Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1893-04-10

collars. Inch we S0uU up d SnOuU OI
triumph, which the men on shore and
on the schooner took up and repeated
again and again.
We were still in the midst of our
other boat hauling in, and up came
another similar chest; this was, as
far as we could see, exactly Identical
with our own and we waited in breath
less suspense While it was being pried
open.
Then another hurrah from them be-
tokenod the contents, and Capt. Thorn
as, who was in the boat, held up his
hat, from which he showered a stream
of gold and silver.
The don could wait no longer for the
divers below without hearing where
the treasure was found; SO we gave
them the signal to come up, and as
soon as they were released from their
helmets he commenced to ply them
with questions.
They had got into the main cabin, in
which they found nothing Of import
ance; then, carefully examining the
sides of the cabin, they had come on
a door differing from the other doors
opening out of the cabin. By the aid
of their crowbars they soon broke
open the half rotten door, and found
the place contained some dozen or
more cases, large and small. Owing
L. t1,n 1+yrn1 hnx
had made, and the weight of the cases,
they had much difficulty in getting out
the two they had sent up.
After short spell Of idleness, dur
ing which we refreshed the inner man.
Bob Green and Harris again went
down to work, and we sat anxious
and expectant, waiting for their sig
nal to haul in.
The minutes seemed hours as the
time passed slowly by, and when
nearly half an hour had crawled it's
tedious length and still no summons,
we scarcely knew how to sit still.
While we were discussing and guess
ing the reasons of the delay both air
lines gave a sudden jerk, which was
followed Immediately by the signal,
"An accident.n
Then all was quiet for few min
utes, when the air line from our man
Bob began to move and he signalled
that he was coming up.
When he got to the surface he could
scarcely get aboard and we had to
pull him in, then, hastily removing
his face piece, we waited full of ankle
ty for him to speak.
He made no sign, hewever, but lay
motionless in the bottom of the boat;
quickly we unscrewed his helmet and
poured some brandy down his throat;
this pulled him round, and after bit
he told US his tale.
He and Harris had finished break
ing open the door, and were lifting
down one of the cases, when one of
the lower boxes burst aSunder, and
the top boxes had fallen on them; he
was thrown backward and fell through
the doorway, while one of the chests
had so jammed his legs against an
other that it was some minutes be-
fore he could get free.
He found Harris PROSTATE in the
corner near the door, with couple of
chests crushing his legs and thighs;
he lifted one of the boxes off him, and
then, finding himself growing faint, he
FASTENED up as fast as he could.
Tom Swift, the other seaman, hasti
Iy donned his diving suit and went
down to help poor Harris, if it were
not too late.
How eagerly we watched for call
from Tom. Presently it came, "All
right
Surely some mistake. How could he
mean all right? Before we had time
to think came the signal, Coming
up"
Then we noticed the air line which
supplied Harris from the other boat
rection, while the ladder upon which
Tom was climbing rocked and swayed.
''He's bringing him up" shouted
CAPTAIN Thomas, as this thought
flashed upon us all at the same in
stant
The climbing mans progress was
Iabored and slow, as we could feel
from the sway on the boat, and when
his form appeared with his burden in
his arms, willing hands pulled them
both into the boat.
Harris was, after all, not seriously
hurt; his legs were badly bruised, but
no bones were broken.
Next day Tom and Bob got up the
rest of the chests, which all contained
bars and ingots of gold and silver and
specie. 1t was quite little job, after
we had repaired the damaged cases,
to get them on board the schooner.
There were eleven chests all told, and
they weighed about two hundred
pounds apiece.
About one third of their contents
was gold and the rest silver, and we
calculated there were over ESQ, 900 al
together.
We spent several more days search
ing the wreck for further treasure,