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ROVER BOYS ON TREASURE ISLE
ered by the other. But it may not be the part that contained the treasure."
They crawled around, over the rough rocks and fallen dirt. It was a dangerous proceeding, for they did not know but what some stones might fall at any moment and crush them. Suddenly Tom and Sam uttered the single exclamation:
"Look!"
Dick looked and then he, too, gave a cry. From under the edge of a rock they saw one end of a heavy wooden chest. A part of the side was split away and through the hole they saw a quantity of gold money!
