Mohave County miner and our mineral wealth., 1918-08-10

ly and carefully so as not to awake1
 its sleeping owner, he lifted the suit
 case from the rack and hurried back
 td his own berth.
 For a quarter of an hour, Vor
 Bleck, in the seclusion of his sleeping compartment, studied the contents of IGwyn's bag. A small packet of let ters, which had been tucked carefully a5 the bottom; held his attention the longest. For the most part there were of personal nature and con- tained nothing of interest to him, but finally one caught hs eye. It was postmarked "Lost Mine," and was ad- dressed in flourishing Spanish hand. He opened it and read.
 "Dear MT. Gwyn: Am shipping your last order tomorrow. You need have no fear of the supply becoming ex- hausted for some time to come. When am I to be honored by a visit from you? l trust before long.
 Faithfully yours
 CARLOS YBARRA"
 Won Bleck smiled with. triumph as he read the, letter. It was the same smile that had played about his lips when he had met with hiA associates earlier in the day. He folded the pa per noiselessly and replaced it in the envelope. Then, as if realizing the length of time which he had kept 'Gwyn's suitcase, he put the packet of letters back into the bottom of the bag and stole cautiously down the aisle to Gwyn's berth. A glance as sured him that it's absence had not been noticed. The young engineer was still sleeping heavily. He had been thoroughly tired by the stren- uous events of the previous day and his nasty departure. It required moment for Won Bleck to lay the suit case back on the rack near the win dow, where he had found it, and to hurry back to his own berth.
 Gwyn arose early the following morning, dressed, and used several articles from his bag. He did not mo- tice that it had been tempered with. In the wash room he met Von Bleck, who was attending to his toilet, and nodded to him. The latter returned the salutation and watched keenly from the corners of his eyes to see if Gwyn should appear the least bit suspicious that his belongings had He was greatly relieved to learn that he was not.
 Early on the fourth day after leav- ing New York, the Limited drew into the little Western town of Barstow, at the foot of the great range of Sierra Mountains. John Gwyn, his bag packed and his wraps on, was ready to alight and start on his important As soon as the train came to stop, the young mining engineer jumped lightly to the platform and proceeded to the local hotel, which was located a short distance from the depot. As the Limited chugged again, starting on the last lap of its journey to the West, Won Bleck, who lad been alertly watching from his seat for Gwyn to depart, jumped from lis seat. He darted to the door, suit case in hand, and whispered into he porter's ear slipping a crisp bill nto his hand at the same time. The olored worthy grinned knowingly, md nodded. With a jerk he threw 'pen the vestibule door on the side opposite the station. Won Bleck topped down, grasped the handrail # the car, and swung out. The train vas moving rapidly now, and the jump vas perilous. The car was quite a distance past the station. Won Bfeck ook one glance at the ground flying y under the train, sprang into the ir, and went sprawling to earth.
 Don Carlos Ybarra trudged up the ast few steps to the summit of the beneath the burden of two leavy wooden cases which he bore pon his shoulders. They were a eavy load for one so old as the rug 'ed Spaniard but he was strenuous nd energetic, and his muscles were ardened by years of rustic living n the West. His gray hairs were no ymbol of feebleness. Don Carlos vas a man, and sturdy, and would be ntil the end. AS he reached clump f bushes beside the footpath on 7hich he was walking, he paused to ook suspiciously about for a second, nd then parted the shrubbery, re- ealing the entrance to a spacious ave. He tore his way through the ushes, allowing them to close be- ind him, deposited the two cases mong many more that were hidden T the dark corner of the cavern and anne out again. Once more he looked about him, as if to satisfy imself that no one had been observ- ng his actions, and then started to 7alk toward little hacienda several undred yards away, which served as is mountain dwelling. Precisely at he moment that he turned his back, wo glaring eyes, filled with hate, ap- cared from behind the undergrowth, ut a few yards from the caves en-