mountain after the departure of the two boys, and Jimmie drew clo

d now be glittering there, of the bay, of the East River with its shipping, and of the hundred things which make New York a city,

the only sound they heard was made by a bird winging its way throu

e, two, two, one, and then one, two. That means com

ght," said Fremont. "I wonder if t

. "There's a good place to hide behind that rock. When

a ridge not far from where the tents had been pitched. For a time all was still, th

ot a gun," wh

been seen from abov

onsoled Jimmie. "Anyway, we'll lie

y could not banish the feeling that emissitious Mexicans were watching them from the

said that only two we

he reply. "I don't see

ked Jimmie, as the men stumbled abou

nd we must keep pretty still. I presume these are t

led as they swept down the declivity. When they were some distance off, and still going, judging by the sound, the boys walked bac

m the direction Nestor and Frank had taken. There were shout

," he cried, "and I'm goi

mountain in the darkness like a goat. At first Fremont thought of

imself down on a blanket, closing his

e source of the disturbance, then turned back. When, near the tents, he t

that this revolt was being financed and executed by our people, but I did no

ilence which held the little dent on the slope

shoulder of the mountain, struck an object which glistened like silver, and the boy picked it up. It was Fremont's revolver, and

y had disappeared, leaving his weapon and his cap behind. It was plain to be seen, f

imself for leaving Fremont alone. While the latter possessed courage and strength, he was not as apt in such things as they were facing as his companions. He had been sheltered for year

the recovery or death of Mr. Cameron. This would be fatal to all his hopes. While the boy pondered and fretted over the matter, the long roll of a drum came around a clif

ghts were making their way down the slope with su

nk received a bump which effectually banished all inclination t

Walk your

ted and lo

doing?"

eply. "How do you think you're

a point of flame a

short ways n

d and arose

put in elevator

longer and then drew up near to the poi

?" demand

ting friends here," was the laughing r

if I sit down I'll go to sleep. I never was so slee

n out of sight than he dropped to the ground, and in spite of his efforts to keep his eye

id. "I may want to use it

ron building in New York?"

at?" grinned the boy. "Why don't you go on and te

the reply. "Tell me what you know about the Cameron building and the pe

and Fremont never talked with me about th

s future home. The boy came running into my room on the night of the tragedy and almos

nt to know abou

y a key to the Cameron suite. Jimmie does not know whether he was or not

Fremont says Mr. Cameron locked himself in that night, or was to do so, and that shows t

talking to himself. "I can't quite get the hang of it," he added, taking a fla

it up in the moonlight, e

said. "Fremont has one like it. W

ecently. Now, whoever made it did not get it exactly right at first, and

d that Scoby was not permitted to carry a key and that he had on

s deliberation. "It was undoubtedly dropped there by one of the men who vi

upposing it was Scoby," Frank sai

Frank had taken him up. "I found this Grand Army button and this cloth rave

y coat that night?" asked Frank. "Lots o

he right sleeve when I saw him in the corridor as I passed out. He probably caught his sleeve on something in th

right," Frank said. "But you said 'one of the men wh

er, a margin cut from a legal document, showing the thumb and fingermarks of a withered right hand. I also

ight leg, the fellow who tried to geezle me at the El Paso restaurant. Well, that makes two

and he might have had the key made. At least he was there the nigh

k. "Why don't you have the two of them pinched, so Fremont won't have all this trouble on his mind? The Mexican is somewhere about here

the suite that night. Well, we have made sure of two of them, though we don't

Shaw put in, "they wouldn't have had

ver," sai

e?" asked Frank, blus

"had business with Mr. Cameron. H

ng there, did he?" ask

stor, "he did. He

rank exclaimed. "Wha

fe, pos

rank grinned, "it i