'"
"A 'shiny thing'," repeated Moya, who was putting the room in order and
heard the Russian woman's inquiries. "'Tis two of 'em I found mesilf
on the floor when I cleared up the mess from the fireplace this
morning. 'Twas two bits of brass. See, I saved 'em," and she shook
from a scooped-out gourd which served as an ornament on the mantel two
bits of metal.
"Was it like these, Vladdy?" she asked, but Vladimir was too tired of
being questioned and ran away without answering.
His mother shook her head as she gazed at the bits lying on her palm.
"Not worth all these moneys," she murmured as she counted forty cents
in the small coins in her other hand. It was a mystery.
Moya put the bits of brass back into the gourd and went on with her
dusting.
Mrs. Schuler telephoned to Mr. Emerson early in the morning, telling
him of the damage to the house and asking him to come and see what had
happened go that the bricklayers might be set to work as soon as
possible.
"I'm afraid to let Moya light the kitchen stove until I'm sure the
chimney is sound," she explained.
Mr. Emerson telephoned the news to his grandchildren and he and all the
Mortons with Dorothy and her mother and Miss Merriam and Elisabeth
arrived at the farm at almost the same time.
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