A Midas of the Desert
Jed Thompson keeps a supply store near the gold fields, and is cordially disliked by the miners because of his miserly ways. An epidemic of malaria breaks out and Jed sees his chance to get ... Read allJed Thompson keeps a supply store near the gold fields, and is cordially disliked by the miners because of his miserly ways. An epidemic of malaria breaks out and Jed sees his chance to get rich by selling quinine capsules at five dollars a dozen. He refuses to let Ray Knowles, w... Read allJed Thompson keeps a supply store near the gold fields, and is cordially disliked by the miners because of his miserly ways. An epidemic of malaria breaks out and Jed sees his chance to get rich by selling quinine capsules at five dollars a dozen. He refuses to let Ray Knowles, who has no money, take any of the medicine on credit for his sick father, and sternly forbi... Read all