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

with mythlngl D-n EN-! They shall lay no heavy
hand On a slave of mine"
At smart bound the young men started forward in
the direction of the cries. They took the cover of the
wood by Instinct and got up season Elias Carr was
pummeing the negro in right good earnest with his
fists. Wit jerk, Edgar Holeombe tore the fellow
from his gasp, and confronted his assailan with fiery
risage.
by wht right, sir, do you strike my slave2"
"He wainsolent, sir"
''How isolent9"
''Refusd to answeri"
"He Gus me- Mass Edgar, call me robber, and tef,
ana say al sort oo tng-and he ak me bout you and
wha you @, and wunt tell em bout massa business,
and das reason wha' mex em choke me- and beat
me, and body up my noseln
He lies / asked him no such question:"
"Wel, ELL US what you did ask him, SIR"
"Thatsmy business"
''Yopi find it such business Mr. Carr "a will oct
you int, hot water Tou shaII DC ------o-
the awstor this battery of my servant. you wish
customer try his master-now If you please! 1t Will
test your manhood better than the beating OF negro
'f'm not afraid of you, Edgar Holconbe, or any man
Of our inches"
I'm gladto hear such good account of your courage,
sir from such good authority; and once for all beg
to ell you that willing to recognize any messenger
vol nay think proper to send me"
Ald speaking thus, he turned away, leaving Elias
Cairn state of furious excitement the more difficult
to edurc as it was necessarily suppressed
Meanwhile old Carr hurried up TO the spo he and
his Sdes son having gone off to look at the excavation
of tie previous night He addressed young Holcombe
andwas quite apologize.
villas was wrong to strike the niger, Mr.. Hocombe
yer, wrong He should have complained to his master
Butthe fact is, Mr.. Edgar, that Jupe vas very mpu-
den with bis tongue, very"
lie is not apt to be so, Mr.. Carr" answered the
yong man quietly and turning away. He was followed
bT sroughton, who had stood silently by all the whle
hyt with the look of person ready for blows should
A If them.
ss1hat Young scamp" exclaimed Edgar to his friend
"HcT onged to get at h2. ,..
Setter as it Isl" answered Broughton, "he who
toueeth pitch is apt to be defed" and they returned
Jap following closely with the dogs 10 Fhe scene oi
On, biml" puttered Elias Carr, "I will take it oSt
Batter let him alone, 'Lias" said young Roger
scEdra, HoIcombe has the blood of lion, and the
strengh Of an elephant He's too much for you
Fila answered him only with groWland grin, "hhe
the thee made their way to the spot consecrs.eu :"
their lat nights tolls and the which had driven
them If
''Thv have not discovered the hole" said the o1a
man. 1T is untouched"
Suddenly, Elias as II seized by novel ana unp'e''
SAINT suggestion, exclaimed
az zee il all now 1t was these id fellows tnat SCI
up their howlngs last night Fools anq 1S
were that we could not understand Ill They nave oee
hrntiny or fshng-sent back the boat, ana stePt
al nig5t on the island They US at work. ana SET
nm their bowings from that hicket. always sad the
Enise came from the wood Oh! what blasted iooIs
and towards we have been!" -.
"WelI suppose you're right; but how we're we 10
know. and certainly they the strangest noises!
CAV, and Roger had been filling our ears with hs ;
atund nonsense about the devill am not afraid oi
the devil. don't believe in the devil"
"And who does by day9ghtt Ii t3k E11 1eros n the hole
-'trr sjrrY IIio'c 'Ae|~ Va '
What's to be done?" 80
we can't strike another stroke while Holcomne $
here, that's certain. BY Jovc, dad, we worked wei
last night. What hole 1t Isl we coulo o"'J N'' DC
in it." ,...,
"Yesl" ouoth Elias, looking in, "and it was 30 much
work in vain We have missed the spot that's certai
m the earth here has never been broken before This
is all tough, natural clay felt it SO when was oS
pinp We have blundered somehow.
@Yet how? We had all the measurements
! "Not exactly"
| "Why there are the three pines"
ayes, there thirty-three."
uut these three are in line, and there the cumE
| of cedars-"
eyes but hardly crooked cedar among them and
then we took hlock for the place where we ought te
have looked for a palmetto, and we did not find tha
great branch of the centre pue pointing TO tue angie
made by the te' You and Roger were in such hurry
to get the diggngs that you took up your own no
ton in place OF the direction"
Nobody was more eager than you, Ehas ba
where are the spades and grubbing hoes! and where's
the roper Hocombe has carried them on"
"What for wonder?"
"Can they have been looking for the place? DIX
they hear us from that wood?"
II am afraid they did, for you read out the pape
pretty loud, father"
''I had to do SO, when yon were at one END OF IN
farthest pine, and Las at the cedars. They haE
certainly carried off both rope and shoVes hope the
havn't been more lucky than We"
''Let US 60 and see" said Elins boldly. The rop
and spades are ours; and wen have EN-, though W
"softy. softly, my son; the islands Holcombes an
we had no right to be digging it up"
ats uninhabited, said Elias.
oRut propertv for all that; and we've got no right
here except what the owner chooses to give US. ID
Lars Ne hunt and fish here and that's all Wen go an
ace what they're about, and get back our property
hnt mind me now, no quarreling. We have yet
search for the treasure you know and must do nothn
, to get ourselves warned OIL
And SO the three strolled off in the direction whle
had been taken by our two young friends. very sol
,, aud hitter were their moods as they went tor~ar
Elias growing ever and anon, at his orother, an
ROGER reouiting him with some provoking sneer; all
WHICH the old man found it somewhat difficult to kee
down. ,re
Their feelings of bitterness in no ways mohe
when, rounding point OF the WOOD, they pehelo III
combes party busy with spade and shovel ana engaS
curiousy about spot, which, from the raiseo ear
y about it. they could sec was an excavation
ssLordi if they should have found itl groaneo u
father Elias gnashed his teeth at the thought, viii
young Roger hurried forward.
e When this party reached the spot where that
Young Hocombe was still busy digging the first oGe
which arrested their attention was the skeleton "h
Law stretched out upon the sands. They all at Oh
' remembered that portion of the sailors rawlings
e which they learned the murder OF the BOY VINO mo "
thus sacrificed to impress the supcrstitions OF the
ates and afford some supposed protection to the burr
i. treasure But they did not linger long uPon, u
e spectacle Their avarice was too keenly excited
the progress which Holcombe had made towards t
e possession of the hoard Already did they behold
u sides of kegs and boxes appearing through the ear
Elias Carr could not contain himself when these obje
re made their appearance. He Immediately exclaimed
er peremptory tones,
st "These are our spades, Mr.. Holcombe'
e. 'sYour spadess" said the other, with alaugh. wv
made them yours?"