replied that he would take it in gold.

The cashier smiled and asked him how he would take it away.

The old man said, "I do not understand you."

"It will, in gold, weigh about 400 pounds," said the cashier.

At this the lawyer became interested in a moment and said: "Four hundred
pounds of gold! What kind of a check have you?"

"It is a bill of exchange on New York for $100,000," said the cashier.

"One hundred thousand dollars!" said the lawyer; "Great heavens! have you
found an oil well on your farm, robbed a bank, or what?"

"No," said the elder Sedgwick, "but my wild boy has come from Nevada, and
I guess this is a part of the great bonanza."

Finally $25,000 was drawn in paper, enough to clear up all the home
indebtedness, and the rest left on deposit until the son and brother
should return; for, as they talked it all over, they concluded that he
had left with them all his fortune, except traveling expenses.




CHAPTER V.

THE VOYAGE.