The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1861-04-03

seat allu0eQ 10 In the MS, and | now
seemed to grasp the full secret Of. the
riddle. s.g
The good glass i knew could have
references TO nothing bat telescope; for
the word glass is rarely employed in aay
other sense by seanen. Now here. lat
once saw, wasa telescope to be used, and
q definite point ofview, admitting no
variation, from which to uss it. Nor did
i hesitate to beliere that the phrases,
forty one degrees and thirteen minates,'
and north east by north. were intended
as directions for leveling Of the glass
Greatly excited by these discoveries, /
hurried home. procured . telescope, and
returned to the rock. saes sass
b I let myself down to the ledge, and
found that it was impossible to retain a
seat upon il except in one particular po.
sition. This fact confirmed my precon-
+ceived idea. I?roceeded to uss the glass
Of course, tho fsrty. one degrees and thir-
teen minutes could almds to ne,hing bnt
elevation above the visible horizon, since
the horizontal direction was clearly indi-
Gated by the words, northeast by north.
This latter direction at once established
by means of pocket yeompass; then
pointing the glass rearIy at an aegle of
forty.one degrees of elevation as could
do it by guess. moved cautiously up or
down, until my attention was arrested BY
"a circular rift or opening, intbc foliage Of
"a large tree shat osertoppedaits fellows in
the distance In the centre of this rift
I perceived q white spot, but could not at
first distinguish what it was Adjusting
the focns Of the telescope. again looked.
and now made it outsto be q human
skulL 90 os fah aSifa8is7s1 a7qsl,-
Upon this discovery was so snnguine
as to consider the enigma solved; for the
phrase main branch. seventh limb, east
side,' could refer 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 q search for buried treasure. L I per,
lceived that the design was to drop a bull
Ilet from the leftaeye Of the skull, and tha,
/ a bee line, or in other words, ta'straight
line, drawn from the nearest point of the
trunk through The shot, Cor the spo,
where the bullet fell, and thence extend
to a distance of fifty feet, would indicate
a definite point-and benealhthis point
thought it at least possible that deposi'
of value lay concealed
'All this, I said, lis exceedingly clear
and although ingenious, stll simple an6
explicit. When you left !, the Bishop,
| Hotel, what, thep2 -. - = s.sss''
why, having carefully taken the bear
ings of the tree. I turaed homewards
The instant that i left .the Devils. seat,
the circular rift vanished. mol. could ge
glimpse of il afterwards, turn as
would What seems to me the chief in
gennisy in this whole business is the fac
(for repeated experiment has convinceG
me that it is fast that the circulal
opening in question is visible from al
other attainables point Of view than tha
afforded BY the narrow ledge npon th'
face Of the rock. ss;,aSs -.
tiatIn this expedition. to the Bishop
Hoteb'I had been attended by Jupiter
who had no doubt observed for som'
weeks past the abstraction Of nv demsan
or, and took especial care not to leave M,
Ealene. But on the next day. getting ui
very early, ]. consriyed to, givs him th'
I slip, and went irte ihs hills in search Q
the tree. After much, toll found it
4 When, I came, home at night my vale
proposed to give me nogging Witl
the rest of the adventure ! believe 70:
are ss we'll acquainted as myself. -
4 III supposs,' said l, you missed the spo
in the frst attempt at digging. through
/ Jnpiser's stupidity in letting tbs bug fal
through the right, instead Of the left ey
j of the skull t.-sse - = -
i Precisely. This mistake made . dif
a ference Of, abont two inches and half il
the shot, that is to say, in the positio
} of the peg nearest the tree; and bad th
!, treasure been beneath the shot the erro
would have been Of but little moment
, lint .rhe shot, together with the neares
|, lpoint Of tree, were merely two points 70
the establishments of line OF direction
t of course, the error, however trivial in th
beginning. Increased as, we proceeds
4 With the line, and, by the time We Aha
D gone City feet, threw as quite OF the scent
! But for my deep seated inpr essions tha
treasure WAS actually here, buried. v
Il might have had all oar labor in vain.'
D sBus your grandloquesee, and you
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