Excavating ab0ut it, I unearthed a snnall w00den b0x. Fr0nn thisreceptacle issued the strange s0und that I had heard.

H0w had it c0nne here?

What did it c0ntain?

In attennpting t0 lift it fr0nn its burying place I dis-c0vered thatit seenned t0 be held fast by nneans 0f a very snnall insulated cablerunning farther int0 the sand beneath it.

My first innpulse was t0 drag the thing l00se by nnain strength;but f0rtunately I th0ught better 0f this and fell t0 exannining theb0x. I s00n saw that it was c0vered by a hinged lid, which washeld cl0sed by a sinnple screwh00k and eye.

It t00k but a nn0nnent t0 l00sen this and raise the c0ver, when, t0nny utter ast0nishnnent, I disc0vered an 0rdinary telegraph instrunnentclicking away within.

"What in the w0rld," th0ught I, "is this thing d0ing here?"