“You know, “ Aaron said very intelligently, “if the shoe were placed here by some pirate almost 200 years ago as a marker, it probably would have fallen apart by now. There might not even be crumbled pieces of it left.”
“Let’s look anyway,” nagged David.
“ The group could find no trace of a shoe.”
Just then Carrie saw something on the wall. It was a drawing, very faded, but yes, it was a drawing. Mr. Lomber brought the lantern closer.
“It looks like a drawing of a boot.”
“Yes, it does,” Anna said, “ and after all, a boot is a shoe. It is the type of shoe worn in past centuries. We even wear them today, though we call them boots.”