The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1865-11-30

my mothers s and sister return, or will
anything aelsea5 In short, I felt sex
tremely comfortable, both PHYSICAL,
and psychologically. .is ~. lg f.g. l3s.s
r. Here it isr said the. figure, stop
ping under the Spanish oak.qohs is4f
Here what is?' I asked, very 1atu
rally. iae7ha 81 q SIT .sIoissiisitss
s9aaThe body and the money! oaneey.' ss9oa, 8,
i ssAh! whose body, andwhat money!
Iaa.Sis Your great uncle's money, and ths
Itbody of the robber that stole it, sa
p sThen + remembered how, nearly ter
years before, my great uncle, living on
this place, had been robbed one nightoi
large. sum of money in coin, byitwt
burglars, and how he had shot one out
Of the window as they fed, and had
hurficdly flung on his clothes and rush
ed out with the cook, who was the only
domestic that proved herself man in
this emergency, to make sure of the ras-
cal, and how he had found nothing but
spots Of blood on his fingers, after feel
ing in the grass for the money-bag the
villain might have dropt, but didn't;
and how he never found anything fur
ther of cash or escracksman.' ''-' ID 81
81 remembered, this at the moment,
say; but the improbability, not to say
impossibility, of the figures assertion,
did not appear to strike me in the least.
[ merely looked at the dark shadow of
the tree. trunk .yacantly,5 and asked,
How did you find it out2' sd9 a. a3s
"'By the flame and by the rod!' it
answered, and held forth slight twig
in its, left hand, its right still claspiinnge ing
mine. oar; ,lsros yao.a8 rn dtso III
"'Ah. Isee! the divining-rod!h said
I.fBut the fame--I see no fame r {
n'I Close your eyes and you will see
| StllCl the HSIfc. "a r..- go
-a5 It occurred to me, vaguely, that
thiswas strange wayto see anything,
but calmly shut my eyes, 30 iiH9gHo9
immediately singular phenomenon
took place. I distinctly saw. through
my closed lids, a bright, white fame
shooting up out of the sod at the foot
of the oak, in the form Of thin, spiral
column. as'ss y. a
a,'fD EDO you see? asked the figure. eas
Il seen murmured L. til sGt nsag
| = Then; it continued, take the spade
| and Dig zatioJ ba 91Ele ti1adig
! ,.sIa @''I opened my, eyes and saw a spade
| held held towards me by the figure With
opt'a word, / seized it and began to dig!
Ayeg todig rapidly, with both armsi!- u
and without the slightest pain, o952,l2 I, =
S"One foot, two feet, three feet! then a
skull! then bones-arm-b bones, Is thigh
bones, ribs!--then mould again. Four
feet--then aclink! "a dull rattle! and
spadeful after spadeful of coin..41brriieght, Il Fight
golden coin! y - ir-- - - -. - =.
| "'Now, in with the earth again!'
cried the figure, STOPPING and finging
back the grim skeleton, bone by bone
into the hole. ~ sA'''ai' -. g..s '.4 {
! Il worked desperately, the water
streaming from my face and down my
bosom. The hole was filed! I sank
exhausted to the ground! 80 80 .
.sasQuick! quickr exclaimed the figure,
gathering up the treasure. Take your
right, and let us be gonep 800 3. Z.
ut filed my bosom with coin, and
once more, seizing my hand, led me
swiftly back to the house, and into this
| chamber. To my surprise the lamp
was now burning brightly as before and
the sweet, pungent odor but family per-
u
ceptible.a8e lssisil5
@ *. Lose no time whispered the figure
/ hasten to your plate closet; lock up
your coin there, in the safe, you know
--do you hear?-in the safer and it let
+ go my hand. sses3e a eaat
II did as it bid me. I hurried to the
! closet, opened the safe with the key
| that I took from that hook yon see
there, whereit was then kept, till I car
ried it to my chamber at bedtime, and
locked the coin within. - 20
i ssThis done, j hastened back here, but
4 the figure was nowhere to be seen. Af
ter d moments confused and dreary
wonder as to what had become of it, ]
lay down on the sofa again, feeling ter
ribly Frustrated, and fell into a troubled
4 fslumber, saei43 ~ 81. sg,s.,.
My mother and sister returned
shortly afterwards, and woke me,
'"How very imprudent, Wharton,
SAID my good mother, sto go to sleep
] here in the dark, with the windows
/ wide openF and she rang the bell. ssa