Back and forth, up and down, and still it could not be located. "You are sure it is not far from the road?" asked one of the officers. "Why, we were so near we could hear Frisky pawing and barking,—where is he now? Hello, Frisky!" cried out Alfred. "Come, Frisky." There was a short, quick bark to the right, and Ralph waved his cap. "He's over there; he's at the hole now," shouted Ralph, as he disappeared in a gully. Ralph was observed climbing the steep incline at the other side and the party followed. "Good boy, Frisky!" said Alfred, as he came up and stooped down to pat the dog. "That's a remarkable animal; and where did you get him?" asked the commander. "He adopted us down in the village this afternoon," said Ralph with a chuckle. The commander threw his head back and fairly shook with merriment at the remark. "Ah! that's the devoted dog that used to live at the stone cottage," said one of the officers. "I know him now." "Here's the bench," said Ralph, "and it's through Frisky we found it." The officers gathered around the stone and examined it with intense curiosity. The sketch of it, which is here appended, shows the marks and the figures. The face of the stone was about fourteen inches across and perfectly flat. On this was a cross, the limbs of which were a foot long. The crosses indicated the cardinal points of the compass; that was evident, as one of them had, at its extremity, the letter N. Two circles were scribed, the center being at the crossing point of the two limbs. One arrow pointed northeast, the other southeast, one having the figure 7 at the point, and 47 across the middle of the body, while the other had 5 at the apex and 52 across the body. The commander examined the stone intently for several minutes, occasionally shaking his head. Evidently something puzzled him. "I cannot understand the meaning of the circles, and of the numbers which appear attached to them, namely, 300, 60 and 200. It is possible they may be there as a mere blind," he said. "Captain, isn't it possible that it may be a bench erected by the French surveyors previous to the war?" asked an officer. "It is not at all likely," replied the captain. "In the first place, the marking is not such as the French surveyors use; and, in the second place, the arrows are meant to show a point which would be of no value to a topographical survey except for finding certain distant objects." "Then what do the figures attached to the arrows mean?" asked an officer. "The apex figures are kilometers, and those on the bodies of the arrows represent meters," answered the captain. "Well, the one with the 5 at the end does seem to point to the hill we have been shelling for the past week," said an officer. "Put up the instrument and get the exact angle," said the captain. This was done. The boys' experiments were confirmed. "It is just two and a half degrees north of the peak of the hill," said the officer, looking through the instrument.