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There's two ways of making a donkey go--both
good, I guess; the one's kicks and the other's carrots.
Mr. Dodd's going to try the carrots. Well, my sons"--
and here he faced the men for the first time with his
hands behind him--"if that opium's not found in five
days you can come to me for the kicks."
He nodded to the present narrator, who took up the
tale. "Here is what I propose, men," said I: "I put up
one hundred and fifty dollars. If any man can lay
hands on the stuff right away, and off his own club, he
shall have the hundred and fifty down. If any one can
put us on the scent of where to look, he shall have a
hundred and twenty-five, and the balance shall be for
the lucky one who actually picks it up. We'll call it
the Pinkerton Stakes, captain," I added, with a smile.
"Call it the Grand Combination Sweep, then," cries he.
"For I go you better.--Look here, men, I make up this
jack-pot to two hundred and fifty dollars, American
gold coin."
"Thank you, Captain Nares," said I; "that was
handsomely done."
"It was kindly meant," he returned.


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