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? ? ? ? "He says he wants to buy a mine."

? ? ? ? "That's all a pretext. He hasn't money enough to buy a mine or a tenth part of it."

? ? ? ? "He seems to have money."

? ? ? ? "Yes; he may have a few hundred dollars, but mark my words, he hasn't the slightest intention of buying a mine."

? ? ? ? "He has some object in view."

? ? ? ? "No doubt! What it is is what I want to find out."

? ? ? ? There was another way in which Louis Wheeler made himself popular among the miners of Oreville. He had a violin with him, and in the evening he seated himself on the veranda and played popular tunes.

? ? ? ? He had only a smattering in the way of musical training, but the airs he played took better than classical music would have done. Even Jefferson Pettigrew enjoyed listening to "Home, Sweet Home" and "The Last Rose of Summer," while the miners were captivated by merry dance tunes, which served to enliven them after a long day's work at the mines.

? ? ? ? One day there was a sensation. A man named John O'Donnell came down stairs from his room looking pale and agitated.


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