"That's where the caves are. That's where you will find the gang if they are hiding anywhere in that 'ere region."
"Now, tell me about the caverns. Tell me how to find them."
"They're easy enough to find—some of 'em is; others ain't. Wait a minute."
He pushed that paper aside, and took a fresh one.
"Now, when you come to the hills, you will approach 'em at what we call the Dog's Nose. So named because that's what it looks like. It's a rock that sticks out right about here, and you can't miss it. It looks exactly like a dog's nose, stickin' out and smelling things.
"You want to go right up under that there dog's nose; and when you git there you'll see a hole in the rock that ain't no bigger than the lower half of that window. It's a leetle bit of a hole, and it's as dark as a pocket inside it, too. Nobody, even if they found the hole, would ever think of going in there. It ain't invitin' to look at."
"How did you happen to go into it?"
"I didn't. I came out of it. I got lost in that cave for three days once, when I was a boy, and when I found my way out I came out of that hole. Nobody knows about that entrance but me, though I suppose lots of folks knows it's there."
"And it communicates with the cave?"
"It does. It'll take you to any part of the cave; and there is only one rule to follow in going through it. You'll want a light, though."