The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1889-07-20
AN OLD SALTS YARN.
A Treasure Found in a Cleverly-
- Made Wooden Leg.
Che Whale ans tii3S3 Icm--A Jonah- Like
Escape from DeatIi-A Novel Combina-
= tion OF Wine Cellar, Bank and
Safety Deposit Vault.

Safety Deposit Vault.
An old man sat nm tba aaoa of the s+r;,o
neca of South street docl, ;,,aen,nusir
sniicinp hawser. and bis onl,, cernranio,,
was short. blacl. CLAW nine fron, witch ba
nufad craamod;colIy aIaraa of 49,. - ~.
Tobacco smoLa with r,,oh o nc.,, "nla a p.uh ~
isfacfion Hie 400 sa,,s tha a., va
Tr,hrna ,vas oboHt iwt, ~ 80 -
o,oy and aho,,t h;s has n@ t. ~ an
conntenance tbaro ,,re,o "rons ~ ~. Aluiy tl
hordsh,na .na ,.;,,o,;o LAY ~ 1,sn' " tno
anced Ar Vi, g., r. y ~ ~ @.,ons ne nau eAperi-
Vet ba on,,aa 90" anoo ou .ns oo.an mase
rontio,I osido s.~.. ae was Nv. pa. .uloui",y
fen, hrass ' h,,,+ano .nO. 80, sou wesseln ahu q
oiont s.soa.o.. HS :, MniGn auoLheu .1h an
eS ,n,,ah n...;a WI Moaiu ne nase as1iacV-
ola fash;os .,ol n1u :. ny psen lot an
ofali -, "oousn isg Mnl.u M'l,' wv"
cont a ooat -, 80. ns os.o" 1ne Anee eA-
orer h,s r;,,St w. Mn.'o paia~ ~ ~. was, '; morG
into for tbot ,sas,., .a,n ~ q n'essaay a i saDs'
sserni1,,, 20 ..sLn .n, S ano sonsls.eu .:'t
wbich toS.,.a go. a.sns psIo y. SinIoeI
his l,nea ~" Wy 49, amAwaly sa e uo"n IRON
notton, ''S . '"'oA o'ass 'e'uto a' VIC
Tha,..
rcnor,er we. r,ss ~ oMmoua - ouo ,,n nln' anu .ne
,ged ~ ,,ot 49,. tnS s ~ Az" INV nS lan ..
snch Observation-Disclosures, sue ueM 49, y. es'ei WIN
fror, ~ naa,,ne,iS. nnk ilnD, wnen no io1o
ovar n n.r,.o,,, .,on,, a go, ~ va. ousy .,
decl, ~ vol, ish Ioo,-n ,;ttIo 49, ahao " .no
,,tt ..1-.I, e, Aeoio sonoulei'
"..n iemal A"o4o cal-AAe aslli.y' Ineh
auns,s ~" ooh;, @ ,ha aut ~, uown in.o .nS Lina
rrc fionre 5;so rad far t., s,,, CIV
retnrnine - hia ,,o,.,, M ,.,;,s iS" nio'nCs
the waste or RAGGED u.as ~
..T;,da, .,,r, g.. Ts "a n1ao spliay'
timhe, ,ep--an,t Tan ha ohsar,,aS "i0t ~
,he writer had been ,vatcbin o him
"Yo,l are ,ndned a., arn,ea ta-t, ,,uv ra
,nonded the astonished renpr,ar ta1,,oa a,lS
,eat bv HIS side.
ives. and fc,v m ,em,a er,.rt.r ,o. mo
To this dav at sea-aa T o,,va w. s.,,s ~ ,n,,
eldest son. RilI, who OWNS no " of th,t thars y
NI"' son' n,l, WY owns parsol 1na1 tuere
mncb sca,;na av, . ,;oa;,, ~ Ioorse, ain up 70
dovs-which ,yae fha comse ~ e., ,os;,, w.,
ri1ht leo and snhs;ouant odont;,, Of this s
here annarottnssn
"Hotv long have vou WYNN ;t,n
uTh;rtv-vea thirtv.two Wow, oro los+
Octoher wac hlowed off H., ,,,rd d'rr, of
Cam Sammel,s neerlesS c,;nno;, ~" CIV, tba
nap.au ny oa peerless supper shlp, D. Che
wac 1r,e a,,, 81, h,~a W. WV oo' a.u -.
reef and shor,en soil ,uhon 49, .ta Pt fus. +,pJ ap y.
Knew I,;nSar iost ne toot,n VIC na.J tha tn
rups of the Ioruer fors,ons.i ea ID ana ,,,ns
thrown an deoLm
And,
"And this bere ,eo ,hot ,sed 70 ,,o ,vos az
badly hrolren tho+ IL baa - he oun,,tataJ WI | ~
the knee tho naxt dan INV hv Tho sh;n,s snreaon Nv
and when we orrivea i've, y y I';vernoo, T : nas Un
taken to the Seamen,s Hosn;tai n % ana and ,aid "an nn
for renairs - @' -'''N ~
9Then ), oo,.;,,,o. A.,
after reg,rdin er +h;s ,noaa,' ,,,it,'
much admiration for severa, moments vi vt
became acouainted with another crnn,ad
sailor who died of consumntion .Tal,e
this, Joe, saws he. nointinp tn this bere Loo
'Tain't much. know saws he. .but NAV be
useful when YOU get we'll and with thai he
died."
ibid it fitw
"Yes, to T, and one day was examin
ing Of its wonderful mechanical constrpc.
ton inside, when I found beneath a secret
plug in the hollow part of the leo here q
wad of bank notes that took nv breath
away. Two hundred and fiftv pounds. sir.
as true as I'm Cap'n joseph Saltus. Of
Glo3cto.