For a moment he little wondered at the fascination of public sales.

The past was forgiven, for now luck had turned and he gloried in the possession of a prize.
"To seek the outer world was a perilous undertaking for fear that the triply-named knife might come to grief; but a snug harbor was reached at last, and hugging the precious bit, the Spectator mysteriously disappeared on reaching his home.

No one must know of his success until the mystery was cleaned, brightened, and restored to pristine beauty.
The Spectator rubbed the gummy surface with kerosene, and then polished it with flannel.

Then warm water and a tooth brush were brought into play, and the oil all removed.

Then a long dry polishing, and the restoration was complete.