“The queer thing was that he must have seen the gold before he died. What fools we were! The Diary told us as plainly as anything could that the old Lord Chelford who hid his treasure chose the bed of the river. It was a year of drought, the river was quite dry, and probably he found a deep hole in its bed, hid the gold and covered it with shingle that would not wash away.” “You are very rich now, Dick?” He nodded slowly. “Yes--I suppose I am. There are a few minor trials and troubles for us, Leslie dear,” he said, “but when those are all over and everything is settled we will go abroad for a year and forget all about these ghastly days and nights.” She took his hand between her two palms. FINIS TRANSCRIBER’S NOTES Minor spelling inconsistencies (_e.g._ frock-coat/frock coat, paving-stone/paving stone, shirt-sleeves/shirt sleeves, etc.) have been preserved. Alterations to the text: Abandon the use of drop-caps. Adjust the chapter numbering (the source text had two chapter XLIs). Add ToC. Punctuation: fix some missing periods and quotation mark pairings. [Chapter I] Change “such _aws_ the gloom in the library” to _was_. [Chapter XIII] “he said, and his voice was _kusky_ with emotion” to _husky_. [Chapter XX] “then went _downstars_ to his own room” to _downstairs_. [Chapter XXI] “moved stealthily toward the bed, _feeeling_ for the brass rail” to _feeling_. [Chapter XXIV] (“Do you know that _Robison_ Crusoe was a German?”) to _Robinson_. [Chapter LVI] “and _occasionlly_ as prospective buyers of our property” to _occasionally_. [Chapter LXIV] “Her mouth went _dray nd_ she felt for the knife she” to _dry and_. [End of text]