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“eee 4 . oF « - - m wo = - BB “néck yoke. ing dimlessly around the canyon, still joined by the ~~~ ~Morgan was not with them, however. CHAPTER IX. DOWN IN THE MINE. ‘*There he is!’’ exclaimed Dick. Half-way between where they were standing and the Comet shaft the handcuffed man could be seen running like a streak. ‘“Have you got a gun?’’ demanded Burton, quickly. ‘Mine are somewhere under the wagon.’’ ‘“My guns are at the office,’ answered Dick. ‘‘Take it easy, Burton. We'll get him!’’ Both, by. a commnion impulse, started after the fleeing murderer. ‘‘Halt!’’ bellowed Burton. He might as well have called to the wind to stop blowing for all the good it did. Reaching the shaft, Morgan climbed over the edge to the ladder and disappeared froin sight. *‘He’s out of the frying pan into the fire,’’ panted Dick. “The men down there will nab him, I suppose,’’ re- turned Burton. “There are no men down there—at least none of mine. I have laid off the night shift for to-night.’’ ‘“He can’t get out, can he?”’ ~ You wateh here and I’ll go and post guards at every opeming.’’ By this tiine some of the laid-off men had arrived and Dick sent them to recover the team that had broken from the wrecked wegoun; gy after that he sped back toward the office. Harry, Fletcher and Bertie had followed out a plan hastily conceived by the young sport, and had halted the runaways. Drawn from the office by the unwouted noise, Bertie had not been slow in divining. what was up. To secure a riata, run close to the leaders and then cast DIAMOND DICK, JR.-THE BOYS’ BEST WEEKLY. = #@ e* | _ 7 oo . Py Pe a ; * wil J rs . ra } > . . . , V4 ie mae rex J¢ oe vy, wa ’ : ' ¢ @ ” . _* if ~ “ , / ap the noose was the work of but a few seconds; tet Miksa and the old Serpent, and Fletcher threw themselves back [3g 4 7 “ey on the rope and the off horMof the leading pair was omy hurled from its feet. Iimimediately the others.piled upon the fallen animal, - and; when Dick arrived at the scene, a dozen men were busy extricating the frightened brutes and cutting them loose. “T knew blamed well thet Perk ’u’d hev trouble with these hyer critters!’’ growled Harry. ‘‘How did the fellows in that wagon come out, Dia- ond Dick?” asked Bertie. ‘‘I just caught a glimpse of the collision down there, but didn’t have time to give muclr attention to it.’’ ‘There were two men in that wagon; one was a deputy sheriff and the other was a prisoner whom he had run down in Montezuma. The prisoner got away aud went down shaft number three, still wearing his hand- cufis.’’ ‘Then Fletcher. +7 we have two men inthe mine! ‘An’ the last one manacied!’’ ‘‘He won’t stand much of a show if he meets up with Skidimore.’’ ‘“The deputy sheriff,’’ pursued Dick, ‘‘is from Cochise, and his naine is Harlow Burton.’’ ‘“Thunder! Ole Lightnin’ himself.’’ ‘And the prisoner was none other than—Morgan!?”’ There was a shout at this. Dick was pressed for an explanation, but had not time. ‘‘IT want every outlet guarded, Harry,’’ said the old veteran. ‘*See that. Coleman has the others, will you? Bertie, get my guns and meet me at shaft two. Also get a supply of candles and matches. ‘Tell the engineer in the shaft house to watch for a-signal for lights, but not to:turn on a light until he -hears the proper ring, Fletcher, see that these horses are taken care of, and it any of the brutes have broken their legs, shoot them Perkins ought to be here soon, if he hasn’t been. thrown out of his wagon and hurt so he can’t get here. After oi 4 - .