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Bob the Castaway

CHAPTER IX
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But you'll find it, an' you'll bring it home to Captain Obed, won't you, Bob?
Of course you will.

You're a good boy, and if you bring it home safe, why, I'll give you"-- he paused and seemed to make a great effort--"yes, I'll give you a hundred dollars, or maybe a hundred and fifty.

There! What do you say to that ?" "How much treasure is there ?" asked Bob, hardly knowing whether to laugh at the old man or take him seriously.
"How much?
It must be near a million dollars.

O h, there's lots of treasure!" It struck Bob that if there was that amount he would not be getting much for his share.
"Now you take that map," went on Captain Obed.

"It gives the exact location or the island, and shows where the treasure is buried on it, right in the center of a place where four trees grow.


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