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re i tes he 15 Edward L. Wheeler’s : i Deadwood Dick Novels “Git Thar” Owney, the Unknown. es ee es st Lay down to it!” cried the crowd,in a hundred He knows different voices. ** Oh, he'll put my ribbon in first—I know he will!’’ thought May, with a delighted smile dimpling her | _ pretty tace. re For the third time ‘' Git Thar’? Owney bent down, and the .pectators then saw him leap ahead with a **Ob, no; ILcan speak before Owney. all about the business,” ee Oh ade ‘*‘ Where is he?’ demanded Basil Montgomery, with some impatience, after waiting a few minute longer. A rap at the door, & . Oe te me ; “ ‘Sed —_ feeling of irresistible admiration of his splendid row- ing, no matter how their interests were affected. Bull gamely tried to vet level with a “spurt” that made the muscles on his arms and neck look as if toey would burst through the skin. In vain! He had been using every ounce of strength he had before, and he could not add to it. Owney had been saving himself a very little, but ques nena to give him something for the last few yards, Half a dozen strokes and he would pass the post with Stretcher Bull half a an behind, ‘Three cheers for ‘Git Thar’ Owney!’’ yelled some one in the crowd. * Good boy; good boy!” chuckled Scrawny Will. “T knew it was in him!” Six more strokes! One! two! three! Crack! One of Owney’s oars had broken short off! CHAPTER XV. OWNEY “GITS "HAR’’ IN A DOUBLE SENSE. Wuen the accident happened Scrawny Will gave a yell of disappointment and horror almost simultane- ously, with the crack! — Just when victory was in his grasp! When he could almost feel the money in his hand, and in imagination hear the crisp rustle of new bank- notes! It was awful! “ Scrawny seemed to live ten years of agony in a second. . . He turned his eyes away from the scene in very despair. e was ruined—irretrievably ruined! Then, like a volley of artillery, a roar went up from the multitude. Aroar of surprise, of exultation, of rage, of con- gratulation, of adulation! ‘Rah for ‘Git Thar’ Owney! The champion of the S:ates!”’ ‘Well rowed, Owney! Well rowed, old man!”’ ‘He was too much for yer, Stretcher!” ‘‘Owney go’ thar, you bet!”’ ‘¢*Rah for the Boy-Oarsman!”” ‘Git Thar” Owney had won, Y-s, in spite of his broken oar, he had managed to pass the post first! He nad rig 8 the nose of his boat just a few inches in front of rPat of Stretcher Bull, but it was enough to give him the race. The impetus given to the boat by the three strokes before the breaking of the oar had sent the light shell fiying forward and put it past the goal almost before Owney realized that his oar was broken, It was a narrow escape Had the oar broken a second sooner it would have been Stretcher Bull’s race, As the two oarsmen turned around to paddle back to the judge’s boat--Owney getting along as _ well as he could with his one oar, Stretcher rowed up to nD and put ned gr meer wney grasped if warmly. ; “* Well, Ranns one,” said Stretcher, “I didn’t think you could do it, but can safely say it wasa square race and was won on its merits.” ‘ Yes. I guess it was, Stretcher, I was bound to git thar if I could,’ returned Owney. ‘Though I uess IT would have been badly knocked out if it adn’t been for you getting me out of that scrape in New York.” ' “Shut your mouth about that,” said Stretcher, ng | ape PR cept to see you get a square deal, that was all. The judges formally awarded the race to Owne and complimented both him and Bull on the gal- lant manner in which the contest had been carried Scrawny Will fairly hugged Owney when he step- ped out of the boat; but May had disappeared. She had seen that her blue ribon had been borne to victory, and she had run home quite contented. ‘**Come in,” ** Somebody to see you,” announced the porter, **Show him in!”’ A shabby-genteel man, who might have been a book-agent, stepped into the room. Scrawny Will and Basil Montgomery both started, * What do you want?” faltered Scrawny- | *Scrawny Will, I charge you with being in unlaw- ful possession of a diamond and emerald necklace, the property of Basil Montgomery,” said the shabby- genteel man, ‘It is a lie!’ yelled Scrawny Will. ‘It’s the truth!” said the shabby-genteel man quietly. ‘*There are the diamonds, glistening in your inside coat pocket. I can see them.” Secrawny Will involuntarily tried to hide the open- ing of the posers and thus tacitly admitted the possession of the property. ** Come on!”’ commanded the shabby-genteel man, producing a pair of handcuffs, ‘lam going to take you to the station-house,”’ Scrawny Will was thoroughly cowed. He dropped on his knees and held up the neck- lace in his hand, Montgomery, with a of pleasure, seized the jewels that had been missing for so long. The necklace was intact—just the same as when he had last seen it, ‘See here! I have surrendered the property,” said Scrawny. “I was only minding it for a friend of mine—Crook Cripps.” ; “A nice friend! A man for whom I hold a war- rant, and whom I will arrest to-day,’ was the shabby-genteel man’s reply. ‘I hope you won't press any charge against me,” said Scrawny. “I never did anything crooked in ay ee [ am just a sporting gentleman—not a lef. *Oh! let him go!” urged Montgomery. ‘“ I have got the jewels and I don’t care about sending the man to the Penitentiary. At the word Penitentiary Scrawny Will wilted. ‘**Can’t you let him go, officer?” asked Montgom- ery. **T guess so,”? answered the shabby-genteel man. “*T happen to know that he is telling a straight story for once. Scrawny Will, ll let you off this time ”’ Scrawny Will jumped to bis feet and wrung the hand of the shabby-genteel man. ‘You are a square man,”’ he cried, ‘and I am your friend from this out. ere is only one other erson in the world that I feel as well disposed to as co to you.” ‘* And his name is—" *** Git Thar’ Owney!”” The shabby-genteel manu turned aronnd, went through a few rapid movements, and faced them again, Scrawny Will's eyes seemed about to fly out of his head with surprise, while Montgomery said some- thing under his breath that sounded’ like * Great Ceesar!”’ The shabby-genteel man had converted himself non” (Maan Thar’? Owney, the Boy Oarsman-Detee- ive The money that Owney received for winning the race and for recovering the diamond necklace, put him in comfortable circumstances for a few months independently of his income from other sources asa member of a private detective agency. Crook Cripps Cheap reeren on the day of the boat race, He got an inkling that a detective was ou his track and that he would be arrested on that day for his connection with a certain bank job. He left a letter addressed to Scrawny Will, in which he said that May was not his daughter, but that of a colonel under whom he had fought in the late war, and who, dying on the field of Gettysburg, had in- trusted his infant child to Crook Cripps. Crook one was a better man in those days, and had willingly undertaken the trust, To his credit it must be said that he had always been verv good to May. 410, Beadle’s Half-Dime Library. 1, Deadwood Dick; or, The Black Rider of the Black Hills. : 20. The Double Daggers; or, Deadwood Dick’s Defiance. 28. Buffalo Ben; or. Deadwood Dick in Disguise, Wild Ivan, the Boy Claude Duval; or, The Brotherhood of Death. 42. The Phantom Miner; or, Deadwood Dick’s Bonanza. 49. Omaha Oll; or, Deadwood Dick in Danger. 