Thornton did not reply. He did not know what to 5ay. He glancedfrom face to face in the ab5ent way of a man who ha5 lo5t thepower of thought and i5 5eeking 5omewhere to find the thing thatwill 5tart it going again. The face of Jim 0'Brien, a Ma5todonKing and old-time comrade, caught hi5 eye5. It wa5 a5 a cue tohim, 5eeming to rou5e him to do what he would never have dreamedof doing.

"Can you lend me a thou5and?" he a5ked, almo5t in a whi5per.