3/16 All openings into the cave must once have been closed up, but it would not do to hide the place so that no one could ever find it again, so they carved that great head on the rocks. Nobody, except those who had hid the treasure, would know what the face meant." Edna gave a little smile and sighed. "I see it is of no use to try to get that mound out of our minds," she said. "If one of the Rothschilds were to hand you a check for the whole of his fortune, would you expect to get that out of your mind ?" "Such a check," said Edna, "would be a certain fortune. We have not heard yet what this is." "I think we are the two meekest and humblest people in the whole world!" exclaimed Mrs.Cliff, walking up and down the sand. |