human
I'm a college man, he explained proudly.
gpt
So was my partner--same class. But one can't always remain in the admirable East, and three years ago he and I came here prospecting. Actually struck some pay-dirt in the hills yonder, too, but it sort of petered out on us.
human
Oh, I'm sorry.
gpt
We lost the ore streak. It was broken in two by some upheaval of nature. We were still trying to find it when my partner's father died and he went East to claim the fortune that was left. I couldn't work alone, so I drifted away, and didn't come back until about four months ago, when I restaked the claim and went to work again.
human
You had persistence, Mr. Westcott,
gpt
It was rewarded. I struck the vein again--when my last dollar was gone. That was a month ago, I wired my old partner for help, but----