"
"Well," speculated Charley, "if there isn't a treasure, there might just
as well be one for Wyckoff and Lopez and their gang believe there is
one, and they're ready to fight to the last breath to get it."
"They're surely scrappers," Arnold announced. "We know that."
"Yes," agreed Harry, "they're scrappers from the very word."
"Look at what we've had to contend with before we fairly start."
"What I'm worried about," Jack announced, "is that although Lawyer Geyer
gives minute instructions about everything else he doesn't give any
information as to the site of the chest. The fort must have been an acre
or so in extent, yet he doesn't say whether it was buried in this corner
or that, or out near the wood shed or what."
"We'll have to dig it all up," laughingly declared Frank.
"I can fix that," boasted Harry. "I know exactly the spot where we
should turn the first shovelful of earth."
CHAPTER XXI
A FRIEND AND AN ENEMY
"Yes, you know all about this business," scorned Arnold. "I'll wager you
were there when the stuff was buried."
"No I wasn't there, but I know where to dig just the same. I can tell
you within two feet of where the chest was planted."
"Harry," Jack said soberly, "this is getting to be almost too serious a
matter to joke about. If you have any information that would be of help
to us, let's have it, but don't joke us."
"I'm not joking," bridled Harry. "I've got some information that I
believe to be pretty near the exact thing we're looking for.
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