Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1879-09-18

i'e& 'As~h>fia - S&--f--3 - l. ee7stf~
both as far as L could. Witt
what eagerness did I watch t,
seeytfe first opening made by
1.-THE water! Bit I was sool
Igratificdg by Observing that i
flowed III a steady stream in til,
direction in which i pushed tn,
Ipick ntlisllovel. - sT'sE.szsss : a
Ina few minutes / discovered
a faint glimmcring an The dis
tanee, which might be an open
| ing or the effect of an excited
limagination. I i scarcely knew
whieh. Z But the doubt soon re.
Isolxed sitselfn9into a certainty
and an opening some five inch
les in diaIncterIsp speedily disclos.
cd itself. 40
Larger and larger the open.
ing grew; lump after lump of
earth was washed away blythe
stream, till the channel became
large enough to place my head
in and call Justify for assistance,
Just aslsIGwas ldtawing my
head back Z caught sight of a
buckskin bag Hastily seizing
If. I found it was the one we
were in search of and which,
but for-the accident, / never
would have found ishing. to
surprise my companions, I con-
cealed it, and rcdoubled my
cries. nina. few minutes. they
came running elp.fiee hill, and
soon liberated me, from my enn-
pleasant position. $ szs sesfSA
"Well, Ned - said Jack as
he shook my hand, xI am glad
10 sseyyou' re safe, old fellow; /;
thesmore so as. Bill and i have
been deceivipg you /. a little.
You kpowsWe hare Identifying
all the summer to get yon into
a tunneling operation, and you
have only laughed at us. "1i''" = =
eyes," | said. xa0
"Welsi you lgotthat let
ter we made up our minds that
we woulil gol into the job with
You; not in thc hope Of finding
any bag, but because we knew
you would work twice as hard
with. such an induccment,f in
tending, meanwhile, to wash the
excayated dirt. This we have
done, and, my boy; we have not
made less than $500 any day
since we began.
"Then you think. the bag a
humbng do, you2" | asked. + A
"Of course,'' said he. a
-a1Well, I don't, and intend
going on IA looking forlit," said /.
~''Now, what is the use of be-
ing foolishpV quotho Y Biz Jen-
nings.T 'We haveIgot7as much
dirt as we can wash fer some
time, and it pays. l can't see
the use of continuing such a
wild goose chase as the hunt for
that bag"
"Be it as it may" said I, 81 in
tend to follow it up"
"Well, Ned, we may as well
tell you first as last. | wrote
that letter in order to get you
to go into tunneling."
"And the fblazed tree" said
I; show about that? The 'blazc'
is certainly two years old" " "~leaias
Jack hesitated.
"Why, You see," said he,
eve found that tree, and wrote
the letter to suit it." ea aasoeiN
''Then what do you think Of
this?" / asked, showing him the
bag l had found in the cave.
Jack was nonplussed. On
the bag we found about
three thousand dollars worth
ofIsoid: Jack would never con-
fess, but always insisted that
the variance between the state
ment in the letter and the a.
in the, bag was proof e.
nough but there waslno connec-
ton between the two. | don't
think so, however, and | be-
Iiepe that Jacks assertion of
having written. the letter was
untrue. We could never ascer-
tain any thing about Mr.. For
est, SO we divided the money a.
nonrr No f+-