"Ever see anything like that before?" he asked triumphantly, holding out a piece of rock the size of his fist. "Why--it's gold, isn't it?" The same old thrill hushed her voice as she took the quartz in her hand. Tiny, yellow specks showed here and there,--Parowan gold. "Busted right into it!" crowed Bill. "I told you last night I was willing to bet we'd get a change this morning. There she is, old girl. Whole face of the tunnel in quartz--gold ore or I'm a Chinaman. It won't be so rich as the surface ore was, but it'll be a darn sight more permanent. We trailed her close to a hundred feet--but we sure overhauled her at last!" "Oh, Bill-dear, isn't it simply great! Well, what are you going to do now? Organize----" "Not on your life. The crooks aren't all dead and in jail--not by any means! I'll borrow some money from my wife and put in a crew of men here and go to mining!" "I suppose," said Doris, "you wouldn't consider selling an interest in the mine--to your wife? You couldn't borrow what's yours, you great, big silly!" Bill gave the ore to baby Mary, who tried harder than ever to lift the single-jack so that she could smash it down on the rock. His eyes strayed down the hill to the empty town, with the two-story cement bank standing up high above the wooden buildings around it. And the O'Hara House with staring, empty windows and no pennant at all. "The town'll come back," he said, squatting on his haunches beside Doris and beginning to plan and dream again. "I almost wish it wouldn't. This has been a great winter, honey. But it's bound to come back. I don't know what the darned railroad will do about it," he grinned. "We've swiped most of their ties!" "That's a hell of a note, ain't it!" cried Luella, and began crawling, beak and claws, up Bill's back. THE END "_The Books You Like to Read at the Price You Like to Pay_" _There Are Two Sides to Everything--_ --including the wrapper which covers every Grosset & Dunlap book. When you feel in the mood for a good romance, refer to the carefully selected list of modern fiction comprising most of the successes by prominent writers of the day which is printed on the back of every Grosset & Dunlap book wrapper. You will find more than five hundred titles to choose from--books for every mood and every taste and every pocket-book. _Don't forget the other side, but in case the wrapper is lost, write to the publishers for a complete catalog._ _There is a Grosset & Dunlap Book for every mood and for every taste_ B. M. BOWER'S NOVELS May be had wherever books are sold. Ask for Grosset and Dunlap's list. CASEY RYAN CHIP OF THE FLYING U COW-COUNTRY FLYING U RANCH FLYING U'S LAST STAND, THE GOOD INDIAN GRINGOS, THE HAPPY FAMILY, THE HER PRAIRIE KNIGHT HERITAGE OF THE SIOUX, THE LONG SHADOW, THE LONESOME TRAIL, THE LOOKOUT MAN, THE LURE OF THE DIM TRAILS, THE PHANTOM HERD, THE QUIRT, THE