When we came to the cave, I could hardly believe
my own eyes. That spacious den of thieves, that resort of bold outlaws
was a cleft between two great boulders. One could crawl into it and turn
around and that was about all, It surely must have shrunk or filled up
or contracted or something, such a poor little quart-pot of a cavern it
proved to be.
There was another boulder which, on the same occasion, served me a
better turn, enabling me to identify the site where Pilgrim Hall had
stood. This one of the many big rocks scattered about the place was
located immediately in front of Pilgrim Hall, and I recognized it by a
certain little pouch or pocket next the ground on its southerly side; a
circumstance I had cause to remember as it cost me money. The pupils of
the school were allowed a trifle of money, weekly, which we could spend
in any way we liked. Occasionally we went over to the street and bought
oranges or plantains--bananas--rarely sweets, as the sticks of candy,
striped like a barber's pole in a glass jar on the end of the store
counter were not very tempting.
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