k be
printed. Think o' that, lad! A book written by your ain dominie
printed! Nay, nay, Halcro, dinna speak o' trouble."

"And what is being done about Tom Kinlay, sir?" I asked.

"Weel, as to that, ye see, the lad has broken the law by
appropriating his part o' the treasure, and selling it. I can do
nothing mysel', beyond stating the nature o' his offence. The law
must tak' the matter into its own hands. Beyond a doubt it will do
so; and ye'll see, Halcro, that it was far better for you and the
other two lads to put the viking's treasure into my hands, instead
o' makin' fools o' yersels as Tom Kinlay has done."

"I am sure, sir, I am perfectly satisfied," I said. "And now, Mr.
Drever, I suppose you will wish me to give up my magic stone? Must
it go to Edinburgh with the rest?"

"The talisman? Weel, I hadna thought that. Ye see, it isna worth
muckle. No, I think ye needna send it now. But keep it wi' care,
dinna lose it, just in case it is wanted. Of course I hae written
about it in the book, and it may be claimed; but keep it for the
present, Halcro."

The schoolmaster left me to continue my work, and three days
afterwards I heard that he had started for Edinburgh in a trading
sloop that plied between Kirkwall and Leith.

He was absent in Scotland for nearly two months, and when he
returned I received a message from him asking me to bring Willie
Hercus and Robbie Rosson down to the schoolhouse on a particular
evening. He welcomed us with much affection, and during tea he
related to us many of his experiences in Edinburgh.

But his chief reason for having us with him on that evening was, as
he said, to give us an account of his stewardship in regard to the
viking's treasure. He had had several interviews with the
authorities of the Antiquarian Museum, with whom he had finally
left the curiosities, receiving in return a due share of money to
be delivered in equal portions to the three of us.

I believe that the Jarl Haffling's treasures may be seen to this
day in the Antiquarian Museum of Edinburgh; but I have seen only
the catalogue, in which the curiosities are enumerated and
described as having been found by some boys playing on the shore of
Skaill Bay, Orkney. Be that as it may, the money brought back by
Mr. Drever--which was greatly in excess of our expectations, and
allowed to each of us a share much larger than Tom Kinlay had
received from old Isaac--came as a great help not only to my
mother, but also