Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-11-04

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scratch, though HE bullets new ma, an.
faas, and th5unh carod iltlln for l,fS
good men on both siden nf me fell While
remained unframed IN the charge which
made Pickett and hiH mon famuns feli, III
last o. those g f.il upder tho Singing d.,
the rauht On Tho opppliie side saw yn,,
unclo i.smuei who know me In col6rndo
hoiprc Z shot Fred Matthew'S Our crcs
r,et; know my doom was sealed: do.,rsI
for vongpanva nlled Lefnuei's heart. but IN
his eSel;emen, ne made many . aho; which
shots dld no; eiyo me any hope I knew H,
would KIN NO before the battle WA ave-
Finally h9 drew himself Tor one last cito4
saw that rife rise. and he drs.t a bk,a.
upon me which iels would not TAIL. Utter.
ms PRAYER 70 the Hiah ludgo before
whom J would e2nn appear | KEPT steadily
on In the charge saw the nash a. tba
rife: tall pierced my breast In mo rsoice
o. tho heart, fsll on the fold, the Nina
gushing from my mouth and nose, and AZ
pircd. Len Matthews had aveneod hls
hrothrr's murder on the fair field Of battle,
rslnro my splrltaal life began INV.
heea nlled with a desire TO restore to rrtd's
relatives what "a due them. AZ you are thc
only romaiuing representative Of the Nut.
thnwa family. YOU are the nnc 10 enjoy no,
only the portion due Fred, hut also part ii
that which ! believe 10 DO my own In
order 20 mako tho ruparation which a.,
sire, VIII direct you to the place whore
the gold ~ buried and you are at liberty "a
have NIL that thcrs Is az I have no friends
on the. mortal side " he Tomorrow YOU
nlss' 90, 90 nothing by prepare to SO where
'The wrath. "a the old Scots would call
u, then disappeared. | trlod to sleep. but
could not. In the midst Of all that he told
me could not help thinking that had been
drcaninN. However wen, to tho otnce in
the morning and reported that necessary
business required my absence, aud then de-
parted on my Journey. sevonty.nve miles
bS rail- ana twenty-five on horseback took
me 10 place that was entirely deserted.
Here aud there was an abandoned miners
cabin, around which tho shfubbery had
rrown. almost ohscurlng II from vlcw. A
rode on was INTERRUPTED by the voice OF
the unseen Sheldon, who Haid: Turn 10 tho
leg, and | turned. Then rode forty OF
nfty yards, when I aEaln heard his voice
saNing' Hero IA whore ahot Fred Mat
thoWs and hero IL whore | buried the Gold
THAT was sufilclent for me. Dropping fiom
ne back o. The animal ] rode cn,ored the
rahln, and there, % my surprise, found all
the necessary utenails for a miners life.
Everything was covered with rust and dust.
AZ one sidt there was small od-fashiored
trunk, which. upon examination. showed
two dark HialnH upon tho lid and these
proved % ho the blood stains which, sun-
I'N'tI A'Ni lhAl lllt NNWuW OF MY unCltt
whose fkolaion lay bsalde tho trunk. whore
he foil when killed by Sheldon.
'Firat Of all. | gathered those bones 10.
Eether and rcvercntly buried them, a duty
20 ,hc deau long delayed, When thla duty
was ilniahei ! again heard shedona voics
saylng; Now dlr In tho northwest cor.
ner TAXING a nirlSaxe In band followed
ne Instructions as they came from the In.
Visible Philip sheldon. and dug for three
houts without neonH any result from my
work rhefoupon l threw dawn my SPADE
and iel-yery much Ike kicking myself for
going out ihero 70 dlg In an old cabin for
nothing bu' hero again came eheld0n's
voice, Witch said Two inches deeper. twc
lnches doencr.' Well, thought, two niche.
Il not much more. and there seemed 10 DO
20 much anMCy expressed IN shnldon's
voice ! concluded TO so on with the fob
but | tool, the job rather doubtful. How,
over, WHOM my spaae had thrown out two
Inches more Dirt It struck something hard
plgElag worry carefully around Il | found
an lmpiensa sack. containing about fpriy
small hag1. In each Of which was about ten
pounds Of fairly good quality Of gold dust
These ! lifted carefully from the pit aud
placed sthom upo1 the floor Of tho cabin.
''lt was now DARK, aid IN tho gloom !
again saw the form Of sheldon standing.
lila face had taken on a relieved expires.
nien, elcnpng forward two PAGES. he
raised his hand over me, aud o. " 10 rive
mo his hlesslls, said; God bless you, Ed
rnr Matthews Tor coming here and roleas.
rg me from the terrible responsibility
Of Watching this dust 10 see that It rot
into no hands hut yours. May these riehes
bring thee more happiness than that which
took With hons OF enjoying. Neither
nlght nor day have rested IN MI theea
years Of spirituality, cursed with tho mem.
DRY Of doiraudlnE tho heirs Of Fred out Of
that which rlghtfuliy belonged to them,
Tho BALANCE on tho story Ia Hlmplo; |
took tho bass on tho hornos hack to tho
nearest railroad station, whore / placed
them IN heavy case, and shipped them
10 nopypr The aas0yers paid me hand
tnme amount for the gold. and now
am living for while on the money which
was i9iplly made by my uncle, Frederic
Matthews, who was murdered for his share,
and PHILIP Sheldon, who paid the penalty
of death Tor tho murder, md long years
Of watching and repentance for his love