"
"I'm no robber. You paid the expenses of my trip. That's all I
want right now."
"It's not all you'll get. Do you think I'm a cheap piker? No,
sir. You've got to let me grub-stake you." Mackenzie thumped a
clinched fist down on the table.
"All right, seh. You're the doctor. Give me an interest in that
map and I'll prospect the mine this summer, if I can locate it."
"Good enough, and I'll finance the proposition. You and Dave can
take half-shares in the property. In the meantime, are you open
to an engagement?"
"Depends what it is," replied Bucky cautiously.
"My foreman's quit on me. Gone into business for himself. I'm
looking for a good man. Will you be my major-domo?"
Bucky's heart leaped. He had been thinking of how he must report
almost immediately to HurryUp Millikan, of the rangers. Now, he
could resign from that body and stay near his love. Certainly
things were coming his way.
"I'd like to try it, seh," he answered. "I may not make good, but
I sure would like to have a chance at it."
"Make good! Of course you'll make good. You're the best man in
Arizona, sir," cried Webb extravagantly.
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