Ten paces to the west is a large pine tree, which was once
struck by lightning. Go due southwest from the pine tree sixty-two
paces, to the flat rock, behind which is a sharp-pointed rock. Beneath
the sharp-pointed rock is the chamber with the box. Stranger, beware of
Goupert's ghost."
* * * * *
"A treasure in the mountains!" cried Sam. "Hurrah! let's go and get it!"
"Bear Pond lies between two high mountains," said Randolph Rover. "It is
in a very wild country, and so far but little of the timber has been
taken out."
"Never mind, we'll go anyhow!" put in Tom enthusiastically. "Why, the
box may be worth a fortune!"
"Yes, let us go by all means," put in Dick. "I wouldn't like any better
fun than hunting for a treasure box."
"Haven't you boys had adventures enough?" questioned Anderson Rover.
"You've been to Africa and out West, and on the ocean and the Great
Lakes----"
"Oh, this would just be a little winter's outing in the mountains," said
Tom. "We could go hunting, and have lots of fun, even if we didn't find
the treasure box.
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