He turned it over and over in his hand before he opened it--then looked at the postmark,--Denver.

At last: "Open it, why don't you ?" Harry's mustache was tickling his ear, as the big miner stared over his shoulder.

Fairchild obeyed.

They gasped together.

Before them were figures and sentences which blurred for a moment, finally to resolve into: Mr.Robert Fairchild, Ohadi, Colorado.
Dear Sir; I am empowered by a client whose name I am not at liberty to state, to make you an offer of $50,000.