298 . DIPHILUS.

Trach. “Yes, you. I know the person to whom
that trunk belongs. I know how it was lost.”

Grip. “Well, I know how it was found; I know
to whom, it belongs now. Don’t think for one
moment that any one will get it.”

Trach, “What! Not its owner?”

Grip. “Tt has got no owner but me, for I caught
en

Trach. “ Caught it?”

Grip. “Yes; just as I catch the fishes. When
I have caught them they are mine. No one claims
them. I sell them as my own in the market.”

After a long argument, at the end of which they
were no nearer agreeing than at the beginning,
Trachalio caught hold-of the other end of-the rope,
and‘ there was very nearly a fight. At last the two
slaves agreed to refer the matter to the arbitration
of Dzemones. ;

Just as they reached the cottage the old man
came out, and they put the case before him. When
Gripus had had his say, claiming the trunk because
he had fished it out of the sea, Trachalio began : —

“The trunk is not mine. I don’t claim it, no; nor
any part of it. But it has got in it the girl’s casket
— her; I mean, who I said was free-born.”

“What!” cried Demones, “do you-mean my
countrywoman ?”’ Se

Trach. “The very same. She had her old toys in
a casket that was in the trunk. They can be of no