“That remains to be found out,” answered Jack.
CHAPTER XXX
SOMETHING OF A FIND—CONCLUSION
The discovery which Jack had made filled all three of the cadets with excitement, and they gazed at the rock and tree-root in wonder and expectation.
“Oh, I hope the pot of gold is really there!” cried Andy.
“We’ll have to dig for it,” returned Pepper. “Come on! I wish I had a spade.”
“So do I.”
“We’ll have to use our knives and some sticks,” put in the young major. “And our hands too.”
They were soon digging away at the foot of the rock. Then they pulled away some of the rotten tree-roots that were near.
“Look out, there is a snake!” ejaculated Andy, a moment later. But the reptile was small and harmless, and quickly got out of sight in the bushes.
“I wonder if there are any more around,” ventured Jack. He did not like snakes in the least.