"You bet!" cried John Sedgwick. "Boys, give three cheers fur Young Wild West!"
The cheering echoed through the pass.
It was now near noon, but Wild was bent on doing the work he had in view, so he started in.
He sent the miners on with the prisoners, and then he painted a couple of signs to take the places of those at either end of the pass.
The signs when finished bore the words:
"Short Cut Pass—No danger!"
(Signed) "Young Wild West."
"There! I reckon as soon as we have put these up we will call the job complete," he said.
Not until they were up did our friends return to their camp.
There was a big time in Big Bonanza, as might be supposed.
A messenger had been sent over to Silver Bend to spread the news of the capture of the outlaw band, and, with the prisoners locked in a shanty, the miners danced around it in delight.