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01:36There, right there, right in the middle.
01:38That's just a reflection of the sun.
01:40Sometimes I can't figure you, Tom.
01:42Every time you get to reading them pirate stories,
01:44you start thinking you see gold everywhere.
01:47There ain't nothing in this river but fish and rocks.
01:50And even if something was shining up at you,
01:52that don't mean there's gold there.
01:55Well, let's find out.
01:57Come on, Tom.
01:58You'll scare off the fish.
01:59I'm fishing to get rich.
02:01Oh!
02:06Are we rich?
02:07Only if broken glass is money.
02:09Oh, come on.
02:10Let's fish.
02:12Oh, all right.
02:13Hey, I see something I bet is real gold.
02:16Are you fixing to do this all day?
02:17Aw, come on, Huck.
02:19Tom Sawyer, you'd make me crazy sometimes.
02:22Oh, boy.
02:23Might just be we struck it rich.
02:25Cut it out.
02:26You're just trying to josh me, aren't you?
02:29Yep.
02:29Now, for Pete's sakes, will you get rid of that rock
02:31and come out of the water?
02:32We've been here forever, and I ain't got to fish yet.
02:35Wait a minute, Huck.
02:37What is it now?
02:39Tom?
02:40Don't know.
02:41What's wrong with you, Tom?
02:42I'm not positive, but I believe it's gold.
02:45You're just pulling my leg again.
02:46Huck, I ain't pulling your leg.
02:47I mean it.
02:48It's gold.
02:49Have you ever seen gold before?
02:50Yep.
02:51Remember that riverboat gambler come through St. Pete last month?
02:54He showed me a gold nugget.
02:55Looked just like this.
02:56Come here.
02:57Take a look.
02:57I'm telling you, it's real.
02:59See?
03:00Hmm?
03:02Hmm.
03:03Well?
03:03Well, I suppose it might be.
03:05I've never seen gold before.
03:07Well, I'm as sure as I've ever been about anything in my life.
03:10That there's 100% genuine gold.
03:12What do you figure it's worth?
03:14It just might be worth a bunch, so I think we better not tell anybody.
03:17Right, partner?
03:18Mm-hmm.
03:19I hope.
03:19We're going to be rich beyond imagination.
03:21Wait a minute, Tom.
03:22You only found one so far.
03:25Let's go get some more.
03:26What if there ain't no more?
03:28I'm going to look for more.
03:29I bet I'll find 100 nuggets.
03:31You stay if you want, but I'm going to get rich.
03:33Oh, all right.
03:42We just got to find the right rocks.
03:44Hmm.
03:45Yeah, but which ones?
03:48I always figured I'd get rich someday.
03:50Becky'll sure be surprised when I buy her something real spancy.
03:53I ain't never had no big money before.
03:55I wonder what it's like.
03:58Hmm.
04:01I'll buy me a riverboat, maybe even two.
04:04Once I'm rich, nobody will ever tell me what to do again.
04:07There's so many rocks, some of them just got to have some gold in them.
04:11Maybe I'll go to New Orleans or Atlanta and live like the rich folks.
04:16Once I'm rich, I ain't never going to have to do chores no more.
04:20I'm going to make people who never paid me no never mind stand up and take notice by guppies.
04:27No.
04:29Nope.
04:31Nope.
04:32Nope.
04:33Nope.
04:33Nope.
04:34Are you sure we're going about this right?
04:36Just keep looking, Huff.
04:39I don't understand it.
04:41Just one lousy little piece of gold.
04:44Hmm.
04:44Mm-hmm.
04:47Sure thought we'd do better than that.
04:49Ah, Tom, don't fret.
04:51We got more than we started out with anyway.
04:53I suppose, but what are we going to do about it?
04:55Well, first we should find out if it's real or not.
04:58You're right, Huff, but who do we know that could tell us?
05:00Ah, don't ask me.
05:02I bet if we asked Ben's father, he'd be willing to tell us.
05:07But, Pa, I promised Billy I'd go frogging with him today.
05:10Well, you'll just have to meet him later.
05:12It's not like I'm asking you to give up your whole day.
