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For an hour they examined the treasure. David fairly wallowed in it, exclaiming "Look at this one!" or "Oh, how beautiful!" or just "Golly!" The Phoenix muttered such things as "King's ransom" and "Wealth of the Indies." FOR AN HOUR THEY EXAMINED THE TREASURE DAVID FAIRLY WALLOWED IN IT EXCLAIMING LOOK AT THIS ONE OR OH HOW BEAUTIFUL OR JUST GOLLY THE PHOENIX MUTTERED SUCH THINGS AS KING'S RANSOM AND WEALTH OF THE INDIES
d and tarnished brass hinges, was uncovered. David threw the spade on the beach, seized the brass handle, and tugged. It came off in his hand. [Illustration] "Here, let me," said the Sea Monster. David got out of the hole, and the Sea Monster worked one flipper carefully under the chest. "Look out," it said, and heaved its flipper up. The chest shot into the air, tumbled down end over end, and split wide open on the beach. David gasped. A dazzling, sparkling heap spilled out on the sand. There were heaps of gold and silver coins, the silver black with tarnish but the gold still bright. There were pearls, rubies, diamonds, beryls, emeralds, opals, sapphires, amethysts. And bracelets, necklaces, pendants, sunbursts, brooches, rings, pins, combs, buckles, lockets, buttons, crucifixes. And carved pieces of jade and ivory and coral and jet. And coronets, crowns, tiaras, arm bands. And jeweled daggers, picture frames, vases, silver knives and forks and spoons, sugar bowls, platters, goblets. CK AND IN A FEW MINUTES A WHOLE CHEST WITH SLANTING SIDES AND A CURVED LID AND TARNISHED BRASS HINGES WAS UNCOVERED DAVID THREW THE SPADE ON THE BEACH SEIZED THE BRASS HANDLE AND TUGGED IT CAME OFF IN HIS HAND HERE LET ME SAID THE SEA MONSTER DAVID GOT OUT OF THE HOLE AND THE SEA MONSTER WORKED ONE FLIPPER CAREFULLY UNDER THE CHEST LOOK OUT IT SAID AND HEAVED ITS SLIPPER UP THE CHEST SHOT INTO THE AIR TUMBLED DOWN END OVER END AND SPLIT WIDE OPEN ON THE BEACH DAVID GASPED A DAZZLING SPARKLING HEAP SPILLED OUT ON THE SAND THERE WERE HEAPS OF GOLD AND SILVER COINS THE SILVER BLACK WITH TARNISH BUT THE GOLD STILL BRIGHT THERE WERE PEARLS RUBIES DIAMONDS BERYLS EMERALDS OPALS SAPPHIRES AMETHYSTS AND BRACELETS NECKLACES PENDANTS SUNBURST BROOCHES RINGS PINS COMBS BUCKLES LOCKETS BUTTONS CRUCIFIXES AND CARVED PIECES OF JADE AND IVORY AND CORAL AND JET AND CORONETS CROWNS TIERRAS ARMBANDS AND JEWELLED DAGGERS PICTURE FRAMES VASES SILVER KNIVES AND FORKS AND SPOONS SUGAR BOWLS PLATTERS GOBLETS
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