Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1888-04-05


this contained the jewels, though he
had no reason to suspect that they
were there. At oil events, he found
the box. and, taking that, he crept
along to the entrance of the cave and
entered there. feeling his way as best
he could until he came to the stair
case which led to the room above the
main entrance. When he reached
this room he looked about by the fee
bic glow of tallow candle until he
found little niche, in which he hid
his precious box. covering it with
come of the guano with which the
floors are covered, from the myriads'
of bats which make this place their
home. After hiding the box, he set
about carrying bags of silver in and
hiding them in different places, COW
ering them in the same way. He
worked steadily at this until morning
was about to dawn, when he returned
to his home. and slept nearly all day,
pretending to feel sick. which was an
occurrence not at all unusual with
the people who inhabited that part of
Turkey with its malarial marshes.
The following two nights he passed in
the same way, and by hard work
managed to transport all the bags
into the cave. When this was done,
he set about getting a stock of provis-
ions, and this he carried unobserved
to this place and hid.
He was smart, shrewd fellow, far
beyond the average of his race, who
are noted everywhere for their intelli-
gence; and whether it was that he
was one of thoae who robbed the train
no one can ever know, but he certain
ly could not have robbed the jewel
room; so that, in spite of the very nat
ural disbelief one might have in his
singularly realized dream, there is
always something unexplainable. But,
De that as it may, he afterward said
that he had been one Of the party who
had once, with some engineers who
were laying ont the railroad for Adri-
anople, tried to explore this cave, and
that he had been struck by the APP
pearance of lateral opening, and a
day or so afterward he had returned
alone. supplied with several reels of
cord and lights, and lie had discov r
ed what was evidently the real outlet.
This was partly natural, partly artif-
cial; and it was SO straight that there
was no difficulty in following it. He
passed one whole day and part of
night in it, discovering to his surprise
that there was an outlet behind shrubs
and rocks near the shore at San Stef-
ano. The secret would now give him
safety in carrying off his treasure.
Hither he brought large boat which
he bought in Constantinople.
But there was still another treasure
that he could not leave behind, and
that was young Greek girl named
Uranie. She was betrothed to another
man, but she loved Georgia, and he,
meeting her upon a lonely hillside
near the cave, persuaded her to leave
the flock she tended, and follow him.
Doubtless the lover painted strange
pictures Of the great world she would
see, but he kept his word better than
lovers generally do. Her disappear.
ance added new terror to the cave.
How long they were in getting the
heavy treasure to the boat is not
known; but they finally succeeded,
and one moonless night they set sail
for Syria, small island belonging to
Greece. They reached there safely,
were married at once. and procuring
suitable outfit, went to Piraus,
where they took a French steamer
for Marseilles. There they changed
their bulky silver for gold, and went
on to Paris, where Georgia presented
himself as diamond merchant. He
disposed of most of his jewels in Paris
and the rest in London, where they
went soon after, and from there they
took steamer for America, where
They are living to-day, he being a very
wealthy man, as 1t is natural to sup
pose. Sometimes he will be seen in
The South, buying enormous quanti-
ties of cotton; again In the North,
where he has immense interests in
some oriental importing houses; but
he has never been suspected Of having
known anything of these two robber-
les. His wife. the pretty Uranie, has
never had any children. and her whole
lif. i rendered sad and unhappy by
that fact, and also by honesiekness, a
sorrow til team never be assuaged,
for lie dare not return 10 her parents.
She is literally dead to them. nave