his friend John
Biggs wanted it, and, wot was more, 'ad asked 'im in the letter to get
it for 'im.

"'And wot I'm to do about it, Bill,' he ses, I don't know. All the
directions he gives is, that 'e thinks it was the tenth cottage on the
right-'and side of the road, coming down from the Cauliflower. He thinks
it's the tenth, but 'e's not quite sure. Do you think I'd better make
it known and offer a reward of ten shillings, say, to any one who finds
it?'

"'No,' ses Bill, shaking 'is 'ead. 'I should hold on a bit if I was you,
and think it over. I shouldn't tell another single soul, if I was you.'

"'I be'leeve you're right,' ses George. 'John Biggs would never forgive
me if I lost that money for 'im. You'll remember about keeping it
secret, Bill?'

"Bill swore he wouldn't tell a soul, and 'e went off 'ome and 'ad his
supper, and then 'e walked up the road to the Cauliflower and back, and
then up and back again, thinking over what George 'ad been telling 'im,
and noticing, what 'e 'd never taken the trouble to notice before, that
'is very house was the tenth one from the Cauliflower.

"Mrs. Chambers woke up at two o'clock next morning and told Bill to get
up further, and then found 'e wasn't there. She was rather surprised at
first, but she didn't think much of it, and thought, what happened to be
true, that 'e was busy in the garden, it being a light night. She turned
over and went to sleep again, and at five when she woke up she could
distinctly 'ear Bill working 'is 'ardest. Then she went to the winder
and nearly dropped as she saw Bill in his shirt and trousers digging
away like mad. A quarter of the garden was all dug up, and she shoved
open the winder and screamed out to know what 'e was doing.

"Bill stood up straight and wiped 'is face with his shirt-sleeve and
started digging again, and then his wife just put something on and
rushed downstairs as fast as she could go.

"'What on earth are you a-doing of, Bill?' she screams.

"'Go indoors,' ses Bill, still digging.

"'Have you gone mad?' she ses, half-crying.

"Bill just stopped to throw a lump of mould at her, and then went on
digging till Henery Walker, who also thought 'e 'ad gone mad, and didn't
want to stop 'im too soon, put 'is 'ead over the 'edge and asked 'im the
same thing.

"'Ask no questions and you'll 'ear no lies, and keep your ugly face
your own side of the 'edge,' ses Bill. 'Take it indoors and frighten the
children with,' he ses. 'I