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? ? ? ? "It is yours, Rodney, by right of first discovery."

? ? ? ? "I prefer that you should share it with me."

? ? ? ? "We will go over tomorrow and make an examination. Was there any one else who seemed to have a claim to the cave except the Dixons?"

? ? ? ? "No. The negro, Caesar, will still be there, perhaps."

? ? ? ? "We can easily get rid of him."

? ? ? ? The next day the two friends went over to the cavern. Caesar was still there, but he had an unsettled, restless look, and seemed undecided what to do.

? ? ? ? "What are you going to do, Caesar?" asked Pettigrew. "Are you going to stay here?"

? ? ? ? "I don't know, massa. I don't want to lib here. I'm afraid I'll see the ghostes of my old massas. But I haven't got no money."

? ? ? ? "If you had money where would you go?"

? ? ? ? "I'd go to Chicago. I used to be a whitewasher, and I reckon I'd get work at my old trade."

? ? ? ? "That's where you are sensible, Caesar.


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