Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1889-11-22

| live ABOVE Two nlluuVoS sieV' wv
eyes on him. AS | afterwards
learned, the natives had poisoned
the body Of a man he had killed
and only half devoured, and In
finishing his repast he had met his
tate. He had doubtless Just re-
turned from satisfying his thirst
! at the creek. 1t was we'll for me
that [ did not come q few minutes
earlier. examined the body
closely and found the tiger to be
old aud NANCY, with many OF his
teeth decayed. These we're sure
evidences that he was "solitary,'
and had no mate. | need, therefore
have no fear that any other AMI
nal more sauage than a hyena was
concealed IN the near vicinity
The temple seemed to have been
blown up with gunpowder. The
walls we're torn and rent aud knock
cd down IN every direction, and
column aud block a1d carved work
lay heaped together in strange con
fusion. | was bewlldered to see
the vegetation growing up through
the runs 30 profusely, and it stood
me 10 hand TO move carefully II
such snake.infested spot. Iplck
cd my way carefully to the centrt
of the ruins, aud here | got a pref
ty fair idea of what the building
had been. Here we're the remains
of a shrine or altar, which bad once
been the cleanest of marble. II
was no w stained and moss.grown
and covered with creepers. Io
| look for buried treasure in such
| Jungle was like looking for a needle
in a haystack ; but ] had come toI
that purpose, and felt that | mus
make q beginning. Flinging sew
eral stones Into the bushes to fright
On any lurking serpents away,
put down my gun and began at the
creepers. In a little while | nncov
cred what | said was an altar Of
shrine. II may not haye been
From the stone floor there was
solid we'll, about four feet high, en-
closing a space about SIX feel
90 uare. The stone which rested
on these four walls was foot thicf
and carved around the ecges.
could not tell whether the walls
enclosed a space or the whole cube
was solld as a support for pillar
bat after a close inspection l dis
covered a spot where the end OF
lever might be inserted. | hac
brought a hatchet TO help m'
through the jungle, With this
cut aud trimmed a small tree, and
after much effort | loOsened th'
capstone until 1 could see that the
walls enclosed a space. On the
surface OF this capstone [ clearly
made out whefe the foot of pillar
which had probably helped to sup
port tho roof, had rested. 1t lay
near by, but was broken by its fall
| 1t was not more than 8 o'clock il
he morning when reach the ruias'
but it was 2 o'clock in the after
noon before | had the heavy stone
slewed around far enough to upset
it's equilibrium and torce u 70 laI
of. Iwas 10 a trenble OF excite
mont from the nrst, and as slewet
the stone further and further
around felt more and more
saugulne of a large cavity beneath
| l would not look 10, however, unit
the stone was clear off. When
did bend over the wall aud loOl
, down it was to fnd q wooden ches
occupying nearly all the space.
sounded 1t With til pole and 1t CAV
back such q solid echo that saw
must pull the wall down to get II
. This took me an hour or more, an
the plaster was as hard as the stone
} bat at length 1 was at the chesi
1t was closed, but not locked, an
. as l threw up The lid my eyes bt
, held such a sight as will seldor
8 come to man. That chest held
0 solid ton OF loot, how many ton
. thousands of dollars worth | cal
not say. There were all the col
D coins of India. There were brace
! let's and rings and earrings an
charms and bars OF gold. TheT
Q we're diamonds and pearls aud rut
Q les and other precious stones. Som
i were in leather bags, some in pa
o cells, some tied together, and on th
o lid of articles with the names {
K owners. hung over the chest f'
- perhaps half an hour, hardly da
q ing to breathe for tear it would 4
y away. l was rich, rich hey ond Il
q widest dream a poor man ever ha
II This was loot. Ii was sll mine 1t
q could keep the dnd from the gove
?. ment officials. could not remOV