CHAPTER XLVIII.

CONCLUSION.

Jode Lenning’s experience with Shoup and Geohegan, his recovery of the stolen mail bags, and his rescue of Colonel Hawtrey from the runaway ore car were topics of discussion in that part of Arizona for a good many days.

Geohegan, it developed, was the cracksman who, on a former occasion, had helped Shoup break into the safe at the cyanide works and make off with four bars of bullion. Hawkins had been hunting for Shoup and Geohegan on the score of that attempted robbery, and he had about given up finding the rascally pair, when they dropped into his hands through that holdup in the cañon.

Shoup, although a young fellow, was a drug fiend. He had gone from bad to worse, until now he had committed a crime which, in all likelihood, would have to be expiated in some government prison.

In the confession which Geohegan made, it appeared that the two thieves had blundered upon Lenning entirely by chance. Taking his clothes and his horse was a plan of Shoup’s. After hiding the mail bags in the cañon, the two robbers had gone into the gulch. Here they discovered some of Hawkins’ posse, and fled to escape them. They were followed relentlessly, and finally captured.

Two drafts for twenty-five thousand dollars each, one for the professor and one for Mrs. Boorland, were found in one of the stolen mail pouches. Thus the matter of the mine in the Picketpost Mountains was wound up, and nothing further remained to delay the departure of Frank and his chums from southern Arizona.

The one thing Frank had wished for with all his heart--the reconciliation between Colonel Hawtrey and Lenning--had been accomplished. The lad now felt that he could leave Ophir with a cheerful spirit.

Among the first to pay Lenning a visit in the Ophir bunk house and congratulate him on his brightening prospects were Clancy and Ballard.

“Don’t congratulate me, fellows,” said Lenning. “Give Merriwell the credit. He was my friend when every one else had turned against me. Whenever I needed a boost in the right direction, I could always count on him to give it. I’ll never forget Chip, and I’ll never cease to be grateful to him.”

“Chip is all to the mustard,” said Clancy loyally, “and I can only find fault with him about one thing.”

“What is that?”

“He wouldn’t let Pink and me go along with him and Blunt when they answered that mysterious call from Dolliver. See what a lot of excitement we missed!”

“That was a case, Clancy,” smiled Lenning, “where two of you were company and four would have been a crowd.”

“All right,” assented Ballard cheerfully, “we’ll leave it that way. Going to Gold Hill to live, Jode, as soon as that broken pin is mended?”

“No,” replied Lenning, “I’m going to stay right here and work for Mr. Bradlaugh and Mr. Burke. The colonel has done the fine thing by me, and he’d do more, but I don’t intend to let him. From now on I shall make my own way in the world.”

And for this determination, Clancy, Ballard, and all the rest of Lenning’s friends thought more of him than ever.

It was Wednesday when Frank and his chums took their leave of Ophir. The last thing Frank did, before getting out of the town, was to send Borak to Barzy Blunt with a card. The card presented Barzy with Frank’s compliments and best wishes, and begged him to accept Borak as a present.

Borak had once belonged to Blunt. When dire necessity urged, the cowboy had been compelled to sell the famous black steed. Frank had purchased the animal, but had always intended, on leaving Arizona, to return the saddler to his former owner.

When the stage, which was to take the boys to Gold Hill, the nearest railroad point, pulled up at the door of the Ophir House, Pophagan, Woo Sing, and a host of others were gathered on the veranda to bid Merriwell, Clancy, and Ballard good-by. A miner, whose regard Frank had won by coaching the Ophir football squad to victory, presented each of the lads with a nugget of placer gold to be made into a scarfpin.

“You’re sartinly the clear quill, kids,” said the miner, “and we’re a heap proud to have had ye among us. Pure gold, them nuggets is, and I reckon as how you’re all three the same. Come back to us some time. Don’t let this be the last time we see ye.”

“Maybe we will,” said Frank, shaking hands all around with a smothered feeling in his throat. “You’ve been mighty good to us, all you Ophir people.”

“That’s no jolly,” said the red-headed chap.

“We almost feel like we belonged to Ophir,” added Ballard.

The professor had gone on to Gold Hill the day before, and the boys were to meet him in that town, and they were all to proceed northward together.

When the lads had shaken hands until their arms ached, they climbed into the stage, and the driver whipped up his team. As they rolled down the straggling, familiar street, cheers went up from the hotel and were echoed all along the sidewalks.

“Three cheers for Merriwell, Clancy, and Ballard!” rang out the cry, and they were given again and again with a hearty good will.

