The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-04-17

the lid was only fastened down with =
no time at all aud took on the top OF the
box; bein all Of trenble with excitement
siderably disappointed. Aside from some
rusty iron junk at the bottom Of the box;
ss %. q oa
pound bakin' powder can Inside the can
there was piece of rancheria-tanned buck
BACK BACK AGAIN. feen @ ali q' through
when I see that there some blurry lines
roll rolled It near the Candle to nave better
look. but of what, first along, ! couldn't
There was a zig-zasgy shaped line meant
| 10 represent hills with IT at one end OF
'em. and w W. at the other. and under
on 1t, with. head pointin' down and the
! tie red ink cross marked up in a deep rincon
| in the hills quit looking out for anything
sse that e g ana aws er Il 10 se' enR OF
the map, and went to sleep stiIl puzzlin; :.
n the aea SsD +, as thing he ws tasts sShn
| come to me. Everything seemed so plain,
! Just wondered then hadn't seen 1t all at
w. w w White water, and md the crooked
| shaded line was the hills borderin, on the
desert bo tine tho for Years
| and recognized every little bend and corner
| in the hills where they'd tried to set EN- en-,
out on the map. Then / see the little red
| cross was just meant to locate the rock.
! with the arrow and the figures marked on
it,. Now was on the right trail II didn
| take me long TO work it all out. | seen
| the whole scheme and the idea OF the map;
ana me I1ood qsa Fash asat 70 there rock Was
! the coin and bullion which folks had been
| conjecturin' about. Nine meant nine iee .1
| three meant three feet deep in the ground.
| That was where the plumber was.
| didn't waste much time once I'd struck
| this lead in startn in TO realize. ana l
cabin wnaI s at gait Which astonished the mule
| and worried the Jenny considerable. But
| findin treasury on map ana io o , II
| different things I'd worked on the fifst
proposition ali right enough; but when II, Ia
ger GER cor on my hands than I'd been
| calculatin on. / hadn't no trouble IN hit,
tin on the rincon marked by the red
| ink cross: but there was Lodges and rocky
| bluffs for miles each way, and though l
put in a. week huntin for that big rock
with the sign of the arrow. want any
wiser when quit than when | started IN,
and s at last der give t up beat and went IN
Now. though ia give up. It was only
for the time bein'. and still kept the
some day to go back; but one thing after
| another kept comm up to hinder, and IT
was nigh on mt, to three years before ever !
.sMy next trip there come about this way.
Fairly one May afternoon l got into the
White Water station and found fat man,
with a long. curly beard and a sociable
sort of way with him, monkeyin' with some
brush porch in front. He said they were
photographs he was dryin off, he be1n
professional hired-so he claimed-by some
markable he run against down IN tnat
country. He want no ways particular what
he made a point of takin' a picture OF me
and my mule and the burro quick as wed
got in. and that led up to our gettin' toler-
He begun spreadin' out his pictures, and
stood by taik s t ana he sive e ONE of
big palm tree, growing just in front OF q
steep. rocky bluff Then I stopped short
for a minute couldn't speak, was SO dunn
foundered, for on that rock in the picture,
standin' out plain among the cleavage , lines les.
was the figure OF an arrow pointing 10 the
ground 80 .ha nhoto.r.nber
ter was When / asked him he described
the place where he took the picture the
got half ff through 1 see plain enough he
was speakin' of the rincon marked by the
have been by that same ledge at least half
dozen times, without ever seem the ar
ben as It was 50 All III lines w on
the rocks l pointed outsthe arrow, which
he'd no notion of bein' there TIL | showed
as much surprised as | was, and asked no
end of questions about what 1 knew bear
"Bein sort Of unstrung with excitement
and he seemin' terribly friendly and inter
ested and the sort OF man nd e ban n y1u
urally, perhaps, overconhdin' starred
right in and give him the whole business aHiess
w il come to this: He agreed to take me
round to the rocks in the mornin early . IN
about the country init bein' trip OF
only ten or twelve miles from Wnere ne
was talknmand we was 10 b athue Of us al
loWin' thered ought to be, from all ac-
counts. more'n enough for two. 100, inst
eoin, down-potterin' round to get Things
ready for early start, and was some d sra
team tied up alongside my mule, wnen l
went into the stable shed to req MIN,
noticed NOTICE. with es sort of misgivin, that there
want no sign of the buckDoard wnicn Ia q
last seen standin' out in front. preI.y qu and
nickin' out straws from his hair. and Wnen
asked about the sorrels and the nucn M, s,d
nuled out night before just after Ia turned
how It was. That fat. sociable photograph
in scut had just gone OFF on the qulet 70
rake in the plunder tor t n,msei, so nod thing
NATURALLY ! saddled up right away an
went off on a lope, hopin' to strike the I'll,
his stay there interesting for him; but he
had too much the start, and when at last
front there was the mark of the arrow
eplairi enough. and knew where t., to
IIook there was nothin else OF what I'd
been plannin' and dreamin' about all them
years but a new hole in the ground, two
sfoye-in express boxes, and dull-colored
90 iyin' ON the new dug dirt, in his
hurry to make his clear up and get Wen
away. ,.,,
disappointed and mad all through, that
when a little donkey-bird roostin' on some
brush near the palm commenced warbln
like he was celebratin' by being done up
that way 20
doubtless Melospiza Fasciata FaHax, 49,
lehman So cents interposed the natural
ist. ,xx~
his warblin' riled me that much that be-
fore I'd thought-havin' nothin else handy
I'D hove the 20 at him, and couldn't find
1t afterward.
Il made inquiries for that insnuatin'
photographer, longfn to see MIN again,
IL only just once, but j never learned
nofhin' more about him or the treasure.
That's my story, gentlemen" concluded
Calkins rising, Its getting late, and
reckon I'll turn in."-San Francisco Ar
gonant.
Closing the Meat Shops.