Beadle's Dime Novels No. 214: The Forest Monster — page 76: what you’re looking at

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78 THE FOREST MONSTER. that he kept moving about to make mais ht it was nota _re- petition. But no ;-he could see the yellow dust sitjatng everyw aon that bright, glittering yellow, the dearest color in éxistence to half the world, and which. will set ninestenthe: of mankind crazy by the mere sight of it. At first glance it seemed to Teddy that the gold existed only in the shape of dust or sand, deposited plentifully around him ;, but an examination. FeveaEA, altogether a different and curious. form of deposit.; .. ..... Reachiag up his hand, toisceop. down. gome of the guriger- ous particles, he grasped instead, a loose stone that was loaded with gold; the same, thing was, repeated, until he, Manse Hig discovery. that it existed. alone in that form. .. mA /It-was,as if a rock, nine-tenths of whichwas pure gold, had. been blown to fragments in the center of .the, cave, the pieeen burying themselves on every hand... ; There was gold everywhere, and in abundance. “There were thousands of dollars; and the trappers, had but. to secure it, to secure to themselves comfort and opulence for the rest of their days. _ Teddy stood. for, seyeral minutes in silence, and then. he heaved a great sigh. _“ Whin,Iwas at home in onld Ireland, I had - two. pockets big enough to thrust.in three or four of the goats that war al, ways wandering about our farm.. Ah! if L only had them pockets now !” And he,cuefully ran his hands as far down i in, his, trowsers . they seer oy would, hot quite FMD is DNECS.. sy} om aii _ “That's all, and that ain't half ‘ough,’ Mt wit But he did the best thing possible under the ciretpstances He began gathering the precinus nuggets, and Continued the work. until his eapacious., pockets would hold no more, and there was imminent risk of their bursting with their overload, — he filled his — ee began laboring toward the | li oftieah a “Jabor. indeed, wi the apecific gravity of this -prccious metal is very great, and it was all he could 9, to. reach the enTED ge: Willy his freight, . - commiclbooks.com