The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1889-04-25


AollS. y John OepiHlsy Dpeerlsigh, his
cods.n, Ind ths brothsf u u latS wife "a
his heiP forever. On eonditinn only o. ;kls
asGumine IL nnlpe and arms Of the DSh
Molle family, he dirsat ilnSof which be1ams
extinct with hlinAa;t. Well. Of course. this
vii, Whsn szscutsal, Was 10 al Appearances
n much waste paper, but Within three yOars
hon ~ sascntiUa chaElsls II Was king -
Englahd "a -.''
aThersol John pogsrlsIgh produced .ths
documsnk and on assuming the name anA
arms Of D. u 46llO actually succeeded n
obtaining the reinaius Of the castle end .
considerable portion Of the landed propeIey,
though the haronetcy became extinct His
con q Was who built this present houso. and
10 b uHg Alngef anee1tnR, Tor thouEh ny
father talks Of them a. though they Wero-it
b llttlo :SedknSu1 d hia-thO Old Do u
Aollss were not our direct male ancestorN"
~Well;r I'D Harold, "and did D0Rorlsigb
and the treasarSF
NO. oh. no, nor anybody elsa fhO
treasure haa vanished h hunted for Il q
great del, Ind hs did Ind those pisces Of
llats which you snw tonight. hidden away
somewhere, don't know WHARF, but there
vas nothing else with them" -,
l"PsfhapS tn. ShOlS thing waS uons1nns.'
aid Hnrod, Relatively,
"No." aid ida, shaking hsr bsGd. ~ din
IRE e Wns not; lam sure the treasure d bid
ten away somewhere 10 this day. LiSteHe
ol QuaTiteh-yuu have not heard quite all
lie story yeti found something"
"You WhatF
await minute and WIN show you, and
going 10 cabinet In the corner she unlocked
1t, and took out . dispatch boz, which sbe
also unlocked
."HerD," she aid, 81 found thiA u b th.
Bible that Sir James begged might b Sent
70 his son, just before they shot him, you
remember" and she handed him . small
hroWn book. He took 10 and examined u
nrefully. Il was bound In lsathar, and on
tho cover was written In large tNtorst "6ir
James d h NollA HouhAm CAstla, 1911"
Nor was this an Th0 AFst shsStD Of The
bible. which NJ one Of Tie earliest copies Of
The authorised version, were torn out, and
the top corner Was also gono, having 10 all
appearance been dot % By ballst, . pre-.
sumption that dark stain a blood upon the
cover and edges brought near % certainty. .
"Poor fellow" said Harold, ''h0 must have
had u In his pocket Whon h0 WA1shOA Wharf
did you End itr
aye, suppose 60" aid Ida; Gin fact ]
hare no doubt Of n. found u whom was
4 child In an old oak chest In The basement
Of the western tower, quite hiddan up 10
dust and rubbish and bits Of old iron But
look ct the end and you VIII ~ what be
wrote In Il to bis son Edward. Here ] will
show you" and leaning over him ShO turned
70 the last page Of the SooA- Between the
bottom Of the page and the couciusioo Of the
dual chapter Of Revelation thsro bad been
small blank space now densely covered with
Grabbed writing In faded ink, which she read
aloud Il ran a. follows:
DO not grisVe for mo, Edward, my son,
that am thus suddenly done 70 death By
rebel murdOrsrs, for naught happeneth but
according 70 Gods will And now fare
we'll, Edward, till We shall moot In heaven.
Ny moneys have I hid, and on account
thereof die unto this world, knowing that
not one piece shall Cromwell touch. To
whom God shall appoint, shall all my tTOaS
urO be. for naught can communicate"
"Thero," aid Ida, triumphantly. "What
do you think Of that, Col Quaritchi Ths
Bible, think, was never sent to his son; but
here IL d, and In that writing, a. ! soleInnly
believe,g and she laid her white hngsS upon
the faded characters. "lies the key 10 wheFN
ever Il b that the money 10 hidden, only ]
fear that ! shall never make Il out For
years I have puzzled over Il, thinking that u
might DO some form Of scruStic, but ] can
make nothing Of It, have tried q al wayG
have Translated 10 into French, and had Il
Translated into Latin, but still can dnd out
nothing nothing. But some day somebody
will bit upon it-at least hope 80"
Harold shook his head II an afraid, |" hS
aid. .that what has remained undiscovered
for 70 long viii remain % tin the end Of the
chapter. Perhaps the old Sir James was
hoaxing his adversArissI"
mo" aaid Ida, ''tor e b Wa, what b.
came Of all the money! Ho Was known q b
one Of the richest men Of his day. and that
be was rich, ono can 80 from his letter 10 the
king. There was nothing after his death,
exeept his Iands. Of oourSA Oh, % viii be
found some day, twenty centuries hence
probably, much too late b b 0e any good
70 u.s." and she Gighsd deeply, Whiis pained
and Wearied expression sproad itsok over her
handsome face.
"Woii," aid Harold, In . doubtful voice,
''thers may b somsthing In u Nay ] take
q copy Of that writing"
"Ccrtainly," aid lda, 'langhing, "and u
you fnd the treasure Ne win goahAreA Stop,
viii dictate 10 10 you"
Just q this process Vas finished and Harold
was shutting % bis pockstbo0k, IN which be
nut the fair COPY b had oxsoutsd On half
shest Of note paper, The Old squire came into
The room again. Looking q hiD faos. bis
ytsitor NV that biz interview With "CSofge'
had evidsntly bssa anything but satiAactory,
for u bore IN exprss'ion q srossdi1giy low
spirita
"Wsll, fathsr. what b ~ uAasrP saksd
hls daughtsF.
E~-.6h, noIkinEeRya1sR, EsalnE.nh IN
swsFad, In nslaneholy tonsA "0sorE' hA'
rh,slheia. thati a - rss y
! IeQaii and Ilalah ~ Rc6l1 Aosp away,'
sho aid, with Q little stamp q hsP IOst, ''foE
ho has always onS ba1 u0W0oP OthsF.sf
''it istho limsA ny doaf, b b ~ times;
u iGnt George ! reilly doaS know wha'
hascon6 % ID oumlf9."
"What 70 III" said Ida, with Q deepening
sxpresian - .dunlstys -oOm11hiAg WroAo
about the Moak fAFmP /. as ~ ~
ayes; Janisr has thrown b up. sftsr an,
nnAi an meD I ldonS know Wh0O an q
nd,an6l NJ bnaAksH ~ y Sst
"You seo whaS The pleasures q lAndsd
property are, Col QuAriteh, !" nd Id. turn
Ing toward him with smils vhich didno'
somehOw convex agreat sanss q ohpFtalDell
tYss, b MA, q know. Thadk g0odnsa
have only The Ten acrls thAt M. dor %
aunt M d Ard hbNs" b addod ~ thai
dat rmuls Aying good nighA hbl0M
and expect that Old Ma JOhseA b aifin1
up for me-"
Ida Iooksd up IN rsmonstraaps. end opplst
hsy lipa y peal, and thDn frlh eoglgf e1D1
~ "a tOs sbehf et4Et4 - 80 -
~ q ~ hahA slpO9 - 81 g.