“Seems almost like we were leaving home,” sniffed Clancy.

“That’s right, Red!” agreed Ballard.

But Merriwell said nothing. He could not trust himself to speak.

THE END.

“Frank Merriwell, Jr.’s Mission” will be the title of the next volume of the MERRIWELL SERIES, No. 218. Burt L. Standish has outdone himself in this latest narrative. It is a tale of sympathetic understanding and real friendship, as well as a story of action and excitement.

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211--Dick Merriwell’s Heroic Players 212--Dick Merriwell at the Olympics

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213--Frank Merriwell, Jr., Tested 214--Frank Merriwell, Jr.’s, Conquests 215--Frank Merriwell, Jr.’s, Rivals

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216--Frank Merriwell, Jr.’s, Helping Hand 217--Frank Merriwell, Jr., in Arizona

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218--Frank Merriwell, Jr.’s, Mission 219--Frank Merriwell, Jr.’s, Ice-boat Adventure

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220--Frank Merriwell, Jr.’s, Timely Aid 221--Frank Merriwell, Jr., in the Desert

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Every reader, young and old, has heard of Jack Harkaway. His remarkable adventures in out-of-the-way corners of the globe are really classics, and every one should read them.

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Get interested in Jack. It will pay you.

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1--Jack Harkaway’s School Days 2--Jack Harkaway’s Friends 3--Jack Harkaway After School Days 4--Jack Harkaway Afloat and Ashore 5--Jack Harkaway Among the Pirates 6--Jack Harkaway at Oxford 7--Jack Harkaway’s Struggles 8--Jack Harkaway’s Triumphs 9--Jack Harkaway Among the Brigands 10--Jack Harkaway’s Return 11--Jack Harkaway Around the World 12--Jack Harkaway’s Perils 13--Jack Harkaway in China 14--Jack Harkaway and the Red Dragon 15--Jack Harkaway’s Pluck 16--Jack Harkaway in Australia 17--Jack Harkaway and the Bushrangers 18--Jack Harkaway’s Duel 19--Jack Harkaway and the Turks 20--Jack Harkaway in New York 21--Jack Harkaway Out West 22--Jack Harkaway Among the Indians 23--Jack Harkaway’s Cadet Days 24--Jack Harkaway in the Black Hills 25--Jack Harkaway in the Toils 26--Jack Harkaway’s Secret of Wealth 27--Jack Harkaway, Missing 28--Jack Harkaway and the Sacred Serpent 29--The Fool of the Family 30--Mischievous Matt 31--Mischievous Matt’s Pranks 32--Bob Fairplay Adrift 33--Bob Fairplay at Sea 34--The Boys of St. Aldates 35--Billy Barlow 36--Larry O’Keefe 37--Sam Sawbones 38--Too Fast to Last 39--Home Base 40--Spider and Stump 41--Out for Fun 42--Rob Rollalong, Sailor 43--Rob Rollalong in the Wilds

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106--Jack Lightfoot’s Capture By Maxwell Stevens 107--Jack Lightfoot’s Head Work By Maxwell Stevens

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108--Jack Lightfoot’s Wisdom By Maxwell Stevens 109--The Pride of Annapolis By Com. Luther G. Brownell

To be published in March, 1929.

110--The Haunted Hunter By Edward S. Ellis 111--An Annapolis Adventure By Com. Luther G. Brownell

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112--The Two Scouts By Edward S. Ellis 113--An Annapolis Hero By Com. Luther G. Brownell

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114--Among the Redskins By Edward S. Ellis 115--Making Good in the Navy By Com. Luther G. Brownell

To be published in June, 1929.

116--Tracked Through the Wilds By Edward S. Ellis 117--A Dash for Glory By Com. Luther G. Brownell

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_ALL TITLES ALWAYS IN PRINT_

