CHAPTER XX.

My Long-lost Gold--A Hero who dripped at the Nose like a Hydrant--An Embarrassment of Riches--The Mirage--The Valley of the Smoky Hill--The Iron Mound and Soldier's Cap--The Mennonite Colony--A Gigantic Land-sale--Eagle Beak--The Wailing Wolf of the Hill-top--A Strange Creed--A Stately Mansion--The Grave-lights of Antelope Butte--A Comforting and Seductive Theory--We may be re-born and live again to enjoy the Happiness lost by Death 259