but you'll
be lucky if they don't throw them down your throat!"

"Do you mean to tell me," screamed Carson, "that there are actually
robbers here, and that they have taken possession of Tunnel Six?"

"That's the idea," replied Sandy.

"Why, that's where I put my----"

"That's where you put your money, is it?" Sandy went on.

"I never saw such impudence!" reared Carson.

"Well, go on and get your money!" advised Sandy. "Just go straight down
the gangway until you come to a face of rock and then switch off to the
left, and you'll find yourself in a chamber used at present by robbers
and hold-up men as a winter resort."

"Oh you can't frighten me!" declared Carson. "I believe that you're here
in quest of the money yourself!"

"That's right!" admitted Sandy. "Go on in, now, and tell the robbers to
give up your hoarded gold! Just butt in, and tell 'em what you want them
to do! They'll probably do just as you tell them to!"

"I never saw such impudence in my life!" roared Carson, wiping his
perspiring forehead with a large red silk handkerchief.

"I don't see where the impudence comes in!" replied Sandy. "You said you
wanted to find Tunnel Six in order that you might locate your money. I'm
telling you where it is, and what to do to get it!"

"Old Stephen never took a bluff in his life!" chuckled Mr. Buck, "Now
see if he doesn't go stalking down that passage and declaring himself in
the name of the law!"

The banker did exactly what Mr. Buck had predicted. He went storming
down the passage, giving notice to all intruders to walk out of his mine
in a peaceable manner. Mr. Buck followed along until he came to where
Elmer was standing with his back against the wall, and then the two
paused and entered into conversation. The cashier of the Night and Day
bank and the miner started back toward the shaft.

"What's the matter?" shouted Sandy. "Why don't you stay and see the fun?
There'll be shooting here directly!"

The miner and the cashier now took to their heels and were soon out of
sight. Every moment the boy expected to see a flash of fire in the
gangway. Carson was now very near to Tunnel Six, and it seemed certain
that the outlaws must soon open fire on him.

"Come back, Stephen!" shouted Mr. Buck. "Don't make a fool of yourself!"

"This is all pure bluff!" shouted Carson. "There are no robbers here at
all. This is a scheme to keep me out of Tunnel Six, where I believe my
money to be hidden!"

They saw Cars