901--A Weird Treasure 902--The Middle Link 903--To the Ends of the Earth 904--When Honors Pall 905--The Yellow Brand 906--A New Serpent in Eden 907--When Brave Men Tremble 908--A Test of Courage 909--Where Peril Beckons 910--The Gargoni Girdle 911--Rascals & Co. 912--Too Late to Talk 913--Satan’s Apt Pupil 914--The Girl Prisoner 915--The Danger of Folly 916--One Shipwreck Too Many 917--Scourged by Fear 918--The Red Plague 919--Scoundrels Rampant 920--From Clew to Clew 921--When Rogues Conspire 922--Twelve in a Grave 923--The Great Opium Case 924--A Conspiracy of Rumors 925--A Klondike Claim 926--The Evil Formula 927--The Man of Many Faces 928--The Great Enigma 929--The Burden of Proof 930--The Stolen Brain 931--A Titled Counterfeiter 932--The Magic Necklace 933--’Round the World for a Quarter 934--Over the Edge of the World 935--In the Grip of Fate 936--The Case of Many Clews 937--The Sealed Door 938--Nick Carter and the Green Goods Men 939--The Man Without a Will 940--Tracked Across the Atlantic 941--A Clew from the Unknown 942--The Crime of a Countess 943--A Mixed-up Mess 944--The Great Money-order Swindle 945--The Adder’s Brood 946--A Wall Street Haul 947--For a Pawned Crown 948--Sealed Orders 949--The Hate that Kills 950--The American Marquis 951--The Needy Nine 952--Fighting Against Millions 953--Outlaws of the Blue 954--The Old Detective’s Pupil 955--Found in the Jungle 956--The Mysterious Mail Robbery 957--Broken Bars 958--A Fair Criminal 959--Won by Magic 960--The Piano Box Mystery 961--The Man They Held Back 962--A Millionaire Partner 963--A Pressing Peril 964--An Australian Klondike 965--The Sultan’s Pearls 966--The Double Shuffle Club 967--Paying the Price 968--A Woman’s Hand 969--A Network of Crime 970--At Thompson’s Ranch 971--The Crossed Needles 972--The Diamond Mine Case 973--Blood Will Tell 974--An Accidental Password 975--The Crook’s Double 976--Two Plus Two 977--The Yellow Label 978--The Clever Celestial 979--The Amphitheater Plot 980--Gideon Drexel’s Millions 981--Death in Life 982--A Stolen Identity 983--Evidence by Telephone 984--The Twelve Tin Boxes 985--Clew Against Clew 986--Lady Velvet 987--Playing a Bold Game 988--A Dead Man’s Grip 989--Snarled Identities 990--A Deposit Vault Puzzle 991--The Crescent Brotherhood 992--The Stolen Pay Train 993--The Sea Fox 994--Wanted by Two Clients 995--The Van Alstine Case 996--Check No. 777 997--Partners in Peril 998--Nick Carter’s Clever Protégé 999--The Sign of the Crossed Knives 1000--The Man Who Vanished 1001--A Battle for the Right 1002--A Game of Craft 1003--Nick Carter’s Retainer 1004--Caught in the Toils 1005--A Broken Bond 1006--The Crime of the French Café 1007--The Man Who Stole Millions 1008--The Twelve Wise Men 1009--Hidden Foes 1010--A Gamblers’ Syndicate 1011--A Chance Discovery 1012--Among the Counterfeiters 1013--A Threefold Disappearance 1014--At Odds with Scotland Yard 1015--A Princess of Crime 1016--Found on the Beach 1017--A Spinner of Death 1018--The Detective’s Pretty Neighbor 1019--A Bogus Clew 1020--The Puzzle of Five Pistols 1021--The Secret of the Marble Mantel 1022--A Bite of an Apple 1023--A Triple Crime 1024--The Stolen Race Horse 1025--Wildfire 1026--A _Herald_ Personal 1027--The Finger of Suspicion 1028--The Crimson Clew 1029--Nick Carter Down East 1030--The Chain of Clews 1031--A Victim of Circumstances 1032--Brought to Bay 1033--The Dynamite Trap 1034--A Scrap of Black Lace 1035--The Woman of Evil 1036--A Legacy of Hate 1037--A Trusted Rogue 1038--Man Against Man 1039--The Demons of the Night 1040--The Brotherhood of Death 1041--At the Knife’s Point 1042--A Cry for Help 1043--A Stroke of Policy 1044--Hounded to Death 1045--A Bargain in Crime 1046--The Fatal Prescription 1047--The Man of Iron 1048--An Amazing Scoundrel 1049--The Chain of Evidence 1050--Paid with Death 1051--A Fight for a Throne 1052--The Woman of Steel 1053--The Seal of Death 1054--The Human Fiend 1055--A Desperate Chance 1056--A Chase in the Dark 1057--The Snare and the Game 1058--The Murray Hill Mystery 1059--Nick Carter’s Close Call 1060--The Missing Cotton King 1061--A Game of Plots 1062--The Prince of Liars 1063--The Man at the Window 1064--The Red League 1065--The Price of a Secret 1066--The Worst Case on Record 1067--From Peril to Peril 1068--The Seal of Silence 1069--Nick Carter’s Chinese Puzzle 1070--A Blackmailer’s Bluff 1071--Heard in the Dark 1072--A Checkmated Scoundrel 1073--The Cashier’s Secret 1074--Behind a Mask 1075--The Cloak of Guilt 1076--Two Villains in One 1077--The Hot Air Clew 1078--Run to