Suddenly Reddy stopped. Billy and Henri could see that the ball of light in his lantern had quit moving.
“Wonder if he has found anything?” Henri jumped at the prospect.
“Nothing like going to see,” and Billy with the words was off like a shot.
Sure enough, Reddy had struck a warm trail. All of the cross was not under his feet, but there was sufficient outline to show sections of the original design. Some of the stones had shifted away, but there, beyond doubt, was that for which the boys were looking.
The lantern rays were all directed to the foot of the outline, that is, the end of the longest row of bowlders.
The directions had read: “Stone slab at foot of cross.”
The boys bent to their knees and with faces close to the earth.
“There’s a corner of it!”
Reddy was making all the discoveries.
Billy and Henri commenced clawing the dirt like hungry chickens. Reddy stood up and used his feet to better advantage. This combined effort was rewarded by a clear view of the slab.