most difficult of all. I doubt if they would have
been able to solve it, had not Lindsay chanced to take down an ancient
herbal, and found a list of plants once employed for medicine.

"Amid all herbes that do grow, and are of greatest comfort and solace to
mankind," so ran the passage, "a foremost place hath the euphrasy.
Though it be but an humble plant scarce an inch in height, yet it maketh
an ointment very precious for to cure dimness of sight. Thence it hath
been called in the vulgar tongue 'eye-bright', nevertheless its true
name is euphrasy, and thus it is known among apothecaries."

"It must be right," said Lindsay. "It's the only one that is said to do
any good to the eyesight. The others seem to be for toothaches or
agues."

"Or to heal wounds or sores," said Cicely. "People must have been
continually hurting themselves in those days, if they needed so many
'salves' and 'unguents'."

They had now discovered all the six flowers, and wrote the result neatly
down on a piece of paper.

S olomon's Sea L
E vening Primros E
T asmanian Fla G
T ormentill A
L ila C
E uphras Y

"The initials read 'settle' and the finals 'legacy'," said Cicely. "How
very queer! That hasn't anything to do with flowers."

"Let us look at the end lines again," said Lindsay, and she read aloud:

Please take my initials and finals likewise:
The former you'll find to be hiding the latter;
If you've solved the enigma you'll see 'tis a matter
Perchance may provide you with just a lost link,
And bring you a greater reward than you think.

"The initials hide the finals. 'Settle' hides 'Legacy'," repeated Cicely
meditatively.

"Why, I see it now!" burst out Lindsay suddenly. "Oh, Cicely, I believe
it means a great deal more than an ordinary riddle! It has something to
do with the lost treasure. Don't you understand? The settle is hiding
the legacy--Monica's legacy!"

"Oh, surely not!" exclaimed Cicely, bouncing up in great excitement.

"But I really think so. The poetry says the enigma is 'to provide the
lost link' and 'bring a greater reward than you think'. This is indeed a
discovery! It's evidently intended to tell Monica where her money is to
be found."

"Can we be quite, quite certain?" hesitated Cicely.

"Well, everything seems to point to it. Don't you recollect Irene
Spencer said that in old Sir Giles' will he left 'the Manor and all that
it may contain to my grea