But I can tell you this—it is u property
that we have amongst us —and it is a gold
mine.”
“A gold mine—and we shall be enor
mously rich some day?”
“If our hopes are realized —enormously
rich.”
“And why is there a secret about it?”
“Because nobody suspt els that l ie gold
Is there to begin with —it they did every
body would be after it and wo should have
an end of trouble,”
‘•And the secret Is the whereabouts ol
tho mine?”
“That Is Just so and the means of work
log It.”
Julia thought (t over for few minutes
and then she gave a sigh ns if she had
made up her mind. “Well, Sievie. dar
linp,” she said, “I’m sorry you can’t make
me partner In this wonderful mine, but
as you can't why we won’t say any more
about it, and 1 won’t worry you sny
more—” and then they kissed one another
and Stephen Howard thanked Heaven in
his heart that he was to have peace.
Only one more question did Julia ask on
the subject just then. “Sievie, ’ she said,
‘‘Yon said that M imie does not know
■bout this gold mine.”
“Well?” he asked.
“Of course she knows ns much as I know
—Hint there Is such a thing?”
“Ob, yes!”
“And she doesn’t mind?”
“Doesn’t ml d —how?”
"Well, she doesn’t object to Bob having
a secret from her?”
“Oh, no—not a bit in the world,”
“And she never worries him to know
about it?”
“No. 1 am sure she does not.”
“And Maimie Is very fond of Bob,”
Julia said in a musing tone.
