He pulled out the roll Hop had given him, and the men, eager to see the money, did not proceed to tie Wild right away.
The moment Roche opened the roll he saw that it was not good money.
An oath escaped his lips.
"Where is that rascal of a Chinaman?" he demanded. "This isn't money. It is nothing but the rankest kind of counterfeit bills."
It was just then that our hero saw his sweetheart getting ready to do something.
At the same moment Hop was hurrying to the edge of the cliff on the other side to tell the miners to rush into the cave.
The critical moment had arrived.
The villains had just finished tying Wild to the post when a lariat whizzed through the air and settled over the head and shoulders of the leader.
"Here is the way we are going to pay the toll!" cried Arietta.
Up the side of the cliff went the man.