The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1882-02-04

therefore, TO secure to himself something NOR,
than the mere glory of the affair The nova
BILE things, such as the coin, the medals anC
the jar, the manuscripts, and the ring from
the finger of the skeleton, he had taken from
the dungeon and they were now In his posses
sion He had replaced the stones in the holt
he had made and had piled sand against them
He had also thrown sand into the hole of tn,
wall in the dark chamber, so as to give it al
much as possible It's appearance when | dis
covered it. In the sand, he took occasion t
mention, he had placed two dynamite cartrldg
es, with which he had provided himself II
case the inner wall should prove too hard fol
his chlsels.
The outrageous impostor," exclaimed Mis-
Mallette.
~ on don't believe he buried any dynanit,
in the sand?" | said.
Not a bit OF it," she answered promptly.
Monsieur Simon then proceeded To say thai
he had gone with his valuuhles To Tallahassee
from which place he should Immediately pro
coed TO a spot he knew of where he Could re
main entirely unobserved for any length Of
time, and where he would have ample oppor
tunlty to classify and describe the coins, and
to decipher the manuscripts.
"Decipher the manuscriptsw exclaimed
in contempt. ANY one who knows old Span
ish could read them"
"Old Spanishw laughed Miss Malette. 81
believe you really think there are such manu-
scripts"
II forgot" | sand. al was only thinking
what n humbug he Is"
His story has had an etlect upon your i'm
aglnation" she said; but let us 90 on"
The rest was purely practical Monsieur
Simon said that if ! would send 500 to his
address in Tallahassee friend would receive
il for him ana take it to him IN his secure re
treat. He then would send me thirty of the
CONS and two of the manuscripts, IN order
that | might assure myself of the truth OF his
statements After this We could make further
arrangements with regard To our mutual ad
vantage
The cearest case OF attempted swlndling,'
said.
II don't believe he dug into the hole at all,
said Miss Malete. II suppose he found some
comfortable place ard slept all night"
II shall 90 and see if he really made any
excavations" said,
Don't you do it' Miss Mallette exclaimed
putting her hand on my arm.
You'll get yourself blown up with that dy
Mantle"
| had been for some time sitting on bench
in the courtyard OF the fort on the next day
after the receipt OF Monsieur Simons letter
when Miss Malette walked into the yard
II thought should find you here she said
You haven't been poking around in that hole
in the wall, have you?"
NO: | promised you would not do that
81 know you promised, but | was afraid tn,
attraction would be too strong. an glad you
are so good. Don't you want to 90 out on thu
water battery? | haven't had any real sea
breeze today"
/ hesitated a moment. "lf you don't mind,
SAID, Il prefer going up on the barbette
have made a discovery, and | want to tell you
about it,"
Another discovery" she said, with laugh
You are one Of the greatest discoveries of thu
age. Is it another mummy IN armor?"
/ said nothing to this, and we walked VI
the stone incline that led to the upper portions
of the fort Miss Mallette did not show tn,
same interest in the matter that she had done
before. She stopped when we reached thu
wide stone surface of the lower barbette.
at you really have made any discoveries,
she said, you ought 10 tell the PEOPLE at TIT
barracks. They would be able to investigate
the matter properly"
Il don't want anybody to investigate my
discoveries but myself" sand.
"Then why do you tell ?" She asked
80, you are different | hoped you woulc
take some interest IN the matter"
well" she said, with little air of submis
sive endurance, and seating herself on The
broken edge OF one of the ramparts.
| stood before her, and began: 81 hav'
made discovery which to me Is very I'm
portant."
The countenance of Miss Mallette looked
little disturbed, and then she said; 81 dom
think you ought to tell me your importan
discoveries. You know | can't help you tn
least bit. Do you know 1t is nearly luncl
time 2" she added, taking out her watch.
"You can help me-" l said, firmly, land
must tell you"
You discovered it here? - she asked
quickly.
Yes" said lin this FORT
Her face turned hard and a little pale
There are some things people think they dis
cover, when there is really nothing to discov
err" she SAID. at was the same with that 9th
er thing. | must really go now" And sh
sippeG down from the rampant.
Miss Malette," said, quickly, you reall
ought not to go until tell you what | hav
to say. | have discovered that love you
At these words she looked up at me and an
other change passed over her features If
could read what was passing IN her mind, /
seemed to be a delightful feeling OF rellei
Her tace turned rosy, her eyes sparkled, an(
then she looked down and said nothing.
could not understand her.
Did you think that this was the discover.
had made ?' | SAID, directly.
NO" she answered, looking up for mo
mcnt. II thought-and | didn't like ita bit
that you had discovered that | loved you."-
Harper's Hagazine.
Girl Post-Boys,
In his book, THE Land of the Nidnigh
Sun" Mr. Paul B. Du ChailIu gives man,
nnynl Not tho least Intprestin,