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"What do you mean, Obed?"
"I believe we've found a nugget;" and to the boys' intense surprise he
immediately began to cover it up with dirt.
"What's that for?" asked Harry.
"Hush! we mustn't take it out now. Somebody might be looking. We'll wait
till it's darker."
Just then the tramp before mentioned strolled up.
"What luck, friends?" he asked.
"Same as usual," answered Obed, shrugging his shoulders. "Don't you want
to buy the claim?"
"Not I," and the tramp, quite deceived by his manner, kept on his round.
