Creedon gazed aghast and exclaimed:
"By all that's strange and wonderful, but I believe you have unfolded the Mexican's secret."
"I think so; and now lend me your strength, both of you, and let's see if we can move that loose piece of rock. I'll bet there is an opening there."
"You are right—yes, lad, you have indeed raked into the old Mexican's treasure den; I can recall now some words he once spoke."
"Don't spend any more time recalling; let's shove that rock aside if we can."
The two men lent their aid to Desmond, and sure enough they did raise the piece of rock, and by hoisting it they managed to move it aside a trifle, enough to reveal the fact that there was a chamber above, and that the opening was through the piece of rock.
It was a reward of Desmond's persistence, but after all it was accident that had revealed to him the opening.
By hard work the men finally succeeded in moving the rock aside, and there was disclosed the opening, and Desmond said:
"Now let me stand on our shoulders with the light and I will tell you what it is we have found. There is something there to reveal, I am dead sure."
The two men assisted Desmond to their shoulders. He took the lantern and shoved his head through the opening, and then flashed the light around, and with a joyful shout exclaimed: