Tip Top Weekly No. 61: Frank Merriwell in the Mines — page 24: what you’re looking at

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22° FRANK MERRIWELLIN THE MINES. whacker had not been so happy in many /nailed him. I thank you for keeping him a long dav. from knifing me.”’ _Suddenly, without a word of warning,| ‘‘Don’t mention it. Dll fix ther p’izen Frank darted ont of the open door andjvarmint.”’ | - disappeared. | “What'li you do?’’? sneered Crooked . A-moment later, there was asound of|Pete. ‘‘Whatever is ther matter with a struggle and a fall beneath a-window|you, anyhow? What kind o’ a game be of the cabin. 7 ; you playin’ with these yar tenderfeet? -. “Something is up—something has hap-|Go in with me, and we'll do ther hull pened!’ cried Diamond, as he plunged|crowd, an’ pull off with ther rocks.”’ after Frank.. : _ : ‘“‘Not any, critter. I hev turned over A short time later, before the others|@ new leaf this yar night. No crooked could follow, the two boys appeared, | business fer me in ther futur’.”’ dragging a man into the cabin. “Bah! I know. what ye’re tryin’ ter That man was Crooked Pete, the de-jwork. Ye’re gettin’ in with ther tender- forined ruffian of Silver Bluff. feet, an’ ye’re goin’ ter do ’em when they —_——— ain’t watchin’, an’ git erway with all CHAPTER VIIL ther dust yerself.”’ | : : | ‘Were a derned liar!’ | Boze. THE FRAST. ¥ roared Boze. “T saw him looking 1m at the window,”’|hedn’t said that, you bet!”’ explained Frank, ‘‘and I caught him be-} A moment later the whip was in the fore he realized he had been detected.’’ |big man’s hand, and he dragged the The hunchback gave a snarl and a!lhunchback out of the cabin. Ther those twist, freeing one of his arms and flinging | within heard the sound of heavy blows Frank forward. The boy's foot struck /and shrill yells of pain. : against something, and he dropped on| ‘‘It’ll do yer good, ye little skunk!” his hands and knees. roared the hoarse voice of Ben Boze. Ina moient, with the swiftness of a\‘*Take that! and that! and that! Now flash of lightuing, Crooked Pete snatched igit! And ef [ find ver round yere ap’in, out a glitteriug knife, and lifted it above |demned ef I don’t fill ye full o° lead! the back of the fallen boy. That knife did not descend. ““Stiddy thar!’ That’s whatever!’ | eo Frank Merriwell’s hand fell on the arm of Jack Diamond, and they stood listen- It was a hoarse shout, and, quick aSiing asthe sound of the cracking whip — had teen Crooked Pete’s movements, land the yelling hunchback receded, tell-- vuicken of Ben Boze were even ling that the bullwhacker was pursuing re ‘The ‘Bullwhacker's hand caught thelherae and _— the rawhide as wrist of the hunchback and arrested the Tack.» knife in midair. Then Boze gave that Yes Frank”? wrist a twist that caused Pete touttera| .. 27 as _ ae whining gasp of pain and drop the knife.|_ ‘Did I make a mistake in trusting ‘The big man picked up the blade and|Ben Boze flung it ont through: the open doorway,; . Jack shifted his position uneasily, and where it disappeared in the darkness. nee said: - | By thistime Frank was on his feet,;. ‘It doesn’t look as if you did, but he realized that Boze had saved his; but——”’ a —— life. ee : | “But what??? cried Merriwell, in 4as- ‘<“Whatever shall I do with ther onery|tonishment. ‘‘Great Scott! Didn’t you. critter?’ the bullwhacker. asked, speak-|see the man save my life?” _ ing to Frank, = tM Yeg a . “Anything you like,’ was the reply. ‘Well, that is enough. If. Boze had- “*T saw him looking in at the window, |not been here, Crooked Pete would have | ! and I thought it would be a good plan to'succeeded in striking me in the back with ‘An’ ['m goin’ ter make yer wish yer. know who he was, sol dodged out and | that knife, and that would have. ineant , ) COMIC OOS inn co