But what--" "Wait a moment!" cried Hilda, trembling with excitement.

"Wait a moment! Think a little, dear Farmer Hartley! Did you not tell me that when he was dying, your father said something about digging?
Try to remember just what he said!" The farmer ran his hand through his shaggy locks with a bewildered look.
"What on airth are ye drivin' at, Hildy ?" he said.

"Father?
why, he didn't say nothin' at the last, 'cept about them crazy di'monds he was allus jawin' about.

'Di'monds' says he.

And then he says 'Dig!' an' fell back on the piller, an' that was all." "Yes!" cried Hilda.