Plymouth banner. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1852-1855, 1854-08-03

We'll then meet me at this spot to-
night as soon as you see the light put out
i'm mothers room: and though it is out of
my power to pay you now. David. | will
some day or other See you handsomely re-
warded.'
i works for pay sometimes. cause mo-
ihers poor; bat | likes Mr. Ashley, aud
| likes you. now-and | goes just as we'll
for likes as money
SO saying. and gathering himself up
proudly. the little fellow took his fishing
implements and hastily making off as il
his excited feelings were hurrying him
away to prepare for the expedition.
Don't forget 20 be here tonight in
season. said May calling after him.
i never forgels anything, replied the
boy Increasing his pace. Our heroine
now returned TO her domestic avocations
in state of the highest excitement, Gre
ated hy her newly raised hopes and the
thoughts of her PROJECTED adventure, and
impaticntly awaited the time set for the
undertaking OF it. |. was her first OBJ
ject 10 obtain her letter: but although
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prompted TO this bold. and. TO female
situated she was. snmrwh hat hazardous
enterprise, she had yet other Inducements
to visit the cavern. She highly suspect
I'd Cow of deep and complicated viI!ainy
and thought il not Improbable that some
thing might there be discovered which.
would nable her to unmask him, for il
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Ious t" punishment, she, in view of JUS
tice and public good, as we'll as her own
wrongs and her own safety, was fully de-
termined to expose him by every means
in her power. believing this was now not
only due from her. bat the surest perhaps
the only way she could escape from the
dreadful. satc which seemed as menacing-
iy impenlng over her unprotec.ed head.
Al .hc appointed hour. May repaired
To t he spot agreed on in the garden. and
found her study little guide already llere
patiently awaiting her arrival.
All. la. Miss May said David eau
tiously peeping about-'up TO chalk alter
all! that's brave one for LADY, CUES
ses all the afternoon how you'd FUN
mux when it come ,:ark
Not so easily frightened, David. Are
you rea3y?-lead ON then
On this. they silently set forward across
the fields and soon reached tho woods
Before entering them. however. the boy
proposing a halt. mounting several tall
stumpS successively for obtaining an OBJ
servalion. and having at last succeeded.
he returned to the side of his companion
and observed.
'I sees little twink'ing up there once
in while there! | sees it from here.
now hore, look Nhere | points do you
see il now?'
'Ah. yes, did catch it then
well that's the place-about a half
mile Oft know a COW path in the
mountain-but when we gets there, /
knows but one way to the tave-nation
bad and steep too. Miss May, but finds
the way for all the dark-and here feel
the end of this cord-I brings it for YOU
to hang on to, so you don't get lost in .hc
bushes. And now Miss May, yon amt
afraid leads you to the spot guesses
diggers by this time. for going afore
comes for you-so now if the old man
isn't there we finds clear run and no
snakes
David said May, not knowing how
far the boys hobgoblin fears might carry
him. in case they met any one. and being
aware how much depended on him the
adventure, you have very wrong notions
of this old man. who has been seen about
here--he is eithea some poor crazy yaga
bond, or else a bother rogue of Cow.
but at all events nothing more than
man.
%, fears no.hing for him; cause If
ho be the old one he ,arns TO man when
he sees you Miss May. or else he clears
ou; in a hurry
The boy now plunged into lha woods
followed by his daring companion. and
striking into the path proceeding slowly
and cautiously on the Root Of the noun
tains ut some little distance from where
the money dggers were assembling for
their night operations.
Ii was the same night we have already
described rs proving so exciting and fearful
10 these enthusiasts in search for the buried
mammon, we having found II moro conve-
nient, in describing their operations, to
go forward Of tho event of the other part
o our narrative,
The night was unusually dark. and the
thick mass of the full grown foliage of the
heavy overhanging forest completely shut
ting out the faint sutfusions OF the sky light
which was scarcely percep,bie even IN
tho open fold md adding still deeper
shade to the ordinary darkness; no com
mon or unaccustomcd hand would have
succeeded in advancing in the woods at
all, much loss in reaching any given point
at distance, but shrewd David. familiar
with every peculiar tree, every turn OF the
path, aud every inequality of the ground,
and pesesscd Of decision uncommonly.
carrying long stick in his hand to apprise
him OF each inierposing obstacle while his
bare feet Informing by the feel, or :he first
steps deviation from the slightly trod path
treaded the difficult way with surprising
accuracy, finding but ltlle trouble Tor him
self, and kindly endeavoring, by removing
every limb or bush from the way aid
timely notifying her Of every log or other
obstacle TO be surmounteo 10 his less rrac-