Oliver put his hand to his brow. What should they do next? Which way should they turn?
CHAPTER XXXII.
A VALUABLE FIND.
As Oliver stood thinking, a bright object lying upon the ground attracted his attention. He picked it up. It proved to be a silver match-box.
“Hello! here is something!” he said, and turned it over in his hands. Upon one side were the initials J. B.
“This must have belonged to James Barr also,” he went on. “I wonder if that skeleton—”
He did not finish. Gus shook his head.
“It looks that way,” he said. “Open the box and see if there is anything in it.”
Oliver did so, and brought forth several pages that had been torn from a diary.
“Here is something,” he said. “Hold the light so that I can see what it is.”