“There was Dick, waving his hand tauntingly�—page [18]
THE
OLD MINE’S SECRET
BY
EDNA TURPIN
AUTHOR OF “HONEY SWEET,� “PEGGY OF
ROUNDABOUT LANE,� “TREASURE
MOUNTAIN,� ETC.
FRONTISPIECE BY
GEORGE WRIGHT
New York
THE MACMILLAN COMPANY
1921
All rights reserved
PRINTED IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
Copyright, 1921,
By THE MACMILLAN COMPANY.
Set up and electrotyped. Published September, 1921.
Press of
J. J. Little & Ives Company
New York, U. S. A.
TO
REBECCA BROCKENBROUGH
AND
TERRY LEE ROBERTS
THE OLD MINE’S SECRET
CHAPTER I
“O-O-OH! oh me-e!� Dick made the sigh very sad and pitiful.