He painted the details, with, I fear, a slight exaggeration of coloring, due partly to his own excitement, and partly to justify their own.

But he was strangely conscious that these bankrupt men appeared less elated with their personal interest in their stroke of fortune than with his own success.

"I told you he'd do it," said the Judge, with a reckless unscrupulousness of statement that carried everybody with it; "look at him! the game little pup." "Oh no! he ain't the right breed, is he ?" echoed Union Mills with arch irony, while the Right and Left Bower, grasping either hand, pressed a proud but silent greeting that was half new to him, but wholly delicious.

It was not without difficulty that he could at last prevail upon them to return with him to the scene of his discovery, or even then restrain them from attempting to carry him thither on their shoulders on the plea of his previous prolonged exertions.

Once only there was a momentary embarrassment.