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Updated: June 17, 2025
When Caesar reached the place where he had tethered the horse, he was grievously disappointed at not finding him. One of the miners in roaming about had come upon the animal, and knowing him to be Jefferson Pettigrew's property, untied him and rode him back to Oreville. The dwarf threw up his hands in dismay.
Only if he asks about me and my pal say we are desperate men, have each killed a round dozen of fellows that stood in our way and will stick at nothing." "All right, massa," said Caesar with an appreciative grin. "How shall I go, massa?" "You can take the kid's horse. Ride to within a mile of Oreville, then tether the horse where he won't easily be found, and walk over to the mines.
"Then we are entitled to a thousand dollars each for their capture. I have never before shed blood, but I don't regret ending the career of these scoundrels." Half an hour later the two outlaws were dead and Rodney and his friends were on their way back to Oreville. Rodney was received by Jefferson Pettigrew with open arms. "Welcome home, boy!" he said. "I was very much worried about you."
Out here we are always glad to give a meal of victuals to a stranger who needs it. Are you going to stay long in Oreville?" "If I can get anything to do I may. You see I am a poor man, and stand in pressing need of employment." "Keep up your courage! Something will turn up for you. I will ask my son if he cannot find something for you to do." "Thank you, sir.
So he was passing on without a response, when Luke, who considered his conduct suspicious, demanded, in a peremptory tone, "Who are you? Do you live here?" Tom Burns shrugged his shoulders, and said, disguising his voice, "Me no understand English, boss." "What countryman are you?" asked Luke, suspiciously. "Italian," answered Tom. "Humph! You are the first Italian I have seen in Oreville."
Gordon left Oreville the next day a sorely disappointed man, for he had received more liberal pay than he was likely to command elsewhere. The young landlord had triumphed. At the end of a month Jefferson Pettigrew said: "I've been looking over the books, Rodney, and I find the business is better than I expected. How much did I agree to pay you?"
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