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The Story of the Treasure Seekers

CHAPTER 9
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'I mean you might say you would not pay me back the money, and the law could not compel you to do so.' 'Oh, well, if you think we're such sneaks,' said Dicky, and he got up off his chair.

But the G.B.said, 'Sit down, sit down; I was only joking.' Then he talked some more, and at last he said--'I don't advise you to enter into that partnership.

It's a swindle.

Many advertisements are.
And I have not a hundred pounds by me to-day to lend you.

But I will lend you a pound, and you can spend it as you like.


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