The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1884-04-18

strobe down the nall, 01Q not arouse mt
to an assertion of my will, for an IRE
sistible drowsiness fell upon me and
slept.
awoke a. sunrise, feeling very mucf
depressed, and, making a hasty toilet
Joined the fami Y ut breakfast. A st
lied melancholy rested upon all present
Hlllerton in a ticular. looked alb
stractad, pale ard careworn. The mea
over we retired to the library, there t.
confer upon matters of business.
found upon thorough in estigation thai
nothing would be left for the HITLER
tons should certain foreclosures bt
made. and l shared keenly in my
friends distress.
80, Ned! exclaimed Hillerton, ris
ing and pacing restlessly up and dowr
the room. "WOuld that l might fine
Sir Guys treasure. You may well looi
su prised to hear me Ia king in earnest
this way. Cont think, however. my
tr les have turned my head when
tell you am firmly convinced there il
wealth hidden s mewhere on this es
tate. Financial trouble never vel
threatened the family, but its shadow
brought Slr Guy.
81. ook at this" he said, turning sud
denly to a secretary and producing a
leather-hound book; '.see here on these
faded ages of Ealph Hilltrton's iour.
nal-he was my great-grandfather-
proof of what 1 say" and Hillerton
read excitedly:
"'On western mite, bein' In my private stu
die ut late hour of We clock, tina come rap
pin We dore, an Sir Guye com IN, holdin
out of e rite hond an pointin to same. an
maxim divers sondrie sines, most cureus, ye
whereof ! am not acquaint-l seemed in a
dreem at beglnnin', an goin' out of same
There. that happened when my
fathers grandfather was in great finan-
cial distress. He was saved only
by selling OF half the property, which
his son in old age purchased back. Then,
during my fathers lite, when he in
dorsed for the Midgeleys of Caroline.
and they went under, Sir Guy appeared
a ter the same manner.
Here the record" and Hillerton
read from well-worn diary:
"Nov. L, 1887. The failure of Midgeley. of
Carolire, to meet his obligations, again en-
tails loss upon us, and again brings r Guy
FIR Jm his grave. Last night while sitting IN this
chair: being weary and weighed down with
care. and Gaming no hone f. m the severe
financial crisis the country is passing through,
/ was startled, when CHANGED to look up, by
seeing Sir Guy, exactly as he appears in the
picture, standing near the door, Three times
he extended t. wards me his right hand; three
times he made some peculiar signs. not at all
comprehended b! m, and before l Conld fully
realize all that hau occurred. the phantOAl, or
whatever it WIS. vanished, What. indeed,
does all this mean? Is it the Treasurer
"Here YOU Observe" said Hillerton,
carefully wrapping up the journals and
locking them in their proper receptacle,
ISIS the proof # something strange han-
pening to two of our family, of which
we have record. Now, always thought
it resulted from an overwo ked
brain, borne down by great anxiety and
trouble from the seeds implanted by the
tradition itsel and the almost daily
sight of the picture of ir Guy as well as
the senseless verse beneath it - or, that
the whole thing was mere dream. But,
my dear friend, l was visited last night
by Sir Guy, and know it was neither
an illusion nor dream-no more than
was DIR. onne's experience, our COM
mon favorite, zaak v alton. tells us of.
"Aftec bidding you good night, l I'M
med ate,y retired and fell into sound
sleep. do not know how hong slept.
tor 1 was suddenly awaked by some
thing press ng heavily upon my b east
and | beheld : ir Guy with upliited
hand, standing erect and motionlesS by
the bedside. HIS singularly stern eyes
were riveted upon me looking ne
through and through-while was on
scious t at he ma !e the very same signs
indi ated BY my father. l saw him
turn and pass from the roon-the ring
of his step is still in my ears. lay for
the rest of the night restless victim of
perplexing thoughts.
Now, what do you say to this? 1t
must mean something-it is worth look
ing into-it is worth following up and
tracing out. My opin on is formed. l
belle t easure exists"
| have mentio ed that H lie ton was
possessed of great ersonalm agn tism.
now experienced its power. felt that
his poSitio W IS zen bic.
Nv adventu with Sir Guy-the
glimpse gil en- me of the f mily re lords
"a lue o. so thought held towards
the solution of the 70 lem before Ills
this. ard mo e, bore down all opposing
pre- udices. and made me his ert
I he hit to dim outlines Of plan of
a ito began to assume def lite sha e.
therefore refrained fro IL mention NC
my own experience. VIII le | assured my
friend that / would aid him dilige lily in
Lis Guest.
H llerton," sad. II would Ike to
examine Sir Guy paper. You told
IN Yesterday evening, nee was so e.
O an anti, uary, mil CHIT appreciate them.
We may find a hint there as to where
he hid his gold"
Stepping to safe at one end of the
room, Hilierton returned with bundle
of parchl ent, and laid hem on e
table before us carefully undid the
ia tenings of AIDED tape, and are +ully
scanned the va ious pspe S. Finally 1
took up duplicat of the last will and
of old knight.
This was what / wanted. | read it
with the closest scrut ny. clause after
clause. At last l reached the follow
ing:
An do hereby design We fayre-oken
panyel pom We which We poytra5e is limnei
an verse cut yeneath, be always KEEP brite
ana smooth, pOnsneu an cieer, Win no narm
dOnne to ye payntin thereon.
I'VE picture, nor ye dress, nor ye adorn-
ments thereon much be tuched bye any one,
simply ye cke round ye payntin' bein' re-
quired to keep cleen."
Then followed some special requests;
and, lastly, this:
MY fayre reeng of code Civ to my be-
loved son. Edwin, by him to go to his
sec ond son, If havin' one; if not, to be
handed down by We hands of We Oldest
child or t. revert TO his brother, Henry, to
do With in accord with above"
Three qTesiions presente themselves:
]. Why did Sir Guy lay such sire
upon having the oaken panel always
kept .'brite and smooth? ?. Why
was the party, engaged in "hrigh;en-
ing and smoothing" said pan !, not
permitted even t. touch the painted