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“What！——atreasure——dugup？“
“Yes——buriedwealth——treasuretrove。Comeoutoftheground。WhatIkeptonsaying——regulartreasure……“Helookedatmewithunusualdisrespect。
“Itwasn’tmorethanafootdeep，notthetopofit，“hesaid。
“I’d’ardlygotthirstylike，beforeIcomeonthecorner。“
“Goon，“Isaid。“Ididn’tunderstand。“
“Why！DirectlyI’ittheboxIknewitwastreasure。Asortofinstincttoldme。Somethingseemedtoshoutinsideofme——’Now’syourchance——
lielow。’It’sluckyIknewthelawsoftreasuretroveorI’d’avebeenshoutin’thereandthen。Idaresayyouknow——“
“Crownbagsit，“Isaid，“allbutonepercent。Goon。It’sashame。
Whatdidyoudo？“
“Uncoveredthetopofthebox。Therewasn’tanybodyinthegardenoraboutlike。Janewas’elping’ermotherdothe’ouse。IWAS
excited——Itellyou。Itriedthelockandthengaveawhackatthehinges。Openitcame。Silvercoins——full！Shining。Itmademetrembletosee’em。Andjestthen——I’mblessedifthedustmandidn’tcomeroundthebackofthe’ouse。Itprettynearlygaveme’eartdiseasetothinkwhatafoolIwasto’avethatmoneyshowing。AnddirectlyafterI’eardthechapnextdoor——’ewas’olidaying，too——
I’eardhimwatering’isbeans。Ifonly’e’dlookedoverthefence！“
“Whatdidyoudo？“
“Kickedthelidonagainandcoveredituplikeashot，andwentondiggingaboutayardawayfromit——likemad。Andmyface，sotospeak，waslaughingonitsownaccounttillIhadithid。ItellyouIwasregularscaredlikeatmyluck。Ijestthoughtthatit’adtobekep’closeandthatwasall。’Treasure，’Ikep’whisperin’
tomyself，’Treasure’and’’undredsofpounds，’undreds，’undredsofpounds。’Whisperingtomyselflike，anddigginglikeblazes。Itseemedtometheboxwasregularstickingoutandshowing，likeyourlegsdounderthesheetsinbed，andIwentandputalltheearthI’dgotoutofmy’olefortherockeryslapontopofit。IWAS
inasweat。Andinthemidstofitallouttoddles’erfather。
Hedidn’tsayanythingtome，jeststoodbehindmeandstared，butJanetolemeafterwardswhenhewentindoors，’esays，’Thattherejackanapesofyours，Jane’——healwayscalledmeajackanapessome’ow——’knows’owtoput’isbackintoitafterall。’Seemedquiteimpressedbyit，’edid。“
“Howlongwasthebox？“Iasked，suddenly。
“’Owlong？“saidMr。Brisher。
“Yes——inlength？“
“Oh！’boutso-by-so。“Mr。Brisherindicatedamoderate-sizedtrunk。
“FULL？“saidI。
“Fullupofsilvercoins——’arf-crowns，Ibelieve。“
“Why！“Icried，“thatwouldmean——hundredsofpounds。“
“Thousands，“saidMr。Brisher，inasortofsadcalm。“Icalc’lateditout。“
“Buthowdidtheygetthere？“
