New-York tribune., 1910-02-06

Followed by the ever faithful Achilles. the
two men plodded leIsurely to their dT11t N tIie
cliff Fonsby held the four sticks OF dynamite,
handing three OF them, one by one, to Nee+,ITS,
who tanped them home with due caution IN
the drill hole, attaching a fuse. Then he SAID
Light the fuse, FOnsby, while 1 gather up
these tools. Then We'll get out. PraPs Wnen
We come back this hole'll be full OF silver.
Fonsby put the fourth stick OF dynamite
down, struck a match, and lighted the fuse.
Red, having picked up his tools called,
Come on Sometimes these fuses run
He was already the move FOnSOy tol-
lowed on the run, forgetting al about the nIlger
of destruction he had discarded
Achilles noticed this oversight, or perhaps he
thought it variation of the collar game At
anv rate he harked back to his drill IN retrlev-
ing grabbed up IN his jaws the little brown
fiend added the dangling fuse that was so Ike
his leading strap, d1SlOdging It with one sharp
pull, and cantered joyOusly after the fleeing
men.
As Red galloped he cast a look over his shoul-
der 20 make sure that Spot was following. One
glance assured him that Spot was, and that ne
was charged with dynamite.
NV G0di Man. run Run for it," he gasped,
and Fonsby, instinctively turning his head,
saw the Nemesis on their track
He quickened his pace So, did Red Their
heavy boots threw gravel. and all records for
speed were being smashed
But the dog was in a hurry to deliver the
goods. He too was showing speed. The fuse
was a handicap on the Canine-wh1ch was
providential. Once it swirled round his legs
like whiplash and the sputtering end Slnged
him in the belly He rolled himself out of the
ENHANCEMENT, and the men gained twenty
wards They had just breasted little hill
which lay as quiet and peaceful IN the after
noon sun as though no travelling volcano was on
the move Now Red and FOnSbv were on the
level, racing for the shack, while Spot, good
Spot, was down in the little hollow gathering UP
the stick of dynamite that had been switched
from his jaws by a catch of the trailing fuse IN
the splintered end of a log ne had shortcut
rather sharply.
In all the history of explosives probably no
giant of expansion had ever been so tolerant of
misuse as the cartridge Spot handled so cava-
1ierly. 1t Is one of the eCcentricities OF dvna-
mite that it erupts when it gets good and ready.
patient at times under maltreatment, and
again hasty a red headed vixen.
And now, as Spot swung free the fuse, the
brown power lay IN his compressed Jaws as in
nocuous wedge of cheese. He scurried
blithely up the hill, rounding into the home
stretch at its crest Just as Red painted.
Wen make the shack Shut the door and
take chance-we got tol'
A S they jOurneved the Sprinters saw with
aStOniShment. men IN the shack. In fact.
Pilkins stood IN the door. Evidently Pilk1nS
had announced the vehement coming of Meek
ins & Co.; for other faces thrust themselves
into the opening, grinning faces that contem-
plated the JOYOUS spectacle of MeekinS and the
English aristOcrat evidently engaged in a foot
race.
Cries of Come on, Redi You win in a walk
Go it, EngliSh," rent the air. Fifty dollars on
Red" some one yelled.
The bulldogs heavy head showed between
the legs of PilIlins. his yellow teeth barred IN a
snarl: for his little pig eyes had caught sight OF
his enemy trailing the Marathoners.
Red saw FonSby cast glance backward, and
painted, Hows Spot maxim 1t? Is he comm p
Rather!" the EngliShman answered laco-
nically, conserving his energy for increased
speed.
Meekins rose to the spurt and they raced
neck and neck. Ten yards from the shack, FIVE
yards. the gravel path howling with the beat of
their heavy boots Now they had gained the
doorway. and a jocular hand fell on Reds
shoulder almost yanking him on his face as its
owner cried eXultantly, You win, Red-by a
nOSel"
With a hoarse cry MeebnS threw the speaker
off and grabbed the door to shut it. 1t never
budged because Peloo Trout's enormous bulk
rested in chair tilted back against its pine
boards.
A SNARLING velp from ESau caused Rel
TO swing on his heel. Spot had arrived