Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1890-09-13

his wine they should 20 into the drawing
room, which they accordingly did This
room was much more modern than sithsr |
the vestibule or the dining room, and had . /
general air and favor Of the Einctecnth cen
fury young lady about IL There were the
littls tables. the draperiss, the photograph |
frames, and all the hundred and one xnick- |
knachs and odds and ends by means OF which |
lady Of lasts makes q room lovely |
In the eyes Of brutal man. II was @
very pleasant place TO look upon, this |
drawing room at Honham castle. with its
irregular recesaes, It's somewhat faded
ooIors illuminated bv the soft light Of q
shaded lamp, and Its genuine air OF reminins
dominion. Harold Quaritch was q man who
had seen much Of the world, but had not seen
much Of drawing rooms, or. indeed, Of ladies
1t large. They had not come In his way, or
" they had come In his way he had avoided
them Therefore, perhaps. was he the more
susceptible 20 such Influences when he came
IN contact with them. Or perhaps il was tbs
presence of ldais gracious self which threw
a charm about the place that added TO its
natural attractiveness as the china bowls Of
lavender md rose leaves added perfume to
the air Anyhow, 10 struck him that he had
never seen a room which conveyed to his
mind such an idea Of gentle rest and refine
ment
what charming ROOM" he said, a. he
entered 1t.
"a am glad you think So" answered Ida;
because II Is my own territory, and ar
ranged it,"
YES he said, 'it is easy 10 nee that"
"Well. would you like To hear the end Of
the story about Sir james and bis treasurer
Certainly: IL interests me very much"
at positively fascinates me-" said Ida with
emphaxisL Listen, and will tell you After
they had shot old Sir James they took the
Bible off him but whether or no Col Play
fair ever sent 10 20 the son in France IL not
known.
"The story is all known historically, and IL
Is known that. rs my father said, he asked
that bis Bible might be sent, but nothing
more Tits son, Sir Edward. never lived to
return to England. After his fathers muir
der the estates wers seized by the Parlia-
meniary party. and the old castle, with the
exception Of the gate towers, razed to the
ground. partly for military purposes and
partly In the long and determined attempts
that was made 10 discover old Sir James
treasure. which might IL was thought, have
been concealed In some secret chamber In tho
walls But IL was all Of no use and Col
Playfair found that ~ letting his temper get
tho better OF him and shooting Sir James, he
had done away with the only chance Of and
ing the money that he was ever likely to
have, for To all appearance the secret had
died with Its owner. There was a great noiss
about 1t at the time, aud the colonel was do
graded from his rank VA reward for what he
he had done Is was pr sumed that old Sir
James must have had accomplices in the
hiding OF 80 great mas OF gold, and every
mems, by way Of threats and promises Of
reward-which ut last grew TO half Of the
total amount that should be discovered-was
taken to induce these t. come forward u they
existed, but without result And so the mat
ter went on, till after 'ow years the whole
thing died away and was forgotten.
Meanwhile the son. sir Edward, who was
the second AMI last barUnet, led wandering
life abroad, fearing or not caring to return 70
England, now that all iis property had besn
seized. When he was two-and twenty years
Of age, however, he contracted an imprudsnt
marriage with his cousin, lady Of the name
Of Ida Dofierleigh, a girl Of good blood and
great beauty but without means Indeed,
she was the sister OF George Doferleigh. who
was a cousin aud companion Ia exile Of Sir
Edwards, and, a. you will presently see, my
lineal ancestor Well, within year Of this
marriage poor Ida, my namesake, died, with
asr baby. of fever, chiefly brought OH, they
say, by want aud anxiety of mind and the
shock seems To have turned her husbands
brain. Al any rate, within three or four
tAonths Of her death he committed suicide
But before he did 80 he formally executed q
rather elaborate will, 10y which he left all his
Estates IN England. now unJustly withheld
from me, contrary TO law and natural .ght.
hy the rebel pretended Cromwell, together
with tho treasure hidden thereon or elsewhere
by my late murdered father, slr James de In
Molle. to John Godfrey Dofferleigh HE
cousin and the brother of bis late wife and
his heir forever, on condition only of his
assuming the name and arms of the De In
Molle family. the direct line Of which became
extinct with himself Well, Of course, this
will, when executed, was to all appearances
80 much waste PAPER, but within three years
from It's execution Charles II was king Of
England
Thereon John Dofferleigh produced the
document, and on assuming the name and
arms of De la Noble actually succeeded in
obtaining tho remains OF the castle and q
considerable portion OF the landed property,
though the baronetcy became extinct His
son IL was who built this present house, and
he Is our direct ancestor, for though any
father talks OF them though they were-at
10 little weakness OF his-the old Dc la
holles were not our direct male ancestors :"
We'll" said Harold, "and did DotferIeigh
fnd the treasurer
"No. ali. no, nor anybody elsa The
TREASURE has vanished. he hunted for 1t q
great deal, and he did find those pieces Of
plate which you saw tonight. hidden away
somewhere, ! don't know where, but there
was nothing else with them"
Perhaps the whole thing was nonsense
said Harold. rehectively
No. said Ida, shaking her head, Il am
sure u was not am sure the treasure Is hid
den away somewhere to this day. Listen.
Col Quaritch-you have not heard quite all
tho story yeti found something"
You whatf
wait a miaute and will show you" and
going to a cabinet in the corner she unlocked
F II, and took out dispatch box, which she
+ also unlocked
Herr, she sajd. II found this II is the
Bible that Sir James begged might be sent
to his son, just before they shot him, you
remembcr,n and she handed him q small
brown book. lie took 1t aud examined 10
carefully IL was bound in leather. and ON
the cover was written IN large lstters, "Str
James de Ia Molle Houham Castle, i6il.r
Nor was this all The first sheets Of the
Bible which was one Of the earliest copies Of
the authorized version, were torn out, and
the top corner WAS also gone, having 10 all