"An' what have ye dug outy yer buke now ?" "No, by George, I dug this out of the ground," the professor declared, going forward eagerly.

"I want you to tell me frankly just what you think of it." "An' I will do that--though it's many the fight I've been in because of speakin' me mind," Murphy stated, grinning a little.

"An' now le's see what ye got there.

My gorry, I've been thinkin' they're all av thim buke mines that ye have here," he bantered, peering into the professor's face, before he took the largest piece of rock and turned it over critically in his hands.

In a minute he handed it back with a quizzical glance.
"They's nawthin' there," he said softly.