For yourself, I dare say that a person whose father is supposed to have committed a murder--not that I say he did it, understand--hardly could establish sufficient standing to borrow the money to proceed on an undertaking which requires capital.

Therefore, I should say that you were in somewhat of a predicament.

Now--" a long wait and then, "please take this as only coming from a spokesman: My client is in a position to use her good offices to change the viewpoint of the man who is the chief witness against your partner.

She also is in a position to use those same good offices in another direction, so that there might never be a grand jury investigation of the finding of a certain body or skeleton, or something of the kind, in your mine--which, if you will remember, brought about a very disagreeable situation.

And through her very good connections in another way, she is able to relieve you of all your financial embarrassment and procure for you from a certain eastern syndicate, the members of which I am not at liberty to name, an offer of $200,000 for your mine.