or, The Hunt for Sunken Treasure.

COPYRIGHT 1922, BY M. A. DONOHUE & CO.

MADE IN U. S. A.

CONTENTS
I[A Daring Hold-Up]
II[Skillful Strategy]
III[In Big Figures]
IV[Wonders of Radio]
V[On the Trail]
VI[A Lively Fight]
VII[Crooked Work]
VIII[The Jaws of Death]
IX[Deeds of Darkness]
X[Flight and Pursuit]
XI[Desperate Chances]
XII[From Savage Clutches]
XIII[Gun Play]
XIV[Aerial Scouting]
XV[Menace of the Cave]
XVI[The Race for Life]
XVII[A Perilous Mission]
XVIII[The Outlaws’ Rendezvous]
XIX[A Blow in the Dark]
XX[In Bitter Bondage]
XXI[Threats of Torture]
XXII[Held for Ransom]
XXIII[The Bandit’s Messenger]
XXIV[Caged]
XXV[The Visitor at Dusk]
XXVI[Prisoners and Loot]
XXVII[A Gleam of Hope]
XXVIII[In Hot Haste]
XXIX[To the Rescue]
XXX[Rounding Up “Muggs” Murray]

CHAPTER I
A Daring Hold-Up

“Hands up! Quick!”

The command, barked out in sharp, staccatto tones, was emphasized by the ugly muzzle of a revolver thrust through the window of the paying teller.

It was a bright Spring morning in the town of Castleton, a thriving city of some ten thousand population, located in a prosperous section of the Middle West. As it was Saturday, there was a little more stir and animation in the streets than usual, for it was the day on which farmers and their wives of the rural district served by the town drove in to do their shopping. Already, though it was no more than eleven o’clock, there was a fair sprinkling of cars and buggies standing in the open square in front of the court house, and the number was constantly being augmented by new arrivals.

In the Castleton Bank, the only one that the little town boasted, there was unusual activity, for the cashier and his two clerks were busy making up the money for the payrolls of the three mills on which the commercial prosperity of the town largely depended.

A large touring car, whose every line denoted speed, came rapidly up the street and stopped at the door of the bank. The man at the wheel kept his seat, without shutting off the engine, while four men climbed out. One took his stand at the side of the machine, and the other three quickly ascended the steps of the bank.