"What did you find?" Mrs. Ray tucked in the ends of her shawl with fierce joy,—"a pistol?"
"No;" Nellie O'Neil's brown eyes glowed and her face shone; "guess again."
"Oh, I can't guess," said Mrs. Ray, impatiently. "A monkey? A love-letter from the king of England? A lot of stamps? I don't know,—I can't guess."
Mrs. O'Neil nodded her head very slowly, and with deeply seated meaning.
"Go on," said Mrs. Ray, "tell me. I'm in a hurry. Yes, I am."
"I found six case-knives!"
"Six case-knives!"
"Yes, that's what I found."
"Six case-knives! Well, of all the—What did they want them for?"
"One was broke off short."