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do this, his continuous ravings would have suggested 

 it to those about him. When the fever had left him, 

 and, a mere skeleton, he was able to get about, he 

 was overjoyed to find Maxey fat, well, and contented. 

 This aided his convalescence ; and the quiet life he 

 led in Denver during the remainder of the winter 

 restored him to his former health, strength, and 

 activity. 



Many are the safes, vaults, and desks in America 

 where shares of mining stock can be found. These 

 shares are usually engraved in the highest style of 

 the art, printed oh fine bond paper, and the inevit- 

 able miner with the pick can usually be discovered 

 among the designs. But the really profitable mines 

 are very rare. More money has probably gone into 

 Colorado for mining operations than ever came out 

 in bullion. And yet the discovery made by Herbert 

 Euston, with the help of Maxey, was the first of that 

 series which made Colorado famous and planted a 

 city in the heart of the wilderness. Herbert was far 

 too shrewd not to know the importance of his dis- 

 covery, but he had no desire to labor in its devel- 



