Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1888-02-23
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"a TALE OF THREE LIONS.
BIZ II. RIDER HAGeARD.

eff you Want 70 know what it was, Mr..
Tom went on, with politest air, although
In agony from tie nugget underneath-for
bold II always best TO be polite to man who
is so ready wiz, handspike-'my boy and
have had slight difference Of opinion, and
wa5 enforcing kay view Of the matter upon
him. thu, Yves all
''Yes. M Tom.' put in Harry, beginning
to weep for Harry was a smart boy, and saw
the d.i.i. lit we were in. that was i'll hal
loed beeatlSo father beat me-
"'y-c.i rpy7. did yer, my dear boy; did
yer} Wen. 81 | cen say is that a played out
old claim is wonderfully queer sort Of place
to come 70 Tor to argify at 10 O'Clock Of night.
and what's more, my sweet youth, If ever
should ave the argifying Of yer'-and hs
leertsi unpleasantly at Harry-'yer won't
'oller in such a jolly sort o way. And now
Ill he saving god night, for don't like dis
turbin,s II Il family party. No, amt that
sort Of man. amt Cool night to Yer,
'unter .Qnat.rf.iain; good night TO yer, my
aryifed young ore,' and Mr. Tom turned
away di appointed, and prowled of else
where, like human jackal, to see what he
could thisye or kill
'''Thall. goodnessr said, as slipped OF
the lump OF gold Now, then, do YOU get
up, Harry, and see if that consummate VIII
lain has gone Harry did 50, and reported
that he had vanished toward PILGRIMS Rest,
and then we st 10 work, and very carefully,
hut trembling with excitement, with our
hands hollDxe-i out all the space OF ground
into which had struck the pics. Yes, "a
had hoped, tlefe was regular nest Of mug
gets, twelve IN all. running from the siz' Of
a hazelnut to that of a hens egg, though Of
course the first one was much larger than
that. How tilcy all came there nobody can
say: it was one OF those extraordinary
freaks, with stories of which, ut any rate, all
Ie0pl. acquainted with allnyial gold mining
will .e familiar 1t turned out afterward
that the American who had sold me the claim
had in the way made his pile-a much
larger one than ours, by the way-out Of
single pocket, and then worked for six months
without seeing color, after which he gave
it up.
AT any rate, there the nuggets were, to
the value, as it turned out aiterward, OF
about e 20, SO that after all took out OF
TINT hole I4J0 more than put into it. We
got them all out and wrapped them II? in
handkerchief, and then fearing to carry
home 50 much treasure, especially as we
knew that Handspike Tom was on the prowl,
made mn o,ir minds tn mass the uioht vher.
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