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"Boss, what'll you bet against that?" cried Cleve, with exulting

laugh He was like a boy

Kells reached for the nugget as if it were not an actual object, and

when his hands closed on it he fondled it and weighed it and dug his

nails into it and tasted it

"My God!" he ejaculated, in wondering ecstasy Then this, and the

exciteladness

"Jister born unlucky in love!

Why, you could buy any woman with this!"

"Could I? Find hed "I don't know any worth so much"

"What'll I do with it?" queried Cleve

"Why, you fool youngster! Has it turned your head, too? What'd you

do with the rest of your dust? You've certainly been striking it

rich"

"I spent it--lost it--lent it--gave some away and--saved a little"

"Probably you'll do the saet means a lot of money Between six and seven

thousand dollars"