"Where did he take the key from with which he unlocked the box ?" "It was one of several which he carried on a split ring, and he took the bunch out of his left-hand trousers pocket," replied Mr.Criedir.
"Oh, I keep my eyes open, young gentleman! Well--he opened his box.

It seemed to me to be full of papers--at any rate there were a lot of legal-looking documents on the top, tied up with red tape.

To show you how I notice things I saw that the papers were stained with age, and that the red tape was faded to a mere washed-out pink." "Good--good!" murmured Spargo.

"Excellent! Proceed, sir,'' "He put his hand under the topmost papers and drew out an envelope," continued Mr.Criedir.

"From the envelope he produced an exceedingly rare, exceedingly valuable set of Colonial stamps--the very-first ever issued.