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286 comes from gold-mining. When a miner saw a certain kind of sand, he always knew that  gold was mixed with it underneath.”

And Phil sat down, amidst a hum of applause.

“Next comes Master Herbert Walsh,” announced Bess, from her chair of office.

“We had an evening of the old Greek myths,” began Bert, by way of introduction,  “and I thought I’d take for my subject

“THESEUS AND THE MINOTAUR.

“Ever and ever so long ago there was a king of Athens that had a son named Theseus. This son didn’t live with him, but with his mother, somewhere else; but when he was  strong enough he lifted up a great rock, and  found under it a sword with a gilt handle, and  a pair of shoes. They had been left there for him by his father till he was strong enough to  pry up the rock and get them. So he put them on, and started for Athens. He had a good many adventures on the way, with robbers, and  a bed that opened and shut, and a wild pig, but  at last he came to Athens, and his father was