His large black eyes were full of softness and were well set under beautifully arched-brows.

There was, indeed, a moorish cast about his features, which were prominent and well lined; and when he spoke, which he did with a foreign accentation, he disclosed a row of white, polished teeth, every one set with perfect regularity.
His hands, too, were soft and delicate, and on each of his little fingers he wore a large seal ring.

He wore, also, a heavy gold neck-chain, and his dress was of plain black, made in the latest style and in great good taste.

Romantic young girls just out in society might have been excused for selecting just such a man as a model lover.
The young man I have described above so neatly dressed, was Philo Gusher, of the great accommodating house of Topman and Gusher, extensively engaged in making discoveries and fortunes for all persons kind enough to honor them with their investments.
The boatmen found these men in a room at the farm-house, seated around a table on which stood a bucket half filled with what appeared to be ugly black sand.

Just as they entered Mr.Gusher rose from his seat and exclaimed: "Greatest discovery what was ever made.