All who have read "Robinson Crusoe" (and who has not?) will remember the circumstance of his opening, some time after he had become domiciled on his desolate island, one of the chests that had come to him from the ship. In it he found pins, needles and thread, a pair of large scissors, "ten or a dozen good knives," some cloth, about a dozen and a half of white linen handkerchiefs concerning which he remarks, "They were exceedingly refreshing to wipe my face on a warm day;" and, finally, hidden away in the till of the chest, "three great bags of money--gold as well as silver." The finding of all these articles--the money excepted--it will be further remembered, greatly delighted the heart of…
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