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In the third place , I inherited over six hundred acres of land and water , please observe the water -- it is now in evidence on your left . All my life I have been taught to be frugal , economical , and to work . All I 've earned either has gone back into land , into the bank , or into books , very plain food , and such clothing as you now see me wearing . Just the value of this place as it stands , with its big trees , its drug crops yielding all the year round , would be difficult to estimate ; and I do n't mind telling you that on the top of that hill there is a gold mine , and it 's mine -- ours since four o'clock . '' `` A gold mine ! '' `` Acres and acres of wild ginseng , seven years of age and ready to harvest . Do you remember what your few pounds brought ? ''