They didn't come for gold." "I know it.

The Boss settled that for me.

When she heard what was the matter with this place, she made me take her into it.

Nerve?
Say, I'm telling you there wasn't any of it left out of her when she was born!" He was silent for a moment, and then added: "When we came to that dripping, slimy rock with the big yellow skull layin' there like a poison toadstool, she didn't screech and pull back, but just gave a little gasp and stared at it hard, and her fingers pinched my arm until it hurt.

It was a devilish-looking thing, yellow as a sick orange and soppy with the drip of the wet moss over it.