Yet he knew when closing-time came, that he had exhausted every farthing he possessed in the world--it seemed hopeless to imagine that he could survive another day.

But with the morning came a booming cable from Bekwando.

There had been a great find of gold before ever a shaft had been sunk; an expert, from whom as yet nothing had been heard, wired an excited and wonderful report.

Then the men who had held on to their Bekwandos rustled their morning papers and walked smiling to their offices.

Prices leaped up.