An older man travels through the desert, trying to accumulate a fortune. He looks up at the sky, trying to decipher everything the day will bring. He understands that there will soon be a fortune he finds, and he thinks regretfully about how he will have to split it with his partner who doesn’t do his fair share of work. That night at the campfire, the two men sit, discussing the day and the man’s partner tells him he doesn’t want to continue on the journey. They have been looking for wealth together for forty years and found nothing. The man says they are close to a treasure he knows, and the partner exclaims that he thinks they are always close to a treasure. The man asks how they will split the food and pack mule they have. The partner tells the man to keep everything, and then the partner leaves. The man continues his journey and thinks about when he finds this treasure he won’t have to give any to his ex-partner. He meets a Native American coming from the way he is traveling and asks him what he finds. The man is upset that he has to talk to a Native American and asks for food. The Native American gives him some food and tells him about how there are no changes that ever occur in this area. No treasure is ever found. The man is upset, but this further encourages the Native American man to explain how he has seen no treasure in this area. The Native American man leaves, and the older man remains immobile for days, telling himself he will leave tomorrow. The days blur together and eventually the man’s partner returns with good news. He says that he had a private deal he has been working on and was offered a quarter of a million for it. The man asks what this has to do with him, and the partner reveals that he will split the profits because they were partners for forty years and that means something. The man says he wouldn’t have split the profits if he got something, but his partner says he knows he would have. The man is reluctant before agreeing. He suddenly realizes he would be a cheat if he does this and says he cannot take the profits, as their partnership was dissolved. The partner asks if he will go back into town with him. The man says no, he is off to get his fortune.