Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1902-06-28


among the skeletons and had unfas-
tened fine articulate one and was
coming carefully down, when the In
dian saw ME and Sc; UP an esr-split-
Ting shrek. Then he darted away into
the dense underbiusa and We cav
him no more that day. But singular
discovery distracted our thoughts from
the scared guide. When go; the skel-
eton down and examined its condition
and counted the extraordinary fine
teeth which ornamented both jaws.
saw /. beautiful polished sphere OF
chalcedony Of red darker than most
'aTnelian. and about as large as an
egg. fixed between the clinched teeth
Of tho skull We all wondered very
much III the strangely beautiful speci-
men. hai when | pried the jaws apart
and examined the sphere | found that
a segment of il had been cut away.
showing an interior like that of the
comrlon good with glittering prismatic
stalaSmiics. miscroscopically small but
very brilliant And. strangest of all,
like blue green pupil Of this tony
orb. smaller sphere of polished tur-
qiioise was set firmly. but without any
evident metal. into the open aperture
of the waxy oaTnclian.
"Of course that was the chief reward
of our descent into the Ghost Valley.
Our guide didn't come hack that night
while We were cheering ourselves with
another inspection of the mysterious
Jewel. thought ] heard faint rust
ling in the thicket. and I'm snre ! saw
the green glare of some strange glow
worm. which. as events transpired.
might have been lin Look Once's evil
eye However. VIC were fAmished for
water and down 10 our last ,.scuii.
when at last | stumbled across the lost
trail and led my two fagged-out COM
rades ont of the damp gorge. AT Her
mossillc packed my treasure away
in MY cid leather field trunk But
our runaway Indian had not returned,
and Is VIC heard that Major futile
was Gown al Durango nursing
spraincd ankle VIC ali set off for that
Camr full q: our adventures in the
haunted valley We go; there later
than 10 o'clock al night. and il was
nearly II the next morning when
,lrivel n; his bedside and began to
tell him Inc story of our ad-
ventures. When got 10 the
part abcui tho big cavnelian
eye hc sat up III his bed with very
wild look IN his face. and whispered:
Before you say another word. where's
that t.-nelian?' | told him il was
packed away in my trunk at the hotel.
and tina, meant to bring it up and
how il 70 him that very afternoon.
But you won't. professor. re said con-
Gdcntly. for il isn't in your trunk. It's
o1 its way back to the Nayajos al this
minute From my window early this
morning | saw lin; Look Once gallop-
ing Ut the Hermosa trail. and thc look
CT his face was The; Of = TRANSPORTED
brave.
Il refused 10 believe that my car
nelian was gone. but ! almost ran
back 10 my hotel. spent most of
that day searching for it. and. though
ny trunk was locked and its contents
seemingly rrdistrrbed. there was no
trace of the treasure. Major futile
told ne that night tina, I had foand
VIA; The NavaJos had priced most OF
all their lost riches. the eye Of tina, old
idol that had been destroyed with the
rhiei who once guarded it. jim Look
Once Lad probably watched me snow
,-S i; = my comrades and lad followed
us in the nigh: 10 Durango. suppose
he pick NV pockets of the keys and
opcncG the trunk while We slept. But
w never found ont anything more of
the mystery except that. when ! VS.
tied the los five years ago old Jim
Look Once was Z heap big chief with
many blankets and hundreds Of ponies.
and from a beaded girdle about his
neck there SWING a dubious bag of
buckskin. which. ! doubt not. contained
The sacred emblem Ct his nobility. the
csrnclian of Ghcst Valley. Chicago
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