"I have considerable money in bank-notes for miners at Last Chance."
"Is it too bulky for me to hide?"
"I think not, miss."
"Then let me try it."
A halt was made and the money taken from its hiding-place. Then the girl asked:
"Do you know the amount that is here?"
"Yes, miss, it is stated here," and he handed out a paper.
"I will take the paper and the money, for I can hide it," and with this she put it in a silk bag that she carried and fastened it securely beneath the skirt of her dress.
Feeling relieved on this point, Harding drove on and soon after came in sight of the Dead Line.
He had just come up level with the cross that marked the spot of former tragedies, and was talking to his team, which showed much nervousness at passing a scene which they realized as one to dread, when loud rang a voice: