The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1878-10-25
"'Hang him! hang him !p was

CRED out, ana great excitement
prevailed.
"The purpose of my arrest was
accomplished. The culprit con
confessed his guilt and was quickly
transported to Australia to serve
at hard labor for twenty years.
"Days and weeks rolled on A
childless widow-a christian lady,
mourning for one whom she loved
dearer than life-mourning for one
"a Christian husband sleeping
beneath the sod Mohamed trod.
The old ship was hauled and
knocked to pieces, her race was
run, and as people passed to and
fro they would remark that is the
old ship the little sailor boy was
beaten almost to death on by the
mate, to make him tell where Capt.
Forrest had hidden his money.
Vague were the speculations and
theories as to Its whereabouts.
Prospectors and adventurers be-
lieved as much in the existence of
such Bonanza as do some of the
people in this country about the
buried treasures of the pirate
Latitte.
One day as l was sitting near
the old ship looking at her with
feeling of pity, her torn up condi-
ton, and thinking of the many
happy romps | had on her when
Capt. Forrest was alive, and
muSing as to the probable finding
out and disposition OF the hidden
treasure, some one brushed by me
lady in deep mourning--she in
advertently turned her head
around. | recognized in her my
friend Mrs. Forrest who had just
returned to Nj. to settle up her hus-
bands business affairs. | greeted
her ; she did not know me, for she
was yet ignorant Of the fact that |
was alive, but pointing to the old
ship | asked her if she knew the
little boy that used to play on that
old ship so much. She drew me
close to her and cried as though
her heart would break. After tears
Of JOY and sorrow had commingled
with each other, and rolled on to |
stamp their impress on the tablets
of memory, we turned to talking
about the circumstances attending |
the captains death and burial and |
of my own misfortune.
I" Mrs Forrest said |, did You
get your money!
"'What money, jimmie 7"
Why the money Capt. Forrest |
made off his cargo in Constantine
pie.
"'No, Jimmie, | did not! l have
heard nothing as to what went
with the proceeds of the sale of his
cargo. set it down that what he
did receive was gobbled up or else
secured in such away that | will
never see anything of it,
You mistake, Mrs. Forrest,
told sou about the mates beating
me nearly to death, to make me tell
him where the captain had hidden
his money. | never told You at the
time that | was ignorant of the
place it was concealed, for | am
not; | once knew where it was, and {
it strikes me that it ST. Il rests where j
the captain placed it. | see no {
signs of the cabin being disturb {
ed by the workmen in that particu- !
lar place.
"Went to the old ship where she {
lay on the beach. The sun had {
now hurled himself beneath sea
Of crimson and twilight had come
to place the seal of eternity on an
other departing day. All was 81
lence and repose as we ascended
The every day trodden way of play {
children and prospectors to the
cabin of the old ship. We went in. .
"Oh! my dear husband ex, i
claimed Mrs. Forrest, and she sank
lOwn in a swoon.' !
81 ran and got cold water and
applied to her head; she recovered. I
slipped a little plank aside. | D
Knew exactly where the receiver 7
vas, and sure enough there were u
ne doubloons, resting where Capt.
Forrest had placed them. Mrs.
Forrest was from that day consid-
red well of. She awarded me Ii
highly for my faithfulness to her g
interests. "
CHAPTER 4. q
"Ten years passed away, during =
hat time Il applied mine heart TO u
now and to search, and to seek out IL
wisdom aud the reason of things, U
md to know the wickedness of fol-
V, even of fooishness and mad
less.' had traversed the seas and
,ceans of the globe, with no espe- &c
ia object in view. That spirit II
which declared its independence at Ii
he outset of my career, still main Il
aimed its soveignty; it was the d d
ever power of my pilgrimage; it h
arried me through scenes and
rials calculated to dcface the moral
aculties of the soul. | still wore =,
he medal placed on my neck by !;
ather ten years before, and his =
,arting words together with with y
he paternal counsel aud precepts ID
to me by Capt. Forrest
rere still enshrined in my heart.
yirtuous precepts and examples Il
nculcated into our composition IN n
arly life seldom, if ever, disap- b