East Saginaw courier. (East Saginaw, Mich.) 1859-18??, 1860-04-26
NUMBER 80.

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disposition, to hope that he would assist
me, under any circumstances, in per-
sonal contest with his master. nado
no doubt that the latter had been infect
ed with some OF the innumerablc South
ern superstitions about money buried, and
that his phantasy had received couirma.
ton by the finding Of tho scqraJegs, or
perhaps, by Jupiter's obstinacy in inaiu-
tanning it to be ga bug of real gold" A
mind disposed to lunacy would readily be
led away by such suggestions-es especially
if Ginning in with favorite preconcgivel
ideas-and then / called to mind the poor
fellows speech about the beetles being
''thc index Of bis fortune" Upon tho
whole, was sadly vexed and pnzzlcd,
but at length, L concluded to make
virtue of necessity--to dig with a good
will, and thus the sooner 30 convince
him, by occular demonstration, Of tho
fallacy of the opinions he entertained.
The lanterns having been lit, we all
fell to work with zeal worthy a more
rational cause, and as the glare fell upon
our persons and implemonts,srI could not
help thinking how picturesque a group
we composed, and how strange and sus.
picious our labors must have appeared
to any interloper who, by chance, might
have stumbled upon our whereabouts.
We dug very steadily for two hours
Little was said; and our chief embawass-
ment lay in the yclpng Of the dog, who
took exceeding interest in our proceed
ings. He at length brcame 50 obstrep-
erous that we grew fearful Of his giving
the alarm to some stragglers in the vicin-
ity; or rather, this was the apprehension
of Lcgrand; for myself, should have re-
joiced at any interruption which might
have enabled me to get the wandcrer
home. The noise was, at length, very
elfectually silenccd by Jupiter, who, get
ting out of the hole with dogged air Of
determination tied the brute's mouth up
with one Of his suspenders, and then re.
turned, with grave chuckle, to lis task.
When the time mentioned had expired,
we had reached depth of five feet, aud
yet no signs of any treasure became man.
ifest a general pause ensued, and l be-
gan to hope that the farce was at an end.
Legrand, however, although evidently
much Disconnected, wiped his brows
thoughtfully and then recommenced.-
We had excavated the entire circle Of
four feet diameter, and now we slightly
enlarged the limit, and went to the farther
depth of two feet Still nothing ap-
peared. The gold-seeker, whom l sin.
cerely piticd, at length clambeied from
the pit, with the bitterest disappointment
imprinted upon every feature, and pro-
ceeded, slowly and reluctantly, TO put on
his coat, which he had thrown off at the
beginning of his labor. In the mean
time l made no remark. Jupiter, at q
signal from his master, began to gather
up his tools This done, and the dog
having been unmuzzled, we turned in
profound silence toward home.
We had taken, perhaps, dozen steps
in this direction, when, with loud oath,
Legrand strobe up to Jupiter and seized
him by the collar. The astonished negro
opened his eyes and mouth to the fullest
extent, let fall the spades and fell upon
his knees.
you scoundrcl,' said Legrand, Kissing
o-s The eyllahles from between Lis
clenched teeth; you Internal black VII
lainl speak, / tell you'll answer me this
instant without provarioation which
which is your left eyer
'Oh, my Golly, Massa VIII aint dis
here my left eye for saTtinY roarcd the
terrified Jupiter, placing his hand upon
his right organ of vision, and holding it
there with desperate pertinacity, as il
in immediate dread of his masters attonlrt
at gouge.
Il thought sol knew itl-hurralp
vociferated Legrand, letting the negro 20,
and executing q series Of curvets aul
caracols, much to the astonishmcnt of his
valet, who, arising from his knees, looked
mutely from his master to myself, aud
then from myself 20 bis master.
Come. we must 90 back said tic
latter, the games not up yeti and 10
again led the way TO the tulip-trco
Jupiter said he, when VIC reached its
foot, come here! was The skull nailed to
the limb with the face outward, or with
the face to the limby'
'De face was out, massa, SO dat 10
crows could get at de eyes good, widout
any trubhlc.
well, then, was it this eye or that
| through Whlch you dropped tue bcetle!
Here Legrand touched each Of Jupiter's
eyes.
'rwas dis eye, n,assa-do lcf cvc-iis
as you tell me- and here it was the right
eye that the negro indicated.
THAT will dove must try it again
Here my friend, about whose madness
/ now saw, or fancied that saw, certain
indications OF method, removed the peg
nearest the tree 10 a spot about three
inches to the westward Of its former po-
sition. Taking, now, the tape-measnrc
from the nearest point of the trunk, as
before, and continuing the extension ina
straight line to tho distance Of fifty fert.
spot was indicated, remove lby several
yards from the point st which we bad
been digging
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