After half an hour's conversation the purchase was made, and a check for one hundred and four thousand dollars was handed to Mr. Talbot.
"I hope you will not have occasion to regret your purchase, Mr. Rockwell," said Solon.
"I think I shall not from advices I have received about increasing richness."
At the time appointed Mark called at Mr. Rockwell's office.
"Well, Mark," said the lawyer, "I made the purchase."
"At two hundred and sixty?"
"Yes. I congratulate you."
"That is, if I succeed in getting our share from my uncle."
"I will give you a letter to my lawyer, Mr. Gerrish. Obtain a letter from him, as your counsel, and call to-morrow upon your uncle with a formal demand for your mother's share of the proceeds of the mining stock."