“I’ll bet this is it,” he remarked. “Anyway, I’ll mark it.”
He had prepared a short stake with a piece of white cloth on it as a guide, and this he stuck in the earth. Then he hurried from the lot to go to school.
AT THE BOTTOM HE COULD SEE, IN THE DIM LIGHT OF THE LANTERN, A SMALL BLACK BOX
From Office Boy to Reporter
It would have been better for Larry’s lessons if he had not been thinking so much of what was buried in the lot. He did not pay proper attention to what was going on in the class. When he answered questions with statements such as that Columbus was President of the United States, that Balboa discovered the Hudson River and that New York was the capital of Indian Territory, the teacher remarked:
“Well, Larry, I guess you are still dreaming. You had better wake up.”
The class laughed and Larry with an effort took his mind from what he was about to do. Then he made a better record in his studies for that evening.