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

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tay Eist and dropped 1t iu Q bristling. bOny
heap on oEO Sida Just % he did 10 there
came gust Of wind % furious that, buried
as they were In the earth. they literally felt
the mound rocs beneath it. instantly 1t was
followed by q frightful crash overhead.
George collapsed in terrUr. and for . mo
msnt Harold could not for the life Of him
think what had happened He ran 70 the
hole and looked up Straight above him be
could 80 the sky. In which the aTSt cold
hghts Of dawn Wero quiverinS. Mrs Mas
Sey's summer house hHd tcen blown bodily
away, and the ''ancie0t British dwelling
placS" was once more, as 1t had been for
centuries. open TO the sly.
"ThO summer horse has gone, George" be
Oaid "ThHnk God ,hHt We were not In lt,
or We should have GoGs tooT'
"Ob. lord, siFi' 6roaned the unhappy
GeoES>. this ia an awful business ItS like
. j"iSrlent"
"!l r,..;a, have heen II we bad been up
eb.r. 'rTc.i VI safe down herc," be an
So ''iarv'. LFing iaat otl.er lantern"
'-a';o ru'''i Iims"iT, aild together they
-. .,.' ',,. 'r,,' ei,ty,y kist, and examined
'...-.'
=. .,..,-, sJt.oS1 WIS not Of quite the
g." .t.,T "a i've walls Of tho kist, and there
a. .'ar4 rc.I,S. 1t, Harold felt In his
r. "a. - oS nut las katie, which bad at
lis LET, .: = Gao " ihoss strous iron book
I.in ~. tIsyi ~ eStrGc. stones from the
ne,,is 81 hors.s. This hook hO worked into
the crnCk, and mara. ;Sl, before It broke, to
pull up u fragment 0! stone Then, looking
round, DO found OInong the rubbish, where
the wall had fallen in, q long sharp nint.
This DO inserted In the bOls, aud they both
lowered away at t.
Half Of the cracked stone came up few
inches, far enough 10 allow theFa to get their
6nSerS underneath It 10 Il was false bot
tom
Catch bold" gasped the cOIonel. land pull
for your life"
George did as be was bid, and setting their
knees against the followed stone, they tuSyed
tin thar muscles cracEel
Its a-nsoving," Said GEORGE Snow. then
colcneli"
Next second they both found themselves on
the dat Of their backA The stone bad gwen
with run.
Up sprung the coIoueI like a kitten. The
broken stone was standing edgeways In the
kiSt There was something soft beneath Il
THE light, GeorGer be said hoarscly.
Beneath tbs stOns were some layers Of rot
ten linen.
Was it Q ahroud, or WHAT
They pulIeJ The linen out By handfu:G
Onel tWoI tbreel
Oh, great heavenl
There, under the linen, was row on row Of
shining gold CONS set edsewayS
For q moment everything swan befOrP
Harold's eyes, and bis heart stopped boating.
As for George, be muttered something IN
audible about it, being "nastsr QUE" and
collapsed
With trembling fingers, Harold managed
10 pick out two pieces Of gold which had been
disturbed BY the upheavaI Of the stone, ana
held them TO the light. lie was q skilled
uumisruntoloSist, and had no difficulty III
recognizing them Quo was Q beautiful
three pound piece OF Charles !, and the Osher
q spur royal Of james l.
That proved It. There was no doubt that
this was the treasure hidden by Sir James de
Ia Mole, aud ho It must have been also Whn
had conceived the idea Of putting . falls,
bottom to the kis., and setting up the Skele
ton 70 brighten nlaraudcrs IRON the treasure.
u by any chance one should enter.
For q minute or two the men stood staring
= each other over the great treasure which
they bad unearthed in that dread place.
shaking With the reaction Of their arst eI.
citement and scarCeiy able TO speak.
"Iow deep du It gor' said George
Harold got his knife and loosed some Of the
top coins, which wero very tightly packed.
till be could move bis hand III them freely.
Then be pulled out handful after handful Of
every sort Of gold coin There was . ross
noble Of Edward ~; double soveFstgns oi
Henry vii, triple sovereigus and gold
"a Al. IL.
angels Of Mary; rose royal, spur royals.
angels, large sovereigns and Iaure!s Of james
!, double riaIS and rails " Elizabeth, three
pound pieces, breads and half breads Of
Charles I, souls la greater quantity and some
In less, but all were represented Handful
after handful did be pull out, aud yet tho
bottom was not reached At last be came &C
C. The layer Of gold piUces was about thirty
inches thick by three feet six long.
1--WE must get this into the house, George,
before any one Is about" gasped the colonel.
"Yes, sir, yes; but how be We A-going "a
carry itF'
Harold thought for . minute, and then
acted thus; bidding George stay In the Taul.
with the treasure, which hO was with din
Guilty persuaded 70 do, ho climbed the irnpro
Vised rope ladder. and got In safety through
the hole. In hiS excitenent no had forgot
ten about the summer house having icing
carried away By the gale, which was stall
| blowing, though with not - much fury d
before, and tho wind swept dcsolation thai
met bis view a. DO emerged ints the dawnInc
| light broke upon him with q shock. Tho
summer house was clean gone. nothing but q
| few uprights remained VI it, and 1fty yard,
away be thought be could make out Tia
crunlpIed up shape Of the rOoG Nor was thai
all Quite q quarter Of tue great oaks which
were the glory Of tho place were down. OE
| splinterOd and ruined But what did he cars
| for the summer house or tho oaks uoWI For
\ getting bis exhaustion, he ran down The
| SIope and reached the house, which hs en-
tered a. softly as DO could by tie SIDE door
| Nobody was about yet, VI would 10 for an
| other hour II was Christmas day and not q
| pleasant morning to get up OIL, 50 tho Ger
wants would 10 sure ~ lie nbcd. On hIs way
| " his bedroom he pecped into the dining
| room. where he had fallen nsieep on the pre-
vlOus evening. When 10 had woke up, Il
may 10 remembered, he lighted o candle.
| This candle was now daTinS itself to death,
| for he bad forgotten ~ exI,nGuIsh II, and By
| Its side lay tue PAPER from which hV had
made the great discovery ThsrO was moth
| ing In Il, Of cUurse. but somehow the nshi
impressed him very much Il seemed
months since be awoks to fBd the lamp sonC
VuL How much may buppcH bc;wcen thu
lighting Of o candle and Its LUrrlus awoyl
Sailing at tins trIte reflection. he blew thai
light cut aud taking another went TO hil
room Here be found stout haud Tag, with
which hO made haste 10 return 10 tho mount
"ArO yUa ali right. GsOrger be shouted
down the hole
"Weli, colonel, yes. but not sorry 70 ~
you back. It's lonesome dOwn hero with
ihess dealers"
"Hsry we'll Look OotI There's . bag
Pit a MUCH cold In 4 as You can LIT cum.