I will wager you he has not only had your title searched but has had test holes driven all over your land.

These fellows stop at nothing.

Let him alone for a while and keep him guessing.

When he writes to you again to come and see him, answer that you are too busy, and if he adds a word about the ore beds tell him you have withdrawn them from the market.
In the meantime I will have a talk with one of our directors who has an interest, so he told me, in a new steel company up in the Cumberland Mountains, somewhere near your property, I believe.

He may know something of what's going on, if anything is going on." Jack's eyes blazed.