The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-12-10

swede, Sovereign Heller. who lived In 81.
George With HIS wife and children he &C.
cupied small house on the east.
erly side Of the hill upon which
stood Fort George.
This man heard something OF the con-
tents OF that letter. and took his bear
ings with great care, preparatory to his
operations near his own house. In 1879
Heller got permission from the colonial
government to make b road from the
main road UP the hill 10 his house. This
was blind. for he needed q road there
as much as a COW needs jib ana main
salt.
'.After getting the desired permission he
began to dig trench. He dug up as far
as certain old tree, and at that tree, In
the moonlight one night. he was seen
digging, but as It was known that he had
procured permission to open road, no
suspicion OF HIS real object awoke the
curiosity of anybody. and 1t was not
until his sudden departure from bermuda
In a French ship that had been bought
for cash by him. poor man, that people
began to wonder at his sudden acquisi-
ton OF wealth and decide that he had
been searching for Kids treasure. bur.
led there nearly two centuries before.
suddenly he ceased his labor upon tho
trench and ended his work just at that
tree, where he had been seen digging in
the moonlight and alone. Without warn-
ing he had bought the French vessel In
which he unexpectedly and silently had
departed for unknown shores. leaving be-
I have learned that ne went to Canada,
but he never returned mere. TO my mind
he carried away With him the treasure
of Capt. Kidd. the pirate.
I'm ST. George lived many people In the
COS who kept small drinking places. None
of them Ii in that trade now One. rich,
Ii still resident. At the time of the
civil war in the United States, and while
the blockade runners were frequenting
st. George. this man ana his wife kept a
small saloon, the wife attending as bar
maid 1t was well kept. and those two
people won the confidence OF their GUS
toners among the blockade runners. and
many Of them deposited their money with
this couple. as there were no banks and
no certificates Of exchange to be had The
greater number OF these depositors never
returned to claim their deposits. One man
left large sum with the couple and Il
was some years after that q demand was
made upon them for the funds, but they
had forgotten all about II. The money
never was paid.
Near my store few years ago man
was having a foundation dug and sawed
out for new house. One day while Dig
in the ground years before. The boss had
his watchful eyes upon 1t. and after send
ing the digger on long errand, carried the
box to his own home, afterward cautioning
the workman to say nothing about II.
"A new resident or Tuckerstown leased
farmhouse and small farm from the
occupant for a good round slim. Upon
coming into possession he hired q laborer
to aid him In digging at corner Of the
farm nearest the ocean. On the second
day while the man was throwing UP the
dirt and his employer watching his move-
ments, he came across wire stretched
through the trench.
THE laborer was sent away for the day
and the employer continued the work,
with the result Of another lucky find Of
treasure, for the finding of which he had
a map before hiring the farm Two days
later the new occupant of that farm dis
appeared by steamer for New York.
Spanish doubloons have been found in
the earth all over the islands, particularly
at Spanish Point, in large and small guam
titles. Strangers have come here by the
score with maps and tools with which to
prosecute their search IN silence. leaving