Plymouth banner. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1852-1855, 1854-07-20

cap" you will again exclaim thus 10
endanger the success Of an honest specu-
lation. But the fact was Col. | was
getting en- tco slow for my disposition.
and could not help it--But the animal
fell down and died just rs | was cor ing
into the settlement: and ! rolled him Off
a ledge into the brook, where he wont ell
/ Joy much more society. | am thinking,
| bat the fishes aad foxes till Ne is pretty
well distributed. So no danger from that
! little frolic. Now for the girl-she is
here, and no common affair neither | as
sure you. Well formed, handsome and
knowing-Indeed fear she knows rath-
er too much--at least. the ssdl TendiaG
SORT Fl look Of hers plainly see will re-
quire pretty thick mask. Besides Mar
Tin tells me she is engaged TO a young
farmer. lately settled here. but who luck
lily started journey for two months the
day arrived. So you see | have got to
push ma alters rather briskly; and it will
be a hard case if she don't find hersel.
Mrs. Cow before the fellow re:urns.--
Lord! if she but knew her own secret, or
mine, might as well Try to catch lark
in the sky by whistling.
"As to the other part of ouT projected
scheme, l am sure it sill work we'll
Martin. whom in my rapid way ofdoing
things have sounded in all my shapes.
informs me that it is generally believed
here tha: precious metals lie hid in
these mountains; and hare already hini-
ed my faculties in seeing in the magic
stone the wonders which find are s,ill
believed in among theml and in working
the divining rods. Both Of these mar
velous implements shall vesy naturally
find in day or two. probably; when
shal! open the golden prospects OF
Martins greedy eyes; md if it takes. as
we may safely swear il will. shall com
mence operations immediateiy.-So, old
boy you may come on with your traps as
soon as you receiss this; 20: shall want
you at all eyents-l will look out the
old cave you described in the mountains.
and have all things in readiness by the
time you arrive.
Yours in rascality, truly, Cow.
Tho Dez, day was spent by Martin and
his new acquaintance in the woods. tho
former acting as guide. as they raniblej
oyor the adjacent tracts OF wild land. ia
furtherance Of the prolessed object of tho
atter's sojourn in tho VALLEY. The rext
and the next. found them engaged in the
same employment to the great wonder
ment of May who knowing from the
course taken by them, and from ;heir re-
,l,o.- dill mail ~.
their excursions were always short ard
in the same direction, could not under
stand the use Of so much exploring for a
general examination OF few lots OF land.
She was also led TO notice that deep in
iimacy was growing between them, and
she soon perceived that they were engag-
ei in some secret purpose far different
from that by which they pretended 10 bo
occupied. Cow affected, in the presence
Of the family: a knowing silence or tho
subject ofiheir employment, aud frequent
ly pretended 20 CHECK his lrierd as theI after
began to throw out hints about new HOUSES
Improvements md purchases, implying 4
sudden change of circumstances. All this,
however, would have bat little interested
our heroine, and might have passed unheed-
cd by her, had she not molires OF her own
for watching tho conduct Of Cow, whose
character from ihelirst she had much reason
10 regard with suspicion. and whose in
creasing attentions to herself. which could
now no longer be mi siaken for ordinary
courtesy. and which grew every day moro
and more annoying, furnished her odii.
tional reasons for wishing 10 falhom his de-
signs.
Blu. it is time perhaps TO anprise the rea-
der more fully of the project in ahich
Cow had enlisted Martin.
Al the foot Of lofty mountain in the
woods about mile norihwesterly of
Martins house. few days after Cows
arrival, these prsonnges might be seen
seated on fallen tree. the ono with his
face protruded into his hat which he held
in his lap, seemingly gazing at something
at the bottom, while the o:her was atten-
lively listening to the remarks. which now
ensued between them will sufficiently ex-
plain the nature Of their employment.
"Are you quito certain Mr.. Cow. that
you have at last found The real genuine
sor, of stone. which you have this won
derlul faculty Of seeing things IMP"
80, quite sure. 1t is tho Same thin.
oval, yellow speckled kind OF stone I used
when discovered the pot Of money on
Capo Cod, that they supposed Kidd buried
there. How provoking, 10 get only hun
dred dollars for that job, when might have
gone shares with the man who employed
me had | chose it, But the fact was,
Martin. was not at that time entirely
certain that | possessed this faculty 10 SO
great an extent as afterwards found"
Gro BE CoNTINUED.)