occurred on the road, and they finished the first part of their trip in good shape.

promised to visit a relative of his mother. He

dians-lasso the cowboys-kill the buffalos-ride a wild bull-break

said you could go no farther, and we have agreed to leave

up at the Grand Hotel, and Mr. Wakefield, after some parting words of advice, left them, as he had some business to trans

sked Bob, when the boys found the

ested Jerry. "But don't say anything about the miner. He may not sho

sy with messages from

oon the bellboy brought three yellow envelopes to their roo

can go!"

I!" excl

o!" put

n impromptu war-dan

d, trying to hug Jerry and Chunky at the same

a knock o

top our noise," remarked Jerry. "I thoug

s much of the row as an

dressed man, with iron-gray

ced, "an' I see you bo

ade a mistake," s

I was to meet the boys that befrien

in appearance, with a new suit of clothes, and with his hair and whisk

longer. Mr. Wakefield left me a tidy sum. He grub-staked me, so to speak, an' I come We

o see you," r

. "Now let's git right down to business. That's

s up against a good big proposition. Now I'm goin' to do

need be,"

ll your folks

boys held out t

know I ain't so poor as I looked to be when you found me

ona a rich gold mine. It assays high. In fact, if you saw the gold I had in the

imed Bob, blankly. "

's millions in it. It's up in the mountains, about a hundred

rt? If you can, and we are successful, there's a chance for us all to make our fortunes

e can go,"

ull of trouble an' some

isk it,"

ou start?"

imed Bob, with such earnest

or. "I have a few things to attend to. I'l

oroughly overhauled, put in shape for a long, hard trip, and extra supplies

Nestor, as he climbed in

lutches and the machine moved off on its lon

cried Nesto

r?" asked Jerry,

u boys g

Jerry, somewhat

rs, then," wen

ok from his valise three new double

said, "but I was afraid you'd la

a gun in Arizona, but when you do, as the man in the story said about Texas, you need it mighty bad an' m

little expedition started off again, the automobile

d Nestor. "I know the roads pretty well, 'cause I traveled

d and had almost reached the outskirts of the city w

take you in,

or?" as

fast in the

ng about automobiles you can see the lever is only on the fir

the officer. "I timed y

out an' I'll show him who he's a-holdi

rheard the miner's threat. "This is

e were violating the law I suppose we'll have to go back with

n't want no fuss, but if you wan

nreasonable and unjust command. The steersman started the machine slowly ahead,

the officer expected. Instead, the boy widened his circle, made a complete revolution and then, throwing in the second sp

to arrest when I knew we w

nd the auto dashed along a pleasant country

ng. It passed the boys, who had slowed down a bit, and as it went by the oc

em?" cried Jerr

had not given much h

achine, and with him were