05:15I just want you to watch the store for a few minutes.
05:18I just don't think that's too much to ask.
05:21Yeah, Pa, but if I don't get there in time, he'll leave without me.
05:24For goodness sake, I'll be back before you know it.
05:27Good morning.
05:28Good morning, Mrs. Hiller.
05:29How are you today?
05:30Oh, fine, thank you.
05:32I'm just looking for a pot to do some canning.
05:34Putting up preserves, are you?
05:35Why, yes.
05:36Peach this here, my grandmother's recipe.
05:38Right this way, Mrs. Hiller.
05:40I've got several pots back here that you might be interested in.
05:43Now, how's this one?
05:44Now's my chance.
05:45Well, I was thinking of one a tad larger than that.
05:48Well, how about that one?
05:49Hmm.
05:50Wait, where are you going, Ben?
05:51Frogging, Pa.
05:53Ben, I thought I told you to stay right here.
05:55Bye-bye, Ben.
05:57I wonder what he's all fired up about.
05:59Don't know.
06:00Must be important.
06:01Howdy, Mr. Rogers.
06:02Howdy, boys.
06:03Sorry about Ben.
06:04I don't know what gets into him.
06:06Is there anything I can do for you?
06:07Yes, sir.
06:08As a matter of fact, there is.
06:10Oh?
06:10Me and Hook got a question about something.
06:13What is it, boys?
06:14Well, you better come over here and let me show you something first.
06:17I think you'll be surprised.
06:20Alright, surprise me.
06:21Take a look at this.
06:23A rock's the surprise?
06:24It ain't just any rock.
06:25This one here's got gold in it.
06:28What makes you think it's gold?
06:29Look how it shimmers, and feel how heavy it is.
06:32We found it in a side pool on the river.
06:37Where was it you found this?
06:39The river bottom.
06:40Are we gonna be rich, Mr. Rogers?
06:42Does anyone else know?
06:45Just a minute.
06:46You boys wait here.
06:49I'm sorry to keep you waiting, Mrs. Hiller.
06:52If that's not what you want, I have some in back you might like.
06:55This'll be fine.
06:56I believe he thinks it's a fake.
06:58Mm-hmm.
06:59Reckon he does.
07:01So long, Mrs. Hiller, and a good day to you.
07:03Good day, Mr. Rogers.
07:10What are you doing, Mr. Rogers?
07:14You closing up early today, Mr. Rogers?
07:17Yeah, you going fishing or hunting or something?
07:19No, boys.
07:20Just let me see that rock you found in the river one more time.
07:23Sure, Mr. Rogers. Here.
07:26Let's see. Hmm.
07:28This really is gold.
07:30I'll be darned.
07:30Really?
07:31Wow, real gold?
07:32Yep.
07:33You're probably not gonna find any more of these boys.
07:36They're mighty hard to come by.
07:38There ain't no more.
07:39We look for ours.
07:40You see, usually nature just pounds nuggets and turns them to dust.
07:45Hey, Tom, that's it.
07:47Wherever there's nuggets, there's bound to be gold dust.
07:49We just need to go in and get it.
07:51Gold dust?
07:51I've never heard of that.
07:53How can we get rich on just dust?
07:55How?
07:56By bringing up millions of pounds of it.
07:58Tom, we don't know nothing about bringing up gold dust.
08:00No, but I do.
08:01Listen, boys, you just show me where to go.
08:04I'll do all the work and give you ten percent.
08:06What do you say?
08:06Ten percent, sir?
08:07All right.
08:09Make it twenty.
08:09That means for every million we make, you get a hundred thousand each.
08:18Howdy.
08:19Excuse me, ma'am.
08:21Can I help you?
08:22Why, no, young man.
08:23I was just leaving.
08:24Good day.
08:25Goodbye.
08:27Well, well.
08:31Closed?
08:32He ain't ever closed the shop early before.
08:34Pa, are you in there?
08:35Pa?
08:37Hello, Pa.
08:38I'm back.
08:38Billy's Pa made him stay home and help with chores so we couldn't go frogging.
08:42Serves you right sneaking out like that.
