Were you thinking of prospecting over there ?" "Well, well, I don' know, I don' know." "Well, I'm going over to the other side of the range day after t'morrow after some ponies of mine, an' I'm going to have a look around.

You say you've been a miner ?" "Yes, yes." "If you're going over that way, you might come along and see if we can't find a contact, or copper sulphurets, or something.

Even if we don't find color we may find silver-bearing galena." Then, after a pause, "Let's see, I didn't catch your name." "Huh?
My name's Carter," answered McTeague, promptly.

Why he should change his name again the dentist could not say.

"Carter" came to his mind at once, and he answered without reflecting that he had registered as "Burlington" when he had arrived at the hotel.
"Well, my name's Cribbens," answered the other.