There the refugees were made comfortable in a hotel, until they could obtain permanent homes. This they soon did, as the nuggets they had managed to bring away with them proved to be very valuable.
As for our heroes, they found that the new gold vein that was discovered in their mine, was richer even than Jim Nestor and his miners had dared to hope. For a time there was some apprehension lest Noddy Nixon and his cronies return to do some mischief, but they seemed to have left that part of the country. Professor Snodgrass captured many more specimens, but none that gave him as much pleasure as did the flying lizard, which he mounted in a life-like attitude.
Nothing more was ever heard of the Indians of Lost Valley, for no one cared to make a trip to that perilous place, and it was thought that the savages were severely punished in the battle against the whites. Mr. Bell soon located his son, and had a thrilling story to tell him of the search and rescue.
The motor boys returned East, after a month spent in the vicinity of their mine, during which time they made frequent trips in the Comet. They were well satisfied with their trip across the Rockies, but were fully determined to seek other adventures in the near future, and it may be said that they had little difficulty in finding them.
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Transcriber’s Notes:
Punctuation and spelling inaccuracies were silently corrected.
Archaic and variable spelling has been preserved.