The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-11-21

car that he was to 90 back and come the next
night with a heap OF silver money in 4 bag.
and, whilo the ghosts in shad. bcllied coats were
and pour tho money on the ground between
them. The Quaker spooks, the Indian wrath
that would break their spell over the Indian
ghost, which would pitch in and make way
s wi,h I'm, Ino sSo 9ua aI tb sn Sorsn IN snort roI order: Then,
face could loot the cave at his leisure.
"'But' said the second stranger dcsrairingly,
pretty tough to 500 u doodle like that 90 to
waste Just because n follow is shy ahundred or
''The first stranger said It was. and that II the
other one, would wait he'd 70 TO Bath, yet a
the deal with the Indian spook. The Gt,m NAM ann sa Ga
TO start for bath, when the settler, seeing a
chance to get in on tho ground floor himself,
said he guessed maybe he might raise the ncces.
sary capital to carry on the negotiations. Tho
neyed forth to the ghostly tryst carrying a shot.
bag full OF the thrifty settlers good, fat, silver
pllank ks under 1dsi ~ hi "a arm; When he pad seen the
ricious shades in shad .bellied coats, and the
goodly treasure lay, revealed, he was to return
divide equally the hoardlngs; But he didn't
come ,c sSSE that ,hnt p TnS9tn NOR s%oo al b tnS n HiSv Day In,
falsef said tho first stranger.
''The agitatcd settler couldn't say, but tho
next, morning the first stranger got up early
and he seemed to DO suffering from great terror.
Great heavenl' he said to the settler. I've
had another dreaml Just the same rs the first
the two in shad bcllicd coats, the Indians and
tho ghost of our friend who went ont to get
Ing before the Quaker spooks, and they had tho
bag Of silver between en-. counting he pieces
and %gloating while they counted! The Indian
me. while he pointed, grinning tremendous. 10
the poor crouching shade Of our unfortunate
there's pitch in a pine knot! This country is
no place for me!
terrified stranger was. gone. He said he was
ssnytfhins about his having arrived there: 81" I
legend told with bated breath at many a fire.
side in old Stcgoen, to inquire Of Squire Hollis
ton Of the two strangers with the settler In the
light of n bunco game.
",.Bunco game! Numbered the Squire. How
could 1t have been buncoi That happened nj
most a hundred years before buuco was ever
This fact was so incontrovertible that / felt
ashamed OF my unreasonable suspicion. but
lost SO much caste by it in that part of old Steu.
dicker with any Of my fellow citizens for as
much as a pint OF cider, except for spot cash.
,or 1.-The tragic fate Of the stranger who had gone
dollars to rescue that cave full of treasures
from the clutch Of its spectral custodians left
II not only intact, but increased by the size of
one ventured to disturb it for many years. The
gend, but Is within the personal recollection OF
{ EF},, Jones Of old st,oube9, Tie Custom House VS.,
yarn doesn't matter, but the man was the Rev
Arson Greene Of the Genesce Valley. who got
NJ Green was a Methodist preacher, and
consequently was in need of money. He had
d a Wond 4 TSm crys sG,ne Sy ioek aHsr i there S ShG h sSd
had done some remarkable discovering. He
brought her over into the Benefits Creek BALI
wick and set her to looking. She gave only
one look in her glass, and saw, just as plain az
day. the gave where the wealth Of the mur
itself, and the exact location of the cave. The
Rev. Mr.. Green asked her. with some traces OF
anxiety, whether she could make out with any
dlstlnctness the forms of the spectres in the
shad. bellied coats. or the Indian spook, or tn,
ghost of the unfortunate stranger who had beer
The locker said she hadn't them in focus at all
Then the Rev: Mr.. Green told her to come alonf
ahf back .aeS to U9 9So G Ell e1sov With int sh r,HheS s sns M sskt
along, found the place where the cave was, ant
was Just going to point it out to the Rev. Mr.
able to see II thing, even with her magic glass
Dominic Green led her away to the house where
one Jedediah stephens lived. a mile or SO away
and at once she got her sight back.
%Deminie Green tod what had happened
tase s . hsek at s shat s LASS SAID sjI hs E joofed i in H. !,
glass and saw the cave and, all the appurte
nances thereSnto belonging. but silas was III.
brother Nathan wanted Silas to go right along
with, him. and they'd find the cave and &C
bhhthb VII INC bllNcI, DuU DlldS bdlu lie u ut5StG
he wouldn't go. Nathan insisted. and at last
Silas led the way toward the cave. But there
wasn't any use. Just as they got near the spo,
Silas hollered out that he'd gone blind. Nathan
told his brother to never mind that, but to jus,
describe thlrgs to him as he had seen them in thu
glass, and then he would go on himself and
get a load of the silver while Silas waited: but
then Silas, besides being blind, was suddenly
knocked speechless. and they had to come back
Silas got both his sight and his speech as soon
as he reached home.
,"Since then folks were careful TO let that
ghost-guarded cave of riches alone until about
ten years ago, when Judge Ben " right and
Charles Champlin of Hammondsport appeared
in that part OF old Steuben one day., accom-,
panied by II mysterious stranger. They said
they were up there buying cheese. but at night
they were seen entering the dark .ravine In
which the haunted cave is located,
each carrying a long, slim, crooked wand. They
were seen coming from the ravine early in the
morning. pale, wan, and lottery. They drove
away as soon as they could, and their break.
vile hill, in their haste TO get away from that
locality is m with a shudder to this
day. Neither Judge Wright nor Charles
Champlin has ever been induced TO tell what
they saw that night in the ravine, and their mys'
FERROUS companion Disappeared. but people up
sure thing on that treasure cave, and they saw
the ghosts that guarded it. That was what
they saw.
run that cave down at last. because Sid Har,
rington has found a big piece of silver ore in
the vicinity of the spot where legend and per.
sonal recollection. locate 1t. / pooh poohed
them, and said they were chumps to try 1t.
That, treasure is there all right, but, being a
that Wen ever be able to get hold of that snug
hoard. Never!'