"Let me see the map."
He took it to the window, and both he and Anderson Rover looked it over
with keen interest.
"Why, this is a map of the locality around Timber Run," said Randolph
Rover. "That's a great lumbering section in the Adirondacks."
"Timber Run!" echoed Tom, and for the moment said no more. But he
remembered what Dora Stanhope had said, that after the holidays Nellie
and Grace Laning were going on a visit to an aunt who lived at Timber
Run.
"Yes, Thomas, this is a map of Timber Run. This stream is the Perch
River, and this is Bear Pond. The naming is in French, but that is the
English of it."
"Please read the writing on the back," said Dick. "If the map is worth
anything I want to know it."
Without further ado Randolph Rover began to read the writing. It was a
hard and tedious task, and the translating was, to him, equally
difficult, for his knowledge of French was somewhat limited. Translated,
the writing ran somewhat after this fashion:
"To find the box of silver and gold, go to where Bear Pond empties into
Perch River.
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