Osage Valley banner. (Tuscumbia, Miller County, Mo.) 1879-1881, 1881-08-18
AUNT sADRlNa.s TREASURE,

AUNT SADRlNA'S TREASURE.
There was great disappointment
among the heirs-at.law when Aunt Sa-
brna died suddenly, for she had been
roputod rich, but IN the light Of legal
Investigation her possessions had dwin
j~ylled downto q few thousands and tho
house aud grounds inherited from her
! father.
Why she was reputed rich II was dif
ficult 10 say. for she had lived simply,
and had held herself aloot from society,
Her father, Colonel Henderson, had
been n staunch patriot in time OF the
Revolution, but his brother Boyd was q
Tory, and betook himself To England
when the first hostile gun was fired,
where he was atterward knighled.
Strange to say, Sabrina, who was at
that timc Young and beautiful, sympa
.s-thized with her uncle, though some
said this was not so much from loyalty
to King George as from loyalty TO one
OF his officers.
Very certain It Is that she was once
arrested for giving aid and comfort to
Z the enemy by means Of secret informa-
ton, and was only released out Of re-
spect TO her father, who promised to
deliver her up with his own hauds II
she.eyer sinned in like manner again.
N In process OF time the war came to
q m end, and so did Colonel Henderson
4 and his contemporaries. The British
oficernever appeared TO claim his bride,
3 and Aunt sabrina grew old in single
blessedness.
i And now she, too, was dead, and an
a other head.St0nc of Tsfase vSgns TO be
added 60 the row IN the family lot
As | said, there was disappointment
. among the heirs, chief of whom was Sa-
brina's favOrite nephew Anson, to whom
fell tho house and most OF the money.
lie shared the general impression con-
corning Aunt Sabrina's wealth. dc
knev that she had dreeeived letters from
theTory uncle, Sir Boyd, while he lived,
and believed he had bcqueathed her
something at his death.
He moreover believed that the title
tVfiis Inheritance, ifnot the inheritance
u itself, was contained in q certain cabinet
which Aunt SaDrina had always guarded
with jealous care.
1t WAS not known that any morlH eye
beside her own had ever looked inside
il, and he had once seen her defend II
- with absolute Herceuess from the in-
spection OF her father, the Colonel.
The key was found tied round her
neck with q black cord after her death
and was Immediately captured; but the
cabinet was nowhere 20 be found, al
thongh the house was ransacked from
topto bottom.
Then, ater much the usual .eXpe'
srienees OF life. Anson died and was
gathered TO his fathers and his annts.
He left widow anda son--a second
Aneon7-Nho was at the same time the
pride aIisl the torment OF his mother
NE; htif pride, because he was alright
strong, handsome boyi her torment
because hc was as headstrong and un
= manageable q little sprite as ever lived
What he wunted to do, he did, what i
did net suit him 10 do, he left undone
Unfortunately, the story OF Aunt 81
brina's lost cabinet had taken strpne
} nod of hls Imagination, winch is no
greatly TO be wondered at ,asince hi
had heard IL repeated nom ms ear
liesv infancy with such additions anl
emendations as time aud tradition ar
s.eYg Tho probabihty that y contained
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