“I don’t think it would be much use,” Rogers told him. “To my way of thinking that’s the place all right. Of course whether or not there’s anything there is another thing again. But just the same, between you and me we’re going to find it and we’re going to find it right there.” “Hope you won’t be disappointed,” Bill told him. “Well, it won’t be the first time if I am, and it probably won’t be the last.” “What time is it?” Gordon asked. “Why don’t you look at your watch,” Bill asked him. “You’re always asking the time with a watch right in your pocket.” “Just habit, I reckon,” Gordon told him. “What time is it?” “Half past eight,” Bill told him. “Thanks, you’re a minute and a half slow.” “Well, use your own watch after this,” Bill laughed. “And we’ve got to wait another hour,” Gordon groaned. “Hang that old tide.” “Better read another chapter in your book,” Rogers suggested. “I believe I will.” “What a calm,” Bill laughed as Gordon settled down with his book. Finally the time came to start and they once more got their tools together and set off. “Probably we’ll see a ship on fire or a whale with a sore toe,” Gordon declared just before they reached the shore. “That last would be a sight worth seeing,” Rogers told him. “Well, it’s going to take something unusual to stop me this time and I don’t mean maybe.” “That goes for me too,” Bill added. The tide was out just far enough to allow them to walk along the foot of the cliffs without getting their feet wet. They were all anxious to know what they would find in the hole and so hurried as fast as their legs would take them without actually running. “The hole’s still there,” Rogers announced as soon as they had reached the place. “It’s a wonder,” Gordon told him. It took them but a few minutes to place the charge and fix the fuse. “Directions say this fuse burns a foot in two minutes,” Bill told them. “Suppose we make it about four feet long. That’ll give us plenty of time don’t you think?” “Sure it will,” Gordon told him. So Bill cut the fuse and a moment later lighted the end. He waited until he was sure it was burning and then started after the others who were already some distance away. They ran along the edge of the water until they had covered a distance of some two hundred yards. “Guess we’ll be safe enough here,” Rogers said as he sat down on a rock. Gordon had his watch out and was watching the time. “Four minutes,” he announced. “And four to go,” Bill added. “Three minutes.” “And five gone.” “Only one left.” “Ten seconds. Wonder what has——” But then the explosion came and they saw the rock fly from the face of the cliff and land in the water at least twenty feet away. “That part was a success anyhow,” Bill declared as they started back. “Yep, it came out all right,” Gordon agreed.