Another successful promotion had gone to the credit of McWade and Stoner; all three were in a triumphal mood.

Mallow was recounting a story that had just come to his ears.
"Remember that old silver tip that took a stand in front of the Owl Drug Store a few days back?
He called his company 'The Star of Hope.'" Stoner nodded.

"He had a good piece of ground, right adjoining the Moon Petroleum tract--three wells down to the sand.

I wondered how he ever got hold of it." "He didn't.

That's the big laugh.