Let us appoint a committee to find out how much money has been paid and where it is." With enthusiasm Kalman's suggestion was carried into effect.

A committee was appointed and instructed to secure the information with all speed.
Next day Klazowski was not to be found in the colony.

He had shaken the Wakota snow from off his feet, and had departed, carrying with him the people's hard-earned money, their fervent curses, and a deep, deep grudge against the young man upon whom he laid the responsibility for the collapse of his influence among the faithful and long-suffering people of Wakota.
A few days later, to an interested and devout congregation in the city of Winnipeg, he gave an eloquent account of his labours as a missionary in the remote colony of Wakota, depicted in lurid colours the persecutions he had endured at the hands of the heretic Brown, reserving his most fervid periods for the denunciation of the unscrupulous machinations of an apostate and arch traitor, Kalman Kalmar, whose name would forever be remembered by his people with infamy.
Among those who remained to congratulate and sympathize with the orator, none was more cordial than Mr.Rosenblatt, with whom the preacher went home to dine, and to whom, under the mellowing influence of a third bottle, he imparted full and valuable information in regard to Wakota, its possibilities as a business centre, its railroad prospects, its land values, its timber limits, and especially in regard to the character and work of Kalman Kalmar, and the wonderful mine which the young man had discovered.
The information thus obtained Rosenblatt was careful to impart to his friend and partner, Samuel Sprink.

As a result of further interviews with the priest and of much shrewd bargaining with railroad contractors and officials, in early spring, before the break up of the roads, Mr.Samuel Sprink had established himself along the line of construction as a vendor of "gents' furnishings," working men's supplies, tobaccos and cigars, and other useful and domestic articles.

It was not announced, however, in the alluring posters distributed among the people in language suited to their comprehension, that among his stores might be found a brand of whiskey of whose virtues none could speak with more confidence than Mr.Sprink himself, for the sufficient reason that he was for the most part the sole manufacturer thereof.
Chief among Mr.Sprink's activities was that of "claim jumping,"-- to wit, the securing for himself of homesteads for which patents had not been obtained, the homesteaders for one reason or another having not been able to complete the duties required by Government.
In the prosecution of this business Mr.Sprink made a discovery, which he conveyed in a letter to Mr.Rosenblatt, who was still in charge of the Winnipeg end of the Company's business.
"You must come at once," wrote Mr.Sprink.