Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1891-07-17

! The tIure stOtCtn fUdScu ms IRON JHt ana
shoots IL Nth q terrible menace
Several days elapsed before Nolfcrt
could summon courage enough to prose-
cute the enterprise, so much had he been
dismayed by the apparition, whether
living or dead, of tho grizzly buccanecr
In the meantime, what u conflict Of
mind did he sufferl He neglected all
his concerns, was moody and restless all
dav, lost his appetite; wandered in lis
thoughts and words, and committed IA
thousand blunders. His rest WAS broken;
and when he fell asleep, the nightmare,
in shape of d huge money bag. sat squat
ted upon his breast. He Labblcd about
incalcuable sums; fauCied himself en-
gagged in money digging; threw the bed
clothes right and left in the idea that lie
was shoveling among the dirt, Troped UNI
der the bed III quest of the treasure, and
lucgcd forth, as he supposed. an incstiln-
ablo pot of gold.
Dame WcJbcr and her daughter were
in despair at what they conceived q re-
turning touch of insanity. There are
two family oraclcs ono or other of which
Dutch housewives consult in al cases of
great doubt and perpIexity: the dominic
and the doctor In tho present instance
they repaired to the doctor. There was
athhat time little dark, molly man of
medicine famous among the old wives
Of the Manhuttoes for his skill not only
in the healing art, but in all matters of
strange and mysterious nature. His
namo was DIR, Knippcrhausen, but he
was moro commonly known by the ap-
pellation of the High German doctor
To him did the poor women repair for
counsel and assistance touching the
mental vagarios of Wolfert Weber.
They found the doctor seated in his
little study, clad in his dark cambct
robe of knowledge, with his black velvet
cap, after the manner Of Boorhaavc,
Van IIelmont and ether medical sages:
Il pair OF green spectaclcs set III black
horn upon his dubbed nose, and porting
over a German folio that seemed to re-
feet back the darkness of his physog
nomy. The doctor listened to their
statement of the symptoms of VOL
ferts malady with profound attcn
ton; but when they came TO mention
his raving about buried money, the
little man prickcd up his cars. Alas,
poor women they little knew the aid
they had called in.
DR.. Knippenhausen had been half his
life engaged in seeking the short cuts to
fortune, i'll quest of which so many Il
long lifetime is wasted. lie had passed
some years of his life in the Ilar2 noun
tains of Germany, and lad derived much
valuable instruction from the miners,
touching the mode Of seeking treasure
buried in tho earth. He had prosecuted
his studies also under a travelling sage
who united al the mysteries of medicine
with magic and legcrdemain, His mind,
therefore, had become stored with, all
kinds Of mystic lore; he had dabbled a
little in astroloGy, alchemy and divina-
ton; knew how to detect stolen money,
an TO tell where springs OF water lay
hidden; in word, by the darl. nature
of hIs knowledge he had acquired
the name Of the High German
doctor, which Is pretty nearly equiv
alent to that OF nccromauclr. Tho
doctor had often heard rumors Of treas
. uro being buried in various parts Of the
island, and had long been anxious to get
on the traces of it. 30 sooner were
; Wolfort'5 waking and sleeping Nagarioa
Coniidcd to linn, than he bchcid il them
tho confirmed symptoms Of a case OF
money digging, and lost 10 time IN prob
ing il to the bottom. Nulfcrt had long
been sOrcly depressed in mind by tho
golden secret, and as a family physician
, is a kind Of father confc-sor, he was glad
Of the opportunity Of unbWncniuS him-
= self. 80 far from curing, the doctor