Frank Merriwell in Mexico: The Search for the Silver Palace — page 24: what you’re looking at

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- showed the golden image which Burk had_ - man had told of the Silver Palace. Old Jack didn’t hev no relatives, so he Oa oe FRANK MERRIWELL IN MEXICO. ». Ferez seemed to bear a charmed life, CHAPTER IX. . for he fled straight on into the night, | . sending back a mocking shout ot laughter. &. From far out on the waste, ne ered ; | hey did not expect to reach Hueju- ae ‘Bah, Gringo dogs! You cannot harm sijla el Alto without. being molested by _ me! I will see you again, <\mericanoes: +. ndits, for it was presumed that Pacheco’s THE PROFESSOR’S ESCAPE. nf | + 1c: 3 1: . _ ‘This is not the last. ‘lieutenant would carry the word to his. -> - With an exclamation of disappointment) _1; : | } and anger, Bushnell flung his em pty re- | cnet, . ng the ‘ ad aargrs would aces BO _ volvers on the sand at his feet. | =. " aa - etn ae double dern a fool ” ne ceedingly cautious, traveling much by _ Toared. “Ef I'd done my shootin’ frst, | vioht, and keeping in concealment by an’ my talkin’ arterward, he wouldn’t got aay, and, to. their “surprise, the bandits away.” , | i 4 ‘made no descent upon them. | oo But Ferez had escaped, and they could Huejugilla el Alto proved to be a wild | oe When than make the best of it. “laud picturesque place. Being far from When this was over and the excitement 11. jine of railroad, it had not even felt .” re subside they sat about ine ure ane ! the touch of northern civilization, and the ScuSSeG FRC siteuOn.,* 21 au '€0 boys felt as if they had been transported ~~ Given him. and explained how the dvi ,/ back to the seventeenth century. 8 Be P yNS! “Hvar, lads,’? said Bushnell, ‘‘yer will : . /see a town thet’s clean greaser all ther hnell listen ¥ his | ; © . face ret seened auuetly, a oud on ms | way through, an’ it’s ten ter one thar ain’t i a Ee vat inary galoot besides ourselves in ther derned rose to his feet, saying: “Ef Jack Burk made you his heir, thet) girs» goes, an’ I ain’t kickin’ none whatever. | The Westerner could talk Spanish after ” bed a rieht to make anv caloot his heir. /@ fashion, and that was about all the ‘But thar’s coin? ter ys ° " Inatives of Huejugilla el Alto were able to ; ut t “ F son ter De Pp wae of warty | do, with the exception of the few whose _ fer anybody as tries ter reach ther Silver! pio0q was untainted, and who claimed to Palace. How'd you ’spect ter git ’crost | 6 aristocrats | ther . 3. Gan ot taken that int | However, for all of their strange dia- s yc y en faat 1010! tect and his imperfect Spanish, Bushnell cousideration. he kidnaping rofes-! _ : , on ‘ The Eiduaping at Protes isucceeded in making himself understood, _ sor Scotch has banished thoughts of every-_ so they found lodgings at a low. ramb- oo 7490 ? 7 99 : ; ° "7 3° : | thing else a tack mine. made ‘vou nic ling adobe building which served as a | ) : yor. hotel. They paid in advance for one dav, . heir, you're entitled ter your half of ther) and were well satisfied with the price _ treasure, providin’ you're ready ter stand | although Bushnell declared it was at least .. your half of ther.expenses ef we fail ter | double ordinary “ahead.” a e $9 : a aa | . we Os git (ear. may depend ou a96 Eo FRE de that | We ain't likelv ter be long in town be- “ds concerned.” : fore Ferez locates us an’ comes arter [his (Waal. then, y I hev three | U@ Se: Ther derned bandits are bold oat; EME, VOU See | aN Tee | Cough Nong ther line of ther railroad - bawses. One ts ter me ter ride, another 1S but they lay ‘way over thet ont hyar. ter kerry provisions, and ther third is tell wwiss then all, ther people of ther towns tote ther balloon. - |kinder stand in with ther pizen varmints.”? a <2 a {>} - “ | phe balloon: 7 | ‘Stand in with them—how ?”? Thet’s whatever. J hev another bal- whe. hide lem when ther soldiers is : 4 : a we de, loon with which ter cross thet thar | i chasm. It’s ther only way ter git over a “enh; ai" don’t bother "em at any od . . “ - ra . _ Incrossin? ther balloon will be loaded ares Se ne thev are afraid of the ban- with a ballast of sand; but when we come| q; ao h exnl 2 hy they d - back, ther ballast will be pure gold!” MiSs WEMCM CX pains Woy Hey OO ee. , BER) = | oe ‘CAfeared?. Wa’al, Ill allow as hew lthey may be; but then thar’s something Knowing their danger, they were ex-_ ‘old place thet kin say a word of . United GOnniGooo! S (CO) in