"Lead me to the place, and let me see for myself if the money is still there."
"Shall we, Tom?"
"I think it would be only fair."
"Then come along. I'll get a spade from the house as we pass."
The spade was obtained, and the three set out for the wood.
CHAPTER XVIII.
LYMAN'S DISAPPOINTMENT.
James was not without his share of curiosity, and he was strongly desirous of seeing with his own eyes the pot of gold, and so learning how rich the hermit was.
Prejudiced as he was against Mark, he did not really believe the boy would appropriate money that did not belong to him, though it would have been a satisfaction to him to find that his enemy was in a scrape.
"That boy, Mark, seems to be an artful young rascal," Lyman Taylor remarked, as they were walking along together.