Frank Merriwell in Mexico: The Search for the Silver Palace — page 34: what you’re looking at

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an | 7 - FRANK MERRIWELL IN MEXICO. a ‘Not quite, professor,”? declared a| ‘‘I thought it possible you might, and ~ familiar voice, and Burk himself stepped |I fancied that might cause you to give all - forward. ‘‘I ain still quite lively for a/the more heed to “the warning.’ dead man.?? Well, of all remarkable things that >“ But—but 1 saw you- dead!” declared |ever happened i in my life, these events of the astounded professor. - |the past few days “take the lead,’’ de- “- “Vou saw me nearly dead, but noticlared Scotch. ‘‘However, I have come vequite. You remember I told you of a{through all dangers in safety, and I am »mative who had found me in the hut, and happy, for Frank i is alive and well.”? - how he had-said it was not a fever that} “But the Silver Palace is gone, with - ailed me, but was a trouble brought on/jall its marvelous treasure,’’ said Frank. “by drinking the water of the spring near| ‘‘Thet’s right, boy,’’ nodded Bushnell, the hut?” ' |gloomily. “Ther palace has sunk inter ~. Ves, Iremenber.”? | ther earth, an’ nary galoot ever gits ther oc And I told you the native hastily left| benefit of all ther treasure it contained.”’ _ me—left ime to ‘die alone, as I supposed.’’| ‘‘Don’t take it so hard, partner,’’ said “TY remember that.”? {Jack Burk. ‘‘Mexico is the land of treas- -. “He did not leave ime to die, but went|ures, and we may strike something else for an antidote. While you were away he| before we cross the Death Divide.” returned and administered some of the “Vell,’? sighed Hans Dunnerwust, antidote for the poison,-. bringing mej‘‘you beoples can hunt for dreasure all around, although but a feeble spark of you don’d vant to; but I hat enough uf life fluttered in my bosom. Then he took/dis pusiness alretty soon. I nefer Vos “me on his shoulders, and carried me from puilt for so much oxcitemend, und I vos the hut to another place of shelter, where | 'goin’ to took der next drain for home as he brought me back to my full strength soon as I can ged to him. Uf I don’d in a remarkably brief space of time.” ‘done dot I vos afrait mein mutter vill ‘TY understand why we did not. find nefer seen her leedle Hansie some more.”? you,’ said the professor. | “J fancy Ihave had quite enough of © _. **We followed the bandits,’’ Jack Burk Mexico for the present,’” smiled Frank. continued. OM bis native was Rodeo, the The United States will do me a while brother of the true Pacheco, and he is Jonger, and so, if you .are going home, here.” ‘Hans, Professor Scotch and myself will ~ Rodeo stepped forward, bowing with accompany you till we strike Uncle Sam’: S _.the politeness of a Spanish don. domain, at least.” — -. “Rodeo made me swear to aid him in | . hunting down the murderer of his brother. | co : a - That was the pay he asked for saving my, (THE END.) “iife. I gave the oath, and it was his whim | | ‘. that I should not rev real myself to you till: . | | the tight time came. But when I saw ithe’ ‘‘FRANK~ MERRIWELL iN NEw Or- - Spy tracking you, saw him locate you, LEANS; or, THE QUEEN OF FLOWERS,” and saw him hasten to tell the bandits, . I by the ‘author of ‘Frank Merriwell,” will - was forced to appear and give a warning.’’ be published in the next number ( 18) of ' “We took you for a ghost. yy the Trp Top Liprary. -. FOR SALE BY ALL NEWSDEALERS. TIP TOP LIBRARY. PRICE FIVE CEN TS STREET & SMITH, Publishers, 29 Rose Street, New York. COnmiclooolks (CO)