The parcels contained sovereigns and there were small bags of silver and copper--a miser's hoard.

The detective dropped the bag, the nugget, and all the other articles of value out of the tank, and with the assistance of Keel carried them into the kitchen.

He examined the material in the hide bag, and found it to be washdirt showing coarse gold freely.

The nugget was a magnificent one, containing, as the detective guessed, about five hundred ounces of gold, and worth probably close upon two thousand pounds.

Nothing nearly so fine had ever before been discovered in the Silver Stream gutters, although they had always been rich in nuggets.
When Mrs.Hardy returned home an hour later, Harry had just come in from work.