6,000 Tons of Gold
General Books publication date: 2009
Original publication date: 1894
Original Publisher: Flood and Vincent Description: L. H. Wright, American fiction, 1876-1900, no. 959.
Notes: This is a black and white OCR reprint of the original. It has no illustrations and there may be typos or missing text.
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Excerpt: CHAPTER V. A MOLE-HILL THAT BECAME A MOUNTAIN". It Was five o'clock in the afternoon of Tuesday, the 2oth of November, when the last box of the Richmond'- s mysterious cargo was raised to its place on top of one of the tiers of closely-packed cases in the steel and granite chamber. Robert Brent watched the rather awkward exertions of the brawny truckmen as they tugged and pushed the rough box over small rollers on a long skid which rested against the top of the row. '' We can't get used to ' em, sir,'' remarked one of the men, when they rested for a moment at the end of their task. " It isn't the heavy weight ; it 's the small size. If they were solid lead they wouldn' t be harder to handle.'' " There is a good deal of metal in them," replied Brent sententiously. The men went away. Brent followed them to the outer door, locked it on the inside, and went back to the great vault. He threw himself in sudden weariness into an old wooden chair the workmen hadleft, and sat listless, scarcely thinking. His energy was gone. Body and mind became suddenly inert. Nerves that for more than a year had been under the strain of an anxiety and excitement more intense than he himself had realized, finally relaxed. A sense of unreality in it all overwhelmed him. It had been a stupendous dream. There was no Valley of Gold down there at the world's southernmost outpost. Fraser and his dreadful end were a horrible nightmare. The dark-skinned, lithe Patagonians were myths. So was this silent tomb of treasure in which ...
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Original publication date: 1894
Original Publisher: Flood and Vincent Description: L. H. Wright, American fiction, 1876-1900, no. 959.
Notes: This is a black and white OCR reprint of the original. It has no illustrations and there may be typos or missing text.
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Excerpt: CHAPTER V. A MOLE-HILL THAT BECAME A MOUNTAIN". It Was five o'clock in the afternoon of Tuesday, the 2oth of November, when the last box of the Richmond'- s mysterious cargo was raised to its place on top of one of the tiers of closely-packed cases in the steel and granite chamber. Robert Brent watched the rather awkward exertions of the brawny truckmen as they tugged and pushed the rough box over small rollers on a long skid which rested against the top of the row. '' We can't get used to ' em, sir,'' remarked one of the men, when they rested for a moment at the end of their task. " It isn't the heavy weight ; it 's the small size. If they were solid lead they wouldn' t be harder to handle.'' " There is a good deal of metal in them," replied Brent sententiously. The men went away. Brent followed them to the outer door, locked it on the inside, and went back to the great vault. He threw himself in sudden weariness into an old wooden chair the workmen hadleft, and sat listless, scarcely thinking. His energy was gone. Body and mind became suddenly inert. Nerves that for more than a year had been under the strain of an anxiety and excitement more intense than he himself had realized, finally relaxed. A sense of unreality in it all overwhelmed him. It had been a stupendous dream. There was no Valley of Gold down there at the world's southernmost outpost. Fraser and his dreadful end were a horrible nightmare. The dark-skinned, lithe Patagonians were myths. So was this silent tomb of treasure in which ...
6,000 Tons of Gold
General Books publication date: 2009
Original publication date: 1894
Original Publisher: Flood and Vincent Description: L. H. Wright, American fiction, 1876-1900, no. 959.
Notes: This is a black and white OCR reprint of the original. It has no illustrations and there may be typos or missing text.
When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million books for free.
Excerpt: CHAPTER V. A MOLE-HILL THAT BECAME A MOUNTAIN". It Was five o'clock in the afternoon of Tuesday, the 2oth of November, when the last box of the Richmond'- s mysterious cargo was raised to its place on top of one of the tiers of closely-packed cases in the steel and granite chamber. Robert Brent watched the rather awkward exertions of the brawny truckmen as they tugged and pushed the rough box over small rollers on a long skid which rested against the top of the row. '' We can't get used to ' em, sir,'' remarked one of the men, when they rested for a moment at the end of their task. " It isn't the heavy weight ; it 's the small size. If they were solid lead they wouldn' t be harder to handle.'' " There is a good deal of metal in them," replied Brent sententiously. The men went away. Brent followed them to the outer door, locked it on the inside, and went back to the great vault. He threw himself in sudden weariness into an old wooden chair the workmen hadleft, and sat listless, scarcely thinking. His energy was gone. Body and mind became suddenly inert. Nerves that for more than a year had been under the strain of an anxiety and excitement more intense than he himself had realized, finally relaxed. A sense of unreality in it all overwhelmed him. It had been a stupendous dream. There was no Valley of Gold down there at the world's southernmost outpost. Fraser and his dreadful end were a horrible nightmare. The dark-skinned, lithe Patagonians were myths. So was this silent tomb of treasure in which ...
Original publication date: 1894
Original Publisher: Flood and Vincent Description: L. H. Wright, American fiction, 1876-1900, no. 959.
Notes: This is a black and white OCR reprint of the original. It has no illustrations and there may be typos or missing text.
When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million books for free.
Excerpt: CHAPTER V. A MOLE-HILL THAT BECAME A MOUNTAIN". It Was five o'clock in the afternoon of Tuesday, the 2oth of November, when the last box of the Richmond'- s mysterious cargo was raised to its place on top of one of the tiers of closely-packed cases in the steel and granite chamber. Robert Brent watched the rather awkward exertions of the brawny truckmen as they tugged and pushed the rough box over small rollers on a long skid which rested against the top of the row. '' We can't get used to ' em, sir,'' remarked one of the men, when they rested for a moment at the end of their task. " It isn't the heavy weight ; it 's the small size. If they were solid lead they wouldn' t be harder to handle.'' " There is a good deal of metal in them," replied Brent sententiously. The men went away. Brent followed them to the outer door, locked it on the inside, and went back to the great vault. He threw himself in sudden weariness into an old wooden chair the workmen hadleft, and sat listless, scarcely thinking. His energy was gone. Body and mind became suddenly inert. Nerves that for more than a year had been under the strain of an anxiety and excitement more intense than he himself had realized, finally relaxed. A sense of unreality in it all overwhelmed him. It had been a stupendous dream. There was no Valley of Gold down there at the world's southernmost outpost. Fraser and his dreadful end were a horrible nightmare. The dark-skinned, lithe Patagonians were myths. So was this silent tomb of treasure in which ...
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| ISBN-13: | 9781023561983 |
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| Publisher: | Anson Street Press |
| Publication date: | 03/29/2025 |
| Pages: | 170 |
| Product dimensions: | 6.14(w) x 9.21(h) x 0.44(d) |
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