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"Keep cool, Joe," said his master. "Why, doctor, you speak of the thing quite at your ease." "What! a philosopher of your mettle--" "Ah, master, no philosophy holds good in this case!" "Come! come! Let us reflect a little. What good would all this wealth do you? We cannot carry any of it away with us." "We can't take any of it with us, indeed?" "It's rather too heavy for our car! I even hesitated to tell you any thing about it, for fear of exciting your regret!" "What!" said Joe, again, "abandon these treasures --a fortune for us!--really for us--our own--leave it behind!" "Take care, my friend! Would you yield to the thirst for gold? Has not this dead man whom you have just helped to bury, taught you the vanity of human affairs?" "All that is true," replied Joe, "but gold! Mr. Ke