"Can't go back again.
Never! Never! Never! The--the--eye is cast!"
Patsey (bursting with excitement): "No-o! Sho'o! Wanter know."
The Pirates (a little frightened themselves, but tremulous with
gratified vanity): "The Perleese is on our track!"
Patsey: "Lemme go with yer!"
Hickory: "Wot'll yer giv?"
Patsey: "Pistol and er bananer."
Hickory (with judicious prudence): "Let's see 'em."
Patsey was off like a shot; his bare little red feet trembling under
him. In a few minutes he returned with an old-fashioned revolver known
as one of "Allen's pepper-boxes" and a large banana. He was at once
enrolled, and the banana eaten.
As yet they had resolved on no definite nefarious plan. Hickory, looking
down at Patsey's bare feet, instantly took off his own shoes. This bold
act sent a thrill through his companions. Wan Lee took off his cloth
leggings, Polly removed her shoes and stockings, but, with royal
foresight, tied them up in her handkerchief. The last link between them
and civilization was broken.
"Let's go to the Slumgullion."
"Slumgullion" was the name given by the miners to a certain soft,
half-liquid mud, formed of the water and finely powdered earth that
was carried off by the sluice-boxes during gold-washing, and eventually
collected in a broad pool or lagoon before the outlet.
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