stay. Look around and find some business that you think will suit you,
and I will buy it for you if it does not take too much money."

"Thanks, father," said Jack; "much obliged, but I have a few pounds of my
own."

"How much are miner's wages in Virginia City?" asked the old man.

"Four dollars a day; about twenty-four pounds a month," said Jack.

"And what are the expenses?" was the next question.

"Four shillings a day for board; three pounds per month for a room, and
clothes and cigars to any amount you please," said Jack.

"Why, you could not have saved more than £150 or £160 per annum at those
rates," said the old man.

"No," said Jack; "a good many may not do as well as that; but I had a few
pounds which were invested by a friend in Con-Virginia when it was three
dollars a share, and it was sold when it was worth a good bit more."

The old man had learned the secret. He asked one more question. "Did your
friend Sedgwick do as well as you did?"

Jack thought of Sedgwick's injunction, so answered:

"He made a good bit of money, something like £20,000, but he turned it
over to his father in Ohio. I think the plan is to buy a place near the
old home. He only brought a few hundred pounds with him. Indeed, he only