The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1876-04-16
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From The Los Angeles (oal., IIsraldl
lloufelo Iapla was Spanish Don.
VINO pad arisen 10 considerable t,lu,
ehce III those times, aud, besides belno
Tue proprietor of the Cuoamonys
rnhch, conducted small store some.
where above the Catholic Church. In
what IL now called SOnora. The gold,
en- ounces, as they accumulated IN liz
hands OF the old Don, Were all careful.
" hus6anded. Not that there were
money banks In those days with pom /.
uerous vaults aud defaultlng cashiers !.
on, no but Don Tlburclo deposited hid
golden coin In the bank OF mother
earth, where he knew that his siabt
DRAFT would always DO honored. Ia
was his custom when he wished 10 se-
cure his money In this way 20 take His
son, Ramon, with him, aud hide n
under ground In some selected spot
mus u happened that when Castro
was securing the State with his mau.
rauding band, aud threatening an,attack
upon Los Angeles, Don Ti6urcio was
overcome with solicitude CONCERNING
ms wealth in money and goods, and
taking his son withwhin one dark
night, he went up the banks az the
Arroyo Seco, aud There tho two dun a
mole IN the sand, and within II they
concealed the treasure. They were
TWO wooden boxes, iron bound, and
filled with Spanish doubloons, each
piece Weighing at once and valued Ut
Sl0-SobO0O IN his two iron bound
boxes, which he placed IN the sand
and covered carefully over. And Don
Ilburcio marked the spot, so that he
might come back again in time OF
safety and reclaim his deposit. Near
by he planted little cross in such A
way that II would be concealed from a
strangers view, but be easily reoogniz
able 10y his son or himself One arm
OF the cross pointed to the buried treas.
ure' Then the two led their horses
several times across the spot to obliter-
ate the marks OF their work, and de-
parted. Don Tlburcio next busted
himself In securing the goods OIL
his store. These he carefully
packed In boxes preparatory toRsend-
Ing them away, but first he resorted 10
4 stratagem worthy Of the shrewd old
Spanish stock. He SAID TO his son
Roman, Will place quantity OF
cad In the bottom Of these boxes, and :
when they are filed with goods, 30 !
you ana call In some of the neigh6or- !
ng rancheros TO assist us In loading .
hem upon the carts. They will per. ]
'eive the great weigh Of the boxes, and q
VIII say that Don Tiburcio, has sent a
way all OF his money by OK teams.n
So the goods were despatched TO Don
Itburcio's Cucanongo ranch under I
'harge of his sou Ramon, aud the in l
labitants Of the town whispered IL I
bout that the Don had sent away $
III OF his gold. Now, while the steady v
,oing on teams are slowly toiling up d
he valley Of San Jose, bearing their n
reigbtage OF goods to Il place OF securi- !,
y, Don Tiburco rests himself at home, =
n the full belief that he has outwitted b
he rascal Castro and his band. But n
las, what an uncertain thing Is hu. u
nan life ! Ramon has been gone y
hardly three days with the teams p
Ghen Don Tiburcio Is stricken with d
analysis and laid at the door of death. p
IN messenger is dispatched In haste 81
orithe absent SOB. As soon as the dis n
ance can be overcome 10y the ileetest Il
orse, Ramon returns, but only d.
a time to witness the dying IL
reath OF his father. There were
Nv to mourn the death of Don Thur
10, and when comparative safety is
gain assured to the town, Ramon re-
airs to the bank of the Arroyo Seco
, unearth his fathers gold. The cross
there with Its arm pointing to the
idden treasure. but when the sand IL
lrned up there are no iron.bound ~
oxes. The gold has been takenlaway. al
When Ramon dug up the cross he
,und beneath II three ounces which n,
ad dropped unnoticed into the hole
n that eventful night but this was
! he recovered. Then the truth flash
upon the son. His father had re- {
owed the boxes to secrete more mon HI
! In them or to take some out for his ~
10. AS Ii was never his custom to Sc "
etc his treasures the second time in ~
lie place, he had buried them else
here. But where The secret had III
ed on Don Tiburcios lips. The in. mi
bitants of the town searched up and ~
wn and stream, ploughing many u
ROW In its banks In hopes to discov-
the secreted fortune. But their eff.
Is were bootless, and to this day
3 iron-bound money boxes of Don Nc
Dnrcio, with $50, 900 In Spanish doub- 10,
ms, lie securely hidden somewhere Al
the banks of the Arroyo Seco. foi
l "a.