That Peg and his guides reached home safely Frank knew shortly, when he
happened to meet the bully on the trail. Peg was eager to hear at
first hand all that had happened, and made friendly overtures with that
design in view; but this did not deceive Frank in the least. He
realized that Peg was more bitter than ever, and believed that if the
opportunity ever came the bully would not hesitate to do anything that
he thought would annoy the chums.
Frank had also found that the prospector, Smith, and his little Mexican
granddaughter, had reached home in safety. The successful lode hunter
purchased a ranch; and when Frank met him some time later he was riding
around the country in a fine automobile, buying stock. Inez was with
him, and never again would the brave little girl have to dress as a boy
in order to carry supplies up into the canyons of the mountains.
Thunder Mountain never again uttered a sound of warning. The Indians
marveled much, and consulted their greatest medicine men as to why the
voice of Manitou called no more. But the whites knew; and a load was
thereby taken from the mind of many a superstitious cowboy, who, when
watching his charges through the vigils of the night, could look toward
the rocky height without that feeling of uneasiness that had always
been present when he believed the mountain to be haunted.
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