? ? ? ? Wheeler was conversing with a man with a large flapping sombrero, and whose dress and general appearance indicated that he was a Westerner.
? ? ? ? Rodney left his seat and going forward sat down in the chair behind Wheeler. He suspected that the Western man was in danger of being victimized.
? ? ? ? In his new position Rodney could easily hear the conversation which took place between the Western man and his old railroad acquaintance.
? ? ? ? "I am quite a man of leisure," said Wheeler, "and it will give me great pleasure to go about with you and show you our city."
? ? ? ? "You are very obliging."
? ? ? ? "Oh, don't mention it. I shall really be glad to have my time occupied. You see I am a man of means--my father left me a fortune--and so I am not engaged in any business."
? ? ? ? "You are in luck. I was brought up on a farm in Vermont, and had to borrow money to take me to Montana four years ago."
? ? ? ? "I hope you prospered in your new home?"
? ? ? ? "I did. I picked up twenty five thousand dollars at the mines, and doubled it by investment in lots in Helena.
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