San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1890-06-19
The Yellow Spring.
By WILLIAM HENRY BISHOP.

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and everybody that trusted lost"
And what became Of him." asked Don
Walter, as with difficult utterance.
What did he do with the money"
HE fled from the country, or, some
say, committed suicide. 1t was given
out that he did not keep much for him
self, but lost it all in his speculations;
believe that is the usual way. Oh, it was
very great affair, assure you. if there's
any comfort in that. Perhaps you may
have heard of it even here. sometimes
see references to it in the newspapers still
ao The Great Ridgofeld Dedication
"GoOd God! no, not that"
What is the natter"
ITO tell the truth, perhaps have not
heard all that you have been saying.
My brain is in whirl with this new dis
covery. They say men often go mad in
such events as this. Do not let me go
mad! have come to you for aid"
Tell me what can do" she demand
ed, alarmed at his gloomy change of
manner, and desiring to soOthe him. He
moved about really in quite mad way.
Where Il mans treasure is, there his
heart is alsO," he said Il am always
thinking the supply may give out. do
not know why that did not occur to me
a. tirst.
'Oh, hope not, hope not. Let us
not think it can"
The next thing to do is to arrange
the best course for securing this treasure,
such rs it may prove to be"
What will you dO?" The role Of Amy,
with her small experience, was evidently
to be hardly more than listener in the
discussion.
There are three plans. The first is to
acquire title to the pace and regularly
work it as mine 1t would not be
safe, under our various distracted gov
ernmcnts. to do this. The second is to
associate number OK influential people
in the enterprise. pledge them to secrecy
and under their protection secure as
much Of the valuable deposit as possible.
But, naturally, do not wish to share it
and SO nervous and distrustful of human
nature have become that cannot think
Of even single person whom | would
want to help me in the matter"
Not even y0"r friend Perez, whom
rou esteem - highly: Surely here is a
c.sa where MS peCu,Iar characteristics
,llsht to find exactly the Il, at field"
Il do not admit that believe ANYTHING
BAD Of him, but have not quite got up
the necessary confidence even in his case.
Capt. Perez is my peculiar property, you
see: | allow no one either to defend or
abuse him without contradiction.
And your third plan IS
ITO go alone into the Barranca and
collect the deposit, and convey it out
piecemeal as best | can. 1t is the one
upon which had determined in my own
mind. My irregular way of life will
give me certain advantage in passing
back and forth without suspicion"
But if you are discovered:'
1T is one of the chances of war.
trust can easily hide the source of the
treasure, and | will account for my own
presence there by pretending to search
for peculiar chemical deposits or fer
tilizers for my haciendita"
There is one thing have been think
ing of from the first" said Amy. IF
this supply has been going on for long
time, as the existence of the tradition
would indicate, there must be some
where an immense accumulation Of the
deposit, in comparison with which the
present product is a mere nothing"
All that must come later. Yes, that
is something that at once occurs to mind
But the quantity that falls into the
stream at present seems to disappear in
the very bowels of the earth, as no doubt
has all before it. To reach such an &C
emulation would be like moving noun
talns or disrupting the very Barranca it. |
self. 1t could not be done secretly, and |
it is beyond the strength of single per-
son."
Yes, yes; see we'll it is
Besides, the problem is whether it |
has flowed continuously, or only made a
rare appearance from time to time My |
heart is in my mouth when | reflect that |
the latter is most probable, and that it |
may stop at any moment"
How do you account now for the ira !
dition of bad luck attached to it, when it |
really is so lucky thing"
Only by supposing it was the interest
of some one to conceal it, and the super
StitiOn has been kept up by the ignorance
and apathy of a race that has changed |
very little even in a couple of hundred
years. 1t was in ecclesiastical hands,
and connected, no doubt, with the wor- !
ship of the idols in the caves above, and :
the ancient priests thought it wise to