Sometimes I lend them money to improve the claim.

In fact, I imagine you would find me useful in many ways." "I cannot sell the lode before I know where it is." "That's obvious," Stormont agreed.

"The difficulty, however, might be overcome, and that's where I could help.

But, to begin with, am I to understand your father altogether failed to relocate the claim?
Although he filed no record, he may have found a clue." Agatha gave him a keen glance.

He had said nothing to excite much suspicion, but she felt that he was going too fast and asking too many questions.
"I did not see him after he went back to the North.