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Page 58
CHAPTER XXI
"I TOLD YOU SO!"
Directly Elmer, Sandy and Mr. Buck heard the banker shouting at the
top of his lungs and dashed on toward the mysterious tunnel.
"He'll get his head shot off in there!" exclaimed Sandy.
"I don't care if he does!" declared Elmer.
"Your uncle isn't such a bad old fellow, after all," Mr. Buck exclaimed.
"He has plenty of courage, at any rate!"
"But I don't understand why they don't open fire on him!" exclaimed
Sandy. "The robbers certainly were in there not very long ago. We
heard the scuffle when they geezled Jimmie."
"Who fired that shot?" asked Mr. Buck.
"Uncle Stephen did," replied Elmer. "I saw the flash spring out from
the spot where he stood!"
"Well, what do you know about that?" exclaimed Sandy. "The old chap
is actually making his bluff good! He's getting into Tunnel Six
single handed and alone! I guess we'll have to advertise for those
three outlaws if we find 'em in here! He's a nervy old follow, isn't
he?"
The three now followed fast on the heels of the banker, and soon came
to where he stood swinging his searchlight at the end of a short drift
which ended, after sliding under a dip, in a chamber which, at first
glance seemed to be piled high with a with a mass of shale.
While the three looked on, Carson dropped on his knees beside a
crevice in the wall and began an eager exploration of the opening.
Directly he sprang to his feet with rage and disappointment showing on
every feature of his face. He raved about the cluttered chamber for a
moment, almost dancing up and down in his anger and chagrin, and then
sat limply down on the pile of shale.
"It's gone!" he said. "The money's gone!"
"So it wasn't hidden back there in that cross cutting at all?" asked
Sandy. "We thought sure we had a cinch on the coin several hours
ago!"
"It was hidden here in this chamber!" declared Carson wearily. "The
minute I entered the place I remembered where I had hidden it. And
now it's gone! I've had all my trouble for nothing."
As he ceased speaking, he glanced suspiciously at Sandy. And Sandy,
in turn, made a most provoking face.
"I believe you know something about my money!" Carson said.
"Sure I do!" replied Sandy.
"Then where is it?"
"The robbers got it!"
"That's a nice story to tell," howled Carson. "If you think I'm going
to be defrauded out of my money in this way, you're very much
mistaken!"
Without paying any further attention to the threats of the banker,
Sandy stepped over to Elmer's, side and pointed up the deserted shaft.
"There's where the robbers went," he said, "and they doubtless took
Carson's money with them. I don't understand why Will didn't stop
them."
"Will and George probably released their friends and went away,"
complained Elmer. "I don't think they showed very good judgment in
doing that, either. The result is that the money has disappeared
entirely. A short time ago, Uncle might have reclaimed it."
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