The Moon Metal

of the Pacific lines, and the distribution of the new metal was begun. All of Dr. Syx's terms had been accepted. United States troops occupied a permanent encampment on the upper water

ard prevailed, and commerce reviv

cepted in the form of money, but its success was instantaneous in the arts. Dr. Syx and the inspectors representi

ful artists to perform marvels. By suitable management a chain of artemisium could be made to resemble a string of vari-colored gems, each separat

ption room or a dinner party where artemisium abounded possessed an indescribable atmosphere of luxury and richness, refined in quality, yet captivating to every sense. Imaginative persons went so far a

bulletins in which the general facts-omitting, of course, such incidents as the singular exhibition seen by the v

bstance contained in the ore, although differing slightly from ordinary chrysolite, answered all the known tests of that mineral. It was remembered, however, that Dr. Syx had said that they would be likely to mistake the substance for chrysolite, and the result of

he Teton Mountains in search of the ore. And without much difficulty they found it. Evidently the doctor had been mistaken in thinking that his mine might be the only one. The new miners hurried specimens of t

efractory as that which had been obtained from Dr. Syx. But in the

Teton station announcing that the metal itself had been dis

espatch, "and many small nuggets have b

ny's lakes were quickly dotted with camps, and the military force had to be doubled to keep off the curious, and occasionally menacing, crowds which gathered in the vicinity and seemed bent on unearthing the great

the Grand Teton. In a little while thousands had obtained specimens with their own hands. The quantity was distressingly small, considering the num

the form of the green ore, but of late I have come upon veins of pure artemisium in my mine. I am glad for your

d a lurking sneer which his acquaintances had not noticed sinc

f crevices, where it could be detached in opalescent plates and leaves of the thickness of paper. These superficial deposits evidently might have been forme

and borings were begun. The enthusiasm arising from the earlier finds and the flattering surface indications caused

eposits as were found were confined to fissures near the surface. But Dr. Syx continued to report a surprising increase in the amount of free metal in his mine, and this encouraged all who had not exhaust