The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1897-12-24
TREASURE TROVE.

contiguous parishes, Ahl every Aouhe-
holder in each Of these parishes claims
rights oa the common Of his parIsh,o oyer
which. moreover the mauorial lord as
serts paramount authority and eatorees
It when he eau, The nuchy of Cornwall,
however, TO which the fores; belongs,
processes a sort Of sovereignty oyer ali
these commons,
Now, there lived In the parish o.
South TawIon, In the curious old Village
Uf Zeal where every house IS an arch
Biological curiosity and every house-
holder is independent poor yOuDg
man of the name OF Josiah Day, COM
Rlonlv known as young llaiAydAY,
This nickname was acquired by him
through his excessive caution.
Jos was not lazy man, yet his eX-
aggerated prudence led 10 much the
SAME results as lnertHess.
He was working On the common,
cuttingaup granite blocks, whereWith 60
construct "new lake walt While
thus engaged Jos. came on a pile az
small stones,
lie cleared away these as too small to
serve his purpose and discovered be-
meath them a granite slob This he lev
cred aside, without much difficulty, and
10 his surprise discovered stone cist
or cuilin constructed OF rude blocks, He
cfebt IN and was SIN further surprised
when he found within = pot containing
charred bones and ashes, and near IL u
cup Of yellow metal, and come rings
AMI hoops. SONS weighing sis, others
ten and fifteen ounces apiece,
He hastily scrambled forth. ana as
tap setting su,, CLEANED out ne exam
inad his find by is light, He rubbed the
GLp and The rings on his sleeve and "By
Ginger!" SAID ne. I'm burned II It amt
all solid gold Come, I'm IN iuck's way
This shall stand over against a rainy
day"
Such wa8 his first thought; the Sec
ond wns this; "lf II he known that
nave found treasure. then shall
have the ducby putting it, ilst down on
It, the lord Of the manor demanding It,
the crown exactiug tt, the n1rsou hold
ing out his hand for tenth and evcry
householder In the parish, as this Is
common land clamoripg for ais share.
aid there he one hundred and torty-
three have rights 'rherefi be naught
left for me but the disappointment OF
having found and lost treasure"
Josiah stood turning over the gold
cup and rings Then he peered cautious
ly about him to make sure that he was
uHobseVed,
Then the young man replaced the
covering block, then feapcd the small
stones and earth over 1t and disguised
the fact that the place had been dis
sHrbed.
He returned home quite satisfied With
himself and with his prospects Now he
could look forward without blinking to
the inevitable rainy day. AT present he
had health, strength and youth, and
with these he could earn his livelihood
But" as Jos putlt, ~ can't reckon on
these lasting. knows several Young
chaps as has had colds settled on their
chestesses and have died Of decline
And Tom Endlcott, he dlslocated his
hip and now can't hobble up on to the
moor after granite no more and as to
old age and ecreptude-ihege's no de-
nying It. every day and hour and min
ute brings me higher to H."
Accordingly Jos went on breaking up
stone and iRelesiag, ana hstlpctlve!y he
extended his "new take" wall IN the di-
rection Of the cairn and stone chest that
contained his treasure
y mus H'' w 9"pPu'vN 'H"' '"s Mu9
my NIilP'C" =" fe"t"'' 0ut tr"' 81 "is-
eoVery ana me egIseInP'tg eonnar9tlon
OF CIV Nolu, unDNe ulh I'VE pIeS'l.'nE
nolhlAahi pAssiGh W sauI'oh aEh'ilS' d
5utu'N u"p'o''"o" "'' "e'e"Us" "''
uVlns 80, ~,
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He9ast' ~ 'ttur i'fNitn"o. IVY "'
sone P3uius sne NSp'' out ., i,.h' ar
tomheaas' Whith 10 sea i1 sac
loun9 os l!'e MOO nv VII" s Sne us
pgsuu Vi 10 az n'S,,'o'os'a" N"' "'so
tf1 sV'"t HsfHit"Vt".
Jos passed me cottage twice ualS on
hls way nut a;lu on ,lIS Wy m'h.t' anu
LorE NeIueutS he saw N'IlE az hvF
uuot' 'un tHeS HrNel' my M'N'ou. ~
cndhSe or sttH1t'"Hs' Vt' one V.'as'V.
WAeh oVer'9Een W Ha.'slu'h ne h4e
oeeh invited mo 'nG Vot'aSs "nu aaI
oeen gwen cup OF yea 'hat Nat.u't
nus heart as u II heI pfthn i~ppsrt MINI
aaa sot mo nus He'd aS ii u ""1 zee"
MHlS@ey' TN
On ieaVlng the coltese ne s9'u 70
R'mseH' - MigAL 80 lhltner a,u tat
worse, me "lu tlolner " wen 'Mtu
ior the mouse neat INC marc ~ htett
anu pIishI anu ,,i p'si'st'', sus -
ehOoN h'' heNu " uDN w W ma
early that means iamlly SomlhE iaSl
ana nothing draSs nIahs hedu unuGr
water IKE q lot OF oaGle5 eiawine huta
OF H. 1T PolIy ABseu hau money, mar
would De anotAer matter oi'pBs.het \,
Theh u might 9e WoF'A consideration
one day when tAey met on tne moor
the northeast bIas' was 80 cutting tnut
they retired together under snelter OF a
rock 20 cut their luneh' [onslaeFin i now
cold the weather was, Jos Pu' nus arm