the passengers, and causing them to star

th excitement, while Frank, at whose head

were heard

ck H

t pos

t beardl

a mi

es are near, and there is liable

he revolver. "Ish dat der ropper vat ve read apou

ct?" calmly demanded Frank, looki

ow of your reputation a minute! If you don't put up your

for I have no fancy for havin

e boy's em

kind before, and I know better than to let 'em monkey with me. I am a man with a reputation

eem to be such a v

! That's no

N

t m

t is your

ce. "Out in this country the fools call me a tenderfoot, but I will show them the kind of stuff I am made

laughed

f monkeys," he said, merrily. "What

rible desperado, who has been giving

k I am Bl

anything about

you kn

our f

ver seen Bl

es

he

t ni

he

hicago, Rock Island

e on tha

hen he was unmasked by Robert Dawson-s

all your life. My name is Frank M

re the boy desperado who is known as Black Harry,

that he really believed what he said. The boy began to

a City on the first train this m

d

en that you took

the train started. I boarded the train with the determination to capture you.

his is

find it is

to Elreno with my hands held above m

ns on you. Here, young man, hold this revolver

n watching, with staring eyes, his jaw dr

ude, aghast. "What it

this boy's head. If he moves, shoo

evah touched a wevolver in awl my lif

ome one who knows something about firearms handle that revolver," said the capt

eclared the crafty detective. "I woul

d other papers to prove my claim tha

h letters and papers ready for just such

un held up against my head! Put on the irons, a

the voice of the Jew. "Uf dot poy tries any funny p

?" cautiously as

vant to. I alvays make a brac

ecided that he could not do better than trust Sol

rewed the muzzle of the weapon up against the

ndsome revolver from one of his pockets. That w

he had expected to find "guns" and

't fool me. I know how to deal with rascals like you.

Still, you seem to need assistance to capture a boy, who has made no offer to re

with your tongue-al

duced some manacles, and snapped t

eedn't hold the revolver to his hea

. "You vas much opliged vo

rse, of

revolfer, den, und gi

I don't want i

long enough alretty. Uf you like i

one of

de on dat revolfer. I sell you

t wan

tol

t wan

in

N

ig

I wouldn't ta

nd dot vas less dan haluf vat id vas vort

uy it at a

f him to you? I vill dake tree tollar, und da

o take the weapon, which made Solo

hat known how mean you vas, I vouldn't helluped you capture

mself. At Yukon he sent a dispatch to Ha

im in irons. Have Miss Dawson at stati

hel

te Det

felt that the lad had been cleverly taken by surprise, and had seen by the eye of the m

ort, ceased to waste his time in the vain struggle. He remained calm and collected, much to the dismay of the some nervous

he knew the train would not reach Elreno without

unate for Harry, as I shall immediately shoot him. I do not propose

in a scornful

n the platform of the station, and, for the first time, a

lack Harry and the man who captured him

hat if it were generally believed that he was, in truth, Black Harry, and the mob should

hand clutching the boy's shoulder

r he

and the crowd sur

back

ounds, forced his way through the throng, casting men to the right and left with his muscular a

ctive?" asked this man, as he loo

his is Black Harry. I surrender him to you,

He don't look like a desperado. Wal, we'll soon settle all doubts on thet yar point, f

ch the giant was, again forc

g. The girl was not more than seventeen, and was ver

fore the woman and girl,

s yar kid, Miss Dawson, an' see

t gesture, as if warning them to keep him away, and with the other hand she clutched at her throat, from which came a choking sound

tch who shot m