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But the jury were determined to hang somebody, so they shut their ears to all and sundry, save and except to those who cried out, "String the riptile up sarves him right!" Ko-sing also sat on the tree-stump, endeavouring to comfort Ah-wow by stroking his pig-tail and howling occasionally in an undertone.
After a brief conversation, Ko-sing turned to the strangers, and said "Ho! Kin speek English, me can. What you want?" "We want to look at your diggings," answered Ned. "We are going to turn the river here, if we can; and if you and your companions choose to join us, we will give you good wages." "Kin speek, but not fery well kin on'erstan'. Work, work you say, an' pay we?"
A short walk brought them to an open space quite close to the banks of the stream, which at that place was broken by sundry miniature waterfalls and cascades, whose puny turmoil fell like woodland music on the ear. Here was another log-hut of minute dimensions and ruinous aspect, in front of which sat another Chinaman, eating his dinner. Him Ah-wow addressed as Ko-sing.
Ah-wow and Ko-sing being inveterately lazy, contented themselves with digging just enough gold to enable them to purchase a sufficiency of the necessaries of life. But the region was extremely rich, as our adventurers found out very soon after their arrival.
Bill Jones was down at Sacramento purchasing provisions, as the prices at the diggings were ruinous; and Ko-sing had removed with one of the other Chinamen to another part of the Creek. Thus it came to pass that Larry O'Neil and Ah-wow, the Chinaman, were left alone to work out the claims of the party.
Before starting on their return, while the rest of the party were crowding round and questioning Ko-sing, Bill Jones whose mind since he arrived in California seemed to be capable of only one sensation, that of surprise went up to Ah-wow, and glancing round, in order to make sure that he was not observed, laid his hand on his shoulder, and looked inquiringly into the Chinaman's face.
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