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The Story of the Treasure Seekers

CHAPTER 3
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His eyes closed and he knew no more.
Now you will perhaps expect that at this moment Alice would have cried 'Murder!' If you think so you little know what girls are.

Directly she was left alone in that tree she made a bolt to tell Albert's uncle all about it and bring him to our rescue in case the coiner's gang was a very desperate one.

And just when I fell, Albert's uncle was getting over the wall.

Alice never screamed at all when Oswald fell, but Dicky thinks he heard Albert's uncle say, 'Confound those kids!' which would not have been kind or polite, so I hope he did not say it.
The people next door did not come out to see what the row was.

Albert's uncle did not wait for them to come out.


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