"We thought it was robbers! After the treasure!" she exclaimed, jumping to her feet and displaying the precious box.
"Three cheers for The Merriweather Girls!" shouted Bob.
The professor was delighted. He had forgotten his sickness. "It shows how one should keep at a thing long after it seems useless," he told the girls. "Why, I may even find my Indian village, yet."
"Of course you will. This is just the beginning of our good luck!" cried Bet excitedly.
"And we'll all help you hunt for your village," promised Phil Gordon.
"That will be the next adventure!"
"What about your claims?" asked Tommy. "Aren't you going to work them?" He cast a longing look over the flat-topped summit.
"Dad says we'd be foolish to go on with them!" replied Enid. "If we were going to be out here to look after the work it would be different."
"Will you sell them?" Tommy's eager face expressed more than the simple question. Tommy wanted those claims.
"You can have them, Tommy!" began Enid.
Bet burst out with a decided "No!" and the girls looked at the impulsive, generous girl in surprise. They had never known Bet to act like this.