"That's so," replied Stumpy; "and mother will always have the satisfaction of knowing that this house was all paid for with his earnings."
Squire Moses soon left, with the feeling that he had lost at least a thousand dollars by the finding of the hidden treasure.
CHAPTER XVII.
THE FIRST OF JULY.
"Hurrah! hurrah! hurrah!" shouted Stumpy, as soon as the door had closed upon his amiable grandfather.
He threw up his hat to the ceiling, and demonstrated in the most extravagant manner, to the great amusement of Mr. Hamilton and Leopold. Mrs. Wormbury cried with joy, and was not less happy than her son.
"Come, Stumpfield, don't go crazy," said she.
"The house is paid for, mother, and you don't owe a single dollar in the whole world to any man, woman or child—except Leopold," shouted Stumpy, checking himself at the end of his enthusiastic discourse. "We ought to give him five hundred dollars of this money."