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I've located twenty acres here as a placer claim. That there's the northwest corner ap-prox'm'tley close as I could come by sightin'. Your fences are straight with yer land, and I happen to sabe all yer corners. I've got a right here.
"To destroy my wheat, to drive off or bribe the harvest-hands, to cripple the crop yield in the Northwest; to draw the militia here; in short, to harass an' weaken an' slow down our government in its preparation against Germany." "Why, that is terrible!" declared Lenore. "I've a hunch from Jake there's a whisper of a plot to put me out of the way," said Anderson, darkly. "Oh good Heavens!
In every direction the bush rolled away in great billows for miles and miles, as far as the glass would show, only here and there broken by the brighter green of patches of cultivation, or by the glittering surface of lakes. To the northwest, Kenia reared his mighty head, and we could trace the Tana river curling like a silver snake almost from his feet, and far away beyond us towards the ocean.
These conventions discussed scientific agriculture, the proper size of a plantation, and the duties of "Christian masters to their servants"; they outlined plans for connecting Southern ports with the Northwest, for opening a direct trade with Europe, and for annexing territory which might increase the area of the staple producing States.
Dan plunged at once into the history of what he saw among the Dakotas, and other tribes in the Northwest, telling of their wrongs, patience, and courage as if they were his brothers. 'They called me Dan Fire Cloud, because my rifle was the best they ever saw.
Luther and I then boarded a trolley car going northwest past the Gare du Nord and on to Schaerbeek, a junction on the outskirts of Brussels. Although the Major Bayer passes, with von W 's counter-signature, got us as far as Schaerbeek, we were challenged by the guards at the railroad station. The stations were watched with the most astounding precaution.
I selected a place about three-fourths of a mile northwest of the crossroads, and Custer coming up quickly with Capehart's brigade, took position on the left of the road to Five Forks in some open ground along the crest of a gentle ridge.
Two lots were under final consideration, the northwest corner of Geary and Powell, where the St. Francis now stands, and the lot in Geary east of Stockton, now covered by the Whitney Building. The first lot was a corner and well situated, but it was rejected on the ground that it was "too far out."
And now that cross-mark between the two straight lines two finger-joints northwest of the anchorage-cove, it was. That's just about here." He marked the spot on the floor with his stick. "Now we've got it all down. And if that cross-mark shows where the treasure is " Jeremy paused and looked at Bob, his eyes shining. "Where would that be up on the hill somewhere?" asked Bob breathlessly.
When we finally came to a road that seemed to point to the northwest, we pushed on rapidly for sixteen miles before halting, although we were hungry and tired; and when we finally came to another guide board, we found that we were only forty-four miles from Columbia.
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