Plymouth advertiser. [volume] (Plymouth, Ohio) 1853-1988, 1854-01-07
FAMILY MEsPApERDEvoTED NEWS LITERATURE AGRICULTURE
pymuutb, ehiu, Saturday Murning, yanuary !, 1851.

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mechanic found themselves alone together.
The latter was also about 10 bid bis uncle
good night, when the old soldier beckoned
to himto draw the bolt and approach.
4 hare something TO say 10 YOU said
be seriously.
Charles, who expected reproaches, re-
mained standing before the old man, but
the latter beckoned him to sit down.
'Arc you capable of making a long |
effort to secure fortune = said he, look |
ing 6xedly at his nephew. |
4! can you doubt il uncle = replied
CHARLES, surprised a. the question.
$50 you would consent to be patient, to
labor indussriously, to change your habits =
Ifall this would brofit me anything
But why ask such questions =
you shall know said the invalid,
opening drawer Of a little commode, in
which he kept the old papers lent him by
enc Of the dodgers. He searched some
time among the printed leaves. took one,
opened it, and showed Charles an article
marked with the nail.
the young mechanic read aloud;
Application has just been made to
the Spanish government, in reference to
a deposit buried on the banks Of the
Duro, afier the battle of the Salamanca.
1t appears that during this celebrated
retreat, a company belonging to the first
division, which was commissioned 10 guard
several chests, was separated from the
body Of the army and surrounded by a
force so superior, that the officer who
commanded it, seeing that no hope re
NAMED of being able to escape The enemy,
proited by the night to cause tho chests
to be buried by some soldiers in whom he
had the most confidence; then, sure that
no person could discover them, he
ordered his little company to disperse,
that each might attempt to escape singly
through the enemy's ranks. Some did
succeed in regaining the division; but
the officer and men who knew the spot
weere the chests were buried perished in
their flight. Now we are assured that
these chests contained the money Of the
army, that is to say, sum Of about three
| Millions
Charles stopped and looked at the
invalid, his eyes sparkling.
'Were you one Of tbs company! ex-
claimed he.
4 wns,' replied Vincent.
You know Of the existence Of the de-
posit!
i was one of those commissioned by
the captain to make il, and the only on'
among them that escaped .tsIo hall OF th'
enemy.
Then you could give indications, wSicl
would aid to find it, resumed Charlie
with vivaci,y.
The more readily, that The captain
made US observe, that we might recogniz
the spot, the line formed by two hill
and nook; could discover the place
certainly as that of the bed in your room.
Charles sprsng from his seat.
But then your fortune is made ex
claimed he enthusiastically;'why have yo
not spoken of i, =! The French govern
ment would have accepted all your prop
ositions.'
perhaps so,' said Vincent: but i
any case they would have been useless
'Isow SO!
Spain refused the authority solicited
, see.'
He handed to the young mechanic
second newspaper, which announced tn;
4 the demand relative to search for
, deposit buried by the French in 1912. o
the banks Of the Duro, had been rejecte
by the government at Madrid.
/. But what need ofpermission = objecte
Charles (? where is the necessity of a
tempting officially search which migl
: be made in secret and in silence Ono
on the spot, and the land purchased, WI
: ! could hinder the search? Who wou
u suspect the discovery
Il have thought of it often for thirt
+ years. replied the soldier! but whel
6 should we get the sum necessary for Il
journey and the purchase 2
Can we not apply to some rich persons
) and let them into the secret. ~
sBut how shall we induce them to b
6 lieve it ! and if chance should preve
J. successi If we should succeed, it Mtg
d be like the fable you were reading Il
= other day to your cousin, in which at Il
moment Of division, the lion claimed tt
8, whole! 1t would then be necessary b
% sides the fatigue of the journey, and Il
!, uncertainty, to contend with law-su
n | have a pension of two hundred franc.
that suffices for my maintenance ha,
q no desire for more
'd Then you will allow this opportuni
IS to escape you,' resumed Charles with
10 verish animation 'you refuse riches
For myself I do,' replied the old ma
= but for you it is another thing. l ha
2 just seen how ambitious you are al
that nothing will satisfy you but to be
y millionaire. Well, collect the sum 4
3. B cessary for our journey, and l will sta
. with you. Earn two thousand frsncs--
this I viii give you treasure
" Agreed, uncle =; exclaimed Charl,
! J, But how am l;o 2 get 50 much money 2
u Work courageously, and bring I
your wages regularly each week.
= promise that you shall have it,
~ Remember, uncle, how small must
" the savings Of mechanic
That is my concern
g. sHow many years will be necessary
Phi sYoN Just now offered eighlssp with