Young Wild West at Forbidden Pass""

ot long in picking ou

ing down the steep rocks and wound its way through the ge

g camp had not been in existence v

llowed the two Chinamen to go ahead with the work of g

a high ridge, which was easily a hundred feet above the level. It extended around on bot

hirty feet in width, and it was so regular in shape tha

o be found in the mountains, and which are so handy for t

e pass. But it did not appear as though it was used a great deal, sinc

erved, as he tamed to his two partners. "Wherever

Jim Dart answered. "It may be that prospectors have gone that way and, n

ut, hello! Ther miners is quittin' work. Now we'll soon see

on. They came from different directions, for it was ju

nties, the nearest one being but a couple of hundred yards away fr

r to it, it might be that som

ice, little mining camp, our friends turned to a

st than for a day or two, but they were always interested

the charming sweetheart of the dashing young deadshot, had the lead over them

em to Big Bonanza, and, as was usually the case, a litt

friends minded w

the miners and cowboys were proud to style themse

long in reaching the saloon,

en approaching the spot where the two Chinamen had finishe

man, with a short, gray beard on his face.

shook hands with the miner, but fai

I'm ther prospector what started ther camp. I named her Big Bonanza, an' it s

ton,

mbered of having s

d had changed his ap

nder at a hotel in the little town in the B

t him. "What in the world are you doing with that

I'll shave up an' spruce up jest as soon as I've made my pile. Then I'll light out fur home, an' me an' my wife will live on ther fat of ther l

rs, for they had recognized him as an old

edgwick, too, and th

Wild West an' his pards. I've kept ther boys interested in tellin' 'em about ther wonderful things y

who had come over with him, and

ickly and made up his mind that

characters that he had made it a point t

de a mistake in his esti

d his friends, and after they had talked awhile they, turned to m

camp his glance happened to turn toward the mouth

l lend to, John?" he

r than this here one. It's only ten miles from here by goin' through that pass. But few as know about ther pass goes that way. The

den Pas

West looked

that

they call i

rough ther pass. They put up a sign at either end of ther pass, which is only about a mile an' a half long, ter let any one what kin read know that they're forbid ter go through. If the

Sedgwick. I reckon I'll have to go throug

gh cowboys what have been forced ter light out fur stealin' cattle an' sich like. Though there ain't any doubt that some of 'em lives right in Silver Bend, no one knows who they are. They're a mighty bad lot, an' since there

r hero shook his head. "What sort of

at it's ther fault of them what's in charge of affairs over there. It m

ugh that pass! I want to meet this gang of robbers, just to see if they are

Cheyenne Charlie and Jim

lamed old pass!" the scout answered, while Dar

I know'd that you'd be fur goin' through ther Forbidden Pass. It st

n Pass. But we are mighty glad to hear of it now, I reckon. Sedgwick,

you start after 'em once,

g, then. You can bet that we'll c

e of tha

idn't you say that the outlaws consist of cowboys who have

at I heard over

zed them up pretty well, and it strikes me now that they might

ryin' ter tell me how you had some fun with 'em an' made 'em understand that they couldn't do as they pleased. But I was so anx

he saloon. I'll ask the cowboys about

and returned to th

learn all this," said Arietta, as our hero w

at was said, and her face now wore a smile

elers. You know very well that it would only make me more anxious to do a thing

on't blame

, and she was not the one to advise Wild to

out, as he pulled the ends of his long mustache. "It couldn't have been better

," answ

eckon we'll think about the supper. Hurry

cook, smilingly. "Me havee, um supper l

ke up Hop, grinning. "He al

etorted Wing; "

t get in a wrangle over it. Hur

o more, but both worked a

pper was cooked, and then all

dn't go bad, so we will go over to the saloon and buy some. The girls will

when Hop, the clever Chinaman, sneaked around a clump of trees and

ved gambling and practical joking, not to speak of "tang