Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1879-11-14

ing through my veins, and count the
pulses throbbing at my temples.
+" StartV' cried Tom, and we moved
of, he TO tho right | TO the left, each
with our eyes fixed ihtently on the base
of the orap.
had moved perhaps twenty FEET,
when In a moment Il burst upon ric,
Through the growing darkness there
shone a small ruddy glowing point, the
light from which waned and Increased
Hickerod and oscillated, each change
producing 4 more weird elect than the
last. The old Cahre superstition cario
into NY mind. and felt a cold shuddet
pass over me. IN my excitement l
stepped a .pace Backward, when in
stantlS thc light went out, leaving utter
derkhess in its place; but when | adj
vanced again there was the ruddy glare
glowing from the base of the cliff.
"Toml Tomp' 1 cried.
cay, ayr 1 heard him exclaim, as
he hurried over toward me.
=" There 1t is-there, up against the
Tom was at my elbow.
see nothing" said he.
"Why, there, there, man, In front of
you'll"
| stopped to the right as spoke,
when the light instantly vanished from
my eyes.
But from Toms calculations of de-
light IL was clear that from my former
position it was visible to him also.
Jack" he cried, as he turned and
wrung my hand" Jack, you and can
never complain of our luck again.
Now heap up q few stones where we
are standing. That's right. Now we
must fix my sign-post firmly in at the
top. Therel 1t would take q strong
wind TO blow that down, and we only
need IL 10 hold out till morning. o.,
Jack, my boy, to think that only yes
teTday we were talking of becoming
clerks, and you saying that no man
knew what was awaiting him, too! By
Jove, Jack, it would make a good
storyr
BY this time we had firmly fixed the
perpendicular stick in between two
large stones; and Tom bent down and
peered along the horizontal one. For
fully quarter of an hour he was alter
nately raising aud depressing it, until
at last, with a sigh of satisfaction, he
fixed the prop into the angle, and stood
up.
"Look along, Jack" he said. "You
have as straight an eye to take a sight
as any man know Of
| looked along. There, beyond the
further sight, was the ruddy scintilla-
ting speck, apparently at the end of the
stick itself, so accurately had it been
adjusted.
"ARd now, my boy" said Tom,
" let's have some supper, and sleep.
There's nothing more to be done TO-
night; but we'll need all our wits and
strength tomorrow. Get some sticks,
and kindle fire here, and then we'll
be able to keep an eye on our signal
post, and see that nothing happens to it
during the night"
Well, sir, we kinded a fire, and had
supper, with the Sasassa demons eye
rolling and glowing in front of us the
whole night through. Not always in
the same place, though; for after sup
per, when glanced along the sights to
have another look at it, it was nowhere
to be seen. The information did not,
however, seem to disturb Tom in any
way. He merely remarked:
It's the moon, not the thing that
has shifted;' and coiling himself up,
went to sleep.
BY early dawn we were both up, and
gazing along our pointer at the cliff;
but we could make out nothing save the
one, dead, mOnotonous, slaty surface,
rougher perhaps at the part we were
examining than elsewhere, but other
wise nothing remarkable.
Now for your idea, Jack" said
Tom Donahue, unwinding a long, thin
cord from round his waist. " You fast
en- it, and guide me while l take the
other end"
So saying, he walked off at the base
of the cliff, holding one end of the cord,
while l drew the other taut, and wound
it around the middle of the horizontal
stick, passing it through the sight at
the end. By this means could direct
Tom to the right or left, until we had
our string stretching from the point of
attachment. through the sight, and on
the rock, which it struck about eight
feet from the ground. Tom drew a
chalk circle of about three feet dame
ter around the spot, and then called to
me to come and join him.
"We've managed this business to-
gether, jack" he said, "and We'll find
what we are to find, together"
The circle he had drawn embraced a
part of the rock smoother than the rest,
save that about the centre there were
few rough protuberances or knobs.
One of these Tom pointed to with cry
of delight. 1t was rOughish, brown
ish mass about the size of a mans
closed fist, and looking like a bit of
dirty glass let into the wall of the cliff.
"That's it," he cried" that's itr'
"That's whatP'
"Why, man, a diamond, and such a
one as there isn't monarch in Europe
but would envy Tom Donahue the pos
session of. Up with your crowbar, and
We'll soon exercise the demon of Sa-
sassa Valley"
l was so astounded that for moment
1 stood speechless with surprise, gazing
at the treasure which had so unexpect-
edly fallen into our hands.
"Here, hand me the crowbar," said
Tom. Now, by using the little round
knob which projects from the cliff here
as a fulcrum, we may be able to lever
it off. Yes, there it goes. 1 never
thought it could have come so easily.
Now, Jack, the sooner we get back to
our hut, and then down to Cape Town,
the better"
We wrapped up our treasure, and
made our WaV across the hills toward
home. On the way Tom told me how,
while law student in the Middle Tenn
pie, he had come upon a dusty PAM