The Grub-And-Stakers House a Haunt
“Most of those who’d come to find hidden treasure were still digging in the wrong places. Only a few were standing around watching Osbert enlarge the hole that Pollicot James had begun and these were behaving themselves, partly because they were generally nice people and partly because Zilla was standing guard with her hatchet.
Excitement was not altogether lacking, however. Water was seeping into the hole, enough to fill a teakettle, then enough to splash in, then enough to provide drinks for a... team of thirsty mules. Surely this must be the spring where Hiram Jellyby had discovered the gold that had got him into such a pickle with the Akashic Record. Dittany could feel it in her bones.
Which reminded her, nobody had dug up Hiram’s bones yet, although one diligent delver had found what appeared to be part of a buffalo skull and another had unearthed a tin pannikin that was long past any earthly use, unless Therese might have a spot for it in one of her artistic flower arrangements. But Osbert wasn’t finding anything except water.MoreLess
Excitement was not altogether lacking, however. Water was seeping into the hole, enough to fill a teakettle, then enough to splash in, then enough to provide drinks for a... team of thirsty mules. Surely this must be the spring where Hiram Jellyby had discovered the gold that had got him into such a pickle with the Akashic Record. Dittany could feel it in her bones.
Which reminded her, nobody had dug up Hiram’s bones yet, although one diligent delver had found what appeared to be part of a buffalo skull and another had unearthed a tin pannikin that was long past any earthly use, unless Therese might have a spot for it in one of her artistic flower arrangements. But Osbert wasn’t finding anything except water.MoreLess
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