What did you get, Betty ?" she continued, turning to her suddenly.

"You haven't shown me a single thing." Betty laid down the spoons she was admiring.

"You'll not think they are worth carrying home," she said, slowly.

"I couldn't buy handsome presents like yours, you know, so I just picked up little things here and there, that wouldn't be worth anything at all if they hadn't come from famous places." "Show them to me, anyhow," persisted Lloyd.
Betty untied a small box.

"It's only a handful of lava," she explained, "that I picked up on Vesuvius.