had forfeited his right to own property.

Even should this Russian be the rightful owner, Johnny could not very
well hunt him up and say: "Here, mister. You tried to kill me
yesterday. Here are your diamonds. I found them in the mine. Please
count them and see if they are all there."

Johnny grinned as he thought of that. There seemed to be nothing to do
but keep the stones, for the time being at least.

"Anyway," he said to himself as he rolled up in his deer skins. "I'll
bet I have discovered something. I'll bet he's one of the big ones,
perhaps the biggest of them all. And he's trying to make his way across
to America to stir things up over there."




CHAPTER VII

SAVED FROM THE MOB


"What do you know about that gold mine?" Johnny asked, turning an
inquiring eye on Iyok-ok, whom Johnny now strongly suspected of being a
Japanese and a member of the Mikado's secret service as well.

"Which mine?" Iyok-ok smiled good-naturedly as he blinked in the
sunlight. It was the morning after Johnny's battle with the Russian.