moat, Ehe Contre Dru A HIDDEN TREASURE . One dismal rainy evening in fall of 1857 wayfarer entered n 'n 'ndiana and Indgings for the night, He ws sulor, he said, «+d was on his way to | towd twin had relatives, the | PY a gecured n eountey i niles distant, where he Te was a stout built, raged locking f lle w, but next morn. his bed. The nhova facia were clearly estab- ine he war fom d dead in lished, hut a cv: tain other fact could ol. to | the dead waus elatives, the Quy De sls Word was sent coroner | book canrge of the remains, and all personal OF SR 1 the r de llores but he rg he had been oo hbed of valuable papers Tse ricwor of the veritable Yankee, including a were turned over with | mains. I'ne deceased had a few ney and a few trinkets n a nt once claimed that p 0 inn was a hawk nose und the legendary twang, and his Lis He know 10 be sharper than steel io Wile was counterpart, Was a | horse rude, wud he never put out a dollar that he did not get a big inter- es8!; but vo one believed he had rifled When relatives were asked about the nature the dead mau's baggage. the of the alleged valuable papers they this threw dou'its on their allegation, refused to snswer, and evasion In a few waoks the affuir blew over, and months the landlord sod wife began to feel lonesome for the Lills of old New Hampshire, This was an excuse for offiring all their property for sule, and six months after the death of (he sirasoger in the botel the place pass The vext scene opened in New Qrleane, then by Blank & Blank, wreckers, as general manager of the We in about three d into other hands, [ was employed husiness had three vessels, steam pumps, ani all other necessary aparatus, wi 8 called into the private office ove day, and th the hook nosed Yankee who had sold out his hotel He to say, but he hesitated ere found Jonas Stebbins bad | 45) Ir in Iodians. something say it. we could br It was ball an hour be! then ouly alter place 3) which =t ed ! vi ' his We % ! Do vou thin ] artly Don't Not by a jugful | you I want to a schooner and crew and div the week are lo by ers to have ¢ Xo, #ir-« map Oo! Caled wit He wan! ona of he war He m at Flas Was Lh SL LiTNe ANY reassure hanier bad put dowa bis own m fur an cxpedition, and we doubt that Mr. Siebbins new : ) 1.4 CHuid not seviied Lo him » sbraigul clew, Ii was | #60 Waders, wiconsis and Nshewan, [ WhO Was woudeully clear, aud we | CRE ? I asked to be nervous and flustrated, but there was not a sign of it. They were us cool as if goiog on a viet to tive. As we were going the river, I said to him : Now that we are uw down under way, I suppose you had as soon tell me about your treasure ? Wall, no, he leave the schooner somewhere and try may be I think I drawled; you might to cut in nhead of me or we wrecked before we get there, you are honest and straight, but can't give you the exact location, added M: No, indeed we can't, | Stebbins, dollar if You see, it bas taken every we could rake and scrape, and we don’t get that treasure we'll be busted, ) " vf he giire « oF tin . ’ o line But you seem to be sure of getting | y0n0y into this venture if there was! the line a it. Oh, ves ! th y replied in chorus, Is the amount large ? They moment, and then Mrs, looked at ea plied : Jonu I think him some : 3 11 wish us wel Yes, | Weil, then, we guess s( expect about a =n x 150,000, more or less in id aod silver, he figger, added both Yes that's about t Stebbins and as we are getting aloug in years it will come in handy. If you had that much money Mr Marvin, would y a farm or move to the city ? They seemed so firmly convinced that if pos of the existence « treasure I felt it my duty to warn them « sible disappointment. Yer, we might possibly fa ikely he lied. ain't the sort of people to put u "tain't at all | rej last dollar on au uncertainty. No Jonas, we ain't added } th wiln ug wii Was this treasure deposited years | Yes, 4 good many years ago, ’ Oo land ? They looked from me to each otl and smiled in 8 knowing = way. cause, | continued, there can't rod of any of the Bahamas, nor s por cove on the shores, but what has been explored over and over. Exactly, replied Stebb niles away { EY CO {f the § d the island, ines of Stebbins and his w Th was | remakabl only game they w how t 5 and reese, L 18 an island lyiog much lower tha itil Hie 14 | goroas shoals and reefs, irks, aloe JRATIEE i with and at rela. | 8. | dai i tha bad what tme of which 1 write the only settlers | over the side on the rope ladder, The with the was The Island, ns over their papers, all the ludentations, as well ghouls reefs and depth of water, pictured on our chart, and they com pare d their pen aod ink sketeh with this, which none of us consulted another had until they had come toa nd paper before seen I was looking down upon them through decision, | . . the open skylight from the corner of my eve, and I saw Stebbins strike the him (talile with his fist, and heard | whisper: We've got it sure as shoot. ng! Hush! she admonished. we've got it, We fools, Jonas Stebbins I'd have consented i hain't nobody's Do you suppose to put all a chance to lose it? By gum! but we'll be rich! Of course we will, Richest folks in the hull Y es, They sat county! but don’t get excited. on deck for an hour or Stebbins smoking and his knitting, and as the retire for ght | tw wile were about felt Lo 0 v the n bound olmarve: in | business, Well, Mr. Stebbins, here we are good shape, and now, as was sent to manage your you'd better explain matters clearly, I may want to make preparations for to morrow, How long will it take you to get diver ready to go down ? he Not over ha!f an hour. ell, that’s all the preparations | What is after? the diver to go down Sunthin that wont run away befcre morning, answered Mrs, Stebbins, and | with that both went bel tmpt to | had thus far cleverly frustrated: The [ 1alk pique at his refusal to fornish part iar and we almost hoped he wou find 11. Stebbins was on deck aida in and dress and were Stebbins sod his { off pun in both to go, making a party | us We pulled almost sir 84] : : his ipureduiity, aod then goreword on his hemlet and got | Lt our | | | | i | | | his better [it { box | might have been an extrs | when you ars | pretty | some | | ever, | the re- was $l Lim rroal gress hands Nothing but shells down there, sir. The bottom is hard sand, and 1 could have seen a dime down there, | Biebe | Didn't see no boxes? gasped Si bins, Na' sir, Now, Jonas, don’t set excited, can tioned his wife. Them boxes is lying | to the | ‘ ‘ n | The waves coming in from the | along side o' that wall (reef) west | and | di rected to search in that direction, and he east would shut ‘em over there. That's so, replicd Stebbins, when the diver had rested he was ' a : ‘ a lifes at n Mt Of course | Lhe suc hor was ified that we might | hover over him as near as yossible, I his victim was carried into the this meeting oid what were over, i% to me we ran a fearful risk my hushand discover vou hers should become of 0? Harding could say no more grasped tha fist weapon that pros nt ed eeld beside himself with fury, rushed upou the man A terrible blow felled him io the ground, where he ny Holo ess A scream from Mary brought several persons to the scene. The hnshand scarcely comprehending what be had The body uf house nrocions as & PET un heavy garden spads and, done, went to his room, H ly trembling his ce and a doctor was sent for, and examiped while Mary, waited, but dare CRIN hast wound, ¥ pale anid | not ask for the | clsion He had not been down three minutes when he signaled us to haul away on ttachied to the tongs, and mp Yankees In asad in We wer an excited | 1! Btebbins al came one «f the boxes the and his wif: were searching for five minutes we had th RUoiner, d } taki the ey seemed t as a matter of course, and after box and ‘Ail ir tea but t A nd BAY culls My ou down there look around or any loose coin or other stuff Not ving further was found, wa Blaried afternoon When aboard tl and that Orieans, SNiahh i 1! 0) n Spanish each box 1d that every expr and he ¢ smly Well, you se LO « 'ALSE OR FAITHFUL, ot ad « 18 route. Overs Ha woul track tng-plac Ha threw the n on the floor, soa pretended (0 read nis paper. His wile soon returaed, piek’ Led up the note we ! into her diss pocket, : the pair 10 thet . v f Kha : ERS LIL EE J Has he | but me LB 4) vou havens told me v Mary must he od Eh no tor. « ently How & I haven't said he ed the doct ks th wound, and thie XCiaumnea | O0n ie | would die, d r, culling ruthies » “iy the jo » malted ab Ay slrips ter upon bared skull Not di 1¢ exclaimed |} 5 He bas a superb constitut ained the doet ir; 4 He aid himsell deliberately aorow the line over which the eugine of tenth in another minate would roll, Mary ubtered a piercing ory, dui it was drowned by the thuuder of the gained his men remaiond a { ( ( wWiouy man | and ater he was found guilty fai vigor 53 BA less [RE ERERE: Wyo ng peopie Onsent o LER Ad Helirew a — A voted horse-thiel ai d desperate " Judge, by a character was brought befor There are Harbors on the east and | gould foilow him to the very bottom | jury the prisoner arose and in this weet shores, but by order of Stebbins | and see him move about. Ho headed | 0 boy hardly had she reached the we ranar und the South side and drog- north and crossed the basin; theuce summerhouse hefore her huoshan i el anchor about a yuile frum the | eal Lo ile mouth; aad thea around 0 | bad sod Limseld dear esough Ww beach, 1% was just at Bundown whea | the north, sud after being dwn 108 od Jat alte Jie . oh or we cate to ancnor, and that evening twenty-five minutes he came up with a shed—the very mn who bad the captain gave them the use of the |. shell, and said, as soon as clear of come down in the traln—dear Edgar, cabin for a couple of hours to look ' hic hoadspisce: said she after the words of greeting nw our business to throw cold water on his plans, even though we wer firmly convinced that he would return empty uvanded, The fim decided Abst I should go out in charge of opus ations, and a couple of days riter the contract was signed we were off for the Gil”. 1 expeted the Stobhipses Ten o'clock came. Mary #lippe | prain, She flew 10 the line, snd drag- | ged her husband partially off, but be | way addressed the court : resisted her snd was throws into the | Judge if you ses tence me I'll blow air by the jocomotive. He was pick: | a bole tirough you. od up a mass of humanity, wilh bare: Mr. Sheri, suid the couri, in pee ly a spark of life els la his. . i #po i, “ his man is « bad egg. You thd better wre him loote,” Now There is little left to tell Jataes | ®' York Te'eg am, Harding slowly returned to life noder
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