The Colonel studied the thing carefully, and then looked into the box again, and back at the glittering object in his hands.

There were three more exactly like it in the box.
"What is it ?" asked Miss Sally nervously.

It looked explosive.
The gingerly manner in which the Colonel handled the dangerous-looking thing aroused her suspicions.

She backed away from it.

Eliph' Hewlitt opened his lips to speak, but the attorney motioned him to be still.
"Don't you know what it is ?" Miss Sally asked, appealing to the Colonel.
"Yes," said the Colonel, but he still looked at the glistening affair with doubt.