The Smoky Corridor

101

“This is it,” said Daphne DuBois, staring at the scorched hole in the wall. “The entrance to the treasure tunnel.”

“There’s a stone on the ground,” said Eddie. “See it? What do all those strange carvings mean?”

“That’s the Masons’ code,” said Daphne, pulling out her spiral notebook, the one filled with all sorts of information related to the treasure quest. She found the page dealing with the code and quickly translated the stone’s message.

“It mentions a zombie,” she said.

Eddie laughed. “The old carpetbagger is bluffing! Colonel Cooper told Zack Jennings in no uncertain terms, ‘There are no more booby traps in the tunnels, no more guards.’”

“Yes. The boy would never have been brave enough to crawl into that hole if he thought there might be a zombie at the other end waiting for him!”

“I’ll go in first,” said Eddie. “Grab a couple of those candles off the shelf.”

She did. Eddie lit them.

Daphne smiled. “Now let’s go get our gold!”