The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1895-05-11
you can have whatever share you like

you can have whatever share you like
to name." -
WE'LL said Green. There may be
something in it or there may be moth.
ing. If we find the money it may be
much or little. Suppose we say that
you shall give me third but that it
shall not be more than EGO?
II did not, at the moment, catch his
meaning, and I told him 80.
"*'Why, what I mean is,,' said he,
suppose we find ESQ, am to havef1O.
If we find EGO am to have EGO, but
that's the limit. If we find 5000 am
am only to have E2O.'
Right you are,' cried. You are
very fair, and I agree
"We then went to my attic and COM
menced operations.
"Green questioned me closely as to
where had searched.
"Wll, I think it must be either in
the window, the door, or the ceili5g,'
the window out?'
No. replied, 4 raven't.'
eve got the sashes out, and opened
the boxing Of the casement-frame,
but it was quite empty, and it took
us some hours to reinstate the win
dow.
"Green then carefully tapped the
stiles and framework of the door and
tried them witha gimlet. but without
effect
1.-The ceiling was now the only
chaLce. 1t was plastered all over ex-
cept the roof joists, which projected
below the plaster; and the whole Of
the ceiling, like the walls, was cover
ed with thick coating of whitewash.
"Green took the gimlet again and
kept boring holes every few inches
in the sides of the joists, one by one.
He had arrived at the last joist next
the window, all the rest having prov
ed perfectly sound, and I was getting
quite hopeless, when his gimlet met
some obstruction. He quickly re-
moved it and tried again, an inch or
two farther off. The gimlet stuck
again; and again; and again.
It's here,I believe cried Green.
II had been looking on as patiently
as I could, for thought it was i'm
possible for any money to be conceal
ed in the joists, but 1 gave a little
'Hurrahn and started scraping the
WhiteWash off the bottom of the joist.
Only the solid wood presented itself.
"Meanwhile Green had continued
! his borings and had marked off a piece
| Of the jOiSt about four feet long as con-
tanning something that prevented the
gimlet from entering more than half
all inch into the wood. With a quarter
gouge he then cautiously made a small
hole. and lighting match, he said,
see some paper >.
eve then scraped the sides of the
joist, and found that on the side az:
poSite to that which Green had been
boring, a piece of wood had been let
in and screwed up like a cover or lid.
! We quickly had the screws out, and
prising out the movable piece of wood,
we disclosed a hollow channel, evil
IDENTIFY cut with great labor with
penknife, in the joist. 1t was four
feet six inches long, and just large
enough to hold sovereign standing
on edge.
'"rhis channel was filled with a row
of rouleaux, containing f2O each.
There were thi1ty-six rolls, making
f720, and the papers they were wrap
ped in proved to be bank-notes. Ten
pound notes were rolled round twenty
of the rolls, and fve-pound notes round
the remaining sixteen, making $3.50
more. In all there was exactly FL,
OOO
''Poor George cried What pity
| he did not find it. 1t might have
saved his life'
"We replaced the side Of the joist
and with the money in my pocket
we adjourned to Green's home, and
[ had a jolly evening with him and
his wife.
"The sergeant wanted to take only
twenty pounds, as he had agreed, but
l insisted on his having a hundred,
and he and his wife saw I was so
upset when they refused that they ul-
timate1y gave way, and I went home
with light heart and a heavy pock-
ct containing nine hundred pounds.
Sergeant Green always declares it
was the best days work he ever had
or is ever likely to have. He and
are great friends now, and all tie
youngsters call me Uncle Jarman
when l go to spend an evening there.
lit gave me my start in business.
l threw up my job of night-watchman
and set up as a green-grocer and
frulterer, and I have now, as YOU
know, several Of the best ready-monev
businesses in that line in London"