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In "Only a Poor Old Man," Scrooge saves his fortune from the Beagle Boys, who have obtained legal salvage rights to it (long story).

He asks for one last time "diving around in it like a porpoise, burrowing through it like a gopher, and tossing it up and letting it hit me on the head." He does this, and then the Beagle Boys, deciding it's their money now, give it a try.

They hit the money like a solid brick wall, and are knocked out cold. Scrooge has time to recover his money.

His nephews ask him how he managed that.

"Well, I'll admit," says Scrooge. "It's a trick."

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