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"Suppose you tell us," Johnny Coombs said from across the room. "It looks like a gun." "That's what it is, all right." "You've fired it?" "Yes ... but I wouldn't fire it in here, if I were you," Johnny said. "You were wondering how we wrecked Tawney's orbit-ship so thoroughly. That's your answer right there."
"We've all been looking for the same thing ... a Big Strike, a bonanza lode. Tawney's men have raked over every one of your Dad's claims, and they haven't turned up a thing." Johnny looked at Greg. "Makes you wonder a little, doesn't it? Your Dad was smart, but he was no magician. And how does a man go about hiding something like a vein of ore?" "I don't know," Greg said.
He knew what Roger Hunter had paid for the rig; he had been with Dad when the papers were signed. Tawney's offer was three times as much as the rig was worth. But Greg was shaking his head. "I don't think we could sell at that price." The fat man's hands fluttered.
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