How it opens
You were broke in Clay County when a sick gentleman in a hotel parlor offered three months' wages for one errand.
He would not give his name, and you were too broke to ask twice.
Carry it to Hadleyburg, to the house of Edward Richards, the cashier. Set it inside the door and knock, and be gone.
Then take a room in the town and stay, and write me what the town does. That is the whole of your employment.
What's in the sack?
Gold, unless it isn't. Mind the difference, it will matter later.