The Wedge of Gold

e to Jack, and witnessed Sedgwick's encounter with the bull. He knew under what circumstances young Browning left home, and so on that Sunday evening he wrote to Hamlin that his step-son was in

s. He added the strong suspicion that the complexion of the men indicated that they had not been in the mines at all. (His idea of a miner was

nch bank of Virginia City, and what banks in London they drew upon, and hastened first to the Nevada bank's London agency. He could obtain no news there. Then he sought the other, and knowing the management, he explained to one of the directors

ing? If it is, he has bills of

t cannot be possible," he sai

and we received a mighty invoice of Nevada bullion b

y credit, but nothing was found. Enjoining upon the banker the utmo

use he had not capital enough. Then, too, he was in debt to Jenvie. He wanted th

vie, his partner. He knew he did not like Jack, and he had, moreover, received hints from him that he was getting along well

interruption, read him the letter received from Devonshire, and told him of the ast

has rejected every suitor since except Stetson, and I fear when the climax comes she will reject him. The chances are, when Jack comes they will rush into eac

gagement would prevent an immediate marriage, if possible, and see, in the meantime, what could be done toward working Jack for a part, at least, of his money. With that arrange

ed a credit where Jack had obtained his exchange. When, at the first dinner, Grace had drawn from him that he had been in Texas and had seen cowboys, they both guessed where he had ca

her said to him: "Jack, I hope you have come home to stay. Look around and find some busines

k; "much obliged, but I ha

wages in Virginia Ci

bout twenty-four pound

expenses?" was t

nds per month for a room, and clothes and

ore than ￡150 or ￡160 per annum

ew pounds which were invested by a friend in Con-Virginia when it was t

e asked one more question. "Did your

edgwick's injunct

nk the plan is to buy a place near the old home. He only brought a few hundred pounds with him. Indeed,

sfied. Moreover, he

oting a mining enterprise in South Africa. According to the showing, it is an immense property.

sixteen feet wide, with an easy average value of six pounds per ton in free gold, besides deposits and spurs that went much higher. The vein was exposed for several hundred feet, and opened by a shaft 300 feet deep, with long drifts on each of the levels. The country was healthy, supplies cheap, plenty of

t of the time it seemed to him that Rose was near him, but when he spoke to her, every time she vanished away. Between the visions he made t