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HOW NUTH WOULD HAVE PRACTISED HIS ART UPON THE GNOLES Despite the advertisements of rival firms, it is probable that every tradesman knows that nobody in business at the present time has a position equal to that of Mr. Nuth. HOW NUTH WOULD HAVE PRACTISED HIS ART UPON THE GNOLES DESPITE THE ADVERTISEMENTS OF RIVAL FIRMS IT IS PROBABLE THAT EVERY TRADESMAN KNOWS THAT NOBODY IN BUSINESS AT THE PRESENT TIME HAS A POSITION EQUAL TO THAT OF MISTER NUTH
 were lighted so that nothing within could see him in the dark. The blows of his pickaxe were dulled in the deep walls. All night he worked, no sound came to molest him, and at dawn the last rock swerved and tumbled inwards, and the river poured in after. Then Alderic took a stone, and went to the bottom step, and hurled the stone at the door; he heard the echoes roll into the tower, then he ran back and dived through the hole in the wall. He was in the emerald-cellar. There was no light in the lofty vault above him, but, diving through twenty feet of water, he felt the floor all rough with emeralds, and open coffers full of them. By a faint ray of the moon he saw that the water was green with them, and, easily filling a satchel, he rose again to the surface; and there were the Gibbelins waist-deep in the water, with torches in their hands! And, without saying a word, _or even smiling_, they neatly hanged him on the outer wall--and the tale is one of those that have not a happy ending.  THE BOOK OF WONDER BY LORD DUNZANY THIS IS LIEBERVOX RECORDING ALL LIVERBOX RECORDINGS ARE IN THE PUBLIC DOMAIN FOR MORE INFORMATION OR TO VOLUNTEER PLEASE VISIT LIVERPOX DOT ORG
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