El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-11-10

| 'ardly Il 'ymn toon in the book she
couldn't play.
"NIany's the evening we've met and
sung 'ymns. me and 'cr AMI the family.
Err father was quite II leading man
| in chapel. You should Ina seen him
Sundays. intcrrupting the minister and
| giving out ymns. He 'ad gold specta-
cles. remember. and used tn look over
Fem at you while he sang hearty. He
WAS always great on singing e:lrty to
the Lord. and when he got out of toon
| 'arf the people went after 'im-always-
r WIS that sort of man. And In walk
be'ind i'm in is black clothes-'is at
WAS brimmer-mad one regular
proud tn he engaged to such father
in-law. And when the summer came
went down there and stopped a fort
night.
Now, you know there was n sort of
itch" said Mr.. Brisher. I'VE wanted
to marry. me and Jane did. and get
things settled. But e said 'ad To get
proper position first. Consequently
there was a itch. Consequently when
l went down there | was anxious to
show that l was a good, useful sort of
nearly everything like. See?"
made n sympathetic noise.
And down at the bottom of their
garden was Il bit of wild part like So
| says TO i'm. why don't you ave a
rockery 'ere?' L says. 1t 'ud look nice
Too much expense, he says.
"'Not penny says I. I'm Il dab 1t
rockeries. I.emme make you one You
see. I'd 'elped my brother make
rockery in the beer garden be'ind lis
tap. 81 l knew 'ow to do it To rights
I.cmme make You one l says. It's
'olidays. hut I'm that sort of chap
ate doing nothing l says. I'll make
YOU one tn rights And the long and
the short of it was he said | might
And that's 'ow | come on the treas
urc."
What treasurer asked.
why" said Mr.. Brisher. "the treas
IRE I'm telling you about. what's the
reason why never married"
WHAT trensure-dug upI
'.YeS-huricd wcaIth-treasure trove-
Come out of the ground What l kept
on Saying-rcgular treasure" He look
eel at me with unusual disrespect-
1t wasn't more than a foot deep. not
the top Of it, he said. I'D 'ardly got
thirsty like before | come on the cor
ner''
Go on" said. II didn't under
stand"
Why. directly lit the box l knew 1t
WAS treasure. \ sort OF instinct told
me. Something seemed TO shout inside
Of me. '\ow's your chance; lie low
It's lucky | knew the laws Of treasure
trovc. ar I'd ave been shouting there
and then. | dessay you know
Grown bags it, l said. ''all but 1
per cent. Go on. It's n shame. What
did You do:"
Uncovered the top of the box There
wasn't anybody in the garden or about
like. lane WAS clipping FER mother do
the 'ouse. I was excited. / tell you.
tried the lock and then gave a whack
ut the hinges. Silver coins-fuli. Shin
ing 1t made me tremble TO see 'em.
And jest then I'm blessed If the dust
man didn't come round the back Of
the 'ouse. II pretty nearly gave me
cart disease to think what a fool was
To ave the money showing. And di-
rectiy after card the chap next door
e was 'olidaylng. too-watering is
beans. II only ED looked over the
fencei"
What did you doT'
Kicked the lid i'm and covered it up
like shot and went on digging about
a yard away from it like mad. And
my face, so to speak. was laughing on
its own account till 1 had it hid. l tell
you 1 was regular scared like at my
luck. jest thought that 'ad to be KEEP
close. and that was all 1t seemed TO
me the box was regular sticking out
and showing. like your legs under the
sheets I'm bed. and / went and put all
the earth I'd got out OF my ole for the
rockery slap on top of 1t l was in
sweat And in the midst OF it all ont
toddies 'er father. He didn't say any
thing to me, but Jane told me after
ward when he went indoors e says.
That there jackanapes OF yours. Jane
he always called me jackanapes
someow 'ow TO put lis back in
to IL after ALL Seemed quite impressed
by it. = did,
How long was the box?'' asked
suddenly.
"Oh. bout so by so.' Mr.. Rrisher in
Dictated n moderate sized trunk.
Full" said /.
Full up of silver coins-'arf crowns.
1 believe"
why" 1 cried. chat would mean
hundreds of pounds
Thousands said Mr.. Brisher in q
sort Of sad calm. Il caIc'Iatcd it out"
But how
All | know is what | found. What
| thought at she time WAS this: Tn"
chap who's owned the 'onSc before 'er
Ia thcr II been Il regular slap up bur