57. Deadwood Dick’s Eagles; or, The Pards of Flood Bar. 73. Deadwood Dick on Deck; or, Calamity Jane, the Heroine of Whoop-Up. 77. Corduroy Charlie; or, The Last Act of Dead- wood Dick. . Deadwood Dick in Leadville; or, A Strange Stroke for Liberty. Deadwood Dick’s Device; or, The Sign of the Double Cross, Deadwood Dick as Detective. Cinnamon Chip, the Girl Sport; or, The Golden Idol of Mount Rosa. . Deadwood Dick’s Double; or, The Ghost of Gorgon’s Gulch. Blonde Bill; or, Deadwood Dick’s Home Base . A.Game of Gold; or, Deadwood Dick’s Big Strike, . Deadwood Dick of Deadwood; or, The Picked Party. . Deadwood Dick’s Dream; or, The Rivals of the Road, The Black Hills Jezebel; or, Deadwood Dick’s Ward. . Deadwood Dick’s Doom; Jane’s Last Adventure. “ . Captain Crack-Shot, the Girl Brigand; or, Gypsy Jack from Jimtown. or, Calamity 221. Sugar Coated Sam; or, The Black Gownsof Grim Gulch. 52. Gold-Dust Dick. . Deadwood Dick’s Divide; or, The Spirit of Swamp Lake. Deadwood Dick’s Death Trail; or, From Ocean to Ocean. Deadwood Dick’s Big Deal; or, The Gold Brick of Oregon, Deadwood Dick’s Dozen; or, The Fakir of Phantom Flats. Deadwood Dick’s Ducats; or, Rainy Days in the oe bom . Deadwood Dick Sentenced; or, The Terrible Vendetta, Deadwood Dick’s Claim; or, The Fairy Face of Faro Flats. Deadwood Dick in Dead City. Deadwood Dick’s Diamonds; or, The Mys- tery of Joan Porter. Deadwood Dick in New York; or, A Cute a o.n7n wo ow 5 2 %o 2. 20 Sf ) 2 “SR. S ~ o o 2 & & & ® by Berawny, * be oni you. said Owney, as ae mipet enya pas es ag hee re leave her now, Case, ry soon as he ha ) ; and he asked Scrawny to see that she was proper! ‘ : : ' ‘ * All right, Owney; Of course, t whit to talk to taken care of until the present trouble a ah the 450. pom Dick’s Dust; why The Chained bs -s- you. a ob blew over. : : \ : “Yes, and I want to speak a few words to you,” Scrawny Will found himself ina quandary. He | 443. Deadwood Dick, Jr.; or, The Sign of the *) added Basil Montgomery, who overheard the | could not leave the girl alone, and he did not know Crimson Crescent. ‘ . last remark uttered by vill. what to do with her. \ : te Ned: Deadwood Dick Jr’s ee a “To me?” asked Scrawny. Montgomery came to his relief. His wife had ' 448, Nickel-Pla » OF, 4 © * + eee: meats all cient” put in Owney. “We may as Sasey ‘ ger ih to May's dH gy ore and abe Fouls Defiance. g g * v: rig he, . e Ss ' take the girl as a companion, to accompany her on unflower Sam, of Shasta; ‘ood a well make a friendly party 3 4 a F have some busi- | her shopping expeditions, help her dress at the Dick JP's Full Hand Fe: eae o ness with you, Scrawny, anc on't object to Mr. | theater, and so forth. : me | Montgomer being present.” | ae May gladly accepted the offer. _ | 459, Flush Fan, the Ferret; or, Deadwood Dick ‘ 7 a ell, where shall we go?"’ as ae Ae FEN As for Owney, he was delighted to learn that May Jr’s Big Round-up. “Ss : ___“ Why not come to my room at the Monongahela | had secured a Z00d home. , ” 1465. Philo Fly, of Phenix: Deadwood Dick PS apy as House? suggested Moutgomery—" say at eight | He still wears her blue ribbon under bis coat,and |" Jr R y t a No. 10 . ee ee mere ie Se Aierigte norte aaa is a rrpquient ,visltoe to Montgomery's hotel, wrer- Be uc ae a o. 10. 3 eA a , ye ever he and his wife happen to be, turning up in . Bozeman Bi ig Brace; or ood Tere (a ght o’cloc | aginable, : . 1 ee Gs Pi a porter to Montgomery’s room in the great "He does not confess that he comes to see May. In | 476. Humboldt Harry, the Hurricane; or, Dead- ot) ae “t " ttsburg hotel known as th: Monongahela House, fact, he always says it is detective business that | - wood Dick Jr’s Dog Detective, ye, a ‘ee | Owney had left him down-stairs, saying he had to | brings him. tc) eh te ihe : ir. step ia “a the writing-room and would follow him in a radiant — blushing face belies py pate. 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