The morning call., 1895-01-06
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
outstanding the evidence of the freshly

outstanding the evidence of the freshly
turned sod.
''You see it stands to reason" ne went
on with warmth, that the sick priest
could not have dug hole deep enough TO
hide the treasure. that night And if he
mad, the chances are they would have
found the place as soon as they found that
the treasure was gone. He couldn't have
gone very far, ard be couldn't have done
much work. Ii he had gone all the way
ON the ground they could have followed his
steps. L believe be put it In the rocks"
In this arm Of the San Roqui, which is
locally known as Tebbetts Canyon.
named alter 40 old newspaper man who
once had his residence there. the rocks and
boulders and lodges belong for the most
part 10 what might be called cave forma-
ton, and which is traceabIe in every
gulch and canyon of the Santa YneZ range.
IL is soft sandstone, which seems 10 have
been interspersed in its formation by na-
ture with soft D0dues, which wear away,
leaving frequent hollows and cells. Some
times whole Lodges are honey bed IN
this peculiar fashion, and where the soft
spots are exposed to the weather or the
wash of water caverns from eight to thirty
feet result. Aside from this Lodges in this
vicinity have enormous assures.
There were probably thousand caves
and assures In which a man or band Of
men might have found shelter, within a
quarter Ol u tIllj6 VI TIC OIL the
old mission building. There are a hun
dred thousand where a small treasure
might be securely hidden from sight.
Some of these holes and caverns are in
places inaccessible, unless a man chose
to risk his life in the climb and descent;
yet there is a possibility that one in the
delirum of fever might have reached them
and found his way down again without
IN jury.
But my informants confidence was at
full tide. and had reached momentum
where not all his prudent resolves of
secrecy could nIerruptit.
do you think that treasure was ever
hidden without some sign to find it again ?"
he demanded, earnestly. 81 tell you,
wherever that was hidden, there are
marks TO find it by. I've been hunting for
those marks. They may be on trees or on
rocks. Come with me and l will shOW you
| what fonndp'
He led the way hundred yards or more
up the beautiful canyon, twice crossing
crystal brook as it came tumbling down
from the heights above. He finally stopped
in a glade of live oaks, under noble tree.
Look there!' he said.
Deeply marked in The gnarled trunk at
height of some six feet was large cross
with square base, the whole some four
feet high and three or more feet across.
And look here. again.
On q tree some twenty feet away was
che rude outline of tomahawk, almost
obliterated by time and growth.
Now. it may be" said the Dutchman,
chat if one would dig beneath these
trees in a direct line between them he
would come upon that treasure. | dug a
Iittle as you see, but may be | didn't dig
deep enough. And, perhaps, if one should
cut down this tree" indicating the tree
with the cross. they'd find it was hollow
at one time, but The bark closed around
the hole. and something may be inside of
il; or perhaps it is high UP, where that big
limb joined the trunk. What | think is
this: Somewhere else there was third
sign: perhaps it is on a rock, md is
washed so il doesn't show plain after all
these years; perhaps it was on another
tree, that was burned down when fires
swept this guIeh If body can ind that
third sign, and draws line between the
three, the place where those lines inter-
sect they may dig, and they will find the
treasure"
He said this with great conviction. and
one could not but wonder how many
weary hours or days he has spent in hunt