[The Gold-Stealers by Edward Dyson]@TWC D-Link bookThe Gold-Stealers CHAPTER XIV 12/21
Know what that means? Harry Hardy'll be found drowned!' Dick heard Shine gasping for breath, and Rogers went on coolly: 'He was in the Sunday afternoon shift at the pumps.
The water in the incline'll rise up over him before the first workin' shift goes down.' 'Let's go back, an' drag him out.
Let's go back! 'Sit still, damn you! Go back an' be trapped, or be recognised if his senses return? His candle was burnin'.' 'But it's murder--it's murder! 'Is it? Listen here.
I noticed a lump o' rock had fallen out o' the roof. It'll be thought he was stunned by it, an' drowned in the water as it rose.' 'Man, it's terrible.
Two brothers! My sin is findin' me out, Joe Rogers! 'Shut up cant, d'you hear! It served him thunderin' well right.
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