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The Von Toodleburgs

CHAPTER XVI
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"I shees t' shand, und I shees t' tirty tollars--how I know where he comes from, eh ?" Hanz began to have his suspicion aroused, and to feel that he had got into queer company.

"T' tollar might get back to t' tivel when you gets him, if I vas only back mit mine Angeline!" said he, shaking his head doubtingly.
"It is very generous of our friend here," interposed Holbrook, running his fingers through his tufty red hair, and looking askance through his spectacles at Hanz, "to affect that he cares nothing about our discovery.

Very kind of him.

But we found the treasure exactly where he said it was buried." Hanz shook his head, and looked with an air of surprise at the speaker.
"If I tells you where dat gold und dat tirty shilver be's buried, und you goes dar und finds him, ten I be's asleep, und ton't know what I tells you." "Te gen-tle-man," interposed Gusher, going off into a rhapsody of delight, "is very modest.

It is very good of him to be so modest.


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