The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1865-08-02

suffer me to sleep"
"But we may rest. seel the appearance still con.
tinues on this side the other. Well, we Shall
see in the morning"
And looking behind them as they went, they could
still discern, for several hundred yards, that faint
orange haze hanging above the same spot only
growing more imperfect to the eye as they receded
from IT, There was no vanishing away, as with spec-
tres usually.
"Well II said Holcombe, as he threw himself down
beneath the tent I'VE have not proved towards, at all
events BY the way, here the dogs quietly crouch
ing When did they leave US.
Both now remembered that the dogs had disappeared
Just before they encountered the spectral object They
had evidently fed from the along the beach, and
! had taken their way back through the woods.
Another curious subject of speculation, which kept
the two wakeful awhile longer they slept at length
and neither awakened till broad sunrise OF the ioIow
| ing morning They then only aroused By the
arrival and entrance of the negroes who had already
returned with the boat from the main.
! Instantly, the young men started from their oeos.
1 They had work enough in hand.
"All well at home boysf" said Hoconioe TO me
negroes"
1 "Jes' as you left dem, massa."
"Good! Nov, Charley, let us to work You re-
member"
Charley Broughton was no less eager than bis COM
panion to explore the mystery of the night.
"Come boysI" cried Holcombe to the negroes. mo
fishing to-day; not for the present at least We Fant
all your muscles on dry land"
! ''Wha for do, Mass Edgar"
"Cone along. Wen show you
White ana Black, and dogs, at once started OFT,
for the spot where the phantom appeared to the TWO
Young men Charles Brous hton had marked the spot
which was little knoll of sand With three SUCKS from
tins Unod laid cross and pile, upon the ground. Aney
we're found as he had left them. Now, there was no
anectre ia be seen. But looking up and around him
Holconbe crieI =
uBv heavens Cnsrley, there are three pines march
;n in line ont of the wood and there stands solitary
palmetto and there on the right = ciump OF ceuals
with two or three of them crooked az the east nc
commodating conscience could require Nhas !" ''iS
should be the very spot where the pirates hid tAe'r
treasurer"
Certainly, the relations of these groups curl
ouslv concdent with the rhyming directions OF the
pirate. Let US see" and he repeated the doggerei
without an effort
"Run round the wood at the west end boys" said
Edgar Holcombe eagerly the negroes land you will
find spades and grubbinghoe and rope. Bring them
all hher, quick"
The negroes posted away, and soon returned bring
ing all the articles and much wondering at the hole
which they discovered The measurement was made,
and the demands of the rhyme were found to be eX-
actly answered.
'There is no doubt Of it now" cried Edgar, tri-
umphanty. This hilloek is exactly the point"
"Od Carr and his sons last night were equally sure"
answered the cautious Broughton.
ooh! they eager that they bundered. They
were too anxious to begin. Besides they worked at
night"
awe are somewhat eager, too Edgar, said Charley.
"But Charley our discovery IS truly providential
$50 we may say, Edgar if we have really made one
| "We that we shall determine in an hour. Here
goes for beginning, throwing of his coat, and seiz.
| ing spade. "To it boys Do as you see me do, and
/ let work merrily.
And in a trice he was shoveng away the sands, his
axgpaale lusiilv followed nv his companion and the
soon grew tough and troublesome one alter the 9'ner
stopped for rest But soon again they resumed .ne
| .I,o--h had do an mn
ing gradually widened, gradually deepened uhtI Edgar
suddenly cried
"Here is souething-ny spade rings against some
thing hard" or -.
Cautiously, then" said Broughton. Come OUT
Jupe let Edgar manage it alone"
ssJupe said Charley run round to the lower back
landing, and look OUT if YOU see anybody coming
"Why do you send2 Whom do you expect"
"Old Carr and his sons"
''You have no fear, Edgar, OF theF presence Ane
island is your father's?" = .--,. ...,oo
Charley rather desire for it. If we arc to be success
full in the search should like to see their blank VisaGes
their awful stare Of disappointment"
''They will be furous!" :,
..Wont they! The selfish, malignant rascals it will
almost drive them mad."
Jupe meanwhile, sped upon his errand, and Edgar
proceeded in his work; very tenderly now throwing
out the loose earth from the surface all around ana In
small quantities. Soon, his spade again struck on
something hard He scooped away heedfnlly; al
length, STOPPING, he grasped bone
There was sensation! twas one of the arm oone'
Of human being.
But it held by the integuments. These were no
6sreyed Broughton sprang into the hole-tne snoEe
10, ;r;roduced and used with care. Edgar rested to
snoll while his companion worked, and they FeheFe'
each other at intervals, until they had laia ua'g w
entire skeleton of peTson about hFe Ieet li8ui
ments Of clothes metallic buttons o5 ~
| C,IIxD iol-a dTlt
away Then followed the exhumation. Inc oHete w.
was brought out entire, with the eXcePuon ~ -
and arm which were detached. Portions OF ule ehii
withered like those of mummy, adhered sun W w
, bones The hair was perfect tne Iee'u,'Ho I%iL
thev examined the skull they found bullethole "hich
entering above the ear had traversed the head throu
the very centre But scarcely had they raised IN
Lo,oton above the ground when it fell to pieces, tn
flesh seeming to crumble like powder
The two friends, while they examined the skeleton
resumed hurredy their speculations OF the Preeeoln
e night. - .,.s, uho oor
tend that these luminous appearances are only to
Il seen above graves. ..
'Yet if the result of mere chemical decomposition
OUGHT thew not to also above the burial places
s. animals? If they do not, it would imply somethln
n more than the escape of mere gases"
j. 1.-The inquiry is worthy to be pressed. 1t IS yer
probable that those who have speculadd the subjec
&c have had their attention drawn to it. But what
n that" -, -
Q Here loud yelling from the quarter in which Jup
had gone arrested the dialogue and turned the curio
r ity Of the parties in another direction Let US lnqu
al into the cause of this new commotion.
At Jupe was in the hands of the enemy-captnred I
al old Carr and his sons just be was emerging from u
al wood They had just landed at the time when ne va
Us sent on his watch, and unexpectedly to the negro
had him by the elbow before be conceived the pos
bity of danger. Elias Carr took him instantly by Il
le throat. M :
n "You black rascal you have been robbing US! Whe
are your clothes? When did you come here! Dio5'
to sleep on the island last nights"
tn sNo rob you tall, Mass Lias Isee coat, da ne "a
It by de big hole know ting bout de hole; ne6o
re- shu ses um) befo no bin sleep Pon de island "a
is night, Mass 'Lias. sleep home Tid me own VII