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That very evenings Jack and Junius returned to 

 New York, and after spending the night at an hotel, 

 went next morning early to call on Messrs. Tiffany 

 and Young and sell tne contents of their bag. 

 Those well-known tradesmen, after carefully ex- 

 amining the pearls, asked of our Americans whence 

 they had obtained them. 



" Ah ! that's a secret, and yoi. have no concern 

 with it. The pearls are fresh-gathered. Look at 

 their weight and colour. Make a bargain with us 

 if you like, and tell us what they are worth, little 

 and big." 



Messrs. Tiffany and Young, after consulting 

 together, offered a round sum of £160 for the lot. 

 The partners demanded double, but in the end 

 accepted £200, which they shared between them. 



Next day, Jack and Junius, who had spent the 

 night in New York going from tavern to tavern, 

 and spending freely a portion of their gains, returned 

 to Milk Pond. They were resolved to make hay 

 Avbile the sun shone, and to gather another stock 

 for the jewellers. That day they were so lucky that 

 they collected seventy-four pearls, three-and-twenty 

 of which Avere very large. For these, they got £300. 



"Don't like it," said Junius to himself; "I've 

 made a bad bargain with friend Minton. If he 

 could only drown himself some fine day I should 

 have it all to myself." This fatal thought took 

 root in his mind, and grew there so resolutely that 



