The "Blacklisted" Cadet — page 57: what you’re looking at

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: “THE GOLD MINE IN THE AIR.” VEG! 44 ie 2 “She’s gone, that is sure, for this was tacked Hh & i _srighit on the tuside of the door, and its lock was ; a forced. All onr hard work for nothing, you see. ; — 4 “But she deserves the effort—you can 't deny that, ; . “£ don’t, but now ???:-~ a Clif did not reply. He thought out his plaus,how- ever, as they retraced the way they had come—voff the roof, over the wall, into the field that surrounded. ‘“Rirst—tlhe Ward lhouse,’’? he submitted. | That point wsa made. Vic urged neither haste nor. leisure—did not refer again to the academy. It was too late for that, now. Vhey found no indication at the Ward place, which they reached two hours later, that led them to he- lieve that it liad been visited by eitMer friend or foe -shice Vic’s last call. , % : Clif was rather disappointed. Succeeding, how- ever, Came manifest restless uneasiness. ‘Tell you, Vic,’’ he said, finally, ‘‘vou had hbet- ter go back to the academy.”’ ‘‘Not necessary. I am due for nothing important as you were. If you’ce contemplating an all-uight episode——”? Ge tae S paeat Then I’m with you.’’ ~*~ “Tam going down to that place whiere the girl = was sent for the bag of sand,’’ declared Clif. es ie ‘“Won't it keep till daylight?” i By ‘‘Perhaps not.’’ 3 Se WON Meant.) ee = ; “I mean,’’ explained Clif, ‘‘that the failure of oa those four fellows to return to this house looks sus- a 4 picious—as if they had struck another trail.’’ : me — “And tlie ‘sand place’ one tlrev appeared to regard a aS Important ?”? is ae. Aust Tmimensely so.”’ ; oe eo And aE ae haze gone there??? ies + — % . ‘ P ? = a ! > o a . “=: j oe” 4 Ary * 4