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Being an Indian she quite cheerfully went back to pounding acorns in a metate. In the fifth year of prosperity there drifted into camp two men, possessed of innocence, three mules, and a thousand dollars. They retained the mules; and, it is to be presumed, at least a portion of the innocence. The thousand dollars went to the purchase of the Lost Dog from Barney Fallan.
The Lost Dog consisted quite simply of a hole in the ground guarded by an excellent five stamp-mill. The latter's existence could only be explained by the incurable optimism of Barney Fallan certainly not by the contents of the hole in the ground.
There's nothin' in it. Take my word." "But Fallan's got a good stamp-mill all ready for business, and the ledge " "Son," said California John, "every once in a while the Lord gets to experimentin' makin' brains for a new species of jackass, and when he runs out of donkeys to put 'em in " "Meaning me?" demanded Gaynes, his fair skin turning a deep red. "Not at all. Meanin' Barney Fallan."
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