Gradually Monty realized that "Nopper" was pursuing the most manly course open to him, and gave up the effort to dissuade him.

He insisted upon leaving New York, as there was no opportunity to redeem himself in the metropolis.
"I've made up my mind, Monty, to go out west, up in the mountains perhaps.

There's no telling, I may stumble on a gold mine up there--and--well, that seems to be the only chance I have to restore what I have taken from you." "By Jove, Nopper, I have it!" cried Monty.

"If you must go, I'll stake you in the hunt for gold." In the end "Nopper" consented to follow Brewster's advice, and it was agreed that they should share equally all that resulted from his prospecting tour.

Brewster "grub-staked" him for a year, and before the end of the week a new tenderfoot was on his way to the Rocky Mountains..