“What did vey say when he told vem about ve gold?”
“He didn’t tell anybody about that just then.”
“Why not?”
“If he had, somebody might have rushed there and cleaned the whole creek out, before he had a chance.”
“Oh! How soon did he go back?”
“He—he didn’t go.”
Jack sat there wide-eyed. “W—why didn’t he?”
“Mar’s eyes looked over the little boy’s head into space”