"Just answer my question and don't volunteer anything. Now, Mitchie, isn't it true that you have been digging for treasure this summer like Tom Sawyer in the woods hereabouts, and at Old Salem?"
"Yes, sir."
"And you expected to find it?"
"Yes, sir, and we did."
"You did?"
"Well, tell me."
"We found more'n $2,000 in Old Man Bender's cellar, after his house burned down."
"You're pretty rich, then?"
"No, the law took it away from us. It cheated to the county."