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 ears; they repaired in troops to the mountain, inolently invoking and importuning the Gnome. They were joined by gold-finders and gypies, who croed the mountain, dug holes in every likely pot, in hopes of finding the copper of dollars. Number-Nip let them carry on their operations without moletation, as thinking it hardly worth his while to be eriouly angry with uch vagabonds: ometimes he would amue himelf by cauing a blue flame to dance about in the night, and when the lurkers would run eagerly and throw their hats and wigs upon it, he would let them dig up from the place large pots, eemingly full of gold, which they carried home in great triumph, and kept nine days without aying a word, or touching it; but when they came, at the end of this term, to examine the prize, they found only filth and tench, or potherds and pebbles. Nevertheles they went on with their idle earch, and caued freh diturbance. At lat the pirit grew angry, and buffeted