08:44I know, Pa.
08:45I'm real sorry.
08:46I just...
08:46Huh?
08:48Hey, what are you two still doing here?
08:50Oh, well, Ben, I've been hiring them to work for us.
08:53That's it.
08:54Yes.
08:55Wait a minute.
08:57Why'd you hire them?
08:58Because I need some help.
09:00Besides, you don't like to have to watch the store all the time.
09:03Now be a pal and mind the place till we get back.
09:06Hmm.
09:07If you hired them, how come you're carrying the stuff?
09:10Uh, was about to teach the boys the tricks of the trade.
09:13Now take these.
09:15Hmm?
09:15Hmm?
09:16There.
09:18Let's go, boys.
09:22Hey, Mr. Rogers, wait for us.
09:24No time to lose, boys.
09:25Keep up.
09:26I wonder why he told Ben you and me were working for him.
09:29I had to.
09:31I did it for his own good.
09:33Just knowing that gold has been found could put him in danger.
09:35You mean somebody might torture Ben to make him tell?
09:38Yep.
09:41But that ain't right.
09:42There ain't no cause for hurting people just to get some money.
09:45There's a lot some people will do just to get rich.
09:47Speaking of getting rich, Mr. Rogers, once we get to pulling the gold dust out of the river, how long's
09:52it gonna be till me and Tom start seeing some money from it?
09:55I don't rightly know. It all depends on how long it takes us to take out enough to sell. Could
10:00be a while till we get that much.
10:01Whoa.
10:02Hmm?
10:03I don't wanna scare no one, but look who's a-comin'.
10:06Oh no, it's Engine Joe.
10:08What do we do now?
10:10Why should we do anything?
10:12We're just three people walking down a road together.
10:15Taking a pot and shovel to the river.
10:17What if he figures what we're up to? He'll make us tell him where the gold is and keep it
10:21for himself.
10:22Everybody's gotta calm themselves now. There's no possible way for Engine Joe to figure out what we're doing lest we
10:27tell him.
10:28If we all just act natural, there'll be nothing to be scared of.
10:44Howdy.
10:51I said howdy. Ain't polite not to answer now, is it?
10:55I'm sorry, I plumb missed hearing you.
10:58Now, of course, I wouldn't think of being nosy, but I can't help wondering what you're doing with that shovel
11:02and pot.
11:05These are for a customer, and I'm headed out to her place to deliver them.
11:10I'd have bet you boys were gonna pan for gold.
11:13Now, you boys wouldn't be trying to pull the wool over my eyes and make me believe something that ain't,
11:17would you?
11:18Gold? What do you mean? There's gold in the river?
11:21Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha.
11:25Phew.
11:30First thing we do is take some silt from the bottom.
11:34A little prospect you showed me how to do this. It's really pretty easy once you get the hang of
11:38it.
11:42Now, let's see what we got.
11:44With the water, I'll just wash away the lighter dirt and dust and leave the heavier gold at the bottom
11:49of the pot.
