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Finally they found that they could walk upright, the mountain seeming to have been split by some convulsion of nature into a long, a adi chasm, twenty feet high and barely four wide. And as they suddenly turned to the right, and then a few yards om to the left, and then went straight on, they saw, shining from afar off, a glimmer of light which they knew must be the grey: into the canyon. A faint daylight showed them their way just here, and by it,’ Kit looking up, saw, in the wall, an opening, to which he called Frank’s attention. ‘There is where those two unfortunates fell through, Frank, I guess.” ** Yes, there is no doubt of that. ‘* We will doubtless find their bodies at the foot of the cliff, where the waterfall plunged down. **'You have the crowbar, Dan?” sé Yes. 9 “‘T’m glad of that. I’d not like to trust my weight to a rusty spike.” ‘The water confined by these narrow walls must rush through here furiously.” **T should think so, ‘*Those two wretches were doubtless hurried away like a flash, when they fell in, and were hurled through that opening before they could comprehend what had ppened.” ** ‘Well, they deserved it.” And thus conversing they walked on, finally coming to the opening and looking out. The spikes were there, driven into the cran- nies of the rock, but so rusted that they would not have borne any considerable bie age so they planted the crowbar in a deep crack, where it stood firm, and then looked at one another and burst out laughing. There was not a single piece of rope in the arty, and one of them would undoubtedly have o to The Gulch after a coil. But suddenly Kit, telling Frank to follow him, retraced his steps until he came to his cavern, into which, with Frank’s assistance, he man- aged to climb, and soon reappeared with a long iece of stout rope that was strong enough to hold two or three times his weight. With this they easily made the descent, and looking sawp aed for the bodies, and not finding them, came to the conclusion that they must be at the bottom of the pool. So, giving up the search, they walked on down the creek until they came to the mound and there, Dan, leaning over as Jordan had done, scooped up a handful of gold and showed it to his companions, saying: ‘‘The deposit must a couple of feet thick here, close to the bank. “What must it be ot the middle?” “* About three yards, I emg ” said Frank. ‘‘ Td like to go fishing there for a while!” “You can, Frank, whenever you want to. ‘‘ Whatever I have you three boys can share with me, you know that.” “Oh, let that matter drop, Kit, or Pll get real ‘‘Come on, and let’s visit the wonderful and weird cabin.” They found everything as it had been de- scribed to them, but Frank came near getting his head blown off as he rashly entered the cabin, for the weapon held by the dummy was discharged, and it was only because it had not been accurately aimed that the bullet did not reach its mark, , Frank, however, became very indignant and immediately proceeded to ‘kick the stuffin’” out of the figure, as he expressed it, and the dummy was soon a total wreck, Leaving everything as they found it, and coming to the conclusion that the two men had surely perished, they again returned to the place where they had entered and climbed up the rope, bearing with them, as the sole memento of their visit, the handful of gold that Dan had secured. ; And during all the time that they had been in the canyon a pair of basilisk eyes followed their every movement, as the maniac watched them closely. Returning to Dainty, they told her that Worthington was undoubtedly dead, and that allin the canyon was as it had been pictured and it was without a single living occupant. And then they held a consultation, Kit and Dainty begging Dan, Charley and Frank to take possession of the canyon and secure a com- petence at least; but the three steadily refused, antil, finally, Kit made them a proposition. _ *T am very anxious to visit Europe; and Dain- ty also. If I haveno one to look after my interests here I can not take this trip. Now, I will form — Kid-Glove Kit and Pard. a company, consisting of you three and myself, and will give you an equal share with me if you will remain here and work and manage the placer-diggings in the canyon. What do you say to this?” ‘**There is but one thing we can say,” an- swered Frank, speaking for himself as well as ‘for his companions; ‘*‘ we accept, and will work for you. But we three will not take more than one-half of the whole, leaving the other half for rou. ‘* Then to stop all further argument, I will ac- cept your conditions. We will go to Denver and draw up the papers and then I will say good-by for a time. We will stop up the upper hole, thus closing the entrance to the canyon until you return.” And so, in a day or two, all of their matters were settled up, in and about The Gulch, and the five started for Denver, reaching there in safety and transacting their business in a short time, with the aid of an excellent lawyer. Then Kit and Dainty left them, and started East, after many good wishes and promises to return soon, while the two brothers and Dan went back to The Gulch, where The Broadway existed no longer; and when the winter’s snows came they determined to await the spring be- fore commencing their operations, which were successful beyond their highest hopes. 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