"They couldn't help themselves. And it was in Jeff Davis's own State, too."
"Did you have any fighting?"
"Well, we saw more than we wanted," said Leon, with a smile. "We stole wagons that were loaded down with provisions, and the deserters came in from Union and rebel sides until there were twenty thousand of us, all hid away in the swamps."
"Where did you get your money?" said old Ben, bluntly.
"I found it."
"Well, where did you find it?"
"It all came about through an old bachelor, Smith by name, who belonged to our regiment, and who seemed to take a liking to me ever since I was a little fellow," said Leon. "When he was shot he revived long enough to tell me where I would find this money, so I went there with father, when the war was over, and dug it up."
"Didn't he have any relatives to share it with him?"
"None at all. We got every cent of it—one hundred thousand dollars."
"Whew!" whistled Bob.