Columbia Democrat and Bloomsburg general advertiser. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1850-1866, 1860-03-10


Townlcy proceeded to move large fat
stone which, when moved, disclosed the :
mouth of a cave. "Quite discovery,
'aint it 2" said he " Indeed it is," said
Lester. " And have you. examined it ~ 1
asked. "Well, yes" said he, 81 did just
go in a little piece, but found no
end, and so thot I'd gist git you to help"
" And how did you come to find it 7" L
asked. "Well ye see," said he, "I jist
moved this ere stone, and then you see |
found this ere cave, that's all"
We entered the cave 1t was narrow at
the entrance, but as we advanced, it be-
came wider, until it was divided into two
rooms. | entered one of them while Les
ter and Townicy entered the other While
| was walking around, admiring the beau
ty Of the room which had entered | hap
paned to ttke hold of piece of the rock
that jutted out little. | found that it
was loose, and with little pull, down it
come with a great crash. | was greatly
surprised when [ found that the place in
which the stone had been fitted, was the
entrance to another room. But you can
better imagine my surprise, than | can
describe it, when | tell you that on enter
ing this cave, found it nearly filed with old
clothes. | invountarily uttered an excla-
nation of surprise, which soon brought
them to me. g What does that mean ?"
said Lester. "Thats the question, but |
cant answer it, said |. "Well," said
Townley, | Elm tell you what, they did mt
grow here, and we had better look out for
the fellcr's what put 'em here; that $ my
Judgment on it -
Before this, had not dreamed Of danger,
but now the worls-'' A forcboding of COM
ing i'll, Il foreboling of coming i'll kept
ringing in my ears. Well, let 5 examine
tha clothes, anyhow no difference who put
them hcrr, said Lester. Accordingly We
comm, ucal examining the clothing. \ 9th
ing was found, however, eXccl ting an ill.,
d.fn:t. number Of pocket knives and
pulgs of tobacco, for some time At last
| | cam" tt II corner of the room, where,
under large bunch Of tha clothing, there
lay three buShol bag. What under the
sun can this confirm ~ slid t, Lester, at
til, sImc time cndelvoring to set it upon
end but with all my cXcrtions, | was un-
able 70 move it. lest came t. me- and
with our untad strength, We made out t.
set it on rnl. What CAS- it contain?
said Lester "Youll soon see, y answered
and reaching my hand i'll the bag, | took
out a handful OF GOLD AND SILVER =
"l.ook herr, Jim, said |, holding out ;
handful Of the precious stuff. What,
said he, ''you don't mean to say that tha
bag full Of sich sort of stuff do you -
'les, that it is, said |. Well, by the
jiminicS, move We git out Of this as soor
as We kim
. At this juncture, we were Interrupted il
our conversation, by the sound of grut
voice at the entrance OF the room in wllicI
we were. | turned to see what it was, ant
my eyes mt those of II stalworth man.
His face wore the look of demon, rather
than that Of man. quailed, as | look
!. ed iuto his savage, uuhinching eyes. Ant
he shouted, Come on boys, I've found th'
= diyils. We il make 'cm pay for disturbin:
! our works - In another moment, tou
more Of his party entered the room. Re
, sistnncc would have been vain, for wha
. could three men, unarmed, do with five
all armed to the teeth. "What's you
name ?" demanded the foremost one O
them, who | took to be the Captain Of tn,
band, civilian Lester, sir, and now t
be fair, what your name y "Men uset
to call me Daniel Abrams, but if you eve
was II sailor, as think from your mper
!, tenance you was once, | guess you've hear
enough about me, without my name"
, noticed that Lester shuddercd as he hear,
the name of the rufian with whom he ha'
to deal, but he answered, apparently with
out any emotion, "Why, what have you,
o western gentleman, to do with sailors :!
He darned clever feller, but | CUES
n he Il have to go it, like all the fellers have
what fell into our hands," said the rui
!, fan, by way of reply, And then came tn
5 order, "bring EN- along, boys We wer
/. driven out of the cave, where horses wer
y in waiting for us, We mounted the horse
| and started, our course was due vest
!, Just as the sun was going down, We enter
a ed thick woods, and travelling a littl
farther, we came to the mouth of cave
V Here Il be your stopping place" said tn
: leader. We dismountcd, and entered tn
n cave, guarded by our captors. Manacle