The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1893-04-20
grana Deggeo US TO SET ABOUT mgglng az
quickly as possible

grana Deggeo US TO SET ABOUT qlgglng as
quickly as possible.
To speak the truth. had no especial
relish for such a1nusements at any time,
and at that particular moment would
most willingly have declined it. for the
night was coming on and felt much IA
tigued with the exercise already taken.
but / saw no mode of escape and was
fearful Of disturbing my poor friends
equani1nity by refusal. Could have
depended. indeed. upon Jupiters aid. |
would have had no hesitation in attempt
ing to get the lunatic home by force. but
I was too well assured of the old negro's
disposition to hope that he would assist
me under any circumstances in per-
sonal contest with his master
made no doubt that the latter had
been infected with some of the innumer-
able southern superstitions about money
buried, and that his fantasy had received
confirmation by the finding of the scara-
beus, or perhaps by Jupiter's obstinacy
in maintaining it to be "a bug of real
gold" A mind disposed to lunacy would
readily be led away by such suggestions.
especially if Ginning in with favorite
preconceived ideas. and then called to
mind the poor fellows speech about the
beetles being 1.-The index Of his fortune"
Upon the whole was sadly vexed and
puzzled. but at length | concluded to-
make virtue Of necessity-to dig with
Il good will. and thus the sooner to con-
vince the visionary by ocular Gemonstra-
ton Of the fallacy of the opinions he en-
tertained.
The lanterns having been lit. we all
fell to work with zeal worthy a more
rational cause. and as the glare fell up
on our persons and implements could
not help thinking how picturesque a
group we composed. and how strange
and suspicious our labors must have ap-
peared to any interloper who by chance
might have stumbled upon our where
abouts
We dug very steadily for two hours.
Little was said, and our chief embar-
rassment lay in the yelpings of the dog.
who took exceeding interest in our pro-
ceedings. He at length became so OBJ
streperous that we grew fearful of his
giving the alarm to some stragglers IA
the vicinity, or rather this was the ap-
prehension Of Legrand. For myself,
should have rejoiced at any interruption
which might have enabled me to get the
wanderer home. The noise was at
length very efectually silenced by Ju-
piter. who, getting out of the hole with
a dogged air Of deliberation. tied the
brute's mouth up with one of his sus-
peuders and then returned with a grave
cnuckle to his task
When the time mentioned had ex-;
pired. we had reached depth of s
:sets. and yet no signs Of any treasure be-
came manifest. A general pause en-
sued. and began to hope that the FARGO
was at an end. Legrand. however, al
though evidently much disconnected,
wiped his brow tiloughtfully and re-
commenced. We had ezcavated the en-
tire circle Of feet diameter. and now
we slightly enlarged the limit, and went
to the farther depth Of feet. Still
nothing appeared. The gold seeker,
whom sincerely pitied. at length clam
bered from the pit. with the bitterest
disappointment imprinted upon every
feature. and proceeded slowly and re-
luctantly to put on his coat, which he
had thrown off at the beginning of his
labor. In the meantime made no re-
mark. Jupiter. at a signal from his mas
ter. began to gather up his tools. This
done. and the dog having been unmuz-
zled. we turned in profound silence to-
ward home
We had taken perhaps dozen steps
in this direc on when, with loud oath,
Legrand st'ode up to Jupiter ard seized
him by the collar. The astonished negro
opened his -es and mouth to tie fullest
extent. let fall the spades and fell upon
his knees.
You sconndrel!'' said Legrand, hiss
ing out the syllables from between his
clinched teeth, you Internal black vii
ian-speak, ! tell you-answer me this
instant without prevarication-whic
which is your left eyer