The Tree of Gold. [Translated from the French of Alphonse Karr, by the late H. J. Richards] [for the New York Saturday Press]

Karr, Alphonse. "The Tree of Gold. [Translated from the French of Alphonse Karr, by the late H. J. Richards] [for the New York Saturday Press]." New-York Saturday Press. 23 Jun. 1860: 1.

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short fiction

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A man wins an orange tree from his brother in a card game; the man later parlays that single tree into millions of trees through a stretch of unbelievable luck. The opponent gives back all he previously won from the man and much more. Thus the tree is called the tree of gold.

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The Tree of Gold. [Translated from the French of Alphonse Karr, by the late H. J. Richards] [for the New York Saturday Press]

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