night was to cover it over again with
earth, and replace the stones on the top so that no one, coming upon it,
should guess that the cairn had been touched. Ezekiel scarcely knew how
to live through the next twenty-four hours, and as soon as it was dark on
the following evening he crept out of his house, with a dark lantern
concealed beneath his cloak.

He knew his way to the dell so well now that he reached there very
quickly, and with very little trouble he threw down the cairn and laid
bare the urn again. By the light of the lantern he soon forced open the
lid, in spite of the trembling of his eager, covetous fingers. The lid
off he went to plunge his hand in boldly, when to his unspeakable delight
he found the thing full to the brim of gold coins of all sorts and sizes,
and from all countries, coins of the rarest and most valuable description!

Glancing round every now and then to see that he was not followed, or that
no one had come upon him accidentally, he loaded every pocket in his
clothing with his treasure, then he buried the urn, rebuilt the cairn, and
hurried back to his house anxious to conceal his wealth in a place of
safety.

From that time forward, whenever he could get out without arousing the
suspicions of his servants, he went night after night to the cairn, until
he had brought away every coin, and had them all carefully hidden in
Rosewarne House.

And now, his treasure safe, himself the richest man in the county,
Ezekiel Grosse began to feel perfectly happy. He built new wings on to
the old house, he laid out the gardens, and made improvements everywhere;
even in his own clothing and his personal appearance.

The people round could not help noticing the changes that were taking
place, the money that was being spent, and the improvements that were
being made. You may be quite sure, too, that the attorney took care to
parade his wealth, for, having money, a fine house, fine clothes, and
carriages and servants, indeed, everything but friends, he began to want
friends too, and people to whom to show off his grandeur.

And before very long, though everyone knew his character, and what he had
been and what he had done, the neighbouring gentry began to seek his
acquaintance, and many of them declared themselves his friends.

After that the attorney broke forth in quite a new way, he began to give
entertainments more lavish and splendid than anything of the kind ever
known in the county. Every