Arthur M. Winfield

“ I cannot go West with this sprained ankle."
"I'll go West myself and locate that claim in spite of what Arnold Baxter has done."
"You go West?"
"Yes."
"Without me? That would be, a—well——"
"Remember, father, I went to Africa to find you."
"I shall never forget it, Dick. But you had others with you—your Uncle Randolph, and Tom, and Sam, and Aleck."
"Well, I can take Tom and Sam with me again, if it comes to that."
"It is a wild country—out there among the mining camps of the mountains."
"It's no wilder than in the heart of Africa." ”

“ And after all my work and trouble!"
"What are you talking about now, father?"
"That mining claim in Colorado—the Eclipse Mine, as Roderick Kennedy christened it."
"But I don't understand?"
"It's a long story, Dick. You have beard parts of it, but not the whole, and to go into the details would do you small good."
"But I would like to know something, father."
"You shall know something, Dick." Mr. Rover drew up his injured foot. "Oh, if only I could go after Arnold Baxter without delay!"
"It's too bad you are hurt. Does it pain you very much?" ”