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Wilhelmina gazed at it blankly, then flushed and turned away as she felt Hungry Bill's eyes upon her. He was a disreputable old wretch, who imputed to others the base motives which governed his own acts; and when she read his black heart Wilhelmina straightened up and gave him back the stone. "No, you keepum!" protested Hungry. "Hi-ko ketchum plenty mo'." But Wilhelmina shook her head.
"You savvy Wunpo?" he asked, "hi-ko man busca gol'? Him sendum piece of lock!" He produced a piece of rock from a knot in his shirt-tail and handed it over to her slowly. It was a small chunk of polished quartz, half green, half turquoise blue; and in the center, like a jewel, a crystal of yellow gold gleamed out from its matrix of blue.
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