? ? ? ? "What are you going to do there?"
? ? ? ? "I may go to mining."
? ? ? ? "But how can you afford to go so far?"
? ? ? ? "Really, Jasper, you show considerable curiosity about my affairs. I have money enough to buy my ticket, and I think I can find work when I get out there."
? ? ? ? "It seems to me a crazy idea."
? ? ? ? "It might be--for you."
? ? ? ? "And why for me?" asked Jasper suspiciously.
? ? ? ? "Because you might not be willing to rough it as I am prepared to do."
? ? ? ? "I guess you are right. I have always been used to living like a gentleman."
? ? ? ? "I hope you will always be able to do so. Now I must bid you good by, as I am busy getting ready for my journey."
? ? ? ? Jasper looked after Rodney, not without perplexity.
? ? ? ? "I can't make out that boy," he said. "So he is going to be a common miner! Well, that may suit him, but it wouldn't suit me. There is no chance now of his interfering with me, so I am glad he is going to leave the city."
? ? ? ? The scene changes.
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