"Brick's the best," declared Apple. "Matches his hair, too. Let's call him Brick."
"Right it is. Brick for Mason. Where ye goin' to find treasure?"
"You can come along, Chick. We're going to look for signs of water-courses running into the Hollow."
"I won't come, then. I'm going with Goosey to look for a heap rock. We're after gold, we are."
All the morning the two boys explored the Hollow. Many times they traced deceptive depressions in the earth's surface which gave some intimation of having served at some time as a waterway, but never was there any reward for their efforts. At noon, hot and dusty, they made their way back to the camp. A great group of excited boys stood there gesticulating and shouting, and in the center of the group stood Matt Burton.
"What's the excitement?" asked Apple of the first boy they reached.
"Excitement isn't the word," he replied. "Matt Burton has found the treasure!"