“What did the claim go for?” questioned Ropes.
“Three hundred pounds. Frank Scott bought it.”
“That’s a pretty steep price.”
“Yes, but there may be another nugget.”
“And there may not.”
“Then he’ll be a loser. Of course there’s a risk.”
“Is the Yankee going to stay around here?” asked Colson.
“No; he and the two boys are going to Melbourne. I believe they are going back home.”
“It’s a shame that such a prize should go to Americans,” said Colson, in a discontented tone.
He would have been very glad to head a movement for robbing Obed and the boys of the proceeds of their lucky discovery on this flimsy ground. But Tom Lewis was a fair-minded man.