by Brand, Max
That was how Steve Wycombe finished off his deal. He had, most surely, put a hand from the grave and taken one living man from the face of the earth. Delgas, a discredited man among his own kind, was turned loose; and Waring went up for a long term.
As for Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Farrel, they wanted Jim Silver to stay on with them indefinitely because, as Farrel said, he would never consider that two thirds of the ranch really belonged to him. He was really holding it merely in trust for Silver. They followed Silver as far as the corner of the corral and watched him saddle Parade and mount, and still they poured out arguments.
Silver looked down at them and smiled. He had said good-by before.
“I can’t stay,” he said. “I’m awash with cash that needs spending. Besides, it’s not the sort of a place for me.”
“Why not?” asked Farrel. “You stay here for a while, Jim, and you’ll love it the way I do. Those three mountains will be like three friendly faces to you, every day of your life. What’s wrong?”
“It’s the air,” said Jim Silver. “There’s too much honesty in it, now, and not enough action.” He smiled, and added: “You see, when I came here, it was simply as a prospector in a land of trouble, with the chance of a rich strike of danger straight ahead.”
“Well, Jim,” said Farrel, “you surely made a big strike of what you were looking for. So I suppose you’re satisfied.”
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