CHAPTER XXIV
CONCLUSION
"WHAT was it, Mr. Penton?" called Steve, as he saw the superintendent approaching.
"I shall have to leave you," returned the superintendent. "Jarvis, if Rush does not need you, you may come with me."
"Is there any trouble, sir?" questioned Steve.
"Yes; there is trouble. Someone has dropped a charge of dynamite down the cage shaft. They tell me the cage is wrecked. Of course that doesn't amount to much, if there is no further damage, but there is no telling where this business is going to end. I must get up to the surface, and at once."
"Then I am going with you," announced Steve with emphasis. "I am perfectly able. There is nothing the matter with me except inactivity. I am anxious to be doing something. But, Mr. Penton, that charge of dynamite surely was not dropped in from the surface, was it?"
"No; that would not be possible."