White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1857-07-09
}NUMBER 6;
alladsd TO in the MS, and nov seemed 70 gasp

alluded 70 IN the MS, and nov seemed 70 grasp
the full record of the riddle
I" The good glass; knew, could have refer
enee to nothing but tolescopei for the word
glass is rarely employed in any otter sense BY
seamen. Now here, at once saw, was tele-
scope to be used, and definite point Of view,
ADMITTING no UsTiafiOn, from which to use IT,
Nor did hesitate to believe that the phrases
'forty-one degrees and thirteen minutes and
northeast and by NORTH were intended a. d.
rectious for the dwelling of the glass. Greatly
e-ei,si by tbess discoveries, hurried honA
procured a telescope, and returned 70 tie rock
81 let myself down to the ledge, and found
that il was impossible to retain seat upon It,
except in one particular position. This fact con-
hrmed my pre-cOnceiEed idea proceeded 70
use the glass. OF course, the forty-One degrees
and thirteen minutes could allude to nothing
but elevation above the visible horizon, since the
horizontal direction was clearly indicated BY the
words northeast and by north This latter d..
rection | at once established by means of peck.
encompass; then, pointing the glass as nearly 4.
an angle of forty-One degrees of elevation a. I
could do il by guess, ! moved tt cautiously upor
down, until my attention was arrested by cir
cular rift or opening, in the foliage Of large
tree that oVertOpped itsfellsws in the distance.
In the centre of this riff perceived q vhi,s
spot but could not, at first, distinguish wha, il
was. Adjusting the focus Of the telescope,
again looked, and now made It out 10 be hu.
man skull.
"UpOn this discovery Was so sanguine as to
consider the enigma solved; for the phrase
main branch, seventh limb, east sde,' could re-
fer only to the position of the skull upon the
tree, while shoot from the left eye of the deaths
head admitted, also, of but one Interpretation,
in regard to a search for buried TREASURE. ner-
ceived that the design was to drop bullss from
the left eye Of the skull, and that bee line, or
in other words straight line, drawn from the
nearest point of the trunk, through : the shot,
Tor the spot where the bullet fell,) and thence
extended to distance of fifty feet, would indi.
cate definite point-and beneath this point
thought it at least possible that deposit Of val.
ne lay concealed"
GAN this" said, sis exceedingly clear, and,
although ingenious, still simple and explicit.
When you left the Bishops Hotel. what then7"
"Why, having carefully taken the bearings Of
the tree, turned homeWards. The instant that
left the devils seat hoEsEss, the circular
ria vanished; nor could get glimpse Of IL AZ
terEards, turn as would. What seems to ne.
the chief ingenuity in this whole business, Is the
fact (for repeated experiment has convinced NE
it IS faet) that the circular opening in question
is visible from no other attainAble point Of view
than that afforded by the narrow ledge upon the
face Of the rock.
I'm this expedition to the Bishops Hotel,'I
had been attended by Jupiter, who had, no doubt.
observed, for some weeks past, the abstraction
OF my demeaner, and took especial care not 70
leave me alone. But. on the next day, getting
up very early, contrived to give him the slip,
and went into the hills in search Of the tree.
Amer much toll found it. When came home
at night, my valet proposed to give me . Dog.
ging. With the rest Of the adventure, believe.
you are as well acquainted as nyself1
al suppose" said I, you missed the spcs,
in the first attempt at digging, through Jupiter's
stupidity in letting the bug fall through the right,
instead of through the LEFT eye Of the skull"
"Precisely. This mistake made difference
Of about two inches and half in the shot
that is to say, in the position Of the peg nearest
the tree and had the treasure been beneath the
shot, the error would have been Of little NO.
ment; bat the shot, together with the nearest
point the tree, were merely two points for the
establishment eta Line Of direction: Of course
the error. however trivial In the beginning, In.
creased as we proceeded with the line, and, By
the time We had gone ffty feet, threw u quite
on the scent. But for my deep-seatsd impress
sions that treasure vas here somewhere actually
buried, We might have had al our labor IN rain"
"But your grandiloquence, and your sonaros
in swinging the beetie-how excessively odd:
was sure JON we're mad. And why did yoz IN
sist upon dropping the bug, instead Of . bullet,
from the skrllf''
HWhy, 70 be frank, I felt somewhat annoyed
BY your evident suspicious touching my sanity,
and % resolved 20 punish you quietly, In ny
own way, By : little BIZ Of sober myStiacssion.
For this reason I swung he beetle, and for this
reason dropped &c from the tree. An ohssrra.
ten ofJOurs about iss great weight, suggested
the latter idea"
"Yes, perceive--and nov shers e only sns
point which puzzles me. What are 3g % mske
ofthe skelstons found in the hole 70
This Is . question an no more able % a.
srer than YOURSELF There seems, hoKsver, %.
ly one plausible Eay ofaeeounsing for then-an4
jet Il is dreadful 70 beliese IN such atroeity a
ny suggestion Fouidinply. Its clear that Kidd
If Kidd indeed sezesed this treasure-ahfsh
l doubt nOs--is Is clear that he must have had
assistance in the labor. Bat, this labor e5nciH-
ded, be may hsve thought Il expedieuE TO 70
scTs all participants in his secret Perhaps .
couple Of bloWs with mattock we're ssaciens.
while his conductors were busy IN the pie; PET.
haps 1t required dozen-Sho shall teilP'
Thexs are rerv few neonle who e.il fhe,,~aa~s.