"What will you take?"
"I couldn't sell you both of mine, as I wouldn't have one; but, Wakeman, if I part with one of mine will you do the same?"
"Yes; for I know they'll need the arms before they get back to San Francisco."
"Then the question is, what will you ask us for the two guns?"
"Can you give us a hundred dollars?"
"Apiece?"
"No, no, no; for both of 'em."
"Yes; we will gladly do that."
Now came the crisis. The party had not a dozen dollars among them. Howard and Elwood had left their money in the berth of the steamer, and of course it was irrevocably gone. But Elwood's watch remained, and that at the least calculation was worth one hundred and fifty; but whether the miners would accept it at a fair valuation for their pieces, was in their minds very doubtful.
"We have no money," said Howard, "but my cousin has a watch that is worth more than that sum, which he will give you for the two guns."