“You shall see,” said the leader. “Jump out of that.”
The driver obeyed, and the leader at once leaped into the wagon.
He searched around the inside, sounded the flooring of the body, and at length found a little crevice running across the boards.
He drew a knife from his bootleg, and with firm hand drove it deep down into the crevice.
Bearing strongly on the hilt he caused the board to fly up, revealing a little trap about a foot square.
In this trap lay a carefully sealed up bag, which he lifted with a little difficulty from its resting-place.
“Gold, by the weight,” he said, and going to the front of the wagon he held it up so that his men could see it.
“I have found it,” he cried.
The driver uttered a yell of rage, and made a luckless leap forward.