“You do not know my uncle, Mr. Carter. He is investigating the mining proposition, and, if he is satisfied with the result of his investigations, the money will be invested.”
“Headstrong, is he?”
“Yes, sir; very much set in his way.”
“How did you happen to be on the same steamer with Yasmar?”
“I was going to Boston to interview some capitalists there, who are also intending to put money into the mine. By chance, he was on the same boat.”
“How is your uncle investigating the Royal Ophir mine?”
“The Boston men sent an expert in whom they have the utmost confidence to Montana to take a sample of ore from the Royal Ophir.
“That sample was not out of the expert’s hands, day or night, from the moment it was taken until, in a sealed bag, it was deposited in a New York bank.
“The Boston men and my uncle, accompanied by the expert, will call for the ore this afternoon, take it to an assayer, and have it assayed.
“On the result of that assay hangs the investment of a round million of dollars.”