The Delaware ledger. (Newark, Del.) 1879-19??, 1885-06-27

ings, gradually 20 the tcp 81 L&c. ,..ies.
To the Gandhilla, tAc- fore, caded
their way. Having cc-.ud IL Ic5 fcl-
lowed a route which Nass l.lc;J. Is 4, end
which soon brought thea 20 thu H.. uy ! t
path beyond. During tho G-s So IS ST. u
larly silent, and Byinl,cy SECT ! 20 be busily
trying to work out sono a. -..ne problem
which had taken possession Of LIS b-cln.
When they had followed the foat9ath for
some distance and had gained the g-Ccnswsrd
on the top of tho cliGs, tho young man th.oY
himself upon the grass AID invited Matt 10 10
the same. Ii was very pleasant there, sooth-
ing both to the eye and to the mind. The
cliff was covered-somowhat sparsely, il is
true-with stunted gra 8; aud just below, on
their right, lay the ocean, calm as any mill
pond, hut signing softly as the water kissed
the rocks AND flowed back again wi b
rhythmic throbs. On their left lay the sand
hills, glittering like dusty gold in the sun
lays, while just before and below them was
the village.
$40 you see that house standing all by itself,
close to shoreYn said Matt, pointing TO the
cottage where she lived. "That belongs to
William Jones. And, look ye now, there be
William Jones on the rocksin
Looking down, Brinltley beheld figure
moving along the rocks, just where tho water
touched the edge.
Every lazy Of William Jones'" he said.
"Why isn't he at worliF'
"At worll.n
Eyes, tilling the fields or fishing. By the
way, forgot to ask you, is he flshermang'
mo, he amt" said Matt. "He's wreclIcr,
he ii!n
"a whatF exclaimed Brinkley.
"a wreckern continued Matt as if wreck
ing was the most natural occupation in the
world. Brinlley looked at her, imagining
that she must be practicing some wild joke
He had certainly heard of wrecaers, but he
had always believed that hey were aspecies of
humanity which had belonged TO past oentu-
ries, and were now as extinct as a mammoth
But the girl evidently meant what she said,
and thought there was nothing extraordinary
in the statement
"That sea don't look ugly, do itF' she con-
tinued, pointing at the ocean. "But it is;
there's rocks out there where the ships split
on; then they go all to pieces, and the things
| come ashore
"And what becomes of all the things, Mattf'
"Some Of em's stole, and some of 'em's took
| by the coastguards. They do say, she added,
mysteriously, ''as there's lots o. things-gold
and silver-hid among them sandhills. Be
fore the coastguards come all the folk was
wreckers like William Jones, and they used
to get what come ashore, and they used to
hide it in the sandhills."
"Indeed! Then, if that is the case, why
don't they take the treasure up and turn it
into money!
"Whyl Cause them sandhlls is allus
changing and shifting about, they are; though
| they know well enough the things is there,
there's no flndin of 'cm.n
Railways thought William Jones was poorT'
$50 he is, he saysl" replied Matt; '"cause,
though he be allus foraging, he don't find
much now on account o. them coastguard
chaps"
After they had rested themselves they went
a little farther up the cliff, then they followed
a narrow, winding path, which brought them
to the shore below. Here Matt, who seemed
to be pretty well grounded in the history of
the place, pointed him out the wonders Of the
coast. She showed him the caves, which ira
dition hal been formerly used as wrec!;ers'
haunts ard treasure stores, but which were
now washed by the sea, and covered with
Shiny Gecds; then she brought him TO a prom
ontory where they told her she herself had
been found, This spot Brinilcy examined
Curiously, then he lco,sg at tho girl.
81 suppose you had clothes on when you
came ashore, didn't Ton Matt
'rTTby, of course I had. William Jones has
rot emp
elias hel Where"
''In his cave, / expect"
Oils cavel Where is thatr' asked Brink
lev. becoming very much interested.
dunno" returned Matt; perhaps it's
somewhere harcabout. I've seen William
Jones coIao about here, have, but never
could track him."