Boy Scouts in the Coal Caverns; Or, The Light in Tunnel Six

hums, whom he believed to be sleeping quietly on their cots. It was November, and quite chilly in

s pajamas and sat down on a rickety chai

ll?" he asked. "It seems to me that we might find our way through

rinth, I take i

" suggested George. "Besides," he added, "we can string an el

electric lights ther

ger of our becoming

e hardest kind of work to get Tommy and Sandy to bed, but when you do get them in bed once, i

ealthy manner and made ready to give T

their necks!"

nd for the purpose of tangling the boy up in the bed clothing

er, his eyes widened and he called out to

as of annoyance on each face as th

idiots!" exc

ong enough!" Ge

one," Will suggested. "The chances are that

ey're in trouble!

kind of

into more different kinds of trouble in less time than any other boys

y've got lost in th

hey may have butted into some of the people th

ge noises and mysterio

hunch that Sandy and Tommy have

uld be back by this time un

e to be hungry, would return in time to partake of it. A dozen times during the meal they w

e a way of running into most of their dangers at night, too. It was the same up on Lake Superior, the same in t

ep things moving

e we do anything in the way of setting up a search. I hate to admit that two members of our part

th a very red face and eyes which were black, small and suspicious. He was a man well past middle age, but he seemed to

e new-comer as the det

he boys greeted

s most exasperating. He puffed out his chest, and at once began talking

s the night, boy

s," replied Wil

e others?" as

a breath of fresh air

or

ll. There was an air of insincerity about t

ed to him the exact situation. In the presence of this d

oys will outline the course you intend to pursue in this matter, I

"and have decided to remain here only long enough to obtain som

ey are not here?"

y they should be here,

hat there is,"

for their wanting to linger

mine because they feared arrest for some boyish offense committed in some

ent that they proposed to abandon the search of the mine immediately. Somehow, th

"to keep me posted as to any discoveries you

a mental reservation which did not includ

e round belly protruding like that of an insect. "You can always find me at the hotel dow

ctive when Will motioned him to remain. The

detective before speaking. Even then, he we

miled the caretaker, no

ing exciting. Tommy and Sandy

?" echoed th

t to bed, and we are of the opinion that they went down the shaft shortly after we fell

ce, the Labyrinth mine bears the right name. There are old workings bel

anize a search for the

mine which no one understands. I have long believed that there are

thing to this detective

s phase of the case

to Ventner about your being here, but in some way he received an intimation t

formation from the New York

ten to him in regard to the matter at all, he would have posted him so fully

r visited the mine o

ite freq

always

m to the bottom of the shaft but there he suggested that we go in d

s of the fellow, and t

oesn't look

t and direct them down gangways, which they could follow without fear of losing their way, and the illuminatio

efore, they gathered in a little group at the bottom while the caretaker gave them a few general instructions

down after us?" as

the reply. "Wh

one skulking off down that passage, and