Penny Dreadfuls, 1897 · page 9 of 36
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: to turn oe ow hy, see here!’’ exclaimed Howard, noise, taking out pencil and paper and making i COR course,’’ he said, ‘‘this is a smallja quick calculation, ‘tat that rate, thse machine, and if you had one on your;rocks on your farm would pan -out eight place you would have a steam engine to; hundred and thirty-three dollars to the fun it, but for the anh Bb: of samples ton. it’s well enough for one of us to turn the | “‘Jerusalem! Mr. Hatgood, but you’ve a, eS struck it rich.” _ Hatgood nodded, ‘‘Gosh!’’ exclaimed the farmer. ‘‘I _ The grinding was soon done and then ‘wonder how many tons of it I’ve got on © Swear’ went to the other end of the|my place.” | nachine and placing - his hand upon’ a ‘Enough to make you as rich as any ) Said: ree ; /man in the world.”’ ‘Your samples are now passing | The farmer began to grow excited, as the mercury. and a moment “later I shal i he saw how rapidly his fortune would in- open this tube Sask shove’ th -}crease at the rate of eight hundred and Sane. +See them. | thirty-three dollars to a ton. d ointec The two men did not return with him Tt it, Fee fe may prove nase to Drummond and ‘Company’ Ss office, but. Te even with thie machine the gold on your took him to a cafe, where they sat in a private room and talked the thing over, . se isn’t there in quantities sufficient ork | The-result of it was that Hatgood “Wal,” 7 “wid: Hatgoc od, ‘that’s just | agreed to purchase a large-sized gold > a iat I want tew find.out.”’ ‘separator which they promised to deliver : Howard turned ¢ a stop cock in the tube! to him within a week. idis Pe tt: a spoon-. He was advised not to say much about ay meres = ieee aaa |the matter at home because it might at- Scott! he ‘exelaimed. tract a lot ot attention that would bhies his € are much of it,’’ cried Hat. | PFOSPS : Caps ay tee They told him how he might like of : |buy up neighboring farms so as to 2 possession of all the 5 tas Shared, ledges In the vicinity, _ os | ‘The way to do,” dies said, ‘“‘istoget our IOACRINE and quietly set it to work in }your barn, saying nothing to your ee: et ) | 6 “wrap ppe a in| As fast as you have ground out a lot aes Soy of gold, buy up more led ges and get new, ra and the three men "Teft the building | : at over to the United States Assay 5 machines, and within a few months you esha be» one of the richest mien in the Ate kas =| Hatgood’ s eyes bulged as he listened to ee Proves ty be ain this kind of talk and he sep! y ied into the arrangement serie hey sugyestec which was that one with the machine to. 4 pay for x in Sones ~The a : ’s ’ , = ? a | , j 7 = 7 “ ‘. ‘ * ‘ : Me a ee eb ws io» eS . , - F e) < ro a on