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 than all the treasures of earth combined.

"Ah!" thought Mills, with a look of malicious triumph, "you discovered the mine, but those precious jewels are simply the product of Benny Depuy's distorted imagination, are they? Hernando Genung, have a care, that old score is still unsettled. Would you adorn the fair Celeste with those sparkling gems? She would grace them, but there is a sequel to this matter."

His inspection over, he was about to re-*enter his carriage when Vedder inquired the prospects for running a branch through to connect with the Ulster and Delaware.

"Rather dubious," Mills replied. "All the way up hill, and what is the country to be opened up worth?"

"The cost, in my estimation, need not be so great. The route beyond Honk Falls is a natural grade and one of the most beautiful in the United States. Its historical interests would attract thousands," Vedder replied earnestly.

"True, Shandaken claims the honor of