[Illustration: See p. 34 "I'M AWFULLY SORRY, TOO, DAD"]


FLOWING GOLD

By Rex Beach

TO THE ONE WHOSE FAITH, ENTHUSIASM, AND DEVOTION CONSTITUTE A
NEVER-FAILING SOURCE OF INSPIRATION, MY WIFE, SWEETHEART, AND
PARTNER.



FLOWING GOLD



CHAPTER I

Room service at the Ajax is of a quality befitting the newest, the
largest, and the most expensive hotel in Dallas. While the
standard of excellence is uniformly high, nevertheless some extra
care usually attaches to a breakfast ordered from the Governor's
suite--most elegant and most expensive of all the suites--hence
the waiter checked over his card and made a final, fluttering
examination to be sure that the chilled fruit was chilled and that
the hot plates were hot before he rapped on the door. A voice,
loud and cheery, bade him enter.

Would the gentleman wish his breakfast served in the parlor or