Beadle's Dime Novels, No. 91: The Lost Cache — page 33: what you’re looking at

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LATITUDE AND LONGITUDE. 85 conversation, and then all, except Green, who had the first watch, laid down to sleep. “In the morning Harry Chenault was more impatient than ever, and hurried through his “breakfast, in order to continue the search for the concealed treasure, with the spring as a starting-point. But he was restrained by Myers, who remind- ed him of the old proverb: “Be sure you are right, and then go-ahead.” “ At noon,” said the cool-headed surveyor, “I will take an observation, and then will be able to determine whether we are now due west from our point of beginning on the river, and whether we have come forty miles from that point. If the course and the distance prove to be correct, we will know that we have hit upon the spring, and can tell what todo. It is useless to bustle about in the haystack in search of our neée- dle, when we can easily discover whether we are on the right traci or not.” As this was manifestly a sensible view of the itedtion, Harry agreed to it, and amused himself with fishing, while Green went after game, and Myers and Farrar occupied them- selves in cutting down trees and strengthening the fortifications at the camp. When the sun crossed the meridian, Myers squinted ‘at it with his quadrant, greatly to the amusement of Farrar, and made some rapid calculations on a bit of paper. Soon he jumped up, and hugged Harry, in an‘ecstasy of delight. “We've found it! we’ve found it!’ he exclaimed. “ Ben _ Farrar, you are a trump, and you shall have the best rifle that can be bought in St. Louis. This is the spring, Harry, my boy; we are in nearly the same latitude as the point on the river; and though the distance is a little under forty miles, as near an I can calculate it, it makes no difference, for we have traveled further than that-to get here.” “Come on, then!’ exclaimed Harry, equally enthusiastic. “As we are sure we are right, all we have to do is to go ahead.” : “ Not quite yet. Suppose we cool down, and ly in a good supply of dinner, and then we will commence in earnest.” _ After the something to eat was had, pipes were brought. out, asa matter of course, and the young gentlemen moderated comicbooks.conm