Bill watched some of his efforts, and said that though he was a bad puncher he was a good liar for saying he'd ever seen a cow before.

So String Beans was sent to the mine to work.
This quartz mine, up in the mountains, was the one near which Injun and Whitey had had so many exciting adventures.

Now they owned an interest in it, as has been told, though Mr.Sherwood and a tribe of Dakota Indians were the principal shareholders.

During the summer the mine had been undergoing development, and the first shipment of ore was soon to be made.
With String Beans working at the mine, and Ham improving the men's digestion as a cook, it began to look as though Whitey's idea that they were desperate characters was ill-founded.

In fact, the thought had almost passed from his mind, and was quite forgotten on a certain Saturday.