The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1870-10-07
PART I-FREAsURE TRovE.
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rur rrrnrra or rus rREAsunE.

CHAPTER 1.
rHE FINDING or THE TREAsURE.
On a fresh summer morning, before breakfast hoar
st the cOuutry hoIss where he vlsitins a young
man put out in a small ros-hnat on To the bosom of
New York Bay inst ripping and dimpiDg at the
r5sy touch Of dsvn.
Oliver Grey artist by profession; fias look
lug ps-son-twsnty-ave, 2erhaps-~ith dark restless
eyes a broad forehead, and DIRK. sEArthv skin At
this present moment his mood was Of farce dis
oontsnt Being artist he was poor-beirs & poar |
he ooaId not have what hs wanted What be desired /
most On earth the heart aud band Of Camilla
Oatherzood. sister of his TREND George CStherWood
At whose tathsr's hoass h4 staying. having been
invited h spsnd portion Of tbs summer at The /
PopIar-" to take his and sketch the bsaut' al
seeoery Of the bay He had accepted This Hospitality
even while he felt bumiliAte.by itnot 81 much TO
eseapa his garrett As bask 10 tbs dangerous io5 Of
OamiIIa's pre5-ucs This morning he esDo Quito |
sketch hut he only dreamed Of her, nntil half wild
at the thoughts OF his own poverty.
IIrged by this diseonts mood he fell 10 rowing
vixor9us for reei som fading h elase IN to the
high shores Of csTtziu isiaad, aud asAr familiar
syot TO which George and himself frequently came-
In the face of tho rocky bluH there WAS ooean
cave very small cave, which the fishermen Hoo
other cOra mon p 3opls dubbed hole IL may have
been larger once; but at this time it filed, nearly
t. lh8 nOutns WITH neep sen aahA- ~ hifsh
was covered entirely By the But at low tide
msl boat could push its WAY in and ~ It afforded
cool shelter from the Summer sun, ths two friends
often cast anchor there for ho1r while they
ale th,ir luncheon. skstohed the opposite hills
The tide thsu at its eXtrensst ebS, lefs the farther
end Of the sand cavern quite bare and day u vas
the irst time thst the visitor ever found it 50 He
wss thi king of running his boat aground and getting
cot slth1ugh there seemed TO be nothing more in
tsre-ti,g than clan shells s.rsWn shout Whsn sudden
y something spSrksd in tho level sunrays Bis eyes
we're drawn to tho siimmsring point What WAstf
He looked a ain m ea-nsstls ItSss the sud Of
bra,s5ound wooden chest, protTudpg from the sand
The slitterine Of brass nail bad drawn his as.eni on
to the object.
The color rushed into OIivsr Grey's moody face.
He thought Of Captain Kid, Of shipwrecked mer
ch Intmsn and the Arabian Nights, all in flash OF
his vivid imagination.
Then he iaa azhed at him4slf. pushing his nutshell
OF skin close to this bursi chest. and eaPng bEhty
ont
aAt Iesst will see what it is The dirty garments
/ OF some poor sailors kit. suppose"
With his he went TO WORK to dig sway the ssnd
Il har work. and the Per-pira'ion soon stood on
bis forehead hut he hal brought to light enough Ct
the aaant foragu-Iookng box to shos that it WAS TO
common ssil1r'- eh
Il was Of strips of some costly oriental woods IN
dark and hight very solid and heavy, banded together
50 As to be amost covered with its hrassfastenings
In hall tOur ne hAd uuonNerru tuc NnoA' AAH-
box TO be sbout -four feet long. By tso wide
and tEo deep
Al first h despair - of opening the chest without
farther implements; TOR uaru vood wHs wen pre-
served and the elsDs soarcsly rate u h4d evident
u been buried dry s,ni-uot sxposed TO the action
Of water eve, moisture. tn srea' extent With
the blade Of stout knife which the artist ca-riot
with him for Of various kinds his ltfls eVped
tians he succeeded. fter few minutes, in pushing
back the sipe old ft.hicned lock which sDrsns out
Of its place with click. Then. for momen' Oliver
hssitated
Asso,n IS he CO I'D command himself he cautiously
but e,re- Y raised ths lid.
