Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1870-10-06
PART I-TRBAsURs TkovE.
CHATTER I.
THE FtspIEG or TIE rRFAsuRns

CHATTER l.
THE FIsDIEd OF TIE rRFAsuRns
ou fresh summer morning before breakfast hour
nj tho coarffs house where he was visiting young
man put out Ia small row boat to the boso Of
Eew York Bay inst then ripping ard diupling ss the
rory touch OF dawn
Oliver Grey was an artist by profession; tue look
Ing person twenty -fse, perhaps with dark restiess
syes. broad fsrohe ad, and dssk. swartbv skin At
this present momsnt bis mood one Of hsrce dis
oontsut. Beng su artist Se was poor beir < poor
he cou,d not have what he wanted What he desired
most earth the heart aud hand Of Csrniiis
Oather.0cd, sister OF his friend George Catherwood
at wtose fthst's house 40 staying. having bcen
in yited t. ,psnd portion OF tho at '"Tbe
Pcplars 20 take his aud sketch ths beautiful
SCENERY ot Toe tag. He had accepted this hospitality
even while lie felt bu Initiated hy it-not so much 10
escape his gar et 10 bask in ts dangerous ioy Of
Oamitia's presence rhts morn ne ont TO
ak ketch. bat he only dreamed ot her. uutii half wild
mt the thoughts Of his vover'y.
Uogod by this discontentssi mood be fell to rowing
vixorausi 70. relief finding hi ciose in t. the
high shores Of esr.ain isla al. aud nsar famiisr
spot u which George and himself frequently came
In the face of the rocky bluff thera
cave. very small cave, which the iishornen and
other CON non ,opls d1bssi a holo. II may have
been larger once Int at this time il fll~d nearly
"a the mon,ii, with deep sand In high water it
WAS c,vered entirely by the But st low tide
smsl boat could push 1T. sod - it afforded
cool shelter from the SIMMER suu. the two frisuds
often cast anchor there for bou- while they
.,e h - luncheon. or sk ,tched the opposite hills
The tide then. IT its -xtreus-t ebb, left the farther
eud Of the sand cavern quits bare aud day. IL vas
The nrst time tn the v'st,r ever fond IL Tie
thi ns of runus his boat aeround md getting
sut. -lth,ush there seemed 90 be nothiu. in
tere-i thar elem shells about when suddep.
= II. 4 L.
drawn to the gimm s-ug p1in. What w-si
Hs looked az ain nest ttwss tue d of
rs-s-1ouad wooden chest p'otrudirg from the sand
The stts-iog of bras si hat drawn his attent on
to the object.
The c-Ior rusbad into Olive Crews moody face
He h,usht of Cspts'r Kid. of shpwrecked per
,u,ru.r snd 'fs Ar ian Nights AL fash OF
bis viEij imsrlps,iou
Thou he a,shad al h'-us@if. - sbing h's nutshell
of s,i co.e 70 his buri, chest and lesci-s lightly
out
"Nlasst ~fil see whssiti is The dirt- sMmsnts
o. some poor ssiicr's Nit I suppossr
With his c@r no " nt 90 o d,s the sand.
II WIS bar' and the precipitation stood
has forehead ut ha -a7 bought TO hgHt enough If
the q1s'o. foregp-iookns h0x t. show tSst !,
comm sslrra- ch
II Of strips # some cos'ls orie7ts'-woods 10
dark sad light very solii aud heavy banoad together
b. a r,cst covered III its h-as-fs lt.niugs
In half -our he nss uncovered the whole I'D. The
box presed TO oe about for feet long, by tso vide.
and so deep.
