Just go to where the miners are thickest,
and I allow you'll find him."
Luke made inquiries, and ascertaining the best way of reaching
the Black Hills, started the next day.
"If I don't find James Harding, it's because I can't," he said
to himself resolutely.
CHAPTER XXXI
TONY DENTON'S CALL
Leaving Luke on his way to the Black Hills, we will go back
to Groveton, to see how matters are moving on there.
Tony Denton had now the excuse he sought for calling upon
Prince Duncan. Ostensibly, his errand related to the debt which
Randolph had incurred at his saloon, but really he had something
more important to speak of. It may be remarked that Squire
Duncan, who had a high idea of his own personal importance,
looked upon Denton as a low and insignificant person, and never
noticed him when they met casually in the street. It is difficult
to play the part of an aristocrat in a country village, but that
is the role which Prince Duncan assumed. Had he been a prince
in reality, as he was by name, he could not have borne himself
more loftily when he came face to face with those whom he
considered his inferiors.
When, in answer to the bell, the servant at Squire Duncan's
found Tony Denton standing on the doorstep, she looked at him
in surprise.
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