Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-08-01

cause OF the trouble was the rub. About
tns time new complication arose. Bas-
combe began to be quite intimate VIII
/ Young man he had met at the springs
few DAYS before, and he seemed 10 nave
taken quite fancy 10 the fellow. whose
name was Richard GO.dwaithe, ana VINO
. hailed from Atlanta. Gold Walthe, now
ever, did not take TO me. he was some
thing Of a swell aud | suppose didn't Sc
what advantage would be gained from as
sociation with "A plan Old fellow. HIS
dislike worried me very little, but
hls intimacy with Bascombe pre-
vented my being with the latter as much
rs desired.
Goldwalthe accompanied Bascombe on
several of his waIks-a privilege that had
never been granted me. ! determined 10
become an eayesdropper. 1t is something
! never did before and l'll never do again
tor II ever a man had to carry disagree
able load for an indlscretiOu 1 am that
man. The only time he had been curt
with me was when ! attempted 10 ask
him something aDouthis previous history.
i wondered why he wanted to take his
walk alone, aud in order to learn the rea-
son ! confess that hid myself in the un-
derWoWth that surrounded the terminus
OF his walk. Lolllng on the mountain
side | watched MIN for several DAYS IN
succession. As he came % the ola CHM
ney he would sit there about an hour and
simply seemed TO be resting. On the
fourth day Of my watch noticed that he
walked faster when he approached the
place. He went at once to the old well,
which seemed to possess special interest
to him, for be peered into It's depths and
examined il carefully. He took tape
line from his pocket and tying small
stone to one end let it down into the pit,
with the purpose, | suppose, OF getting
some idea of the distance to the bottom.
This done he walked away. This pro-
ceedng mystlfed me and examined the
well. From the bottom 10 the ton was a
distance OF about fourteen feet. The bot
tom was hard and strewn here and there
with some rubbish brick. 1t was so dry
that you could scarcely believe that it mad
ever held water. You can bet that I was
IN my hiding place early the next day,
and was none too early, for BascOmbe
came very soon after. He took from un-
der his coat roll Of rope and small
halchet, and after cutting down sapllng
placed 1t across the top Of the well. To
this he tied the rope and then no let him
self down into the pit. The object of this
was soon apparent, tor a shower Of bricks
and stones flew out. This job occupied
him about an hour, and then he drew
himself out. After be left examined the
well and saw that he had cleaned it out
pretty thoroughly. The bottom was hard
and smooth The day following Bas-
combe came with large parcel wrapped
in paper. He at once went to the mouth
of the well. When he unrolled the packet
| perceived a square box. To this he tied
rope, and then, after carefully removing
glass top therefr0m, he slowly let the
box into the pit. Then he as slowly pulled
> hack md thrp into ma b1lHhpa For
some moments afterwards he leaned over
the brink of the we'll looking intently into
1t. His next act was to cut a pole
which he trimmed Of branches until 1T
was about the size Of a big fishing rod.
He laid this pole in the bushes, and after
glancing again in the well, walked slowly
away.
] noticed that he was smiling when he
left.