| What did he finds
Aecrp..- -hieh looked as if it might have been
placed there erd.y perfect its preservation
l-jammei d0En into this imprumptu cO5u, 50 much
too ort for it. Il that OF nobs and hendsome
mac, not many years older than mset whose jet
black fell 10 long rim ssts s7out the velvet
collar and rzisd shirt front. The dress was that Of
IsO0 or before wh-u rien gentle yet indulgei IN
velvet and thr ad lace. IN the forehead was deep
wound Of hstehst and there we're blood stsias
over the garment Who eo7ld the murdered stranger
be!
gszsd with lips art and elnesntrafed looks Of in
teres and dresd-a change ereps over the inmate of
the ehess Tn grsyish hus dsrpensd over The face;
the fsstu-es sunk fell: the yellow lace IT tles, the
silken vssimsnts faded of eo'or-o7t Of shape
bad beea hur dresm Of he feverish fsney; snd -
hrs hand whicn g-aspe- the edge o. the box shonk
with surprise the slFht impu'-e, aiding the
aetion Of .he atmosphere completed the run Ine
corpse and its clothing dropped to the bottom of the
chest h-tls more thsn a handfnl Of dry duft!
. Oliver Grey g7zsd blinSIy st the blanknsss
A .kgIr-r kaa.'faH Of b@s>s--orls rsA>sl
Never IN his life had anything oecurred which gave
him 50 strange and drsadtu sensation as whsn ne
saw thst vivid figure nodsr into uoth'nsns-s before
him He felt almost guty to think that he had rais
ed the d and thus destroyed this semhlAnes oi ths
, man whs hsd BEEN. lie wished that hrs ir7end
George had been to have seen what he saw
and tn corroborsta By furhsr testimony Tho strange
story be shonld live tell He almost expected INA.
the tale would be ridiculsd Ot his auy ardent
l dreams Yet hero Wss the chest They could not
rainsay that And there the bones aud tho din
outlines of the figure. the skull with its CHASTITY irae
| turs. telling Is mute s'stOry Of crime-and---
I What tnatg
soaasthInS gIowed and T:i'tnnsred like coal at The
q, bottom Of the chest
Again the poor artists pulse drummed in bis ears
: while every atom of blood in his body sssned ru-hi"s
, to and fro in the widest confusion
g After little hesitation he reached down with hi
broad bIadsd pzIetts-knifc. and gngery and dAint
", with thrills Of reluctance running thToush Ms e1
h gerness ished up the burning coal and blow from
= the ashes, the ashes OF the dead
= The coal large ruby. u WAS without setting
S hut had besn cnt and polished by is~eIer. twas
as red a. sre and as lueid sunshine Oliver rub
s bed With his handkerchief {. opened his almost emp
~ purse and dropped the jewel in for safe keeping
If Then oIamined the chest frher There were more
o gss gimmsrin and quivsring like live things amid
2 that human dust
n Was no, long until the young ma forgot To be
too particular The palette knife no loager sEii
. and certain enough With his trembling fingers a
pushed away the poor boaes ndiug plenty OF treas
ID uro nov aud there right undor Uhsro the heart mus
X have been. smsIl gold locket. With somethins Q
a awe and reverence overcoming the greed which ha
u, taken posse ssiOn Of him. he oP ened the case
uoman's Likeness. young and sweet, smiled ont OF
> on hi W. as brightly n il had cot laid in thai dAr
pnson house Tor Fifty Tears came into Oliver
y sharp eyes met the laughing glance OF the sol
" bue eyes shining beneath the rpples OF yellow bah
But those tears soon dried in tho esuaon Of his
ss possessions
When cert ain that the ebest bad yielded tie last
its Jewels he emptied them into bis handkerchief an
tried to ompute their value The horror Of his nm
impressions gave way 10 triumph
a The treasure was his own BY right Of discover!
u There was no clue to the of the long Psrshe
owner He Wo uld keep the gems, and be would 81
Ia nothing even TO George, Of his adventure.
g, Thinking thus, he sgain looked at tho miniature
d. and this time observed name. formed by setting
brilIiants around tho inside Of the case, in Serma
al teIt-ErHELDA-
g. ,saact that the poor cousin OF Camilla dependo
rs on hsr uncle Caihsrwod, bore the name unusual
lu it was. -.
tn Burying the strange coffin again IN the shiit'
d. sand he rowsd back to the little laRcing AZ 'ne 70
of f tho lawn in front Of the PoDars his heart barni'
,,h iptause pleasure at pected good fortu
u | A group of three awaited him As he sprang o.
~ upou tho beach friend George with his sister a.
:. cousin.
,Iv a, .,rer glance at Miss Cztherwood the at
81 darted look Of surprise at the young girl m Nn
I A., al IN b