The sun., 1897-01-03

falling down. Father thought Of Joe riTHt
away and called out;
a." Hello" said Joe. before hs thought for I,
va: a'R bosya sgrs ssrSy enough, n, ~. r.,,,,,
joe didn't say anything more. but we heard
something drop outside and knew that Joe had
window In the gsrret; but we weren't bothersi
any any more % and Joe didn't turn up again, for
hs S.ns Ts Ss hS him to
So ali Y% s%s ff' VEN, TsH Away sps Sa
Re was st The siege OF ho.toS. The s foSs tSss Sna
regular troops as OF the marauders bred in The
country. who claimed both sides; but IL was ali
the .S sane m, Cor1oy Skinner. Tory. none of them
r Neifhbor Morgan was suspicioned Of being
Tory, but our families had always been. good
going on some time. he cnmo to our house late
one night and waked us up and told us that he
for the chest and he advised us to load up that
ana the best of our household stun and drive to
ne aay To- ss we sSoldns s.pect ~ tina,
from what they had heard about tho chest. and,
n eonseouence Of their disappointment, we
We could, il was close 70 midnight when we we
Aswe turned up tho road heard yell, and
LOOKING 100 back. saw. about a. quarter OF mile
e ev.rS ioqs gns men na r1nhnT dn towsrd us
poEed IAN and 0rSd sd s tns other sS ssS
but It seemed to me that IL we was mourners at
an anglo worm funeral we COULDN'T have went
they would catch US going mp the hill.
a.. Father rather hsd q hye.gallon keg Of applejack In
ries to drink and waste; and, going over tho
rough road this rolled and bounced about liko
ball OF yarn; When we had got most to the
hind. the end board OF the wagon jolted loose
and the keg rolled out Father was for stopping
Tor ddnt Ssiieve Joe Gallup ~ % could =" get BY
keg OF whiskey TO save his soul. or even to grab
n fss's tS aa, OF s.S and
and got together few OF the home guard, and
they and father went back and found Joe Gal
lup and his gang dead drunk and scattered pro-
miscuous like all over the road. That keg of
hanging the Tories. but the majority said no.
SO when they got sobered up they were taken
their backs good and hard. They were then let
20 and warned that II they were ever found In
those part. again they would be hug or shot.
That was the last ever saw Of Joe Gallup; he
was aftcrward caught in washington's camp at
Morrstown and huns as spy
would usually cxclaim at this point.
Oh. the chest was safe enough, unless the
Joe Gallup didn't want the chest. only what he
Thought was in It. An old chest wasn't then. a.
now, valued more than n house. even II II had
travelled IN tho MIyioweT. ! picked out my
clothes and packed them into a bundle, and
there was nothing else worth bothering abolt.'
Did nothing else happen during the war in
which the chest had partr
"'Well.' replied the old lady. when the Hos
SLAMS were In that part OF the country and
was with my husband in camp and father liv-
ing alone, Capt. Altog aud about dozen Dutch
troopers rode mp to tho house ono day and ask ed
for dinner. Father said his heart was In his
mouth, for the Hessians were said to be all
gizzard and no conscience. The Captain seemed
quite pleasant, however. and father told him
that II he would take pot luck he was
to be alone. and, when told. congratulated him
on having fighting daughter as well as son In
law. He said that his dragons would help
about the dinner, and the soldiers commenced
the work by hlling their Canteens from tho
whiskey barrel and wrluglng the necks OF al
IL was worse than raid Of weasels. Father
thought that he could have got dinner cheaper.
but he daren't say anything for fear Of worse.
After dinner the Captain told father that
he had heard there was famous old chest In
the family. and that he would like to see It..
Father looked at him. and knew In minute
that the Captain was after loot. So they went
up gArret, and father showed the chest and told
how tho report of Its being n treasure chest
had got about. The Captain looked disap-
finally laughed and treated the matter as .
joke. When tho Hes-ians rode away. all hands
half drunk, and what poultry they hadnt
/ gobbled slunR over th-ir horses necka Capt.
| Altoz thanked father for his hospitality, and
promi sed to return II II father would visit the
British camp.
:" solomon says; "silencs !. gold" The
most OF the trouble VIC had about the chest
came from my not practising silence with q
| person that could not see joke.