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It was not strange that he should take the gold fever; less so that mother should dread to see him again leave home to face unknown perils; and it is not at all remarkable that upon reaching Auraria, now Denver, he should find that fortunes were not lying around much more promiscuously in a gold country than in any other.
"The man that hasn't been a fool in one way or another in this garrison during the last month or so is not on my list of acquaintances, and I think I know myself. What I want now is a description of Sergeant Marsland. One of my Denver friends thinks he has spotted him as a swell gambler down at El Paso."
When nearing Denver their trail became so obscure that we at last lost it; but by inquiring of the settlers along the road which they had taken, we occasionally heard of them. When within four miles of Denver this was on a Thursday we learned that the horse-thieves had passed there two days before.
One sweep of his gloved hand swept the snow away and the great glare of the headlight flashed up the track. "My God! how she rolls!" exclaimed the engineer. And she did roll. Never before in the history of the road had the Denver Limited been entrusted to a green crew, for the engineer was also making his maiden trip. The day coach was almost empty.
"A good thing for you, Joe," replied Denver Pete. "He'd of turned you into fertilizer, bo!" "Maybe; maybe not. Maybe they's some things I could teach him about gun- slinging, Pete." "Maybe; maybe not," parodied Denver. "You've learned a good deal about guns, Joe quite a bit. But there's some things about gun fighting that nobody can learn. It's got to be born into 'em.
They call me an ex-con now." "No, but Denver," she entreated, "surely you didn't think why, we asked you to come and stay with us." "Yes, I know," he said but the sullen look had come back; he could not forget so soon. "I know," he went on, "but it wouldn't be right I guess we've made a mistake. I wanted to see you, Drusilla; I gave everything I had, just to get here before you went "
A gleam of satisfaction lit up the burly man's face, but Tom did not notice it. "Wumble used to hang out in Denver. Going to meet him there, I suppose." "No, I'm going to meet him in Chicago, if I can." "I see." So the talk ran on until the meal was finished. Then the burly man bowed pleasantly and the two separated. When Tom rejoined his brothers Sam asked him about the man.
She was interrupted by a joyful shriek from Clover, who had torn open her letter and was eagerly reading it. THE train from Denver was nearing St. Helen's, and Imogen Young looked eagerly from the window for a first sight of the place.
He indorsed, blotting with a swift dab, and a final fillip through the window. "Chicago, thirty-three hundred credit to Britt & Stratton. Here's our signature. Denver, eight hundred, to private account H.E. Stratton. He'll be here next week. I'll bring him around and identify. Draw on this by Wednesday? Good! Gimme checkbook. Excuse haste; yours truly!" He popped out. The president smiled.
In 1863, from Atchison to Salt Lake City $150.00 In 1863, from Atchison to Placerville $225.00 In 1865, on account of the rise of gold and the depreciation of currency, these rates were increased; the fare from the Missouri River to Denver was changed to $175.00; to Salt Lake $350.00. The California rate varied from $400.00 to $500.00.
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