The enthusiasm faded away from his eyes, and the look of a man who is thinking took its place.

Presently, in a hesitating, undecided way, he said: "Well, I--it don't seem quite enough.

That--that is a very valuable property--very valuable.

It's brim full of iron-ore, sir--brim full of it! And copper, coal,--everything--everything you can think of! Now, I'll tell you what I'll, do.

I'll reserve everything except the iron, and I'll sell them the iron property for $15,000 cash, I to go in with them and own an undivided interest of one-half the concern--or the stock, as you may say.