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THE LOSS OF THE ORIGINAL MAP.
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"Nor do I want to see him," answered Oliver. "But hop in, boys, and we'll get home. All told, we are only out a dollar and a quarter on the robbery, which is not much, considering what might have been taken."
"You have the tickets safe?" questioned Dan, as we got into the carriage.
"The pawnbroker's tickets? Oh, yes—and the steamer tickets, too."
Then of a sudden Oliver placed his hand into his coat pocket and drew out another envelope, that which had contained the documents left by Gaston Brown.
"I was careless about this map," he began. "I should have left it at home with the letter. I might Creation! it's gone!"
"Gone? The map?" came from Dan and me.
"Yes, the map is gone—lost!"
