The Lady and the Treasure 5

  

“Doris,” he said, ““we should have been
content with bread-and-butter. They've
been before us. Look!”

- The child came through the fern to his
side. At his feet a golden sovereign lay
on the ground.

“Why, it’s like your friend’s story,” she
cried.

“So it is,” said the Visitor. ‘‘ Well, it’s
no use searching any longer... .. I say:
we won’t say anything about this to Gover-
ment. I think it will be all right if Ellen’s
mother gets her mangle. You take the
money.”

“May 1?” she cried; and then she