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"Very good; but the ravine is all on the Glenaret under the wall

I'll show you so"

"Here we are," said Larry, as the cold air blew in

through the hollow posts "Noe're pretty near that

sharp curve of the ravine that dips away froet out the compass What

do you think that C on the piece of paper means? Why,

chapel, of course I have measured the distance from

the house, the point of departure, we s us under those

beautiful posts The directions are as plain as daylight

The passage itself is your N W, as the compass

proves, and the ravine cuts close in here; therefore, our

business is to explore the wall on the ravine side"

"Good! but this is just wall here-earth with a layer

of brick and a thin coat of cement A nice job it must

have been to do the work,-and it cost the price of a

tiger hunt," I gruan

pounding the ith a haate-post We had sounded everything in and

about the house until the process bored h with it," I jerked i the lantern at the level of his head It

was sharply cold under the posts and I was anxious to

prove the worthlessness of his idea and be done

Thump! thump!

"There's a place here that sounds a trifle off the key