglake, and I ordered the pair aut of Comet City. They went, but they came back again and openly defied me. I then had the Comet City miarshal—who is none other than my old pard, Hand- some Harry—put them in jail. They broke out, joined forces with a notorious cutthroat named Hefiner, and have made me some trouble.’’ ‘“Possibly you have a more valid claim on Morgan than I haye?’’ ‘f Not if he killed a man up in your bailiwick. Where did you get him ?’’ ' Up at Montezuma. He came in there for supplies, and I saw him in the street. I laid for him and got the 50 I want to put him up in the Comet jail for drop, and he knew better than to make me shoot. here he is. to-night—that is, if. you’ve got a stronger cell than the one he and his pal got out of at the time you just spoke about.’’ ‘“The lock-up has been repaired since then, and I'l} guarantee it will hold your man. When you get to Comet inquire for Rickner. Harry is here at the mine for to-night, but Rickner holds the calaboose keys and will turn them ever to you.’’ ' Very good, I’ll do it.’’ Burton gathered up the lines preparatory to Starting) > but stopped and listened. ‘DIAMOND DICK, JR.-THE BOYS’ BEST WEEKLY. Ss - ‘ie - ‘ , a = yt : # Td: 2 * ’ ° oy, (yer 4 — Lon? Above the pounding of the stamps in the Comet golds.” ~e * a, ae ——_— 4 * ‘ ya | e bt ~~ Fu ut 7 ; ' ow