Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-01-24

Of a dog. Ihsve great reason to believe
that the gulley conceals some mystery or
treasure, and my plan Is 20 discover the
secret. Now offer You one half OF what
ever Is discovered, providing You keep
silence, and help me to unearth the mys-
terry" The stranger paused for moment
and then asked, "do ycu agree 10 my
proposition, yes, or no2H Antonio
quickly replied, "a win go.r The
stranger then left, promising TO return
soon, One week AFTER this their arrange.
ments having been made, they started Tor
the gully with the necessary spades, etc.
After a short journey they arrived az their
destination, and began TO dig. After
working for an hour OF so they found an
entrance large enough TO enable man to
pass through without difficulty. After
lighting a lantern the unknown advanced,
followed by Antonio. The twain advanced
for some timo until they found themselves
In large cavern, Before them on a
raised bier roughly formed Of stone lay
the body of an aged savage elegantly
dressed In dark fur. On HIS arms were
long rings Of gold His brow also was
encifclci With a band of geld. Around
the bier, grouped IA different attitudes.
lay the forms Of one hundred or moro
men women and children. By tho Side
of each lay en- enormous club, tomahawlt
or sons other Instrument OF war. what
made the people particularly noticeable
We're their prominent noses, which resen.
bed the heak OF an eagle. The unknown
uttered an exciamaiiOnof surprise snyine,
'the AatecS.M nrhe race which has az
long bpen unknown to tnankmdfn Az.
tonic looked at him Askanco and az NJ
diWning his question, the unknoWn said,
"wc are imam Aztec mOundn He paused
a moment and glanced in another diroo.
ton. Before him lay the body Of a Mcxi-
can OF about thlrig-two years OF age, face
downward In his hand he held paper,
yellow with age. The unknown seized
| 1t and was able to distinguish,
"Chart--m---buried - Mig - Cropoll--
near thv Rio Bl--riyer in--oave- n S2a---n
Therest was missing, but by putting II to-
| gether the unknown madel "Chart OF
money buried by ms, Miguel Cropoll, near
Rio Blanco river in cave In the year
| 1929" The rest was gone. The unknown
said "a great mystery lies here. Some
/ foul deed must have been committed
Antonio made q motion OF assent, and,
after praying, both left tho cave. Two
weeks altcrward, Antonio and the UNI
known were following the course of the
Rio Blanco. One day Antonio called his
companion and showed him rock on
which was written "M-C--.n The
stranger said, "thesc two letters CORE
spond TO the name Miguel Cropoli given
In the chart Consequently the treasure
must be near" They hunted around and
after two hours search found the door
OF the cavern which they broke opon, and
entered. But as they did SO, CHASTITY
ali 20 fkatf -
standing upright, for n moment, and then
as the fresh air touched them, they crnm.
bled into dust. They now bcheld before
them glltterng heap OF gold aud silver.
The sight was too much for the unknown,
who Selling a handful Of gold shrieked,
"gold; gold!p aud then rushed
madly into the river, whore the
murky waters OF the Rio
Blanco gave him Il grave. Antonio now
regarded the gold az accursed and clos
10y the door returned TO El Monte After
spending three weeks IN lei Monte Anto.
MO went to the city OF SIM Antonio where
he got the position Of herdsman for Mai.
4 Fielder Of this state. For three long
years Antonio kept silence But one
night IN the month of August, while the
family were sitting on the yerandah, Anto-
uio remarked: III had not been fool
might have been rich man. Mai.
Fielder asked him to relate his story,
which the old herdsman did from the ar.
rival OF the unknown 10 his madness and
horrible death Tho old man offered to
lead the major TO the cavern, aud the
family now made preparations to start.
Old Antonio decided 20 visit a friend be-
foresetting outon his perllous mission and
accordingly started for Waco, VIII re his
\ friend lived. While here he was involved
In q quarrel with the noted desperate
King Fisher, and was killed. with him
died the secret OF the cave. The above
events are founded on fact and were ool.
lected by me while conversing with Mai.
Eielder. AZ present In Fort worth