Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1892-08-31


wall aud lay scattered over tho floor
After the investigation he fcli calmor
and went to bed for the night.
Tho next morning, contrary 10 his
usual ncatHess, ho left the broom in ii5
corner and the room continued 10 pre-
ssnt very dlnpdatod appearance. In
the afternoon after returning from class
he seated himself IN his chair and gnscd
listlessly at the heap Of rubbish on the
floor. STOPPING forward he took up q
bit Of broken plastoring and slowly
picked It to pieces, thinking Of Mary
and wondering II tho day would ever
brighten.
lie had been pursuing this nimless oc-
cupation for some time when suddenly
he observed that the face of the piece
which he held In his hand was less dis
colorcd than that which surrounded tho
edge OF the broken patch. Ho drew lis
chair closer 10 the wall, and ON csamin.
ing found that II hole had once been
made through the laihing about FOO;
square. The pieces had aftorward been
epliccd and new coat Of plastering
overlaid. His curiosity wns now excited
TO know tho object Of the opening, so lie
brought n hammer from q chest aud pro-
cecdod to dsaw the naila. After romov-
ing the pieces ho reached In and hogan
TO explore. There was nothing TO he
found, however, 30 ho washed his hands
and began to clear away the dobria.
As he was about to replace the pieces
Of lath he thought he saw string hang-
ing down into the cavity. lio reached
his hand again into tho opening, TOOK
hold Of the hlamunt aud pulled, but II
promptly broke. He examined the
iibcrs aud discovered TINT 1t was an old
piece II silk cord, now extremely rotten
aud discolored. He became more curl
Gus mud resolved to trace tho mystery TO
50 source. lie reached his hand into
tho cavity az far m he could, following
tho cord, Again he pulled, and this
timo II resisted and he felt something
ut the other end move slightly. lio
gave stronger pull, hut the cord broke,
this time at It's point Of attachment.
lie improyisod hook by driving u
nail into tho end Of q piece Of board,
and with this succeeded In drawing
something toward him. Finally no was
ablo TO reach the object. He drew Il In
front Of the opening, and with both
hands lifted an old mahogany box ont
upon the floor, For some time he sat
staring ut Il In curious suspense.
"Wcll, you are a queer fish in queer
waters said Severn to himself with
suppressed excitement. II guess you
must have lost your bearings or you
would mover have been swallowed by
this shark of q wall. IN find out what's
inside of you at any rate" and taking
up hammer he struck the old lock a
heavy blow. He struck 1t again and
ngain, but finally II broke and the lid
few open.
Severn drew back In nstonishmcnt and
wonder, for his eyes rested upon large
lenthern bag, and beside It were two
bars OF gold. with trembling hands lao
loosoned tho strings Of the sack and
opened II to find 1t full Of gold coins.
There were several compartments IN the
chest. In ono ho found "a sparkling row
OF rings. and as he held them up TO III
hight he saw by their brilliancy that
they woro diamonds Of rare value. IL
found some papers that purported pos.
session Of large amount of English
property in one Cyrus Holloway. great.
grandfather Of tho present landlord
There was an inventory Of the contents
Of the box, ana the amount counted vi
into tho hundreds Of thousands.
Z. lie was overwhelmed by the discov
cry and sat down to collect his thoughts
He remembered now Of having one,
heard that Mr.. Holloway had come o.
wealthy ancestry, but that during tn
Revolutionary war the largest part %
the property had been lost, and that III,
fortune OF tho present AIr. Hollowa,
was mostly Of his own acquisition
There could bc no doubt but that tn,
bux belonged by right to his landlord
but tho temptation WIS terrible. Their
was no chance OF discovery II he kept
himself, and besides it could nCd ~
material happiness to its legitimat
: owner, for he already had n suiilcicncy
! To Severn II represented all tiic com
forts OF life He could pay all his debt.
, free his fathers farm from the nortgngs
, complete his education and afterwar
, provided home for Mary.
Tho Precipitation stood In beads O
his forehead ps he struggled against III
, tempter. Finally he rose and with con
| pressed lips donned his hat, and loclsin
, the door behind him he turned his stel
/ toward Mr.. lIolloway's.
D "Of course it's mine, every cent {
D IT," said Mr.. Holloway, when an hou
/ later ho stood before the opened boz
= His eyes cleaned with satisfaction ,
s he beheld the contents. He tucked n
( box under his coat and left tho hou,
with an admOnition 10 Severn 10 kcC
= quiet for few weeks.
o Severn felt intensely relieved. -
!, have been saved from "a worse fate tina
poverty" he thought as he sat down
i his be Jlss.
s That evening Mr.. Holloways agci
Il called TO announce that Severn woul
IS be allowed time ON his loan and that |
N might have u much better room Ia OF
Is OF his now houses, with unlimited tin
y for the payment Of rent.
d Severn was oyerioyod; he sent n
y ,nAioy to his mother, moved into h
- new quarters and afterward, by my
IS terious good luck, secured lucrati,
n work, by means Of which he complot,
g his course in college very comfortabl
10 On the day Of graduation Mr.. Hollow,
" met him at the door Of the church, az