Old Saint Paul's : a tale of the plague and the fire . of the torches; the two courtgallants, in their rich attire; and the ver-gers and their comrade, armed with the imple-ments for digging; — all constituted a strik-ing picture. And as Rochester stepped asideto gaze at it, he thought he had never behelda more singular scene. Hitherto, no success had attended the search-ers. The mosaical rods continued length, however, Lilly reached a part ofthe wall where a door appeared to have beenstopped up, and playing the rods near it, theyturned one over the other. The treasure is here !
Old Saint Paul's : a tale of the plague and the fire . of the torches; the two courtgallants, in their rich attire; and the ver-gers and their comrade, armed with the imple-ments for digging; — all constituted a strik-ing picture. And as Rochester stepped asideto gaze at it, he thought he had never behelda more singular scene. Hitherto, no success had attended the search-ers. The mosaical rods continued length, however, Lilly reached a part ofthe wall where a door appeared to have beenstopped up, and playing the rods near it, theyturned one over the other. The treasure is here ! he exclaimed. Itis hidden beneath this flag. Instantly, all were in action. Quatremaincalled to his assistants to bring their mattocksand the iron bar. Rochester ran uj), and ten-dered his aid; Etherege did the same; andin a few moments, the flag was forced fromits position. On examination, it seemed as if the groundbeneath it had been recently disturbed, thoughit was carefully trodden down. But withoutstopping to investigate the matter, the mason. THE MOSAICAL RODS. 161 and the younger verger commenced they were tired, Lilly and Quatremaintook their places, and in less than an hour,they had got to a depth of upwards of fourfeet. Still nothing had been found, and Lillywas just about to relinquish his spade to themason, when, plunging it more deeply into theground, it struck against some hard substance. It is here — we have it ! he cried, re-newing his exertions. Seconded by Quatremain, they soon clearedoff the soil, and came to what appeared to bea coffin, or a large chest. Both then got out ofthe pit to consider how they should remove thechest; and the whole party were discussing thematter, when a tremendous crash, succeededby a terrific yell, was heard at the other endof the church, and a ghastly and half-nakedfigure, looking like a corpse broken from thetomb, rushed forward with lightning swiftness,and shrieking— ^ly treasure !—my treasure !— you shall
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