Part 29 (2/2)

”Here goes!” murmured Jack

In his loudest voice he cried out:

”Whoa, Sunger!”

So his best in order not to let the horse behind pass hireat force froer's head Over he went, vainly trying to save himself, and the next moment he landed heavily on the side of the trail and did notfor a tirier, with a whinny of delight, turned back to er, old boy! You did it!” cried Jack Then his heart sure beside the trail

Pausing only a moment to caress his recovered pony, Jack hastened to the side of theThe felloas a stranger to Jack, who could not tell whether or not he was the post office robber The man was unconscious, and, with little coh his pockets

In an inner one he ca heart Jack pulled out the bundle He knew it in a ent A look at the seals convinced the lad that they had not been broken

”Talk about luck!” he cried, ”I'ot the papers back, and caught the robber, too At least I think he ot hier, old boy, orked the trick to perfection!”

Jack thrust the strangely-recovered package into his pocket, and then gave more attention to thewas doubled up under him Jack felt sure it was broken

”But it couldn't be helped,” he ht it on yourself I'll go and get help for you, though”

Jack worked quickly His first care was for his pony, as delightedly rubbing his velvet nose against his er did not appear to have suffered so uess you can ride trail yet,” Jack mused ”I'll use you in place of Dobbin”

He transferred the mail sacks to his own pony, and then rode back to the cabin, taking the other horse with hie to ride off,” Jack said looking at the unconscious man But the fellow did not He was still senseless when the help sent by Jack reached hie, where, after stopping but a ood news, he hastened to deliver the recovered packet to Mr Argent and tell his news

”Say, you don't reat! And it's all here, too--every paper!” he added as he broke the seals and ht, and we'll start to work the oods and didn't dare go where he could do so It was a great trick! Great!”

Jack was pretty well pleased with himself

The rest of the story is soon told Thethe pony stop suddenly was not , and other injuries laid him up for some time He confessed he was the safe-robber, and a ed by the eneet possession of the papers

And, as the miner had surmised, the trails had been so quickly and closely watched and guarded, that he had had no chance to coive them the papers he stole froether to waylay Jack, or, in any et possession of the documents

This h he did not disclose the whereabouts of his confederates, they were captured a little later, and sent to prison for long terms Jack's testimony went far in this, for he identified Ryan, as well as the bogus post office inspector, as also one of thethe first arrested, and ad Jack, and had seen his opportunity the day the pony went laent's mine secured to him, and the pony express route rendered safe by the capture of the outlaw band, but several other cri was at the bottom of them

”Well, I only wish I could be cleared of suspicion in that Harrington matter,” said Mr Bailey one day, a month or so later, when he had so far recovered that he was thinking of going back to the pony express route

”Maybe you will be The trials of those fellows aren't ended yet,” Jack said ”Maybe so will come out in them”

And that is just what happened In the testiht out that, for some time, confederates of the outlaws, of whoet for one of their nuht if they did this they would have no trouble in robbing the mail