Tip Top Weekly No. 61: Frank Merriwell in the Mines — page 14: what you’re looking at

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122—ts | FRANK MERRIWELL IN THE MINES. toward him, his face beaming with de-| The supper at the hotel was not at all light. ' elaborate, but as Toots declared it was “Hikal-hi chiakgo chally-ma-lolly!” “po? erful fillin’,’? and as the boys were chattered the Celestial, and then he made! ‘decidedly hungry, it proved satisfactory. a lunge for Merriwell, caught Frank inj After supper they.sat around and told his arms and gave the boy a frantic hug. ' stories for awhile, and then as it had ‘Here! here! break away !"’ laughed. grown dark Frank proposed that they go Frank. ‘What ails you?’’ ‘out and ‘‘do the town. ‘“Melican bloy velly gileat fightal!’’| | ‘*Scrate Gott!’ cried Harry. ‘‘What wildly declared Sing Lee. “Rissee Meli-| i do you expect to find in this town at this can bloy footee.”? i'time of day? Do you think of attending And then before Frank could prevent ;the grand opera? or will you go to the it, the Chinaman went down on his knees; circus ?”’ and was kissing Merriweii's shoes. : ‘“We might find something worth see- “Say, say! let up!’ cried Frank. ing,” said Prank. “Wait till I get a shine. Those shoes: “And we might find something we do carry samples of dirt from every part of | 'not care to see=-Ren Boze, for instance, ”? the country between here and Eastern: said Jack. Kansas.” | «I do not propose to keep under cover ‘“Melican bloy let Sing Lee havee dilt|becanse Ben Boze is in town. It will offee shoe,’’ begged the heathen. “Sing! make all the more trouble for us if he Lee keepee dilt to ’membal Melican bloy' | vets the idea that we are trying to avoid by.”” hiim.’’ “It isn’t mecessary; Dll give you! «Well, I really don’t understand what something else to remember me by.’ ‘ails you, i grunted Bruce. ‘‘You never By this time the combined hotel clerkiseem to care to rest—always want to be and general utility man had recovered | doing something. Don’t you get exercise from his surprise, so that he roared: enough riding your wheel over these _ “Chase yourself, you pig-tailed monk-| mountain trails?” ey! I'l give you something to remem- “Oh, you may sit still and rest, ” ber me by!” laughed Frank. “‘Iam going for a stroll Then he charged at the Celestial, but Who'll come with me.’? | Frank intervened, saying: | | “Oh, I'll have to go along just to ST wouldn’t hurt him. He doesn’t keep you out of trouble,’ grumbled mean any harm.’ - Bruce, getting up and. lighting a cigar: The. clerk looked at Frank in mingled ette. ‘"Drive ahead.”? surprise and disgust. " “Well,” he said, “you may like it to. Almost immediately on icavien the hotel and reaching the dark street of the have that critter huggin’ and slobberin’ | town, the attention of the boys was at- over yer. If yer do, all right. tracted by the sound of music. - Sing Lee showed evidences of fear “Yisten!? exclaimed Jack. “Where when the clerk started for him, and/, oes it come from?” looked pleased and reliev ed when Frank! “Fyrom that place,” said Frank, point- interfered. “4 Melican bloy velly blave,”? admiringly ing toward the door of a ‘saloon, over declared the Chinaman. ‘No flaid of which was a large illuminated sign of a Benee Bozee. Benee Bozee blad man. golden eagle. Hitee Sing Lee with whipee. Sing Lee} ‘‘And it was in front of that place that ‘flaid of him. Sing Lee glad to slee him| we found trouble when we entered ns. gitee hit with him own whipee. Evly-|town,”’ said Harry. body but. Melican bloy ‘flaid of Benee ‘‘And that is the place the strange man Bozee. a - tof the white hair warned us to keep away Frank found it rather difficult ‘to get |from,’’ added Jack. rid of the Chinaman, who wanted to fol-|. ‘‘Fo’ goodness sakes, don’ go. dar, low him about, like a dog, but he finally | Marser Frank!’ cried Toots. succeeded. “Tam not going there,’?: ‘said Merri- COnicloooks (CO)