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 he was goin' clean through. I was some relieved, boy, for he had a fine drop on me an' my fingers was a good six inches from my gun."

"Yes, that was the start," mused Wade. "A couple of months after we started out prospecting."

"An' had mean luck all that summer. But we hit it at last, eh? Boy, the Better Days is goin' to be the biggest little producer in Colorado before long."

"I'm satisfied if she just keeps up her present gait," said Wade. "Are you really going back the day after tomorrow, old man."

"I got to. Minnie wouldn't never forgive me if I was away Christmas, nor the kids neither. 'Sides, I got plenty to do out there. Even if I start back Saturday I won't much more'n make it, like as not. I see where they've had ten inches of snow around Denver, an' that means slow goin' through the mountains. I reckon, anyhow, another day of this town will be about all I can stand."