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? ? ? ? Half an hour later the two outlaws were dead and Rodney and his friends were on their way back to Oreville.

Chapter XXXVI - The Rodney Mine

? ? ? ? Rodney was received by Jefferson Pettigrew with open arms.

? ? ? ? "Welcome home, boy!" he said. "I was very much worried about you."

? ? ? ? "I was rather uneasy about myself," returned Rodney.

? ? ? ? "Well, it's all over, and all's well that ends well. You are free and there has been no money paid out. Fred and Otto have done a good thing in ridding the world of the notorious Dixon brothers. They will be well paid, for I understand there is a standing reward of one thousand dollars for each of them dead or alive. I don't know but you ought to have a share of this, for it was through you that the outlaws were trapped."

? ? ? ? "No, Mr. Pettigrew, they are welcome to the reward. If I am not mistaken I shall make a good deal more out of it than they."

? ? ? ? "What do you mean?"

? ? ? ? Upon this Rodney told the story of what he had seen in the cavern.

? ? ? ? "When I said I, I meant we, Mr.


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