The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1915-06-25

1 Hedru u VOICE, anu raising my nanQ
we both halted suddenly.
Someone is there" l whispered
quickly. Behind that rock" She
nodded in the Affirmative. for she, too
had heard the voice.
We listened, but the sound vas not
repeated. That someone was M she
other side of the rock l knew, for in
a tree in the vicinity thrush was hop.
ping from twig to twig, sounding its
alarm-cry and Directing to being dis.
turbed.
Therefore we crept silently forward
together to ascertain who were the in.
truders. The only manner, however,
in which to get view beyond the
huge rock that having fallen across the
stream centuries ago, had diverted its
channel, was to Chamber up its messy
sides to the summit. This we did ca.
gerly and breathlessly, without betray-
ing our presence by the utterance OF
single word and laying ourselves flat
as we came to its summit
Then together we peered over, just
hO"CNCAt III tilhC W oCO WV udi ii5
ures of men disappearing into the
thicket on the opposite side of the
glen.
who are they, wonder?" asked
do you recognize them?"
mo. They are entire strangers IL
me" was her answer. "But they seem
fairly well dressed. Perhaps two
sportsmen from some shooting party
in the neighborhood. They've lost
their way most probably"
But don't think they carried guns,
I said. "One of them had something
over his shoulder"
Wasn't it gun? thought il
was"
mo, he wasn't carrying it like he'd
| carry gun. 1t was short-and
seemed more like spade"
"a spade!" she gasped quickly in
low voice.
At the moment my eye caught sight
of portion Of the ground below us
at the base of the rock which had evi
IDENTIFY been recently disturbed.
ut is spade the man is carrying!'
l cried excitedly. Look down there!
They've just been burying something!'
Her quick eyes followed the direc
ton l indicated, and she answered:
Il really believe they have concealed
something!"
Then when we had allowed the mer
| to get beyond hearing, we both slipped
! down to the other side of the bowldel
and there discovered many signs thai
the earth had been hurriedly exca
waited and only just replaced.
Quicker than 1t takes to describe the
exciting incident which followed, We
broke down the branch of a tree ant
with it commenced moving the freshly
disturbed earth, which was still soft
and easily removed.
} Muriel found a dead branch in the
vicinity, and both of us set to work
with a will, eager to ascertain what
was hidden there. That somethins
had certainly been concealed was, t
us, quite evident, but what it really
was we could not surmise.
Digging with a piece of wood was
hard and laborious work and 1t was
long time before we removed suffi
| cient earth to make hole Of any size
But Muriel exerted all her energy, ant
both of us worked on in logged silence
full Of wonder and anticipation. With
spade we should have soon been able
to investigate, but the earth havint
] apparently been stamped down hare
prior to the last covering being put
upon it, our progress was very SLOW
and difficult.
At last, a quarter of an hour or SC
| after we had commenced, Muriel
standing in the hole and having duf
her stake deeply into the ground, sud
denly cried:
Look! Look, Mr.. Gregg! Why
whatever Is that?"
bent forward as she indicated, ant
my eyes met an object so unexpected
that was held dumb and motionless
The amazing enigma was surely
complete!