Beadle's Dime Novels No. 214: The Forest Monster — page 67: what you’re looking at

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A STREAK OF LUCK. 69 tion, and without knowing it reached the same stream in w ees their comrade had found his nugget, but at a point considerably lower down. They were walking along in &n indifferent manner, scarcely expecting to find the precious metal, and yet searching for it on “ general principles.” ~“ Morra! howly Vargin !” -And with a pantherlike leap and screech, the Irishman made a leap far out in the creek, dashed his hand into the water, as though he had map - a salinon, and then he sprung back again. = : “ What in thunder is the matter Fo demanded the amazed trapper, as he stood wondering whether his friend had sud- denly turned — ‘or a he had been struck by some silent arrow. i “That's dhe wuather” replied Teddy, as he held up an ir- regular nugget of gold, the size of a hen’s ege. “Isn't that *nough to make a fellow dance the jig, as me uncle ob- sarve! whin he resaved tidings that his belooved wife was no more ?” And, without further words, Teddy tipped bis hat upon One side of his head, placed his arms akimbo, @ la Barney Williams, and exeeuted a jig, dancing back and forth and around old Stebbins, who, having received the yellow nugget from his hand, smelt and tasted and “hefted” it, until no doubt could remain that they had secured a most valuable piece of pure virgin gold. By-and-by Teddy became exhausted and ceased dancing. “ We've sthruck Inck, haven't we?” he asked, as he muged the old trapper in the ribs. “Yas; thar ain’t no gitting over that,” he answered, as he back the heavy chunk; 4 itleave: wort sevens! besver hides. ~Wiiy don’t you take it?” : | But Teddy declined receiving it. “Tt’s a prisent to you, to ’mind veal of this day’s hunt.” -“'Thar’s Tittle danger of my furgettin’ it,” returned the trapper, as he carefully paced "we prac in his pocket ; * but spose we don’t find no more.” = ~“ Little fear ; but let’s folly the sthraam down—hark r? “Both listenedy “As the channel of the stream was quite smooth at this io ona cecmacansiacot made ; but, as they 214 CONMICEDOOKS.COMM