The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1884-11-14
Ia HUNGARIAN's STORY.
FILLED WITH cLlTTeRlNc TREASURE.
The Cavern 10 the carpathian Mountains
Which Was Discovered BY friend
o3 Charles Biros-A Second
Monte Christie.
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Charles Bros is Hungarian, lately EN-.
ployed cleaning the offices at Lords Court,
No. q William street. He is red-bearded,
brtght-eyed, poorly.clad and middle.aged.
One day last week Bros presented him.
self ct the Office Of q Hungarian gentleman
who had more than once befriended him,
and with many signs and grimaccs ex.
pressed his desire to unbosom himself Of .
tormenting secret. Full encouragement
being given, he blurted out the follow ing
story:-
II came to this country, he said, ga few
months ago. Why came is no matter:
sufficient to say had to come. Before I
left, q friend, an honorable man, sir, met
me and said, 'Biros, you want gold. Join
me and I'll give It to you in buckets, and
You and !, Biros, will be the richesl mon in
Buda-Pesth before the year is out. Listen
to me. In one Of the Carpatbian Noun.
tsfns 10 great cavern which leads to .
vast subterranean lake. On the edge of
this lake 10 heavy iron bucket attached
to strong chain. At the bottom Of this
lake, right under the bucket, Is deep bed
OF gold dust. How do know? In this
way. Six months ago three men happened
70 enter the cavern and see the bucket.
fancying that something might be
concealed In the lake, they let It down and
then drew II up full Of what seemed q yell
how SAND. They lit q candle to examine it
better and saw to their amusement that 1t
was lure gold. They flied their pockets
and hats and then hurried away to bring
bags for further supply. That night
they carried OF enough gold to mako them
and their children rich forever. But they
were not content, Bros, and came again
and again, until at last the peasants who
live about the place and who are very SUI
perstitious about these dark caverns, b..
gan to talk about them and watch them.
The three did not care, however, as they
knew that no one else would dare to go
into the bowels Of the mountain as they
did. so they kept on taking the gold until
at last found out their secret. Yes, I,
Bros. But, alasi can do nothing alone.
20 want you to help me-
lin this way he talked, sir, day after
day, until at last, just as was on the
point OF joining him, the misfortune came
upon me which compelled mo to leave
Hungary. That was bad enough, but oh!
1t was nothing compared to the torture I
have endured sinceI came here through
thinking OF that great heap of gold at the
bottom Of the lake and no one to make any
use of 1t. For have learned lately that
the three men have given up going to the
lake owing totheir dread of being attacked
BY the peasants and that the man who told
the story to me has never ventured to on.
ter the cavern. 80 there the gold lies, and
here am !, Bros, burdened with the ter.
Fible secret. To ease my mind and to try
and forget forever that hideous black cav.
ern and that deep lake, with its buckets of
golden sand, have made full confession
to you. Do with it what you will. Say I
am dreaming, II you please, but swear
that 1 can lead you or any other man to
the mouth Of that cavern-further 1 will
not go-and that, II he has the courage to
enter, he will find the lake, the iron bucket
and the gold"
Then, with low bow. the gold torment.
ed Hungarian took up his brush and went
out to resume his sweeping.