The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1923-10-11

ular army, who has volunteered for
special scouting detail to stop this
border work. The character Of the
Frisco Kid has been made to order,
to permit of my thus gaining the con-
hdence Of these outlaws. The whis-
per reached me a week ago that mu-
nitions were being run through here
that Bob Meager's outfit was doing Il
that tits was the leak we had
been unable to stop. ! came up to
Nogales hung around there In the
lowest quarters of the town. picking
MP stray bits of rumor. Finally I
heard about Clarity, learned he was
going out to tie Meager ranch. His
henchman split a little, leaving me to
believe there was going TO be a run
made across the line this week.-Mrs.
Casebeer outfit. That's why I came
out; that's how Clarity picked me up
at Silver Springs, and / rode on with
him to Meager's." =.
She was deeply interested now, i'm
pressed by his earnestness.
81 had sent word to our people from
NOgales. There Is a narrow pass
through the hills on the trail below,
which this outfit must use Just before
they cross into Mexico. THERE'S no
other way south leading from here.
Early this evening a squad of cavalry
got there from the north, and are
waiting"
HAnI ~ tho outfit thou N 20 yuafnhinO
for do not show up tonight, or early
tomorrow, what will the soldiers do?"
"Hard to tell. This halt here has
knocked out my plans completely;
my guess at the game has gone wrong.
AS IL Is I have the choice of two
things-either remain here and learn
what these birds are really up to,
or else ride south, bring those troop
ers back, and round UP this entire
outfit on general principles. I'd like
most Of ali to discover where Mea-
ger is"
perhaps l can help you. I have a
story to tell you yet"
Deborah spoke rapidly, clearly, de-
plotting her experiences in the con-
cealed tunnel, her escape up the mar
row passage leading to the desert
level, how she came to be hidden In
the gully, and what had occurred there
after Kelleen had ridden away. The
captain listened eagerly to her recital
of adventure, in~terrupting the nara
tive with numerous questions. This
fresh knowledge brought a new ele-
ment into the affair, complicating the
whole matter.
you say this was a tunnel?" he
asked finally. Dug out, you mean?"
"The light was too poor for mi to
tell very much. I thought at the time
1t might be an ancient w~atercourse.
but work had certainly been done on it.
| found a pick and shovel on a heap
Of loosened rock. Quite q pile of bro
ken stone lay ut the farther end, as
thOugh% II might have been blasted
from the wall. I had to climb over it."
kelleen drew a long breath, his, hand
shifting his knee In sudden conviction.
by Cd" he said slowly. 81 be
Heve II must be the Lost Mine Mea-
ger may have found it, and is trying
to keep ii to himself"
THE Lost Miner
yes; it is a tradition of this coun-
try, an old Spanish legend, l believe,
but implicitly believed for a hundred
years. Men by scores have lost their
lives hunting for II from one end of
this desert To the other. The story
goes that 1T was ~fabulously rich, dis
covered by a Spanish explorer, who
carried samples of ore clear to Mex
leo City. He came there twice with
laden mules, but refused all definite
information. and the men he took back
with him as helpers were never per-
mitted to go beyond the edge Of the
desert. He would then go in alone,