Part 41 (1/2)

”Well, when you get enough gold pieces you can buy one,” said Grant

”Don't you think your friends back hoh?”

and he winked slyly at his companions

”Ah suttinly does hope so,” exclaiood fo' nothin' no 'count niggers anyhow”

”Would you work any e

”Work!” exclaimed Sam disdainfully ”hello, dere, foolish!+ What yo'

think Ah am anyhow? To' ly at George ”Ob co'se Ah wouldn't nebber lif' et tired of doing nothing?” laughed George

”Jes' le so silly as to work unless he was coet rich, Sam,” exclaimed John, ”and I hope all the rest of us do too”

”Dis am de place fo' it,” said Saib dere eyes jes' to fin' dis yere island”

”Finding the island wouldn't do theot here,” said Grant

”But we do know,” exclaimed Fred ”All we have to do now is to ”

”It ,” said Grant

”We don't kno deep the stuff is buried, you know”

”And we don't care,” said George ”I'd dig all the way to China to get that stuff if it was necessary”

”I e had sohed John ”It e ”It's all sand down around that end of the island and we can use sticks and anything we can get hold of”

”An' reed Grant ”That knife will help a lot”

”We can get Snip to use his beak on the tough spots,” suggested Fred

”Yes,” laughed George ”By the way he dug into round without any trouble at all”

”Let's get to sleep,” said Grant, ”and at the crack of dawn to-morroe'll be down at the old shark rock with our co's shoe ready to make ourselves wealthy”