His eyes had scarce rested upon it than he uttered an exclamation of joyful surprise.
And no wonder.
It was the description of the treasure hidden by old Jeremiah Mansfield, his grandfather, which lay before him.
As though a gift from Heaven, it had been restored to him.
He had watched and waited.
The missing parchment had been placed in his hands.
[CHAPTER XXII.]
AN UNTIMELY OCCURRENCE—CALEB HOOK DISCOVERED.
"Hist—hist, Jerry Buck!" whispered Detective Hook as he slipped through the door opened by the newsboy. "You are a smart lad—a bright lad—to track those fellows as you have. I watched you do it, but, having got them into close quarters, we must put our heads together and find out what's going on in the room below."