At this puzzling juncture, Dave, hearing the voices of his father and Uncle Joe, cautiously emerged from his hiding. When he came in sight, Uncle Joe said, "There's Dave now! There's your boy!" His father looked blankly at him for a moment. Though the vision looked like Dave he could not trust it. He said, "No, it can't be my boy! It can't be my boy!" But it was; and Dave is still with us. * * * * * Transcriber's Notes Printer inaccuracies were silently corrected. Archaic and variable spelling has been preserved. Variations in hyphenation and compound words have been preserved. End of the Project Gutenberg EBook of Dynamite Stories, by Hudson Maxim