Klondike Kit's Chum, or, A Hot Strike on Vulture Hill — page 21: what you’re looking at

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_ KLONDIKE KIT WEEKLY. It was then too late, however, tostop- ‘‘Henderson and his overseer, Bol- the fleeing white men and Kit and Phil iver.” > rounded up, panting and breathless, be- “Does the card tell you anything hind ‘the breastwork of bowlders where else?” Bill and the Dutchman had been left. ‘Ves; it tells ine that I will find them ‘Bravo!’ ex€laimed Courtenay. ‘‘We at Boliver’s hole-in-the-ground. Hen- gave them the slip in crack style.’’ | derson is trying the same scheme with . - - ¢ a if b : » ~ Ot M ow 4 > a > ’ = me Oe eae! ca ~ - 7 | ¥ : Vv “tt * i» © . ; 4 ‘ a? + PA 4. , mid a. - > rf. pa >. . EN ales oe OW. them that he did with me.’? could have saved ourselves all that trouble ‘What is this ‘hole in the ground?” by using revolvers, but I’m in with them vA blow-out i 11) the hill-side where he in their fight against Henderson. They Solera himself, like a wolf in its bur- have my sympathies, and I didn’t want ‘“Peor chaps!’’ muttered Kit. a i 5e- “ ec ; . ™ is , ~~ * \ . POR tee ., #1 - ‘al : cr ey TOWe eS ‘‘A peculiar kind of a home, it seems to injure them.’ to me; but if Bill and Karl are in dan-~ ' — 4 - **My feelings toa T. ‘Henderson is a slave- -driver, and the Northwest mounted police ought to take him in hand.”’ ger, . us lose no time in going ‘to. their rescue. ’ ‘““That’s the idea, Kit. We cannot act too quickly. Follow me, but be cautious. We inust take no chances of running up « — pe rd ‘“He’ll get to the end of his rope sooner or later. But here we ate at the place where I left Bill and Kar! and they are not to be seen. Hello, whiat’s this: me: against those wild coolies.”’ Without pausing longer, the two o> A white object was lying at Kits feet. friends drifted away into the darkness. 4 He stooped down and picked it up and “ gave a low laugh as he saw whiat it was. “It’s the message you left for Karl,”? explained Kit. ‘‘He probably droppéd couRTENEY SPINS HIS YARN—LOCATING the card out of his pocket.’’ — BOLIVER—THE CLIFF-DWELLER. . : hy e¢ ; bee would have been a careless As Courtenay led the way along the r y) G4 Sess ay SPAR CHRY, aoe oaeesy base of Vulture Hill, both he and Kit unlike Dutchy.: Let ime see the card, -_—— --— — — ~ CHAPTER VI. could hear the Chinamen scurrying about Kit. 5 e them but they fortunately escaped detec- if Kit handed it to his friend, noticing, as ai —int he did so, that another corner was torn At last Courtenay came to a halt be- “ off and that it had a crease through the yeath the almost perpendicular face of a middle. a | _. cliff. ‘Is it another message ?”’ asked Kit. ~The cliff was very high and rugged. ~ That’s exactly what itis. Thattorn it was able to discover this in spite corner means that they have been taken ~of the darkiiess. 7 in. Se os aE fe ‘“Well,’’ he asked, ‘‘what are we stop- “By siti ?»? ping here for, Phil?” _ WAR BUTTONS AND BADGES FREE—SEE PAGE 32. * | > ~ + . - *