Klondike Kit's Chum, or, A Hot Strike on Vulture Hill — page 12: what you’re looking at

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KLONDIKE > nae '? shouted ‘fhe’s gone clean crazy.” “Took out for him, Bill; Placing himself in Karl’s way, Kit in- duced him to charge in his direction and deftly caught him about the waist and lifted him, EiChine and struggling, into a the air. “T yas one of dose Dexas longhorns!”’ bellowed the Dutchman. Kit dropped him on the ground, held him there, and rubbed his face with _— snow. The bewitched Karl finally yielded to. the treatment, but he was much longer in. picking up his wits than Bill had been, At last he sat up, rubbed his eyes, and looked at Bill and Kit in a bewildered ‘Vot it is?’’ he asked. ‘(Reel better?’ returned Kit. “T vas mixed up und don’t know vhat it vas all aboudt, dot’s all. I don’t know or do-morrow, or ~~ vedder it vas to-day, last week, or vedder I vas here, or some ~ oder place. Pottleneck Pill, vhere is dot brofessor ?”’ ‘“Vamosed,’’? said Bill. a bad case of the razzle-dazzle, Dutch.”’ ‘“‘He gaye vou “We hypnotized you and. Bill,’’ ex plained Kit. “Den dered vasn’t some cyclones, und lighdtnings, und dings hke dot, und I vas yoost inyself und nodding else ?”’ ‘Justa plain case of stagge’s,’’ replied Bill. ‘*You were an easy subject for the pro- fessor,’’ said Kit. ‘* A soft mark,’’ added Bill. “It is, is it??? returned Karl, bristling KI up. We're off for a Hill and: to ands bay WEEKLY. — ean A “T don’t dink. I bed Sou. someding g for nodding I gan break your face!” — “Get out, you sausage! — here, and I'l] eat you.’ | “That will do,”? put in Kit. 41% before sundown, ee at cs oa a ba. 7 Canig ‘over a 4 to pass the gulch will be impossible if you fellows waste Forward, Kar?! time in quarreling. ets Phil Courtenay.’ Oe oe | Their trail carried them far up Indian © m5 River to a point where they broke away pik _. from the stream and made directly rash Bi. “auppaure Hill. | YE Sst ~ About an hour before suitteadt they came to the brink of a deep canyon. é The gulch cut through the trail, and — in order to save detour of many imiles, te had been bridged with a rope cable. The rope was attacked’ to two stout trees on either’ side, and “rope chairs” were used in crossing. The chairs were merely board seats fastened toa loop of rope which hung” pendant from a flanged wheel. eit os Seating himself in one of the chairs, the traveler could lay hold of the cable- ae and pull himself over. | It was nota NS I the use of a nervous man. REAL A Considerable nerve owas required to carry a person sto ‘over this: mid-air cable. | 4 When Kit and his two friends halted at the gulch a couple of the rope chairs were — on their side, ready forse: 286 “YT vill pe der first vat goes! der cable ; ofet,’? said Karl. “If I fall, ‘you yome oudt und ketch maw Myles TED | Kit made no objections, and the Duteh- th. ah $yis SHOW YOUR COLORS—GET ONE OF OUR FREE BADGES. — ll te A. : rs « ae ee ie? ei ~ ne -, ’ - s .* fp > a ' 4 «* ~ » » - Mie ~ ¥ i’ re. aS : y,*& wr wd / ee . . aT woe 4.* /% , ec poe ’ -_ ets: 2 ¥ eh r a * . . , Jit, ts e ~ ‘4 . P ee af ¢w' 43fak a re aa * CS ee es | Sed . - J* => we ee ro 4 ag Cie 7 » Ws ~f% trek » ett on > a + fy. : ‘ ,* > comicbooks.com