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Excerpt: ...horses would stand all right without us." "Would you like to take over this claim and hole?" "I have no money," said Denis. Behind him Doherty had given a gasp, followed by something like a sob of disappointment. But the deep-sinker wore the broadest smile they had ever seen upon his languid countenance. "My dear good fellow, I dont want money for it " cried he. "I want a worthy inheritor with energy and ideas, somebody a cut above the stupid average, and by Jove youre my very man Come on: if you dont the whole thing will be jumped by the nearest ruffian. I dont say theres much in the hole; but its a good, sound hole as far as it Pg 164 goes, and it cant have to go much further. Weve worked through the light clays and through the sand, and were well in the red; when you get through that you can start washing, and I wish you the luck you deserve. Thank me? What for? If you dont come in some one else will. I am only too glad to leave the little place in such good hands. It was pretty carefully chosen, and if it isnt plumb over the gutter it ought to be." So the reconstructed firm of Dent and Doherty became possessed of one of the deepest holes and best-appointed claims on the celebrated Eureka Lead, and all within a few minutes; for it took the man Charles no longer to collect such chattels as were worth his masters while to take away with him. Thus, ere the diggings were astir again for the afternoon, the new owners were alone in their unforeseen glory, and one of them at least was still capering and singing in his joy. But over Denis a cloud had already fallen; and there was a blacker cloud on Jimmy when he grasped the cause. "Its Moseley," said Denis. "This is horribly unfair on him." "Unfair How?" "Suppose we should have as good luck here as we had bad luck on the flat " "Well? Didnt he want to be out of it? Wasnt he longing to go home?" "I dont like it," persisted Denis. "I played a trick on him, but I never thought it would...
| ISBN-13 | 9781150210853 |
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| ISBN-10 | 1150210850 |
| Weight | 0.57 Pounds |
| Dimensions | 9.00 x 6.00 x 0.39 In |
| List Price | $19.99 |
| Format | Paperback |
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| Pages | 168 pages |
| Publisher | |
| Published On | 2009-12-01 |
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