Earth 1079--The Certified Check 1080--Weaving the Web 1081--Beyond Pursuit 1082--The Claws of the Tiger 1083--Driven from Cover 1084--A Deal in Diamonds 1085--The Wizard of the Cue 1086--A Race for Ten Thousand 1087--The Criminal Link 1088--The Red Signal 1089--The Secret Panel 1090--A Bonded Villain 1091--A Move in the Dark 1092--Against Desperate Odds 1093--The Telltale Photographs 1094--The Ruby Pin 1095--The Queen of Diamonds 1096--A Broken Trail 1097--An Ingenious Stratagem 1098--A Sharper’s Downfall 1099--A Race Track Gamble 1100--Without a Clew 1101--The Council of Death 1102--The Hole in the Vault 1103--In Death’s Grip 1104--A Great Conspiracy 1105--The Guilty Governor 1106--A Ring of Rascals 1107--A Masterpiece of Crime 1108--A Blow for Vengeance 1109--Tangled Threads 1110--The Crime of the Camera 1111--The Sign of the Dagger 1112--Nick Carter’s Promise 1113--Marked for Death 1114--The Limited Holdup 1115--When the Trap Was Sprung 1116--Through the Cellar Wall 1117--Under the Tiger’s Claws 1118--The Girl in the Case 1119--Behind a Throne 1120--The Lure of Gold 1121--Hand to Hand 1122--From a Prison Cell 1123--Dr. Quartz, Magician 1124--Into Nick Carter’s Web 1125--The Mystic Diagram 1126--The Hand that Won 1127--Playing a Lone Hand 1128--The Master Villain 1129--The False Claimant 1130--The Living Mask 1131--The Crime and the Motive 1132--A Mysterious Foe 1133--A Missing Man 1134--A Game Well Played 1135--A Cigarette Clew 1136--The Diamond Trail 1137--The Silent Guardian 1138--The Dead Stranger 1140--The Doctor’s Stratagem 1141--Following a Chance Clew 1142--The Bank Draft Puzzle 1143--The Price of Treachery 1144--The Silent Partner 1145--Ahead of the Game 1146--A Trap of Tangled Wire 1147--In the Gloom of Night 1148--The Unaccountable Crook 1149--A Bundle of Clews 1150--The Great Diamond Syndicate 1151--The Death Circle 1152--The Toss of a Penny 1153--One Step Too Far 1154--The Terrible Thirteen 1155--A Detective’s Theory 1156--Nick Carter’s Auto Trail 1157--A Triple Identity 1158--A Mysterious Graft 1159--A Carnival of Crime 1160--The Bloodstone Terror 1161--Trapped in His Own Net 1162--The Last Move in the Game 1163--A Victim of Deceit 1164--With Links of Steel 1165--A Plaything of Fate 1166--The Key Ring Clew 1167--Playing for a Fortune 1168--At Mystery’s Threshold 1169--Trapped by a Woman 1170--The Four Fingered Glove 1171--Nabob and Knave 1172--The Broadway Cross 1173--The Man Without a Conscience 1174--A Master of Deviltry 1175--Nick Carter’s Double Catch 1176--Doctor Quartz’s Quick Move 1177--The Vial of Death 1178--Nick Carter’s Star Pupils 1179--Nick Carter’s Girl Detective 1180--A Baffled Oath 1181--A Royal Thief 1182--Down and Out 1183--A Syndicate of Rascals 1184--Played to a Finish 1185--A Tangled Case 1186--In Letters of Fire 1187--Crossed Wires 1188--A Plot Uncovered 1189--The Cab Driver’s Secret 1190--Nick Carter’s Death Warrant 1191--The Plot that Failed 1192--Nick Carter’s Masterpiece 1193--A Prince of Rogues 1194--In the Lap of Danger 1195--The Man from London 1196--Circumstantial Evidence 1197--The Pretty Stenographer Mystery 1198--A Villainous Scheme 1199--A Plot Within a Plot 1200--The Elevated Railroad Mystery 1201--The Blow of a Hammer 1202--The Twin Mystery 1203--The Bottle with the Black Label 1204--Under False Colors 1205--A Ring of Dust 1206--The Crown Diamond 1207--The Blood-red Badge 1208--The Barrel Mystery 1209--The Photographer’s Evidence 1210--Millions at Stake 1211--The Man and His Price 1212--A Double-Handed Game 1213--A Strike for Freedom 1214--A Disciple of Satan 1215--The Marked Hand 1216--A Fight with a Fiend 1217--When the Wicked Prosper 1218--A Plunge into Crime 1219--An Artful Schemer 1220--Reaping the Whirlwind 1221--Out of Crime’s Depths 1222--A Woman at Bay 1223--The Temple of Vice 1224--Death at the Feast 1225--A Double Plot 1226--In Search of Himself 1227--A Hunter of Men 1228--The Boulevard Mutes 1229--Captain Sparkle, Pirate 1230--Nick Carter’s Fall 1231--Out of Death’s Shadow 1232--A Voice from the Past 1233--Accident or Murder? 1234--The Man Who Was Cursed 1235--Baffled, But Not Beaten 1236--A Case Without a Clew 1237--The Demon’s Eye 1238--A Blindfold Mystery 1239--Nick Carter’s Swim to Victory 1240--A Man to Be Feared 1241--Saved by a Ruse 1242--Nick Carter’s Wildest Chase 1243--A Nation’s Peril 1244--The Rajah’s Ruby 1245--The Trail of a Human Tiger 1246--The Disappearing Princess 1247--The Lost Chittendens 1248--The Crystal Mystery 1249--The King’s Prisoner 1250--Talika, the Geisha Girl 1251--The Doom of the Reds

