Young Wild West at Forbidden Pass""

elling Cap Roche all that had

a troubled look as he listened, and when th

believe that he is a hard one to beat. Though he is mighty young, he has spent his time looking for trouble ever sin

hat he could do. He's jest as cool as a chunk of ice, an' yer can't no more scare him than yer kin a mad g

the leader answered. "But I'll ride over, anyhow and try and find out somet

at's rig

through Forbidden Pass without paying toll he's got to be a good one, that's all. His li

who was posing as an honest business man in Silver Bend, left the cave, leadin

tle mining camp at an easy gait, and in a

ed was in place, and then he made for the saloon, never once th

nd he was satisfied that no one dreamed th

decided to ride through the pass just for the pur

nk that it is safe to go through now," h

nty and found the biggest part

tion to ride over to-night through Forbidden Pass. I did not let the no

ake hands with him, and soon a li

served Hoker, after there came a lull.

last few days, and not the least sign of any one has been discovered there. I

Wah, who was sitting at a table, showing half

en here, eh?" he exclaimed

sleight-of-hand feller, an' he kin handle dice an' cards any way he wants ter.

sort of a heathen, then.

h Young Wild West. You've

rt of dashing young fellow,

of hours ago an' seen what he done ter three cowboys! H

and looked surprised. "I should like to get acqua

is two pards an' this Chinee an' another one. Oh, Young Wild West is used ter goin' about, an' it don't 'pear ter make any diff

though he felt that he ha

Roche on

y didn't ask you. Why don't you put up a bigger shanty, like we've got over at the Bend? This place is growing all the time, and the time will soon

that. It's most placer minin' that we've been doin' here, 'cause we ain't got no machinery ter go down deep in ther ground. But that there's big deposits down under us there ain't n

uppose?" and Cap Roche

r way ther wagon

it will be safe to go throu

able to give such a guar

aw a dashing-looking boy, with a wealth of chestnut hair h

w who it was wi

w just what kind of a guarantee I can give that this man's gold will go safely through th

O

ollowed by his partn

cted the man the moment he saw him look

he storekeeper over in Silver Bend

re about the man, he had

nd as his back happened to be toward the door he di

o get anything out of the man

his, but apparently

a smile as he came in, a

knew you right away. I am gla

oche. I am glad t

know me

We saw you looking at the sign over

queried the man, showing jus

ters on the barrel-head is quite an artist, and he knows how to spell,

I have been through in a week or two, so I could not help looking to see if the signs were still in place. As you heard me say before you came in here, I

d away they will move before many hours,

ing after t

laws don't like me, and I don't like outlaws. It is the same with my partners. Some might call us a little meddlesome som

ere to my store over in Silver Bend. T

of the outlaws while going through just tell th

he features of Roche, but he quic

d. "If I happen to meet any of them