You must have been
surprised."
"Eh? . . . Land sakes, I was. I don't know's I ever was so
surprised in my life. Thinks I, 'Here's Sam's money that's missin'
from the bank.' Yes, sir, and 'twas, too."
"Well, I'm much obliged to you, Jed, I surely am. And when you
found it-- Let's see, you found it this mornin', of course?"
"Eh? Why--why, how--what makes you think I found it this mornin'?"
"Oh, because you must have. 'Cause if you'd found it yesterday or
the day before you'd have told me right off."
"Yes--oh, yes, that's so. Yes, I found it this mornin'."
"Hadn't you thought to hunt for it afore?"
"Eh? . . . Land sakes, yes . . . yes, I'd hunted lots of times,
but I hadn't found it."
"Hadn't thought to look in that place, eh?"
"That's it. . . . Say, Sam, what--"
"It's lucky you hadn't moved those boards. If you'd shifted them
any since I threw my coat on 'em you might not have found it for a
month, not till you used up the whole pile. Lucky you looked afore
you shifted the lumber."
"Yes . . . yes, that's so. That's a fact. But, Sam, hadn't you
better take that money back to the bank? The folks up there don't
know it's been found yet. They'll be some surprised, too."
"So they will. All hands'll be surprised. And when I tell 'em how
you happened to see that money lyin' in a pile on the floor behind
those boards and couldn't scarcely believe your eyes, and couldn't
believe 'em until you'd reached down and picked up the money, and
counted it-- That's about what you did, I presume likely, eh?"
"Yes.
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