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"The magicians have brought forth powder by magic." "And so can Pontiac!" shouted Barringford, who had moved to one corner of the chamber. "Reckon this is a bad place fer a torch," and he held back the flame, "What have you discovered now, Sam?" "Five half-kegs o' powder."
He had immediately built a bar-room and made himself ready for the increase of his trade, which had previously been confined to supplying picnic parties with half-kegs of beer or an occasional glass to teamsters passing by. Hank had an eye to the main chance and boasted: "If the public gits ahead of me it's got to be up and a-comin'."
As he spoke the old frontiersman pointed to a rocky shelf whereon rested the five half-kegs, covered with a piece of heavy drugget, often used in colonial days in place of rubber cloth. "Full too," said Dave, after lifting one. "Sam, this stuff is worth a good bit of money." "Perhaps we'll git a reward if we return it to the government," was the answer.
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