11:55in just a few minutes we'll know if we got anything
11:58how much do you figure you're gonna find in that there pot of dirt will it be a lot
12:02you don't get a lot out of each pan you do but if you do enough pans you're bound to
12:06get rich
12:08how much this time that'd be a few cents worth i just hope we get left alone here long enough
12:13to see if there's pay dirt well maybe they was making it up you ever think of that i know
12:22what
12:22i heard it's gold elvira don't you think if there was gold in that river someone else would have
12:27found it by now be such a grouch you'll sing a different tune when we be heading somewhere
12:34special could be why do you ask because it looks like carrying around pots and shovels has become
12:39mighty popular it's none of your business now let us pass by yes ma'am the minute that you tell
12:45me
12:45what i'm wanting to know that i'll be happy to let you be on your way oh get out of
12:49our way you big
12:50awful you'll be you'll be oh you look mighty nervous ma'am can't help wondering why now calm down and
13:00tell your friend joe all about it it sure is pretty ain't it yeah i reckon
13:10hey tom are you sure this is where you found that nugget yes sir more or less
13:15all i'm finding here is everything but gold let's see here you suppose someone just dropped it here
13:23i mean it could have been just lost here you know
13:32too bad look mr rogers this is probably the only piece come on tom's right we ain't gonna find no
13:38gold
13:38here so let's go oh huh i can't believe it what is it mr rogers we did it we did
13:45it boys look
13:49i don't see nothing but water ain't much but if you look up close you can see it
13:54there it is well i'll be seems a might puny well maybe it is a little puny but it's a
14:01start
14:02you'd have to come out here every day for a month just to get enough to buy a lump of
14:06sugar
14:06well kid that's pretty smart thinking i'm going to be doing that for many months you really mean
14:11that don't you i sure do yeah listen boys there's bound to be a whole lot more and i'm going
14:18to be
14:18the one to bring it out a few grains at a time at first but as we get more gold
14:23we'll be able to get
14:24it out easier you see there's a lot of different ways to get gold out of a river with sluice
14:29boxes and
14:29such you'll be spending that ten percent of yours before you know it you mean twenty percent remember
14:34you said so uh i did well then twenty it is okay right and that's that come this time tomorrow
14:44afternoon we'll be bringing up gold and becoming millionaires yeah me a millionaire betta and polly
14:50will be surprised boy it's gonna be fun don't be so positive it ain't like the money's here yet
14:55it's just a matter of time that's all you'll see you know every time you start making comments you're
15:01putting this project in a bad light and that's just plain bad luck so mind your tongue boy now it's
15:07important nobody knows about this place we gotta keep it a secret it might be too late what are you
15:13talking about look huh huh it's engine joe what do we do mr rogers let me do the talking what
15:20do we
15:20do if he gets mad run what else find anything interesting
15:31sid yeah would you come down for a minute yes i'm going to go get dr mitchell would you look
15:37in
15:37her mama while i'm gone huh i thought she was getting better she was but her fever's starting
15:42to go back up and it's about time she saw dr mitchell but you could help out a whole lot
15:46by keeping
15:46her company i'd be glad to thank you sid i hope he's in his office
16:01what about here hmm been giving you much trouble every time i go to pick up my hay bales it
16:09pains so
16:09bad i feel like i'm gonna fall right over then i guess you're just gonna have to stop picking them
16:13up
16:18oh sam how could you be here at a time like this i told you i was gonna see the
16:24dark and well what
16:25do you mean at a time like this you mean you haven't heard sam all our prayers have been answered
16:30the sun
16:31has shined on on us today uh meaning what i mean that the sawyer boy found a bunch of gold
16:36upstream on
16:37the river and there's more there for the take what don't just sit there with your mouth open honestly i
16:42just don't understand him sometimes well i'll be
17:03now let's see i got my bedroll my pack where's my pan there dr mitchell hmm oh hi mary what
17:11can i do
17:12for you mama's real sick could you come over and see her i'd better buy some more oil there
17:23that's everything dr mitchell her mother is sick and she needs you now you just rest yourself
17:32well polly you just have a real bad cold and you need a whole lot of bed rest
17:35for how long that's hard to say you know sometimes these things linger on but i think you'll be up
17:41in a
17:42day or two well maybe i'll pan for gold tomorrow don't get carried away how is mama doctor well your
17:53mother's doing fine all she needs is bed rest and warm blankets good morning thanks for coming doctor
18:01goodbye well it wasn't long before everybody in town was heading for the river i got so caught up in
18:08the
18:08excitement that i flumb forgot to tell aunt polly and mary and sid about the gold so i high tailed
18:13it
18:13home to share the good news hi dr mitchell good morning tom is somebody sick nothing to worry about
