The sun was creeping towards the West when Brother Amos crawled out of the hole they had dug around the perimeter of the stone tower-shaped structure with the empty gaps for windows on all sides.
“There is no doubt about it; not anymore. There was once a platform below where the windows were. It was probably a floor, but it has been burned or rotted away. There may have been stairs on the inside, but they too are gone.”
“I"d say it burned if built of wood,” Jack replied. “There was blackened material on some of that dirt. It looks like it might have been organic material.”
Brother Amos nodded and wiped his brow. “Yes, and the structure just keeps getting wider. My friends, I believe we have found the Western Silver Institute! It is from here I must make the new Star Charts and see how t
