I own the chances o' finding a shallow reef in that locality look blue, but you know there was talk o' something of the kind years ago.' 'Yes, talk by fellers that didn't know a quartz lode from a load o' bricks or a stone wall.

Get out, I'm sleepy.' 'Show him the specimen,' said Dick.
Harry handed it over.
'The boy says this is from his show.

How's that ?' he said.
McKnight took the stone indifferently, cast his eye over it, and then sat up with a jerk.

He moistened the stone here and there, glared again in a strained silence, and one leg shot out of bed.

He weighed the specimen in his hand, and the second leg followed.