s silently as possible. He timed his arrival so that Mrs. Delaney would be i

ed the widow as h

rm," he

matter? Are ye sick?" she gas

e commanded. "Sit down; I wan

eply. "Have ye struck ut?

nt to tell ye-I believe I've had

nful words upon her lips. Ordering the

ye mean? S

ight. I just lay on the ground and figured. Up there high-terrible high-are seams of ore-I know that-but they're in granite and hard to get at. That's one gold belt. There's money in a mine up there, but

nd transformed the man had its effec

a voic

in Burro Park tryin' to figure it all out. I hated to give up and come back-I was afraid ye'd think I was weakening-but I can't help it. Now I'll tell you what I'm going to do-I'm going to

red, "Mebb

were always good friends, and h

ivil leadin' ye on to break y'r neck

It's either Dan or the devil, a

her superstitious fears aroused. "And if it