The Van Buren press., 1897-02-13
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ebezgH Wien The ~beteh eoEa5e41s
So euss coming across The - a4srs theF
uuII On their rubber boots and oaIsiStas
and far1h they zaIIf. The FIRST Md
sieIss up the right dry sand a1a blows y
away u little zxizls. That fakrs G.
sue aver. The -eou ser7 hurFies
sraaaa af5er the sNiris and picks 50
q saieser i exposed ta sight Layer
after aver q sand IS reEczed. uncover
M naare and mere cons and triakets
Eor the seaveagers . the seashore- Ga
lie Gag Of the last great stoFa one MAJ
licked Up g. which is tie best dave
aork remembered BY any Of the men
talked WITH Tbs storm chasing a
pretty hard Iabsr. The nten have e
rz1 around from place u place after
the -bz8,gs of sanc. ard tse wind soon
beginz 20 1T ard tAroE IN Big waves.
which. with tie tide, pour n shore nd
soFer he beach = proata5 BE . T,
Hs5E ever. that the eomberz search CT
The water fsose ~ their boat aoEs-
TA< H1osf pEBGfsl 5le work Of al Is f'4e
hardest. That E digging around tae
bass o tAe plies Of the iron pier Iae
sief il summer IS . promenade q vel
a. saIffng-roonl- Prom i all sorts 81
things drop. and. sinking n the water.
are given up By the owner As lost TIE
eaEaber knows otherHrss- He Ea-
harmed that the ebb and soa o the tide
washes Little eddy holes arouzd every
PIE. aad that everything that CONES
anywhere near these koies Is Deposited
ia them. He j. aware. moreover. that
zen heavy objects are borne backward
ana forward BIZ the waves, and tHas
consequently the chances are II favor
u The pie hole receiving. on some N
and out flow Of the tide, al things worth
feeov erfnz. 80 when the beaches are
/ left b. the summer crowds and tas
nueksters. the eombefz 20 cut with
| their big shoHelg and zieTes and dig ~
/ the SAID in the holes. 1key say that
the finds are Of good value and very n =
eeIlaue0us. Most numerous are tie
/ Ei4EHalAEE HUN III III NdAE u NHAE 4AaA -
pan from two or three feet down
| through the surface saRd. Upon tbs
| hard floor the coins stand On edge in a
position 70 penetrate to the safe regions
below. Bat the eoIaber. understanding
| This. shoyels down three or four feet
further. and though it il heavy work
and exhaasting afterward VIXEN he
sieve has 70 be used TO release The .sRi
the patient placer miner makes sure Be
| has reaped the summer harvest before
ne leaves of his task.
There are two rich places which haze
not been explored. One i defended b.
a man and his wife who own the ground
Ii IS a line Of poles set Up for the bail
ing patrons. Four years ago q young
| man went into the water there with two
SO gold pieces around his neck. lie
| vas about to BE married aud was sayira
up the money for the event. IT was to1
precious 10 De left in the bathhousg
keepers safe, so he kept it in the little
leather bag at his neck When be eame
out Of the water the bag and the gold
seEe gone. lie wept and cursed an
made such a noise about his loss that
every body ION Coney" knew Of it. Tn
ecmbers we're not alone in the search
for II, but it was not found during ths
| season and in the fall the winter meT
prepared 10 dig around the lifeline
poles. Gebbard was afraid they wouI,
dig up the poles or loosen them aud ne
foI bade them to work three The polio.
assisted him when they we're within
call, but whenever they and Gebbar.
were away down swooped the conbert
to search for the gold. The owneI
found il necessary to leave his wife t,
watch while he was away and the eou
bcrs have been kept off ever since. Bu
they mean 10 have those touble eagle
yet; they know they are in the pol
holes and Dave Stewart, the negr,
cOmber, said recently:
Use goin' 10 have them goldbugs j
II takes till Gabriel blows"
The other untouched spots are ais
lifeline poles, those that once carrie,
line from the pier TO the Scenic rail
road. When the bathing houses Their
were torn down the poles were left an
the combers are welcome TO delye be
side them. But every year they hav
been passed over because there wer
, enough other places equally rich to las
through the winter. and now the It'd
and the sand drift are gradually risln
over the tops of the poles. They vii
soon be buried and their location vii
, BE- forgotten unless some energeti
comber attacks them.-N. Y. Post.