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"I'm sure I'm very much obliged, sir," said Webster, beginning for the first time to feel that there was a bright side. He embarked upon the treasure-hunt. "The sum is sixteen pounds eleven shillings and threepence, sir." "Keep it!" "Thank you very much, sir. Would there be anything further, sir?" "Why, no," said Mr. Bennett, feeling dissatisfied nevertheless.
I asked Hartog, although in my own mind, I knew the old sea-dog was impatient to be off on a new treasure-hunt. "What else can I do, Peter?" replied Hartog, "than take ship for this place? I could never rest content, nor would you either, with the thought of these Ruby Mountains still unexplored." "You have settled the matter, then, so far as I am concerned," I said, with a laugh.
She suffered him to lead her away. He tried to console her by throwing all the responsibility on to the Italian. But he felt that this palsied woman scarce listened to his words. He was almost glad to leave her alone with her mournful thoughts. In active work he could find distraction from the sad influences of this fatal treasure-hunt.
Why, for just that one front door of th' big house ahead of us I'd sell out all my shares in this treasure-hunt, an' be glad t' do it. But I guess I'd have to hire Samson who was in that line of business t' carry it off for me. It must weigh a solid ton!"
"That I have every one's implicit obedience. I may nay, I shall give orders that will be irksome and at the same time hard to understand. I may be unable to give you my reasons for them; or able to give you none beyond the general warning that we are after treasure, and I never yet heard of a treasure-hunt that was child's-play."
The surgeon, however, would not permit Bucklaw to be removed until he had been cared for, and so Phips and Gering went on deck and made preparations for the treasure-hunt. A canoe was hollowed out by a dozen men in a few hours, the tender was got ready, the men and divers told off, and Gering took command of the searching-party, while Phips remained on the ship.
I'm off to seek it for you, and that itself will show you if I speak at random. Good-bye, Jim." And Dr. Livesey shook hands with me through the stockade, nodded to Silver, and set off at a brisk pace into the wood. The Treasure-hunt Flint's Pointer "JIM," said Silver when we were alone, "if I saved your life, you saved mine; and I'll not forget it.
So romantic, too. Ralph Percival is so good-looking!" "I fail to see what his looks have to do with it," said Darsie in her most Newnham manner. "Strong arms were more to the purpose, and those he certainly does possess." "Strong arms stout heart!" murmured Lavender in sentimental aside. "Well, then, tell about the treasure-hunt in the Percivals' garden and how you you know!
"Yes; I was as much astonished at the transformation as you when I awoke, and then it occurred to me that when our friends saw the reduction of the rivulet, they would forthwith begin a treasure-hunt, so I determined to obliterate the evidence." "Was the bag really full of stones?" "Oh, yes." "Well, that is a lesson to me.
He had a tendency to forget that he had borrowed half-a-crown here to pay a cab and ten shillings there to settle up for a dinner; and his memory was not much more retentive of larger sums. This made his friends somewhat wary. The consequence was that the great treasure-hunt was a failure from start to finish. He got friendly smiles. He got honeyed apologies.
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