"For that reason, aren't we doubly
wasting our time here?"
"That's just as it turns out," Reade went on, with a vehemence
that astonished his chum. "Harry, what's our office address?
Where are our assistant engineers---where our draftsmen? Where
are our foremen that we could summon to great undertakings? Where
is the costly equipment that we would need as a firm of really
great engineers? You know that we must these things before we
can climb to the top of our profession. The gold that's hidden
somewhere under that ridge would give us the offices, the assistants,
the draftsmen, the equipment and the bank account that we need
before we can launch ourselves into first class engineering feats
of the great civilization that rules the world today. Harry,
I've firm faith in our claim, and I can go on working on a meal
every third day."
"Then now, as always, you can count on me to stand by you without
limit or complaint," said Harry generously.
"But, just the same, you haven't my faith in the mine, have you?"
Tom queried half-disappointedly.
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