Tom felt ashamed of himself, as he had every reason to, and for some time thereafter was a most amiable person, and Jim did not aggravate him.
"We will get an early start in the morning," announced Jim, "and drop down the river and try our luck in looking for this bunch of valuables."
"How did these Indians get hold of so much, Juarez?" I asked, "especially the gems."
"There are a good many stones to be picked up in the southwest," he replied, "and this collection has been growing for centuries."
"But the gold box," I said. "They did not make it, I suppose."
"No," he replied. "They captured it, that is the Indians in the early days, from the Hispanooles. And there were a lot of these jewels in it as well as the gold."
"Well, if somebody hasn't robbed the bank," said Jim, "we will soon be wearing diamonds."
"We will look like a sporty alderman," I said, "when we get rich."
"I expect to wear diamonds in my front teeth," said Jim, "if I can't dispose of them in any other way."
"We can buy a steam yacht, too," I said.