“Valuable, sir?”
“Yes, far more so than many of the best of the copper and tin mines here.”
“I am glad,” cried Will.
“Why?” said Mr Temple sharply. “Can you buy the land that contains it?”
Will shook his head.
“Can you get up a company to buy and work it?”
“No, sir,” said Will sadly. “I should not understand how to do that, and—”
“Some one else would get hold of it, and you would not benefit in the least.”
“No, sir, not in the least,” said Will sadly. “I am a fisher lad. That is my business.”
“But you discovered the vein,” said Mr Temple.