The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1892-09-17


heavy blow. He struck. Il again and
again, but finally il broke and the lid
few open.
Severn drew back in astonishment and
wonder, for his eyes rested upon a large
leathem bag, and beside it were two
bars of gold. With trembling hands he
loosened the strings Of the sack and
opened it TO find it fun Of gold coins.
There were several compartments m the
chest. In one he found a sparkling row
of rings, and as he held them up 20 tn
light he saw by their brilliancy that
they were diamonds Of rare value He
found some papers that purported pos
session of a large amount of English
property in one Cyrus Holloway, great
grandfather OF the present landlord.
There was an inventory Of the contents
Of the box, and the amount counted up
into the hundreds of thousands.
He was overwhelmed by the discov-
cry and sat down TO collect his thoughts
He remembered now Of having once
heard that Mr.. Holloway had come Of
wealthy ancestry, but that during the
Revolutionary war the largest part of
the property had been lost, and that the
fortune Of the present Mr.. Holloway
was mostly Of his own acquisition
There could be no doubt but that the
box belonged by right to his landlord,
but the temptation was terrible. There
was no chance of discovery if he kept It
himself, and besides it could add no
material happiness TO its legitimate
owner, for he already had a sufficiency
To Severn it represented all the com.
forts of life. He could pay all his debts
free his fathers farm from the mortgage.
complete his education and afterward
provide home for Mary.
The perspiration stood in beads ON
his forehead as he struggled against the
tempter. Finally he rose and with com
pressed lips donned his hat and locking
the door behind him he turned his steps
toward Mr.. Holloway's.
"Of course it's mine, every cent Of
it," said Mr.. Holloway, when an hour
later he stood before the opened box
His eyes CLEANED with satisfaction as
he beheld the contents. He tucked the
box under his coat and left the house
with an admonition TO Severn to keep
quiet for a few weeks
Severn felt intensely relieved. II
have been saved from worse fate than
poverty" he thought as he. sat down to
his books.
That evening Mr.. Holloway's agent
called to announce that Severn would
be allowed time on his loan and that he
might have a much better room in one
of his new houses, with unlimited time
for the payment of rent
Severn was oyerjoyed; he sent the
money to his mother, moved into his
new quarters and afterward, by mys-
| teriOus good luck, secured lucrative
work, by means of which he completed
his course in college very comfortably
On the day of graduation Mr. Holloway
met him at the door of the church, and
after grunting him congratulation in
vited him to call the next morning al
his Office.
At the appointed time he was on hand
81 need an honest man to attend tC
my business, and if you wish to take the
position l offer you win be able to pay
what you owe me-" said Mr.. Holloway.
A year later Severn went away for {
few weeks and when he returned Mary
came with him. Mr.. Holloway proved
a good friend in his way, and when HI
died a goodly share of the proceeds q
the old chest passed as a legacy t
MIR. Arthur Severn.-Chicago Evening
News.
why Army Pepper was So Poor.
There is an old weather beaten She
that stands on the brookside, near tn
road leading from the West Shore rail
road station at Highland up to the vii
lage, in which two men during the re
bellion mads snug little fortune
The building is in the shadow Of ovel
hanging boughs and directly behind
mill that stands at the point where an
other road leads up n hillside and t
the Bellevue villa.
was driving by there a few day
ago when the driver of the vehicle, /
which l was the solitary passenger
turned around to me, .and indicatin
with his whip exclaimed
'D'ye see that little buildinT
ayes; what of it,"
"Waal, b'gosh, dye know two felleI
made nigh ON fortun' in there durin
the war times, 'pon my word"
"Making counterfeits, eh?'
"Counterfeits? Nav; better'n tina
1t was the darndest thing y ever hear
of, that business stroke was. I'll tell !
1t. You know there's lots O. slate
those hills-piles of it-and it breaks
pieces almost when y look at it,
"Those two fellers just looked at this
slate and then started to thinliin. The
talked over what they thought and ii
next thing people hereabouts knew wa
that grindstones was bein hauled int
that buildin.
"Then load after load of slate WI
hauled and dumped in the buildin, an
the next thing the people knew thei
was a rollin Of them grindstones an
piles Of powdered slate were carried OF
and put In wagons and carted off.
People wondered what was goin oi
and if they asked, the two men lu
smiled and replied, 'Nothin,' or else e
planned how the powdered slate WI
bein used all over for soft film fl
teeth.
"But the thing leaked out after awhil
/ Them two fellers were grindin that sla
aud shippin it away to be mixed in Il
pepper that was supplied to the arm
Bgosh, they made a fortune apiece.
"Say, wonder how many of the
A. r. fellers now liyin etc the slate fro
= Highlands hills? Gee't ap,' said Il
driver.-New York Herald.