The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1889-08-01

Aad hotdia0 Ihs Idntern SirdIdhs 0aainSt
The fhiRP
lie was there now, and holding the lantern
straight against the thing, examined il Il
vas q skeleton Of enormous ska, and the
skull was flxod 70 the vertebra with rusty
wire
Al this evidence Of The aandIworh Of mao
his fears almost vanAGed- Even In that
coInpany he could not help remembering
that It Is scarcely 70 b supposed that spirit
Iral skeletons carry about wire with which
10 tie on thsiT SkullA
With q Sgt Of relief be held up tho Ian
tern and looked around HO was standing In
q good sizcd vault or CHAMBER built Of rubblo
soBe some Of this rubLle had fallen into
Via left, but otherwise, though the workman
Ship showed that Il must 10 Of extreme anti
guilty, the stone lining was still strong and
COOL Ilo looked upcr tho 6oor. and then
for the first time perceived that the nodding
skeleton before him was not the only one.
All round lay remnants Of the mighty dead.
There they were. stretched out In the form
Vi circle, Of which the stone kist was the
.eutcr Ono place In the circle was vacant;
svidently Il had once beon occupied by the
giant frame which now sat within the kist
Mast be looked 81 the kist ITSELF Il bad all
sAg uppeAIulGO " Otlo W boOeo I01u ot01N
chests Ia which the very ancient Inhabitants
q this island buried the ashes Of their Gre
mated dead Bot II this was %, whence
:anse the uncrematsd SkelOtousl
Perhaps . subsequent race o. tribe had
found the chamber ready prepared, and used
/: 70 iury some among them who had fallen
IN battle It wis impossible 10 cay more g.
pecially as, with one exception, there was
noihing buried with the skeletons which
would assist 70 Identity their rico or age.
That exception was q dog. a dog had been
placed by one Of the bodieG Evidently from
lie position Of the boues Of its masters arms,
30 had been left 10 his last sloep with his hand
resting on his hounds head
BEIdinS down, Harold examined the seated
skeleton more closely. II was, be discovered,
accurately joined together with strong Wira
Cleary this was the work Of hands which
were born into the world long after the aesh
on those mighty bones had crumbled Into
dust.
But where was tho TREASURED He saw mona
His heart sunk a. the idea struck him that b
had made an interesting archaeological dis
:oVeEy. and that was all Before undertaking
\ closer search, be returned to the hole and
a"lioocI 70 George 10 come down. a. there
was nothing hut Some boneS 70 brighten him
THIS the worthy George was Gt length,
~ilh much difficulty, persuaded to do.
when ut last he stood beside him In the
vault, Harold explained to him what The
niEce was and how ridiculous were bis fears,
without, hOwover, succeeding In allaying
them to any considerable extent
aud really when Que considers the position,
shut up As they were In tho bowels Of place
Sh!ch bad for centuries owned the reputar
ton Of being haunted, f0ced BY . nOdding
keieton OF almost superhumah si1o. and sur
rounded by various Others keletOnA eli '"vsry
Ono aud large" with the most Violapt tenn
pest TINT had visited the country TO years
Sghing away outside, Il q not wondsSsul
TINT George was scared
SWELL" DO said, his tssth chattsring, III
this amt the maStcrest one that liver DID
seer" Dut here be stopped. language vas not
Equal TO tbs expression Of bis feelingA
Meanwhile Harold, with Q heart full Of
EuSiety, was turning the lantern this way
and that, In tue hopO Of discovering some
traces OF Dir james treasure, but naught
could he see. There To the left the masonry
vas fallen In he won't TO Il, and pullod
cssds some Of The stonea There Wasa cavity
t<jiud. apparently q passage, leading, 20
doubt, TO The secret entrnhce 70 the vault, but
he could Geo nothing In Il OncS more Be
searchsd round TherO vas nothing. UnIaB
toe treasure was buried somewhere, or hildan
Sway III the passage. h was non-anStsnt.
;Sat vas all
Ard yet what was the meaning Of thaA
j0iated skeleton sitting In the stonO bathI u
faust have Eeen put iheTe for some purposa,
probably 10 TriSL;cn would 10 plundereFS
away Could be lie sitting on the money! He
rushed G. tho chest, and looked through the
tony leSA No, bis pelvis rested on The stone
cotton VI the kist
"weIl, GeCrgs. it seems WSSO done" aid
Harold, with Q Ghastly attempt a laugh
There's no treasure hero"
May 30 It's underneath that there stone
corn 6in.- suggested ueorge whose teeth
we're still chatteTing. "lt should b here Or
heyCai outs. surely
This was an Idea. Helping himself 70 TIE
saouider blGhooS scms deceased hero, Harold,
rsing lt as q trOwel. began to scoop away u
soft sand upop Whic5 the stone chest stood
he scOoped and scOoped mAnfuly. but b
could not come TO the bottom Of the ktst.
Ho stepped back aud leoked o. t. u mus
b. ere OF two tbinca-eithsr the bolloR .