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Updated: June 23, 2025
As he went into the store he was whistling cheerfully. Maude smiled at him. But no words were exchanged. That smile expressed everything. Kie had a scheme, a big one, and Maude could afford to wait until he was ready to tell her what it was all about.
I can only stand just so much," he muttered. Kie turned slowly away, mounted his horse and rode down the canyon toward Cayuga. Ahead of him was a great hole in the rock, an undertaking of his dated some years before and financed by his friends.
In fact it wouldn't be good for you to come back where Kie Wicks could take a shot at you." "We'd not stick around, honest we wouldn't. By night we'd be at the nearest railroad station." Both men made a motion to come toward the girls but were stopped by Bet's menacing weapon. "All right, go to the edge of the cliff there, and stand with your backs to us.
"You mean you jumped their claims," corrected Kie Wicks. Ramon laughed and slapped his leg. "That's a good one, yes, I jumped their claims." "And you'd better get busy with the assessment work, too," advised Kie. "Who pays me for that?" demanded the cross-eyed Mexican. "There you go again! Always wanting money!
"That's a valuable specimen. It will bring a fancy price." Kie Wicks tried to speak, but a choking sound came in his throat. The rough men beside him knew that for once they had Kie Wicks at their mercy. They roared with laughter. "Compliments of Kie Wicks!" shouted Ramon. Kie made as if to draw his gun, but instead he turned to his horse, mounted it and rode away.
"Apply thyself to the trouble of preventing crimes in order to lessen the trouble of punishing them. "Under the good kings Yao and Xu the Chinese were good; under the bad kings Kie and Chu they were wicked. "Do to others as to thyself. "Love all men; but cherish honest people. Forget injuries, and never kindnesses. "I have seen men incapable of study; I have never seen them incapable of virtue."
It was the ghost," Kie Wicks told his wife when he was safely at home. "What happened?" Maude urged him to continue the story. "You should have seen those Indians go! 'The Old Chief's daughter walks! It's the ghost girl! they cried hoarsely. And that's the last I saw of them." "And what did you do?" Maude pressed him further. "I well, I ran, too.
"Well, you wouldn't have liked to see a tarantula any better than the markings, and these at least are not poisonous," Bet retorted. Judge Breckenridge was examining the markings with interest, and gave a low whistle of astonishment. "This is the sort of thing one reads about. I'm wondering though if Kie Wicks put them here to fool you." "It might be markings that tell of a buried treasure.
I believe he'll help us to get rid of them," said Enid confidently. "But those men didn't do a thing worse than Kie Wicks! Not half as bad, for they were open and above board. They pointed guns on us and Kie sneaked up after dark and stole our papers. No, girls, his change of heart is altogether too sudden to be sincere. Keep an eye on him!" advised Kit.
With many final instructions to the boys to guard the tunnel, the girls mounted their horses and hurried toward home, their faces glowing with joy. From the mountain opposite, where Ramon had watched the previous day, Kie Wicks was on guard. He saw the preparations for camping at the claims and wondered what it was all about.
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