"Earlier than some of the cave-men," replied Harry. "I wonder
if this water is any good to drink?" he added, looking longingly
at the crystal stream flowing under the round circle of the
flashlight. "Who wants to try it?"
Frank Shaw did not wait to make many tests. Tormented with thirst,
he felt of the water by rubbing it between his thumb and fingers,
smelled of it, put it cautiously to his lips, and then, experiencing
no bad effects from this contact, took a few drops into his mouth.
"It is fine!" he shouted, then. "Cold as ice and sweet as sugar!
This beats a soda fountain, Jimmie!"
"Now, was this tunnel constructed on purpose to reach this
spring?" asked Harry.
The lads examined the walls minutely, but there was no opening
from the chamber, save the one by which they had entered.
"This must have been the milk house," laughed Frank, always ready
to turn any subject under discussion into a joke. "I wonder if
they kept their cows on the top of the peak? If they had tied
their tails together and put one over each side, they never could
have run away."
On their way back to Chamber B the boys discovered an opening in
the north wall of the tunnel. This led to another tunnel, running
in a northwesterly direction for about one hundred feet and ending
in a chamber larger than any of the others. Nestor caught sight of
a sparkle on the walls as he swung the flashlight about and pointed
glittering sections out to the boys.
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