The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-11-03

it, replaced the stake and the sand as
well as the flooring, and then he sauntered
to the railway depot, three miles distant
paid his fare to a fishing village several
miles further up the coast, then paid fare
to larger town a few miles distant and
finally bought a railway ticket to the city
BY this time he had made up his mind
that his greatest need was some store
clothes, SO he bought some at a shop
near the river, and no two articles We're
Of the same color, so when he HAD got
into them and made his appearance in
the more prominent streets of the city
he found himself attracting as much at
luck
Then. he took a train back homeward
stopped off at the, race track, bet on
each race and had his pockets picked
of his remaining money, so he had to
walk home. But what did that matter
to a fellow who had a chest OF treasure
One of the natives had CHANGED to be
at the race track, ana he told such sto-
ries when he returned 70 town that Tom
zie found 30 or 40 neighbors waiting to
receive him and stare at him, when he
struggled YEARLY up 10 the door Of his
ancestral domain. Iomzle's clothes We're
a revelation; nothing like them had ever
been seen in the village, so the wearer
was conducted to the only store and piled
with questions that made him feel very
uncomfortable. The only explanation
he ventured to make was that he had
found some money, and that "hndin's is
keepins, and that Il was nobodys bus
That night TomZie again stocked his
pockets with CON, and he slipped away
from the house so early IN the morn
ing that no one Of the curious could
see him and ask impairment questions.
Just what he would do during the day Re
did not know, for the day was an ON
one at the race course, but as he re
turrsx1 to his home in the middle of a,
rainy afternoon, carrying a big red UNI
brella and leading TWO dogs by new
chains it appeared that he had not been
idle or close-hsted. Before bedtime, he
had bought half interest in an Unele
Toms Caban" show which had strolled
into the village with big tent, two big
dogs and one small donkey.
Then the storekeeper sent man on
horseback to the nearest telegraph sta
ton with the following dispatch to Tom
FURRY home. You boy has found
Kids treasure, dressed uD in city style,
lost lot of money on the races ana gone
into the circus business.
Several DAYS afterward a matinee per
Torrance ~of Uncle Toms Cabin" at
neighboring town was disturbed by the
Entrance of Gabe Trubb just as Tue ''plan-
tation dance" was going on, with TOmZie
in the part Of the swell darkey of the
plantation. Within ten minutes Tomzie
thumps, then he was asked to explain.
Il found a pirates treasure hoard"
whimpered Tomzie.
call your dad a pirate? That money I'M
der the house was mine; buried it there
to keep the Internal banks from Dustin
with it in EN- It's all the money I've
saved since I've been fishin'."
81 didn't know nothin about that" ex-
planned Tomzie. I'm awful sorry.'
Sorry? Hows that goin' to bring my
money back?"
Then Gabe regained his strength and
TomZie got some more Whippings al
though he was sure he had already re-
ceived enough 10 last an ordinary boy a
Fortunately Gabe Trubb thought of
something else so he dropped Tomzfe ana
devoted his muscular energies to the own
er Of the show; and before he got through
he succeeded in extracting several hun
dred dollars of Tomzie's purchase money
from the unhappy mans clothing As he
was departing he CHANGED to dash through
the dressing room, where he saw little
Eva, an oVer-rotund young woman for
the part, drinking from the silver cup
which Tomze had found in the treasure
box
That cup had been presented to Gabe
many years before while he was a Young
sailor, for extraordinary gallantry ana
risk in saving the crew Of a vessel that
was going to pieces and Gabe, although
not much Of a sentimentaiist valued that
bit of silver as IL II were the great Kohl
moor diamond, 50 he rudely snatched II
from the young Woman's hand at which
Uncle Tom, who was the young woman's
husband dashed at Gabe, and there was
a-struggie at which the entire company
soon took a hand, assisted by most OF the
audience, and It took two constabies, a