Desiré explained while Jack got the paper and they all examined it carefully.
“1755 is the year,” decided the judge, “and 6754 the number of the deed; but—Wait a minute; I have an idea.”
Out into the garden he hurried, followed by the whole family. With the hole as a base, he measured and calculated, while the others watched silently.
“I have it!” he exclaimed at last. “W means west of the house; 15 is the depth of the hole, and 12 the distance from the edge of the lot.”
“The mystery is solved at last!” exulted Desiré.
Several weeks later the ownership of the little cabin was formally handed over to the Wistmores, under the guardianship of Judge Herbine, and their little fortune duly deposited to their credit, ready for the fall when Jack was to go to college, and Desiré to high school.
The End
Transcriber’s Notes
- Preserved the copyright notice from the printed edition, although this book is in the public domain in the country of publication.
- Silently corrected a few typos (but left nonstandard spelling and dialect as is).
- Rearranged front matter to a more-logical streaming order and added a Table of Contents.
- In the text versions, delimited text in italics by _underscores_.
- In the text versions, preceded subscripted numbers by a ^ caret.