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But he would not take it. It was in a home in Newburyport, Massachusetts, and there was no silver there, all away off  well, I don't know where, and he did not, but somewhere else, and he was a professor of mineralogy. BUT HE WOULD NOT TAKE IT IT WAS IN A HOME IN NEWBURYPORT MASSACHUSETTS AND THERE WAS NO SILVER THERE ALL WAY OFF WELL I DON'T KNOW WHERE AND HE DID NOT BUT ANYWHERE ELSE AND HE WAS A PROFESSOR OF MINERALOGY
of potatoes it hugged very tight between the ends of the stone fence. You know in Massachusetts our farms are nearly all stone wall. There you are obliged to be very economical of front gateways in order to have some place to put the stone. When that basket hugged so tight he set it down on the ground, and then dragged on one side, and pulled on the other side, and as he was dragging that basket through this farmer noticed in the upper and outer corner of that stone wall, right next the gate, a block of native silver eight inches square. That professor of mines, mining, and mineralogy who knew so much about the subject that he would not work for $45 a week, when he sold that homestead in Massachusetts sat right on that silver to make the bargain. He was born on that homestead, was brought up there, and had gone back and forth rubbing the stone with his sleeve until it reflected his countenance, and seemed to say, “Here is a hundred thousand dollars right down here just for the taking.”  BRINGING IN A BASKET OF POTATOES IT HUGGED VERY TIGHT BETWEEN THE ENDS OF THE STONE FENCE YOU KNOW IN MASSACHUSETTS OUR FARMS ARE NEARLY ALL STONE WALL THEY ARE OBLIGED TO BE VERY ECONOMICAL IN FRONT GATEWAYS IN ORDER TO HAVE SOME PLACE TO PUT THAT STONE WHEN THAT BASKET HUGGED SO TIGHT HE SET IT DOWN ON THE GROUND AND DRAGGED ON ONE SIDE AND PULLED ON THE OTHER AND AS HE WAS DRAGGING THE BASKET THROUGH THIS FARMER NOTICED IN THE UPPER AND OUTER CORNER OF THE STONE WALL RIGHT NEXT TO THE GATE A BLOCK OF NATIVE SILVER EIGHT INCHES SQUARE THAT PROFESSOR OF MINES MINING AND MINERALOGY KNEW SO MUCH ABOUT THE SUBJECT THAT HE WOULD NOT WORK FOR FORTY FIVE DOLLARS A WEEK WHEN HE SOLD THAT HOMESTEAD IN MASSACHUSETTS SET RIGHT ON THAT SILVER TO MAKE THE BARGAIN HE WAS BORN ON THAT HOMESTEAD WAS BROUGHT UP THERE AND HAD GONE BACK AND FORTH RUBBING THE STONE WITH HIS SLEEVE UNTIL IT REFLECTED HIS COUNTENANCE AND SEEMED TO SAY HERE IS A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS RIGHT DOWN HERE JUST FOR THE TAKING
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