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Tub

Eli Sister's horse is unsuitable from the moment Eli first mounts him, but Eli cannot part ways with the animal even when he has the opportunity to get a far superior horse because he has too much sympathy for him.

Gold

This material represents the promise of riches and drew men from far and wide to California in the 1850s.

Pistols

These objects are the weapons the Sisters Brothers use to do their jobs for the Commodore.

San Francisco

As the staging city for the California Gold Rush, this city symbolizes excess, greed, and the fever that took over people's minds during the years when some people were making huge amounts of money in the 1840s and 1850s.

Alcohol

Charlie Sisters, like his father had, suffers from a serious addiction to this substance.

The Formula

This substance is the physically caustic yet seemingly magical liquid that Hermann...

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