"I don't know as I will," was the slow answer. "You said it was, but I have no further proof of it."
"He was going to get you to invest in some scheme, wasn't he?" asked Robert.
"Yes, he wanted to sell me some unlisted mining shares. Said they were a good investment."
"What were the shares?" asked Dick Marden. "I am an old miner and I know the mines pretty well."
"They were shares of the Golden Bucket Mine, of California."
"The Golden Bucket! Why, that mine gave out six years ago. It never paid back the money put into it. Why, it's dead, and so are the stocks. You had a lucky escape."
"I believe you," returned the old man, and looked greatly relieved.
Inside of quarter of an hour Jim Huskin was transferred to the local jail and his capture was telegraphed to Chicago. He was searched, and on him were found about forty dollars belonging to Robert and a pawn-ticket for the watch, showing that it had been pawned in Muskegon for six dollars. Before he left the town Robert got the watch back.
Later on Jim Huskin was taken back to Chicago, and he and Andy Cross were tried together, and each received a sentence of two years in State's prison for his misdeeds.