The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1913-05-01


dirty yellow substance. There's
over three ounces OF gold dust there.
It's worth sixteen dollars an ounce.
l~reckon you can't beat that Want
TO hold ito he added indulgently. and
passed the vial 10 the innkeeper. VINO
took IL gingerly, caresstngly, In mis-
fat fingers
At least two OF his auditors were
rich men. according TO the easy stand
ard OF the times, while Tucker VAS
welto-dO. and the editor fairly pros
Porous, but the romance OF IL all had
taken a powerful hold on them.
subtle excitement was In the mind OK
each Here shorn OF the vexatonS
and delays Of trade. and within reach
of the strong arm OF the wiling
digger. vas that which was the meas
ure OF the worlds necessity, that by
which men guaged success or failure
In lie I'm the presence OF so simple
process. each felt a sudden dista.
'Or his own task
Il wish | VAS ten Years younger
and free footed" said Mr. Tucker, AZ
last I'd pull out OF here tomorrow,
blamed n wouldn't"
The editor laughed softly. He was
like man rousing from a dream.
Nonsense Luck won't he for one
In a hundred perhaps not for one in
a thousand
found any OF that dust, | wouldn Z
sleep or eat or drink. until I'd ished
II ont OF the soil
What will be my chance al making
mp company here" asked Rogers
and now he addressed himself 10 the
lAndrays. He recognized in their ST.
lence a deeper interest than thar
manifested by either Mr.. Tucker or
Captain Gibbs.
Are YOU really In earnest about
going back" asked Bushrod Iandray.
curiously.
Rogers drew his tall for'a erect. Il
allow there's Just about two thousand
miles of so left in me. Mister he
said
Ard YOU think YOU could pilot a
wagon train across the plains" asked
stephen
You give me the chance 10 show
what | can do-thats all ask. or
course. ! see now, ! must have been
clean crazy to leave the coast when
II took my last dollar. but amt III
for heavy work any more; 20 shut
like clasp-knife; and | was near
about wild TO be with some of my own
kin"
You may be able 10 make UP a
party here" said Stephen.
IF you are wise. you will take your
Stephen turned TO him Don't you
see II would not be necessary for me
to go to California to share in a
speculation of this Sort"
NO, | can't see il Landray
"A company could be organized.
Whoever wished TO, could take shares
in the venture: there would be little
or no difficulty in finding men 10 go
and do the actual work Of digging for
the gold"
Have you any scheme TO propose
that would guarantee fair division
OF the profits in the event Of there
being any," asked the captain.
Landray smiled slightly. There
would be no trouble about that, he
said hastily For. Of course. we
would only send men In whom we had
the fullest confidence; and the re
turns could be made regularly by ship,
by way OF the Horn
The small end OF IT," suggested
GioDs, lightly.
Mr.. Tucker laughed boistrously at
this sally. but neither OF the Landrays
smiled.
Gibbs yawned. II think We had all
better go home and sleep on it. he
said.
You're right, so We should, SAID
Stephen. He turned 10 Rogers. ia
like to see You again, there are some
questions ! want TO ask you. You IL
be here for a while. | suppose"
There amt any time 10 waste II
YOU mean business, urged Rogers
eagerly.
mo. | suppose not; but don
know that | do mean business. You
must not take my interest too serious
~, and yet
Gibbs slipped his arm through Ste
phens. on. come along, YOU will
wake up sane in the morning. Good
night. Tucker. Goodnight, Mr.. Rog-
ers Coming. BUSH