The Boy Aviators in Record Flight

ne in there!" cried Frank,

ated that some one was being mal

revolver, for all the boys had thought it best to

and see with whom we have to deal before we announce our

. "There might be a lot of them an

peered in at the window of the deserte

was tied hand and foot, while another man with a red-hot poker s

were two other men in the room-seemed to have no pity for h

sly into the room, which was lighted by a lamp detached from the auto. On th

there seemed something strangely familiar. The appealing words next u

er Barr," declared the vi

tering their old enemy in such a surprising m

from me are of no use. Kill me if

where they are,"

" said his v

," cried Barr,

gave a loud cry of pain as he felt the red-hot metal approach his eyes to b

cried in a lou

tarted for the door. As they rushed toward the portal, Frank, with a cry of "Come on," leaped through the window fra

," he ordered, handing the o

ore the ropes had fallen from him Luther Barr and the two othe

said Frank, leveling his revol

gain?" shouted Barr, who had recognized the boys instantl

point-blank at Frank. The bullet whistled pas

e of Luther Barr's companions, in stepping backward to get a r

," shouted Frank, taking advan

half dragging the man they had rescued with them, re

heard old Barr shout, as th

none of the missiles, fortunately, either wounded them or hit the ti

distanced the auto which held Barr and his two companions. It followed the

tefully clasped Frank's arm. "That terrible man, Luther Barr, would certa

to get in his po

rmal claim to it. In some way the two men whom you saw with Barr to-night, and who are Hank Higgins and Noggy Wilkes, two bad men, and gamblers, heard of this. They formerly worked for Barr, who has mining property in Arizona. When they learned I was coming to New York to see my daughter, they came along, too, and informed Barr of what they knew

s of Hank Higgins and Noggy Wilkes. I tried to run, but they caught and tied me, and,

?" asked Harry, deeply interested, as

ar the Black Ca?on," replied the man. "I want to let you boys have a share of

," exclaimed Billy. "I noticed it on

d the miner; "but what are you te

about the transc

st train I can and get back to Calabazos, and file my claim, for you can call me a Chinese chop-sti

"Luther Barr won't stop at anything whe

ou knew him," exclaime

y with a laugh. "I shou

arrative at frequent intervals with whistles of astonishment and loud exclamations of, "Wall, I swan"; "Call me a jack-ra

me part of that mine, if only for the s

so insistent that finally they consented to visit the mine with him when they reached Cal

name he could not recollect. It seemed that some years after his adoption he had been kidnapped by a traveling circus, and had sustained a severe blow on the head by falling fro

of memory and can almost recollect his name, but it always slips me at last. If he ever met me, though, he'd know me all right. See this?" He rolled up his sle

" asked Frank, "i

tacked the stage," said the miner softly. "She

a hot supper ready. That they did justice to the meal after their exciting adventures of the night, y

with a vengeance," sleepily remarke

l see any more of Lut

"He is not the kind of man not to seek veng