Of course, all plans will not succeed; for man's judgment is far from possessing the virtue of infallibility.
But human reason would be a poor endowment, did it not lead us, in most cases, to right conclusions, if we are careful in our modes of using this high faculty." "The purpose of your visit to the East," said Jasper, who understood perfectly the man with whom he was dealing, and, therefore, determined to know at once the length and breadth of what he was expected to do, "is, I presume, to enlist some capitalists here in a lead-mining speculation ?" "My ideas do not extend quite that far," was Martin's answer.

"Too many cooks, you are aware, sometimes spoil the broth.

To come to the point at once, let me explain the purpose of my present journey to the East." "Well; I am all attention." "My fur-trade business, as I wrote you a year ago, turned out disastrously." "Yes." "After that, I opened a small store in one of the frontier towns, and I did very well, all things considered.

But the gain was too slow to suit my ideas of things; so, meeting with a fair chance, I sold out, and bought a lead-mine, which I have been working ever since to good profit.

Recently, I struck upon one of the richest veins ever discovered.