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Updated: May 24, 2025
When he had been introduced to Bob, and had heard that young gentleman's flowery description of the vast amount of wealth which was only waiting to be brought to the surface of the earth, he was disposed to look upon it as a visionary scheme, the value of which only existed in the moonlighter's mind.
They spent their time sitting on a rather sharp rail of the fence, bemoaning Bob's obstinacy in not having the well shot in regular moonlighter's fashion, without being so weak-kneed as to buy the right to do simply what no one ought to be allowed to prevent him from doing. Ralph and George were inwardly as excited as any one else, but outwardly very much more calm.
Folsom, the host, learned that George and Bob were indirectly concerned in the oil business, and also heard some of the moonlighter's wonderful stories as to the famous wells he had discovered when others had said there was no oil in the vicinity.
On an open space near the road by which Moonlighter's gang had come, and at a safe distance from the township, a few of the raiders held the main body of the goats.
They came again; and for a while the star-spangled jacket, the purple and gold, the cerise and white, rose at their fences like one. The Irish division were in screaming ecstasies. Then the roar of New England, overwhelming all else, told that the mare was making good. Moonlighter's jockey saw he was beaten for the moment at least and took a pull.
But early as he was, he found Bob impatiently awaiting his arrival, and the moonlighter's first inquiry was for the absent engineer. "We agreed to fish leisurely down stream, expecting to be here about sunset," replied Ralph. "I fancy he is meeting with better luck than I did, and that it will be some time before he gets here." "Well, we can't wait for him," said Bob, quickly.
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