"Some one has been here, anyhow.

Did the professor do this, when he came for his household goods ?" "He wouldn't know how to drill a hole, cap a fuse, and touch off a stick of giant powder.

No, Clan, it wasn't Professor Borrodaile.

The deeper we get into this business, the more complicated it becomes." The outcropping of ore was wonderfully rich.

It was of the sort known as wire gold, and the rock was covered with a fuzzy yellow web of pure metal.