"
"Then hadn't we better get out of it early, and go to work for
some one who pays wages?" questioned Hazelton.
"Yes," Tom shot out, quickly, "if that's the way you feel about it."
"But do you feel differently, Tom?"
"I'm willing to risk something, for the sake of drawing what may
possibly turn out to be the big prize in the mining lottery."
"But all our savings," cried Harry, aghast. "That seems like
a foolish risk, doesn't it?"
"If you say so, I'll draw out now," Tom proposed.
"What do you think about it?"
"If all the money at stake were mine," Reade said slowly, "then
I'd hang on as long as I had a penny left to invest."
"Tom Reade, I believe you're turning gambler at heart!"
"I intend to be a good, game business man, if that's what you
mean by gambling. But see here, Harry, I don't want to pull your
money into this scheme if you feel that you'd rather hold on to
what you have."
"If you're going to stay in, Tom, then so am I. I'm not the kind
of fellow to go back on a chum's investment.
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