Digging for Gold: Adventures in California. Robert Michael Ballantyne
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sudden impulse moved the heart of Frank. He turned back, poured about half a wine-glassful of water into a tin can and gave it to the unfortunate man, who seized and drained it greedily, licking the rim of the can and gazing into it, to see that not a drop had escaped him, with an eagerness of manner that was very painful to behold.
“God bless you,” he said to Frank with a deep sigh.
“Do you think,” said Frank earnestly, “that God will curse and bless at your bidding?”
“I don’t know, and don’t care,” replied the man, “but I say God bless you. Go away and be content with that.”
Frank had already lost too much time. He turned and hastened after the others as fast as possible.
“They won’t last long,” said the guide harshly, as he came up. “The wolves or the redskins will soon finish them. You were a fool to waste your water on them.”
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