MR.

GUSHER IS INTRODUCED TO MATTIE.
The Reverend Warren Holbrook was left in the farm-house to further develop the discovery, and lift the great enterprise into popularity among the confiding people in that portion of the country.

The rest of the party, including Gusher, returned to the boat near sundown and set off for Nyack, the sturdy oarsmen singing a merry song.

There in the bottom of the boat was the bucket containing the black sand and discolored dollars--the capital stock of the great Kidd Discovery Company--which Chapman and Gusher affected to guard with particular care.
They reached Nyack the next day about noon, looking fatigued and careworn, for they had enjoyed but little sleep since leaving.

During their absence all sorts of wild rumors had been circulated concerning the object of the expedition.