The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1879-12-25
To be continued
GOLDEN CHRISTMAS
OR,
The Seven SIeepers of Cheat Street.
BY OLIVER OPTIC.
BY OLIVER OPTIC.
CHAPTER I.

Biney as his paternal parent stated the particulars
And leays your mother here alone ~ replied Mr..
soon as get the mining company in operaton' and
have house I ready fs m an end @f & IT fnG wegG gGbr
ing one hundred and sixty, as wise as Solomon
Solomon PncR If You p Please and take your
mother d to Cai9rnia , she VIII be under your sole
well reckon I'm equal to the job said the boy,
Unfortunately Mr.. Robert Binkley did not go to
California and therefore the details Of his plan need
of gold had made money there; but he want
mining company to dig gold by machinery; lie
9y 9y as soon as he Obtained good tile himself
Ba and eaa H had an sold o
he had the eastern coast of North America inclu
ceipts were seven thousand dollars, which he had
turned into gold, for that was the only currency of
Mr.. BinIley had been bothered once by the suspen-
sion of bank house, and he decided to carry his
Own gold and make sure thing Of his operatiG;ns los;
Of white paper If it indorsed by Uncle Sam
himself for Uncle Sam just then getting into hot
Of the towns adjoining the city of Boston. Squire
iectmen, oyerseer Of the poor. highway surveyor
& owned the Il land on both
taGhed to M the cottage which ne was n n3W enRhd to
and her to occupy the house until they went
to their new home on the Pacific %, a.,, NJ. p,,,-
ley at 10 O'Clock in the evening Of the same day. as
Putting ring into the nose Of the Goddess Of Lib
replied. old ODStrepOr-
Gus down South, and needs looking after.'
What do you mean husband?" -,
up ten-dolar gold-pleee iIfi lose any Of them
to ma nG% g me@ Of %4n he If fR9H9 ad a@
IAN right my son ;get your mothers steel bodkn."
ygst make little ring at the end of the nose of the
B"t it viii i take ali night husband suggested Mrs
mo. ihave been at work on them at odd shines for
two days and they are nearly all marked | am going
|
wife went to bed to be up betmes in the porn
Paul was sleepy, and he soon retired, leaving Mr..
fd Hf 70 % II 9 L5 Iuu ery 1 few Minutes he io5S
mans house. As the clock struck eleven he saw the
hand the heavy bag of Ialf-eagies which weighed
WDt fof o his o"sg squire had
just returned from an evenng meeIng OF ne Dohrd 9l
of an old fogy adminisratlon, whose principal duty
why 8 SQUIRE sooman happened to be one of the select
men; he was ysFy SONS nj of Whom T We're blessed
with Old restament names He did not believe s In
saert m e,aehers or other public servants He was
Close and even mean; some people believed that be
would make dollar M 1 or # ey q c9ud g5 sd
omGroTMRg III @ Ke M o fRdne 6e StsfTi s
attended TO his own business as wen as the towns.
For over thirty he had run milk-cart to the
Squire solomon; y3p have an iron safe in your
yes, have; a man sleeps better when his papers
and things in iron safe especially when they
belong to the town other people," replied the
SQUIRE 1bo,-o so-o, tto,s,,,5 dor,ors all in
gold" 1--..,.,
Paper money is no use where am going"
That's so; But you're keeress to have so much
Cant help it; but I'm going down to Salem to-mor-
to man about taking some shares in the com
I'm % gone: added Sr. BinEIsy; Rqdlg up the bag,
head as as he @ led the Si old mare towards barn Il
don't like to have so much money IN the house"
will be all right in Safe-'
u don't know t hut it VIM but if aRRyHody Rd knew it
kpGw.' ,.r,,.s1no,o .,,o MONEY. o,.oont D,,.
wife and Paul and told them not to say aword about
Sech thinks get out somehow. don't like to take
it. Mr. Bnkey to & tel the & truth right right ont out m don't don't
Tasea Mae R fha ES wants m to get that Gu" D
= tell You nobody y knows anything about it,
Il didn't tell them that going bring it
well, don't knows 1 want to take it; it's rather
you won't do it, Squire Solomon of course
Yon Sy aT siIS NOBODY Knows ANYTHING about it?,
"Nobodyl know it's in Your house, not even my
wei, III do anything can in reason for neigh
Dor; but don't want to have so much money round.'
but 9S l. was gG1g ping SS pwSy y thought it
Il guess I'll take it, though don't like to- said the
@ at aS % & Ana eH gG 1T the b aoTse rS s r.
the squire sitting % room II was an antiGgated affair."
either or burglars. But Mr. Bnkley felt that his
tTa@ Gnfy Mhs i wanT is Wife The next morning he
ate his breakfast 6 o'clock and took the train
for the city. He did not mention to his wife his
son that he had deposited his treasure in the Squircs
iron safe. Boston he took the train for Salem. At
Tynn lust as the starting, he observed the
man at the station whom he wished to Rushing
ont. he attcrnuted to the track A locomotive
struck him, and he was instantly killed
There wcepin" and wailing at the cottage on
Cheat street when the mangled remains of Robert
Biukley were conveyed 20 his home There was a fu-
neral, and and dcsOlation filled the heart of the
wife and her
4 week after the funeral. the widow began to think
that she sill lived in this world The money found
uuon the of her husband was sufficient to pay
his funeral expenses, and to meet the bills of the
stricken for a fortnight. Then ii all gone
But Mr.. Binkley had seven Thousand dollars in gold
The widow knew IL in the house, and she did not
worry about the future Another week passed before
she had the courage to look for the gold.
She could not find il.
She looked where her husband told her he had con-
ceacd it, but ii was not there She examined every
nook and corner in the cottage from the cellar to the
garrett Paul raised all the Oor- in the attic,
and a whole week devoted to the search.
My husband had seven thousand dollars in gold,'
said Mrs. Binkey to Squire solomon, TO whom she de-
cided to apply for advice and assistance.
"ShO! You don't say sO!' exclaimed the Squire
what did he do with it -
Il don't know where it is. He told me where he
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