Jed owned the Last Chance mine, but lived in Badger City which was thirty miles away. On the first of the month, he went as usual to the bank, drew a large sum in paper money, and took it to his home. While Pete, the foreman from the mines, stood watching, he made up the payroll, and put the money into a leather sack. Pete was never comfortable carrying such a large amount of money on the stage, and he was probably right to be nervous...