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

heeins and hiding themselves in distant
thickets Till his infernsl majesty, as the
verify believed him. should be pleaeet
10 take his departure. All was now
dark and silent as the tomb. Cow
however. who had feaslessly remained or
the spot, either because he had more nerve
/ than his associates. or because he was bet
ter acquainted with his ma jesty, soon
found his way 10 the decayed fire kept
! for lighting up fresl, knot. proceeded to
the spot fIom which the company had
been So strangely driven. and put things
in such situation as best comported
with his purposes. After which, lie be
gan 10 call loudly to his men TO return,
as the ghost or whatever ii was that had
spoiled their game was gone. and there
was no further danger. he assured them.
of his appeoring again that night. One
by one. the meu came creeping cautious
ly and stealthily from their hiding rIlaces;
and all at length were assembled on the
bank Of the excavation. When after be-
llsa assured by the words OF their faithful
,cader. aid tie presence of another. they
all pro >esaed to The SPOT where they bad
last seen the supposed che-', but no ap-
rearance OF either ches. or money re-
mained, and lule lovse earth gave the
only indication OF the spot where they
had discovered il.
The game is all up for to night as |
supposed observed Cow, after :hrusting
down few times. The game is up for
this time. and now you see what you
have lost by not attending to my cautious,
and keeping better command of your
selves when it was oil nothing but an
empty apparilion--the mere shadow o!
some old codger that has been dead and
rotten these Hundred yearS, and that could
have neither hurt or tocn felt by any
body
Don't know zacklv about that Captain,
interrupted he Srab'd M legs as
was spriugrns up the bank there
Yes. and chased me like thunder way
out in the woods, and gave me a lick over
the hedd that knocked me down as stiff
TEN cod. and here is the mark on,
now. said another.
lie came from birthstone country
any how, for | smelt it plain as day-and
II seems to me that can smell it now
observed the third, turning his nose in
diff; rent directions.
How like painter he beloved and
screeched, just as he Jumped! vow, i,
made: my hair stand up So it showed my
hat off. exclaimed fourth
Ind hat IL
glarrd! if that are thing want tho devil,
then no matter added the fifth.
'Psiaw! said Cow, 'ali nonsense--thi,
is nothing TO what | have met at such
times--and you will be convinced of i,
by the time we have hal another such
bout; but now let US see how much We
did got
They then proceeded to count the fe W
dollars they had seized uhen driven llon
their hold on the treasure.
I Cow and Martin were the only ones
who were successful in fairly getting hold
of any. each of whom had retained sin
gle handful of bona fidc dollars, amount
ing TO thirty; of this there could be nc
mistake; for they were now spread before
them, furnishing indu5itabIe evidence to
those who might have hitherto doubted
lha, money was here, and with proper
management might be secured.
This Cheering thought, together with
the assurance of Cow, that there would
De no difficulty in again finding the ches'
and that these disturbances were always
COMP mpaIauvely light after :he first ordeal
raised their spirits; aud as they sat around
the FIRE with all occasional glance of wild
ness eagerly lauding and eyeing the dol
lars, they began once more to crack thei
jokes over their prospects of another tria
for the slippery treasure.
Taking advantage of this state Of feel
ings and the renewed expectations he had
raised in their minds, Cow now told the N
as the first dollar Of the money had been
found, he was entitled 10 the hundred dol
lars from each and that he expected i'm
mediate compliance with the bargain.
lo ihis, alter some dtmuring, and Z
lev manIfestions of reluctance. they Fl
nai'y asSented. and producing their mo
ncy, they. with the exception Of Martin
pau nun oh thc SpOt. 1blS Du>int SIS De
ing adjusted and nn arrangement made tt
commence operations again soon q.
the situation OF the treasure could be as
certained by experiment. the band sepe
rated for the nlght-tte men 10 dream o
devils and spots and money. and their art
full leader to huG the reality Of five hun
dred dollars.
Let us now return to the disconsOlat,
girl whom we lef! sinking under the &C
cumulated load Of distress occasioned by
the supposed desertion Of her lover il
whom she had centered her every hope %
happiness. and whose image she had EN-
rapted in her very hearts core. and fresi
and deeply abetted prosecutions OF anoth
er. the object Of her rooted dislike ant
suspicion. whose presence even painfu
and perplexing to her feelings. After lh'
interview in which May received the let
ter so astounding to her hopes and Ion;
cherished affections, Martin carried into
immediate effect the pteliminaries o
marriage recommended and urged by hi
bold and determined associate. And tn,
bands were accordingly published the ne
Sunday mt the village. and the aitendanc,
Of the minister bespoken to celebrate tn,
nuptials one week from Tuesday evenin.