, 1870-10-30

Harry Wiggin he didn't wapt no piccer
Slain IN It, he said but To idy and IIokum
q o. said that when that when thero wis sash |
e, a,Eg1n 70 bs done, thss didn't care il they
Wal, Nigein ho saii he hadn't no tbjec-
tion to havin tie niger do Tbs dissin,, it was |
sharin, 4e PROFITS 10 objected tc.
wal, fA7s Hokum, Jon can't get A.m |
a'th1ns. On, says he. 'pfimEs kuo ~ too much.
'steed that sies WAS to give Prinus twenty |
d. tlars, and share the treasure 'm2as them |
rclvcs.
'.,cono TO talk With p,isnus ho woa1dn'. |
ar5 Itch III y sas nnless thesa pay him ato:e-
moved about Gidges, aud there Want IONS
on 'sm That was particular good pay aal 10
tLcy al fist he'd to ra1o aud scraoe. and psy
tin down tho twenty dollars am3ns 'ena
ad they greed for tie fust fall moon, at II
oti1ek M II night Tic 9Th CT October.
"Wal, go sec had 10 tell HcpsY I
vts goIn.. cat so wa.rl,, Wal, 50 I was
Int Eos list in the WAY she .ook it; bn.,
Inrly ms-sT, fel!cr has 10 tell his vito Eut.-
j.. to Keep Eer quiet, re know, specially
aWal. VEL, Of ali The moonlight nights that
eyer d'a ecc. re.cr dill eea one cqu1i to that.
Why. you could see the color o everything.
l mt mocr could see how tho hucklebetrT-
'uss e on tho rosk vas red is blood wten tho
moonlight shore through 'em; cause the
9"s.es, yoas had begin to turn.
"Gsin OF our ~asy Ec got to talkia' about
thr s1c.itg.
"'1 sin't afraid Of en-, PAYS Hotuu. swha.
harm can spcsi: 10 me:' s.r= he Il don't
ere II there's dozen Ct 'cm': sna he took
4 twig at Lis Ectt!c.
40, there sin't no speritr,' .sys Harry
wscgin- That arc talks ali no.seasc'; aud
he took svig ns his hottie.
"'W WAL says Today, II d,nt know
bout that sre. II: ana Ike s,nasrs
has seen tho sre7its in tbs Captain
D.own house. We thonght we'd lit h.ve
Ieek into the window une Eicnt. and there
ssaa Whole flock O black colts without no
heads On coEe 1u:lin' on US aud knockei us
i!at.'
- expect you'd beea al the tahvera,' s,id
"'W.l. yes. we had; bat them was snc.:t.:
we Want oEunk, nov; We WAS iiss q. SOBER As
"'Wal. they wont get away nv raorcv,'
tnys Ftinrs. for rut il asfn snay in Din,h's
ts,rot store como out: and then he sho~cd
all hia ivc1ea from car to car Il think all
this erss eort o foolishne.s.' said Prim1s.
W.l says l, Mat goia' to h.vo no
part OF lot Il this 'ero matter. but III jiet lay
| It OF TO ron how it's to be done Ef 'Eidds
money IL under this rock. tl.ess's J4Ti!s thst
watch il: sid You mustn't givc cm no a1ran-
saEe. There nustn't 10 word spoken from
tie Il le ye get sight tho treasure til, ye get
u safe up olto firm ground says I. 'Ef 70
d., itll vanish right ont q sight. Two talk
ed With them thar has dug down to it snd
| seen II. hut thoy allers lost It, cause they'd
call out and say something; AMI ths minute
| they spoke, away it Tcnt.
oval. 10 they marked of the ground, and
t'ritnus 10 begun to dig, and tho rest kind O.
s"t round: 1t wks so still. it Was % kind o.
solemn. You geo it Was past II O'Clock, and
ese11 cnttur in Oldtown was asleep. md thore
Eas two uhipporsiIls on the great Csp'n
Drown elu,treea, thAt KEEP q AnsHerin' clcl
otLer ba.k aud f0rtA sort o eolita!J like; aud
then every once in = wlnlo shcsod coma sort
? strange whisper up among tho elm-trea
and every time Pr;mus struck Lis spade into
tho ground !. pou.1ed sort q ho'lnT, ji.t Al il
hc'a l*en digein' grave. ITS kind o NAL
s'cl.cly, SAYS I, to think o: them poor cii.-
turf s',at had 10 be killea ard buried jist to
II le ltouglt 10 light i, the jHdsmont-
day! Them poor eritturs they lived
10 live ard h..cd to tl,e 81 rucls as al: on us:
INIT M. they hrd to die ist 10 sItfsfs that crit
tnr's wicked will I've hssrd thena as thought
they c,'uii tell :he capta'n ilsii PLACES bv
they hear gFvans and Wailu's.'"
