The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-10-13

young trees, which had begun to grow
vigorously He sighed as he looked. and
said. without turning his head.
4 hate ter Kill 'em-but thar amt no
other way." and then he told the won
dering borrower how in the war time,
after the trees were set with only MS
! wife's help. he had dug up hah OF them
and put bags OF CON at the root before
replanrng. The coin was there stiil, ana
II cost him pang 20 know that IN re
claiming DO he must destroy the green
sentinels who had guarded 10 so we'll
Another man buried a pot Of gold IN
rickety barn. then set fire 10 the struc-
ture being certain that nobody would
think rummaging in the ashes. And stih
another put $1,000 in gold and greenbacks
in the earthern floor OF his smoke house,
and let IL stay there I'VE years not daring
10 take 90 out until reconstruction was
pretty well established. one OF his neigh
bors the thriftiest man in the county was
known TO have put very large sum IN
the rock walls of his cellar. but 10 have
grown distrusrful Of that hiding place,
and so 10 have chosen anQther. W here
me othsf vas lpc2tSa hesI came OUT I 9iS
not tell even his only sou.s By and BY ne
was strickea speeetIeess and mOtionless
an a time when he looked TO be good for
years Of life. He did live six months. and
throughout them he made desperate ef-
forts to tell his secret, but all IN vain. IT
Is sun a secret-exfeItl as 10 a Few thou-
sand dollars, which his grandson found
twenty years after under the rock pillars
of an old corn cEib-fa-
open fields and the land ploughed over 10
hide the fresh earth. Then IL was neces-
sary in some unObtruSive way to mark
the exact spot. or the hider would be none
the better Of saving himRelf from robbery.
sometimes the mark was "A peculiarly
shaped stone, sometimes a bit of iron, such
as worn out plow point or King bolt,
which might readtig -tq8 left a-field More
commonly II was a thin rod Of hard wood
capped with metal, or better, still an old
ramrod, driven into the earth above pot
a. Of So Inc a. rah al
ground.
one wise woman raised several broods
of chickens which she declared later ought
TO be called golden pheasants as they we're
all Matched in the fence corner nest I'M
der which she had hidden by night half
gallon fruit jar fun Of gold. Another
wore ragged shoes and homespun frocks,
and busted herself with spinning ana
weaving more to save herself from the
suspicion OF having money In hand. and all
the time had 1000 in a belt around her
waist IL belonged to two orphans for
whom her husband was guardian. and
while ne was away lighting for the con-
federaey she had no mind he should be
made out faithless to his trust. A third
astounded her neighbors by developing
great style in her hair dressing. She wore
every day the cumbrous cushions then
known colloquially as rats" and IL was
not until years after that anybody came
to know how she had worn for so many
months a crisp new greenback In the heart
Caves and crannied banks abounded.
but folks were, in the main, shy of them.
The black people knew them by heart;
besides they were such likely hiding places
that they were sure of search upon gen
eral principles. Though the negroes were
as a class mraculOusly faithful TO their
owners, there was a faint of SUSPICION
against them all. You could not trust
any, indeed, in face Of the fact that those
who were most trustworthy, judging by
the past often ran off upon no provoca-
ton whatever, and those who were trust
cd least stayed and proved themselves
towers OF strength and help Among the
blacks II was certainly the unexpected
which happened. Cynical owners came
at the last TO say, laughing as they noted
extra good conducts
Halo Ned, or Tom, or Jack, or Bill,
you must be fixin' to go to the yankees;
never saw you so smart before in your
life"
Nobody thought Of hiding money in a
dwelling house above the cellar, fer there
was always the chance that guerrillas
might burn ii to hide their plundering, or
soldiers in retaliation for bushwhacking
shots Watches, plate jewelry valuable
miniatures, and heirlooms of small size
were hermetieally sealed In glass or me-
tai and given in charge of some especially
trusted friend. Then the owner could
take cath that he knew nothing of their
whereabouts, the pOssessor that he owned
nothing OF the sort. For the most part the
plain people were so scrupulous and God
fearing that even the roughtest of the
rough riders could not suspect them of
false swearing.
one such collection of valuables spent
an tinerant existence, vibrating betwixt
a sweet potato hill in winter. beehive in
early spring, and an empty flower pot the
rest OF the year. II was this way of hid
ing things in the most unlikely places that
led the despoilers to such ransacking and
Overturning of all things, They smashed
preserve jars, not to get at their edible
contents but to see II there was not a
valuable sediment. probed pickle tubs,
and lard barrels--eyen oVerset pot plants
and knocked them to bits For this, too,
they ripped up upholstered furniture and
smashed pianos, scattered feather beds
to the Winds and ripped the Innings from
quilted garments. OF course they had
some pleasure in the wanton destruction,
but for much the larger part of 1t the mo-
tive was robbery.