In order that there may be no confusion, we desire to say that the books listed below will be issued during the respective months in New York City and vicinity. They may not reach the readers at a distance promptly, on account of delays in transportation.

To be published in January, 1929.

1252--The Lady of Shadows 1253--The Mysterious Castle 1254--The Senator’s Plot

To be published in February, 1929.

1255--A Submarine Trail 1256--A War of Brains

To be published in March, 1929.

1257--Pauline--A Mystery 1258--The Confidence King

To be published in April, 1929.

1259--A Chase for Millions 1260--Shown on the Screen

To be published in May, 1929.

1261--The Streaked Peril 1262--The Room of Mirrors

To be published in June, 1929.

1263--A Plot for an Empire 1264--A Call on the Phone

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Page 14 As the drew out the little square _changed to_ As she drew out the little square

Page 24 you can bet your last soo _changed to_ you can bet your last sou

Page 43 I’ll go you, Chip _changed to_ I’ll go with you, Chip

Page 54 they didn’t pay any atention _changed to_ they didn’t pay any attention

Page 65 Then and there the Farnum Hall lads began _changed to_ Then and there the Farnham Hall lads began

Page 71 the frail craft and disapeared beneath _changed to_ the frail craft and disappeared beneath

Page 78 with some diffiiculty, climbed _changed to_ with some difficulty, climbed

Page 78 hasn’t a soo in his jeens _changed to_ hasn’t a sou in his jeans

Page 80 had up their sleves for you _changed to_ had up their sleeves for you

Page 85 it was his awkardness that caused _changed to_ it was his awkwardness that caused

Page 101 I’v got a hunch that _changed to_ I’ve got a hunch that

Page 112 my private oponion that _changed to_ my private opinion that

Page 119 From the zinc boz the solution drops _changed to_ From the zinc box the solution drops

Pages 131 and 138 The first pages of Chapters XX and XXI, transposed in the original publication, have been ordered correctly in this ebook

Page 133 Supose we rummage around _changed to_ Suppose we rummage around

Page 140 Between you and me, Ping, I believe _changed to_ Between you and me, Pink, I believe

Page 146 who was the the other fellow _changed to_ who was the other fellow

Page 165 Mirable dictu! _changed to_ Mirabile dictu!

Page 187 Shaw was down with tonsilitis _changed to_ Shaw was down with tonsillitis

Page 192 sound a whole lot worst _changed to_ sound a whole lot worse

Page 209 finish coronat opus _changed to_ finis coronat opus

Page 218 “Tough luck, Joe,” commisserated Clancy _changed to_ “Tough luck, Joe,” commiserated Clancy

Page 238 makee tlouble for’ you _changed to_ makee tlouble fo’ you

Page 243 not been very succesful _changed to_ not been very successful

Page 260 by jim’ Klismas _changed to_ by jim’ Klismus

Page 271 a whale of a mystey _changed to_ a whale of a mystery

Page 296 we didn’t come to Opir to camp _changed to_ we didn’t come to Ophir to camp

Page 302 carried full to the ore platfom _changed to_ carried full to the ore platform