The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1881-02-19
sI have it: read the first letter of each


line: Find my money IN the caves. ;"
"Sure enough" said Charles, but
there are no caves on this island that
know of, and | have searched it pretty
thoroughly"
"There must be, for / know Uncle
Eben had lots of money, and no one
knew what he did with it. His son
only had about 100000, and he was
said to be worth five times that amount. !"
"Well, perhaps there is something
more in hepaper," said Charles. "Let's
try the last letter of each line, and see if
there anything in that. So they again
took the paper and read: CAT same
time your husband.
Then they stopped and had hearty
laugh over the matter. The island GER
tainly had been the means of their mar
riage, and if it was true in this respect,
it might be in the other.
The rain ceased to fall toward night,
and Charles was so impatient to hunt for
the cave that in spite of the high winds
he assembled the bluff and began to search
for some signs of the cave He found
nothing there, however, and returned to
the house to get warm and to think the
matter over little After half an hour
he started out again. This time he
started for the base of the bluff. Arriv-
ing there he began systematic search,
pulling away the bushes and removing
such flat stones as seemed to cover any
thing that looked like an opening. He
finally came to a large stone, weighing
perhaps half q ton, which seemed to
move as he jumped upon it. Looking
carefully about it, he found it was nicely
balanced on another rock below, and he
thought it would not be much work to
roll it off, if he had lever Remember
ing a large stick he had seen on the shore
a short distance from where he was, he
started for it. As he jumped from the
rock he saw an iron bar lying on the
ground, partly covered by the bushes
that grew In such profusion about
there. 81 guess I'm on the right track
now, " thought Charles, as he pickedit up.
AS he expected, the stone moved very
easily, and with little effort he sent it
down from its position into the water,
a few feet below, leaving an opening of
about three feet by two. THIS was the
cave, sure enough, and into the opening
went Charles. 1t was a large room,
partially natural and partially cut by
man. The foul air warned Charles not
to go in further, and he at once sought
the open air and returned to the house
to tell Nellie what he had found.
Both were very much excited over the
matter, and it was as much as Charles
could do to dissuade Nellie from going
back with him to explore the cave-a
thing he proposed to do before he slept.
Taking a couple of lanterns and as
much dry wood as he could carry, he re-
turned to the cave and went in. He
found the air much improved and so did
not build his fire. Aftera careful search
he discovered a place in the side of the
cave which looked as if it might be
door. Getting his bar he soon had
large stone removed from the wall and
this disclosed another large room. A
pair of steps led down somewhere, but
Charles could not see the bottom. The
place was damp and the steps badly
rotted. so he did not attempt the descent.
Tying a line to his lantern, he proceeded
to lower it down into the darkness.
About two yards down it suddenly went
out. He drew it up, relighted 1t and
tried again, with the same result.
"Well, there's bad air enough there, !"
said he to himself as he drew it up again.
He then proceeded to make a large fire
in the cave, and when well agoing, he
took a large burning log and threw it
into the inner cave IT burned a mo-
ment and then went out, but long enough
for him to see the size and depth of the
room. It seemed about twenty feet
long, fifteen wide, and about eight feet
deep from the door, Another log was
thrown in, which burned a little longer,
i lo1,4 n fill hof L.
good fire ana the air of the cave purified.
He then went back to the house and
got a ladder, and with this descended
into the bottom of the cave. Here he
found three large iron boxes. They
were not locked, and opening the boxes
he found what the letter said, the money.
Closing the boxes, he went back to the
house and told Nellie what he had found.
Nothing more was done that night, but
the next morning both Charles and Mel
lie went to the cave and examined their
treasures. Besides the money there
were lots of papers, yellow with age, but
still in very fair state of preservation.
Among other things was large book
tightly sealed and a letter tied to it di-
rected to "The discoverer of these box
es." Opening the letter Charles read
as follows.
These boxes were placed in this cave in the
year 1921, by me, and for this reason: / mar
ried my wife in January, 1921, and supposed
she loved me, but soon found out my mistake.
| 1t my money she was after; and when
left her and came over to this island, where
found this cave. [ remained here a week,
thinking hard thoughts all the time. l went
back home and tried to live with her. AS long
as furnished plenty of money we got along
nicely, but if | refused a cent we had quarrel
In May of the same year | came to this island
and went to work upon this cave. l did all the
work with my own hands, and when completed
| moved most of my money here and left it.
did not enter the cave again TIL the year my
sisters child was born, whom | named Nellie.
1t was at this time this letter was written. The
sealed book must go to my neice if she can be
found. In 1t she VIII find daily record of nv
life, and take warning from It If she WILL and
not make earth perfect he'll for her husband
If she sells the island all the money must go
with it. but this book is for her and her oniv
l have hoped that the letter 1 left with the
deed Of the island might prove true and that
the money may all go to her and her family
Time will tell. Hoping whoever finds this may
them much Joy. EBENEZER BUDGET.
The boxes contained nearly $500, 900
! IN gold and silver, which Mr.. Wilson
carried to the house
The book was, as the letter stated. a
complete history of the life of the old
miser as he was called, though the many
references made to sums given AWAY for