At 6-st n d.spsised Of opening tb. chest wishoDt
fortber implements; for he bard wood well pre-
served and the clasps scarcsiv rsteI IL bad eviden
" hea7 buried dry exposed The sctior
OF water ~ 7isturo. to extent With
the bsde Of stout knife which The rrtist carried
with him for pse of vsrous kinds - little espedi
tipn-. ne succeeded after few minu-es, in pushing
back the simple. olt fashioned lock which scrans
81 It's place wi,hs click Then. Tor moment. Oliver
hesitstsd
As ne coptd c-rn.iand himself he cacto ously
but eager raised ths lid
What did he 6ndy
A ocryss-vhich looked "a If it might have be ea
placed there veserssy perfect prssrrv
-iamne1 down into this nnpronptu coeip, much
too ssor' for L. II .ha. OF nob, and handsome
ran, not older shan b mss'f. whose Jet
black hsir fell Town iu hong rim klsts sbout the velvet
Iso. before, when rcn gentle yet induiged in
! velvet and tbr 'ad lace In the forehead deep
wound. as of batclst. and there blood staias
the garment VII, corId the Murdered stranger
bey
gszed, with lips ,art and 'a.ed looks of in
torres. aud dresd-a change crspt the inmate of
| the chest Ths grsyi-h hue dsepened The face;
the features sunk. fell the yellow lace files the
slken vesimeDts faded cut of color ont of shape
metet aws5. TIE Hnesmeuts dissolved as if they
had heea hat = dream of h's feverish fsney; and ne
his hand which graspci the edge OF the hex, shook
with surprise. tho slight mpu'se. aiding the
sction of the atmosphere completed the ruin The
corpse and it's clothing dropped To the bottom Of the
chest. i.tls m re than handfn of dry dust.
Oliver Grey gated f'lsntiy at the blankness-
| a sksu-a handfpa Of b-ses-soB.s a..esf
Never in his life hsd soything occurred which gave
him strange and dreadful sensation rs when ne
hat yiyid
him He felt almost guilty to think that he had rais
cd tbe lid, and thus destroyed this semb'ancs ri the
man xho had henn lie row wished that his friend
George had horn wit N m 10 tess sen what he saw
aud 10 coroborste by further testimony he strange
story he shonid live to tell He almost expected that
the tale would ridicaed of his many ardent
I dreams. Yet here the chest They could not
gsinsay that And thers were the bones and the dim
outlines of the figure tao SKULL with it, CHASTITY frac
turo. teln:s ts mute story Of cFime-snd--
What was that. :. .s--
sorneth,nr goved aoa ginir;ered Ire coal at the
bottom OF tbe chest
Again the poor artists pulse dfummed in his cars,
while every atom of blood 10 has sly ssemsd rushirs
| to aud fro in the widest confusion. --s.-..
| After little hesitation he reached down with his
broad blsded palette knife. and ngerly and dsioti
y with thrills OF re,uctaDce running thsoa gh his
gerues., fsfed Up the burning coal and blew from it
| the ashes the ashes of the dead
| The coal large rubS. II without setting.
| but had been cut and polished by Is@slsr- twas
red as FIRE. and as lucid sunshine Oliver rab-
bed 1t sith his handkerchief. opened his almost emp
" purse. and dropped the jewel in for safe keeping
Then he examined .he chest farther Fhsro utore
sams ginm.rng sad qniverisE like live things amid
that humsn dust.
| IL WAS not Ioug uata the yonng msu forgot to be
too particular The pal cite knife logger swift
and certs,r enough. With his trembling fingers he
pushed the pocr bones Fl nfing plenty OF treas
- k..-&
have been. n email gold loctet With something Of
awe and reverence Overcoming the greed which bad
taken posse ssion of him. he op eDed The case.
A woman 5 keuess. yonng and sweet. smiled ont up
on hi M brightly as If it had not laid that dark
prlsou hcuss for fifty years Tears into divers
sharp he met the laughing glance of the sot
shining beneath the ripples Of yellow bsr
But those tears dried in the exuaton Of his
possessions.
When cert ain that the chest had yielded the last
its jewels be euptied them into his hsr dkerchief and
tried 10 compute their value The horror of his rst
Impressions gave way 10 triumph
The treasure his by right OF discovery.
There clue to the of tho long persisted
! owner be would keen the gems; snd be would say
nothing. even to George, OF his adventure.
Thinking TINS, he again looked at the ministure
and this tune observed a formed by setting OF
brIliants around the ipside Of the case in German
text-ETHELDA-
An old.fashioned English name. Oliver did not
reflect that the poor cousin of Camilla dependent
on hsr uncle. Cstherwod. bore the unnsual as
ID was y
Buyips the strange coffin again in the shifting
sand he rowed back ths little landing st the foot
Of the lawn front Of the PopIars his heart burning
with intense pleasure st his pectsd good foru
A group of three awaited him he spranx out
upon the beach-hs friend George with his sister and
cousia- f..sF sE iEEt fazi A4t a
After an eager glance Miss Catherwood the artist
! n "a VIYl n