Owen Clancy's Happy Trail; Or, The Motor Wizard in California

ide in the argument. But only for a moment. Even as Clancy was getting ready to frame his first

t. They had secured their boat by twisting the painte

turning Clancy's proposition over in his mind. He had gained a little time

whooped Hiram. "Stop

g to do, but the feat was physically

rang into the boat, picked up the oars and was twenty feet

Burton, applying himsel

er for San Pedro has gone, and there's no other boat for the ma

t appear. He put all his energy into his

," bewailed Hiram, "thi

question

ster Man in the boat and fetched him ashore. Blame it! I sure hat

k from the other side of the bay with a load of clothes, and Hill removed his wet garments, wrung them out,

ure of a clew, searched the pockets of Burton'

ll gloomily, "what

and suddenly got switched off into another trail. Now we'll g

t bunch o' g

what we can d

he police on

e, that moment we lift the veil on Lafe Wynn. Lafe must be protected at any cost. If we could get back the money by our own efforts, that would be all right

ad evidently blinded him, muzzled him, and tied up his ears. He rowed Clancy and Hill ba

ling futures, taking care that all the profit came to hims

eat 'plant' dedicated to the god of luck at Tia Juana, but–well, Diaz went out and some one else came in. Down below the border, nothing remains as it was for long. It took–what you call–

Clancy, offering for inspection the card

Tia Juana matter looked very bright and pro

this?" put in Hiram, handing o

tarted, took it in his hands, and

d friend, Captain Hogan, of the steam yacht Sylvia

verlooked the bay. Lopez indicated a trim-looking craft, painted white, and with the s

t is San Diego, and she can be chartered by any one with the pri

ly at Hiram Hill's heart an

name is Hog

es

e whole of

you do not know, since

wered Hiram, "and am just beginnin' to find out.

e about it. He returne

to know where I

Vista, there is a bungalow called the Rest a While.

took his friend by the arm and walked with him t

ied Hill plaintively. "Nothi

bout it," returned

od meal and tr

t the hard luck out of his mind. He continued to air the s

em initials in his Stetson–'U. H.' I reckoned that made a cinch of this here trail I'm follerin'. But, no. 'Stead o' standin'

ed into some remarkable co

t their table, cocked up his ea

ard; "did I hear you mention S

m Uriah Hoga

, and I always make it a point to pass valuable information along to a fellow bricktop. Beware of Hogan! What's the fellow doing with that boat of his? Some say he's smuggling arms into Lower Cali

minous look, and then with great poli

es it for a blind–nothing else. Now, if you gents want a trip up or down the coast, as far north as San Fran, or as

such bad medicine, after all. This rival ship owner mi

ng to charter any

d person. "I've given you a straight tip a

ged," retu

up from the table, settled thei

ay that red-headed chap throwed me into the m

y, "we'll walk. It's always a good thing to wa

rned a corner and started along a thoroughfare that was bordered on both sides with eucalyptus trees. A figure st

cy?" the f

, thinking the voice s

m back ag

e motor wiza

by Gerald Wynn and Bob Katz till I reckon I can't stand it no

this great change, Burton?

fteen thousand," was the reply. "If I help you, Clancy, maybe,