There is nothing like it in history.

I tell you it is a great thing, gen-tle-men!" Here he raised his right hand, and then lowering it ran his fingers into the dark sand, and drew out a number of discolored Mexican and Spanish dollars.

"Wis zat--what is in zat bucket, gen-tle-mens--and ze ouse of Topman and Gusher (me) is on a solid basis, as you shall see." Here he rang a dozen or two of the discolored dollars on the table, adding, "Zis Kidd Discovery Company is one zing so great as you ever did see, gen-tle-men." "And we are indebted to this good, honest old man for all of it--I should say," rejoined Chapman, checking himself, "for selling us the secret." Hanz had been smoking his pipe quietly, and seeming to take but little interest in what was going on.

Chapman now slapped him on the shoulder violently, and shook his hand.

"We are indebted to you for this great and successful enterprise, eh?
See the fortune now, don't you ?" "Perhaps I toes, und maybe I ton't," replied Hanz, relieving his mouth of the pipe.