The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1874-05-08
BLAZING STAR,

first, until seven or eight had bee
seen within as many minutes, b
began to feel a superstitious aw
creep over him, and was ready t.
accept whatever of good that fat
or fortune might thrust upon him
A few moments after the las
meteor disappeared one of tn
butchers crept forward few pac
es, toward large tree that spread
its branches over the little thieket
and suddenly fell fat upon his face
clutching the ground with his fing
ers. Douglass went forward tt
lift him up, saying:
CARE YoU HURT, OLD FELLOW"
"My Godv exclaimed the butch
er, "you have spoiled it all! Why
did you speak? The spell is brok
en-, they are gone"
"Who is gonep'
"You drove them away. W.
can't find it now. Oh, my grac
ious! You ought to be killed"
"What did you see?"
81 saw the three Spaniards sit
ting under that tree; they had nc
heads; but they saw me and beck
oned to me. There was a woman
there, too, dressed in white, and
she had no head either. A big
dog was lying under the tree, as
if he was watching something, and
he was headless also. Why did
you talkT'
The devil take you" SAID
Douglass, losing all patience
"What would three Spaniards, and
q woman in white and a dog, all
without heads, be doing here at
this time of night? I've a great
mind to put q head ON you fol-
bringing me here among the infer
nal mosquitoes.
don't be angry, Mr.. Douglass
you know you are to have your
share of the gold when we find it.
Listen! what's that?'
The rumbling of wheels was
heard, and the gold-seekers
crouched down and held their
breath. The noise ceased, and the
voices of several men were heard
in the road near by. Douglass
was commissioned to see who the
intruders were. He found two
buggies in the road, and four men
with picks and spades in their
hands.
"Good evening, gents" he said
"what brings you out of town al
this time of night?'
"Oh," said one of them, 1--WE
came out squirrel hunting"
"Well, 1 never saw men hunt
squirrels at night, and with
spades"
Every man to his notion. If
we choose to hunt at night, and
with spades, whose BUSINESSES it?"
ayes, every fool has his folly"
said Douglass, and approaching
the buggy, he entered into con-
versation with the strangers, and
took occasion to slyly unscrew
the nut from the front wheel,
which he threw into the bushes.
and babe the squirrel hunters
good night. Returning to his
friends, the Wittenbrocks, he per-
sauded them to give up the search
for that night and return to the
city. The butchers were deeply
chagrined at their misfortune in
not finding the gold, and threw
the blame upon Douglass. They
were satisfied, however, that they
had struck pretty nearly the rig hi
place, and determined to renew
the search in the day time. They
paid visit to young Lucas, upon
whose land the gold is supposed
to be buried, and obtained per.
mission to dig up the ground
around the tree under which the
peddlers, men and woman had
been seen promising to give him
one tenth of all the gold they
might find. Mr.. Lucas, of course
has no faith in the story of the
pirates treasure, but gave his per
mission to the men to dig up the
ground, because they could do NO
great harm.
Two or three men have beer
digging ever since, but as We
have found nothing. They dis
covered three small caves, bu
neither of them contained any
money. One night while digging
around the large tree, the roots
suddenly snapped, and the tire,
fell with a crash, and one of tn,
men narrowly escaped being
crushed by the trunk. Other par
ties are digging in other place, ant
the probability is that the who'll
farm will be perforated with hole
if Mr.. Lucas, does not put q stol
to the work. Mr.. Douglass wa
satisfied with a single night
search, and has made no turtle
attempt to unearth the hiddel
treasure Of the Spanish pirates
The clairVoyant assures the me
of their ultimate success, and the
are still hopeful.