She said a thing of that kind should never be used for money." "But haven't all those who claimed special powers--priests, magicians, medicine-men--always been willing to sell them ?" Her companion's eyes twinkled.
"Well, I dare say they have.

Still, you see, it's possible that they never really had the gifts they claimed at all.

Now I--can--find water, and I have a notion that I can find the precious metals too.
Quite absurd, isn't it ?" Ida thought it was, but the quiet confidence behind his whimsical manner appealed to her.

He was, it seemed, a man of simple character and few ideas, but she knew that he had nerve and vigor, and, after all, the western Dominion is the land of strenuous, all-daring, simple men.

Besides, she had watched the resolution flash into his young face when he stood facing the angry crowd of track-graders with the ax in his hand, and she had seen very much the same tenacity and steadfastness stamped on the faces of successful men.