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"We'll send soht away," he observed,

"and have it assayed And on't let out anything about it, Bud--good

or bad I like this flat I don't want it hed and reached for the bacon "We ain't been followed up with

stampedes so far," he pointed out "Burro Lode never caused a ripple in

the Bend, you recollect And I'll tell a sinful world it looked awful

good, too"

"Yeah Well, Arizona's hard to excite They've had so dang ainst violent

effort, either mental or physical I was cale It is just as well--seeing how it petered

out"

"What'll you bet this pans out the saaether in a way that drove the color froa to you--and then you've got the

nerve to say you don't gae He picked up a piece of rock and held it to the

fading light "It looks good," he said again "Better than that placer

ground down by the creek That's all right, too We can wash enough gold

there to keep us going while we develop this That is, if this proves as

good as it looks"

Bud looked across at hi she's worth

a o ahead with your tests, Cash I'll wash the dishes"

"Of course," Cash began to conserve his enthusias so

sure as an assay And it was too dark in the hole to see how much was

uncovered This may be just a freak deposit There may not be any real