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It was the treasure-box, sure enough, occupying a snug little cavern, along with an empty powder-keg, a couple of guns in leather cases, two or three pairs of old moccasins, a leather belt, and some other rubbish well soaked with the water-drip.
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"If you're all that short of money, how can you finance a treasure-box?"
Trullion: Alastor 2262 Vance, Jack 1973
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The players contribute their skills, the club funds the treasure-box.
Trullion: Alastor 2262 Vance, Jack 1973
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The treasure-box was in the keeping of old Sal, for Philip had not dared to dispose of the coins or the jewelry while the detectives were on the lookout for him.
Madge Morton's Victory Amy D. V. Chalmers
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If they could run down Philip Holt and Tania the treasure-box would be disclosed as a matter of course.
Madge Morton's Victory Amy D. V. Chalmers
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Then she would read you a wonderful story out of the Bible about the love of God so great that He sent His only-begotten Son to be a Light unto the World ... and then she'd go down into that little old card-board treasure-box and find some
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Christmas eve, you remember, when out-of-doors the big snow-flakes were slowly and softly fluttering down, grandmother would get the huge Bible and her treasure-box and bring them up to the little round table covered with its red cloth ...
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Frequently, when rounding some projecting crag, the small treasure-box fastened on the camel literally overhung the abyss, and I held my breath and the pulsations of my heart increased as I watched horse after horse and camel after camel weather the critical point.
A Peep into Toorkisthhan Rollo Gillespie Burslem
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With a key that was made by sorcery, he was enabled to open the treasure-box of the
The Pointing Man A Burmese Mystery Marjorie Douie
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At last, towards ten at night, he started forth with the Swedish treasure-box under his arm, and did not return.
The Young Carpenters of Freiberg A Tale of the Thirty Years' War Anonymous
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