18:20now if you'll excuse me i'm going to get my share of that gold you found good luck on the
18:25river doctor
18:28gold
18:32so you really did find gold yeah i was in the river and then i just looked down and there
18:36it was it just
18:37shined right up at me and then when we planned we found some gold dust oh tom how exciting could
18:43i
18:43please see the nugget yeah me too well here it is hmm a little small don't you think yep but
18:51even a bit
18:52of gold will bring you lots of money hmm this is just so exciting tom the whole town is proud
18:58of you
18:58well i wouldn't be too proud yet why i think this piece is all that was there what well then
19:04how come
19:05everybody's so sure they're gonna make millions yeah how come you know how folks is you get some
19:09people telling something to somebody and they twist it up what do you mean it all started with mrs hillard
19:14then she told somebody and they told somebody else so you didn't find any more gold oh no we found
19:21some gold dust oh a bunch well between huck and me and mr rogers we panned most of the area
19:29two times
19:31all that we were able to get was just about as much as it would take to make us about
19:3420 cents oh i'm
19:36sorry me too feel sorry for them folks that came such a long way just to be disappointed
19:42and come they did they came on buckboards and wagons on horseback and on foot each one trying to get
19:51there as fast as they could so they could stake out the best spa most of them had never even
19:56seen
19:56gold before let alone pan for it but they were all pushed by some dream of riches or fame or
20:02just plain
20:03excitement overnight a quiet little town was turned into a boom town and a river into a giant mining camp
20:10i've never seen so much equipment or people in my whole life as far as the eye could see there
20:16was men and
20:16women with their pans and shovels all hoping for that one big strife
20:22you know i'm going to quit now
20:43most of them didn't find anything at all you'd think they'd get discouraged or something but
20:49they just kept coming from other towns and other counties and some far off places i've never even
20:55heard of the lure of quick riches sure beat anything i ever saw i also heard that two strangers got
21:03in
21:03a fight over a shovel of dirt you know i can't believe all the trouble i caused just by finding
21:09this thing now don't blame yourself tom it's not your fault this whole town's gone crazy with gold fever
21:15and greed i know but i'm the one who started it if they find any it'll get worse that's what
21:21i'm afraid
21:21of well as it turns out there really wasn't much in the way of gold to be concerned about
21:27after all the excitement the gold rush the hoopla and the late night the great saint petersburg gold
21:33rush brought up maybe a half an ounce of gold if you added up everybody's it was just as well
21:38though
21:38people who were most times nice got awful cranky when they thought they was going to be rich
21:43i couldn't wait for everything to get back to normal
21:53it's late i'm gonna go get a little sleep
21:58and polly you're supposed to be upstairs resting in bed mother why are you wearing that tom i want
22:05you to do me a favor what i want to go gold panning with you why are you gonna do
22:10that because mother
22:11you're still sick i'm not gonna miss my opportunity to make my dreams come true because you people
22:16won't help me i'll just go off and do it myself so goodbye now hey aunt polly wait you don't
22:24know
22:24what you're doing mother please listen to tom he just wants to keep it all for himself mother there
22:29is no gold except a small piece that tom found in some gold dust now please please go back to
22:34bed
22:37i'm really worried tom she's burning up tom go fetch doc mitchell and i want you to bring back
22:42a bucket of water from the well right now don't you worry mama we'll get you back into your own
22:46bed
22:46right away
22:53i found doc mitchell down at the river still trying to make his fortune he was one of the last
22:58ones to
22:58give up on finding any gold the gold rush lasted quite a few days longer than i figured it would
23:04there were a few folks just hung on to the notion of getting rich even though everyone else had given
23:09up and aunt polly well she got better mary took good care of her just like she always does now
23:16i
23:16don't want to be hearing any more about gold here now doesn't that feel a lot better now as for
23:25me i was
23:26in a dilemma after all the excitement i'd caused by finding a little bit of gold i wondered what would
23:31happen next what could possibly come along that would make me forget the fortunes i could have had
23:37hey tom we're gonna go gig some frogs are you coming with us be right down
23:47well looks like i had the answer to my dilemma already come to think of it ain't no amount of
23:53gold
23:54in the world could buy the kind of fun a fella can have catching frogs with his friends
24:04in the world
24:04you know i always thought the fact that i was calling me to go to the house
24:09outside and go to the house and see if i think i'm going to go to the house
24:15I'm going to go to the end of the day
24:48I'm
24:49me
24:50you
25:15I'll go to the sea, too, I'll go to the sea
25:22And I'll go to the sea, too, I'll go to the sea
25:34And I'll go to the sea
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