Why. SYM! were there really rcor1o who
ccu'd tell wLe1o Kids money was:" hs.c
itcrso-ed.
Bascorn, ho was one. Shelna could alsays
ten Whist was un5cr tho earth. IleM cut
lszel stick and hold it in his hand when folks
vas wa1,tiu' to Know where TO dig wells, and
that arc stick would 5'st turn in his laad,
aud I'ici down till it wonld fairly grinn the
lark OF !: aud e Yon eug in that pl.ee son
told t,sny where Tho Kidd money was, and
iren with EN- when they dug for 1t bnt the
pcrter Oh twae thoy aller4 lost it, 'causa thay
would rnne Oh EN- speak afore they t!lnught."
:. hut: Sam. what about this dig1ing7
Mt MI
at Sam appeared to lose bis w.v in hi. stcry,
| wal. ye sec. tley dug down about i've
ttet, when priu,us hA struck Al. spade huack
on something that chiuked like iron.
e." Wal, then 1iukum and Teddy Whitney was
into the hole in minute !; they made rSimus
wanted 10 be sure 10 come ou 1t themselves.
Wal, they begslr, and they dug and he
scrsEed, atd hnre enough they como to gret
irNn pot AZ big as your grauny's dinner-pot,
With an iron hale to it.
''wal, they put down a rope, and he put
the rope through the handle then Hokuu,
and Teddy they clambe1ed on tho bank, and
al On 'etn began to draw up iist as still and
silent AZ ccuid be. They dlawcd aud they
sitsea III. III froai sy rSea ss E.. Eeay Il spsss
ont al in q tremble. There SAYS ho,
..ee're got H!' And the mint he rpoke they
nap both struck by suthin' that knocked 'em
clean over and The tope givo crack like a
listol.s!.et, and broke short on; and tbs PCT
| eon,' j'nk, jiuk. jink sndit went way down
lnEo iLe ea1th, aid The ground closel over it;
ard then they he.rd tle screechipcst laugh
ye ever did hlar."
"Iwant to know, Sam. did you SEQ thai
rots" exclaimed at this part Of the sto.
Val, no, I didn't Ye see list hap
wae digein' l VIZ 10 klsd O tirei, aad
didn't wake nr I'LL II was ali over.
-! Was wak.d up, cause there was con,
at Teddy for tpeakin'. that he was n fistin
TN him and Old rrimua he jist hawbawel snt
l'nGncd. Wal, l got my uohey safe, any
how saEs he.
erin for spill milk you've ji;t got to inru il
".Wai.' says l'riraus, I didn't en-
gage to iii up tue hcles'; and he put til.
srsde on his thonlaer and trudged on.
t. Wal. II vas putty hard work, film in th~
hole: Int Nohu1a and Toddy and Wiggiu has
to do it, 'csnte The: Cid ut want ohave every
BODY 4 iarE.,r' at 'em and kind o tried t.
se' It home 10 'eEl, s!,cwia' on 'ea. that I WI
all for the tc.t.
= Ii .on q teen left to get tLat sr
money. the,ed come CUES win IT, s.ya
II &EoN 3 tic vanity . haEtin' to be rick
40 you sllet up,' esys Hokum, says ho
you never h.sted to anything says lie. 70
ice he WIS Yie.s, !i.at'a Why he s2;,ks so
Sam, raid xe. af,er uatu1ely reticctiu
over the story. :. What do you suppose wa= i
the rot :"
rslin' Questions. Why, how should kro~ !:
HARRIET REEcHEn SloxE,
, | i-u,s- tic King. Look to the Pcopl
of Saturn.