El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-11-10
PAGES 9 AND 10
And you mean to say began.

| kybosh on one bit, but it didn't 'urt the
general scheme i went, and finished
that rockery next day. as though there
wasn't a snack in the world. Cemented'
| over the stones, l did, dabbed 1t green
and everything. / put dab of green
Just to show where the box was They
all came and looked at it and said 'ow-
nice il was. Even 'e was a bit softer
like to see it, and all e said was, It's q
pity you can't always work like that,
then you might get something definite
to do he says Yes 1 says-I couldn't
'elp it put q lot in that rOckery,' I
says like that. See? Il put lot into
that rockery.' meaning
Il see," said 1, for Mr.. Brisher is apt
to overelaborate his jokes.
&c didn't" said Mr.. Brisher. mot
then anyhow.
"'Owever, after all that was over OF
I set for London, ony 1 wasn't going to
no London" said Mr.. Brisher with sud-
den animation and thrusting his face
into mine. mo fear. What do you
think?
81 didn't go no farther than Colchee
ter, not a yard.
'Id left the spade just where could
right 'ired little trap in Colchester
and pretended L wanted to go to Ips-
witch and stop the night and come back
next day, and the chap 1 'ired it from
made me leave sov'rings on 1t right
away, and off 1 set. I didn't go to no
Ipswich neither.
Midnight the 'orse and trap was
'ftched by the little road that ran by
he har 20 vorf Ia
off. it wasn't, and l was at it like a
good un. 1t was jest the night for such
games-overcast, but trifie too 'ot.
and all around the sky there was sum-
mer lightning and presently a thunder
storm. Down it came. First big drops
in a sort of fiZZle, then all 1 KEEP on
1 whacked at it. didn't dream the oil
man would ear. / didn't even trouble
to go quiet with the spade. and the
thunder and lightning and all seemed
to excite me like. | shouldn't wonder
if was singing | got so ard at il
clean forgot the thunder and the 'orse
and trap precious soon got the boz
showing and started to lift it"
'Heavy?'' | said
Il couldn't no more lift ii than fly.
was sick I'd never expected that.
got regular wild. tell you. l cursed
got sort of outra geous. | didn't think
OF dividing it like for n minute, and
even then ! couldn't ave took money
about loose in a trap | hoisted one end
sort of wild like. and over the whole
show went with Il tremendous noise
Perfeck smash of silver. And then
right on the heels of that. fash. Light
ming like the day, and there was the
back door open and the old man com
ing down the garden with is blooming
old gun. He wasn't not 'undred
yards away.
Il tell you | was that upset | didn't
think what 1 was doing. 1 never stop
ped, not even to fill my pockets. l Went
over the fence like a shot and ran iiA
1 o'clock for the trap. cussing as /
went. 1 was in a state.
"And, will you believe me, when I
got to the place where I'd left the 'orse
and trap they'd gone. orr! When I
saw that, 1 hadn't a cuss left for it L
Jest danced on the grass, and when re
danced enough started off to LondoA
1 was done
Mr.. Brishcr was pensive for an inter
val, 'I was done" he repeated YER!
bitterly.
'.Well?'' 1 said.
That's ALL" said Mr.. Brisher.
You didn't go back?''
mo fear. I'd 'ad enough Of that
blooming treasure any'ow for bit.
Besides, didn't know what was done
to chaps who tried to collar a treasure
trove. 1 started OFF for London there
and then"
And you never went backY'
Never"
"But about Jane? Did you writer
Three times-fishing like. And no
answer. We'd parted in bit of 'uff
on account of 'er being jealous. So
that 1 couldn't make out for certain,
what it meant.
Il didn't know what to do. I didn't
even know whether the old man knew
1t was me. 1 sort of KEEP an eye open
on papers TO see when he'd give up
that treasure to the crown. as i hadn't
doubt e would. considering 'ow re-
spectacle ed always been"
And did he?''
Mr.. Brisher pursed his mouth and
moved his head slowly from side to
side. Not 'im," he said.
Jane was nice girl" he said. u
thorough nice girl, mind You, if jealous
and there's no knowing l mightn't ave
gone back to 'er after bit. I thought
If e didn't give up the treasure I might
ave sort of old on i'm Well. one
day looks as usual under Colchester,
and there I saw is name. What for.
d'you think?''
l could not guess.
Mr.. Brisher's voice sank to a whis-
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