CHAPTER XXVII.

Bruce Herald, Volume XXX, Issue 3097, 8 September 1899, Page 6

CHAPTER XXVII.

AT LAST. Trenoweth returned the cheery salutation, and in a moment be was standing besida the two men near the fire. Close by a large heap of tin ore wa? stacked, but it looked quite insignificant in Trenoweth'a eyes after the riches he had just left. "Tin!" This monosyllabic query was put to thf new comer by the man who had firet &poken. " Yea," answered Trenoweth ; " I am likr yourselves in search of tin. I 9ee you have met with some luck." " Rather I We have got on to one of the finest iin fields in the world. We have only been here a fortnight, and as soon as we discovered the stuff we let the world know. We've got our own block and wo are not sel fish," the rough-looking man Baid with a laugh. 11 We've done pretty well for a fortnight," broke in his companion. " I suppose there's half a ton of tin in that stuff," be added, pointing to the ore. Trenoweth smiled *b he answered, "I do not think you have go* on to the proper place yet, mates. I could show you a epot where you could do belter." •* Do better 1" the two men simultaneously exclaimed. "Do better I Why, mate, 1 don't think we could do much better than we have done. Don't you see that we arc only opening up that deposit in the hill side, and we have had a great amount of dead work to do. I think we have hit upon t> fortune." "I think so, too," returned Trenoweth; "but yon have only struck the outskirts of the depoßii. I can show you stuff twice as rich as this." The two men stared at him in incredulous manner, as if they doubted the sanity of the speaker. 11 Yes, mates," continued Trenoweth; " I have got stuff ten times richer than this " — pointing to the heap of stream ore. " But " a 8 if » sudden thought had taken possession of him—" who sent the telegram to the Melbourne papers about your find ?" The first speaker almost blußhed as he said: •• Well, mate, I did that. I went into Emu on Wednesday for Borne tucker and I thought my mates would not blame me if 1 let our folks know. Of course, balf-a-dozen men oannot hope to work all this great place, and I've got friends in Melbourne who'll be glad to come here when they know it's worth coming for, . You don't blame me, Bill, for what I did,do you, now ?" This query was addressed to his mate, who energetically replied: . •• Blame you, Jack I Blame you I Not at all. Although we are not going to start a publiohouse here.we would like to have some of our comrades. You Bee, there is room enough for all." This was Bpoken to Trenowetb, and the orator waved his hands towards the hoary mountainsj and then, with a round sweep,, took in ths whole horizon. .... During this short coloquy, Edward had been revolving a most liberal thought in his mind; . -■.',' ' " " ". ' - j Here were the man standing before him to whom he was indebted for Mb late *»<*• "; . ■'■■-■'•■' \';V ::>:'-■■ '.=-. ■■.::,■-•: '": They were delving on the outskirts of the real deposit, and he had been lncky enough to strike the heart. ; Had it not been for the magnaminity of Jack, he'd now be mooning his time away in I Melbourne.—T» he Continued WP 18