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"Back! back! my child!" cried Hope, "before that villain finds it!"
He did not wait for her but ran back, and he found Ben Burnley in the
neighborhood of that very truck: but Burnley sneaked off at his
approach. Hope, looking into the truck, found treasures--a dozen new
sacks, a heavy hammer, a small bag of nails, a can of tea, and a bag
with a loaf in it, and several broken pieces of bread. He put his lamp
out directly, for he had lucifer-matches in his pocket, and he hid the
bag of bread; then he lighted his lamp again and fastened it up by a
nail in the centre of the hall.
"There," said he to Burnley, "that's to light us both equally; when it
goes out you must hang up yours in its place."
"That's fair," said Burnley, humbly.
There were two trucks on Hope's side of the hall--the empty one in
question, and one that was full of coal. Both stood about two yards from
Hope's side of the hall. Hope turned the empty truck and brought it
parallel to the other; then he nailed two sacks together, and fastened
them to the coal truck and the debris; then he laid sacks upon the ground
for Grace to lie on, and he kept two sacks for himself, and two in
reserve, and he took two and threw them to Ben Burnley.
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