He was liberal with his gold, of which he had a small store, while it lasted.

He lived here many years, and was buried under a big peach tree that he had planted himself.' 'A queer start, to come and live and die here; and about the strangest place to pick for a home I ever saw.' 'There's a good many strange people in the colony, Dick, my boy,' says Starlight, 'and the longer you live the more you'll find of them.

Some day, when we've got quiet horses, we'll come up and have a regular overhauling of the spot.

It's years since I've been there.' 'Suppose he turned out some big swell from the old country?
Dad says there used to be a few in the old days, in the colony.

He might have left papers and things behind him that might turn to good account.' 'Whatever he did leave was hidden away.