He was a banished convict.

His name was Gavronsky.

Through many woods and over many mountains we traveled in search of gold and we had an agreement to divide all we got into even shares.

But Gavronsky suddenly went out to the 'Taiga' on the Yenisei and disappeared.

After five years we heard that he had found a very rich gold mine and had become a rich man; then later that he and his wife with him had been murdered.