Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1902-05-24

an interesting book, but for want of
space cannot be more than referred
to here. Hayle had been their part
ner in not few of their curious I'M
dertakings, for his courage and re-
source made him a valuable ally,
though how far they trusted each
other it is impossible to say.
Breakfast over they adjourned to
the veranda, where the inevitabl
cigars made their appearance.
"Now let's hear what you've got to
say to me?" Hayle began.
mot here, "Kitwater replied. "There
to the harbor."
So saying he led his companions to
the water side, where he chartered a
native boat for an hours sail. Then,
when they were out of earshot of the
land, he babe Hayle pay attention to
what he had to say.
First and foremost V on must under
stand" he said, chat it's all due to
Coddy here. We heard something of it
from an old Siamese in Hanoi, but we
never put much trust in it. Then
Coddy began to look around, to hunt
up some of the musty records, and
after awhile he began to think that
there might be something in the story
after all. You see it's this way: You
know Sengkor-Wat?'
"Sengkor how much?"
'Sengkor-Wat-the old ruin at the
back of Burmah, near the Chinese
border. Such place as you never
dreamt of. Tum ble-down palaces,
( temples, and all that sort of thing
lying out there all alone in the jungle"
1--we seen Amber" said Hayle, with
the air of a man who makes a remark
that cannot be lightly turned aside.
after that 1 don't want any more
ruined cities. I've got no use for
them"
mo, but you'vesgot use for other
things, haven't you? You can use ru-
bies as big as pigeons eggs, suppose.
You've got a use for sapphires, the
like of which mortal man never set
eyes on before"
That's certainly So" Hayle replied.
"But what has this Sengkor-Wat to do
with it?"
Everything in the world" Kitwa-
ter replied. That's where those ru-
bies are, and, what's more, that's
where we are going to find them
care you joking, or is this sober
earnest?"
He looked from Kitwater to Codd.
The little man thus appealed to nodded
his head. He agreed with all his COM
panion said.
cts quite true" said he, after a
pause. "Rubies, sapphires and gold
enough to make US all miliionaires
times over"
"Bravo for Sengkor-Wat, them" said
Hayle. "But how do you know a II this ?''
'I've told you already that Coddy
found it out" Kitwater replied.
Looking over his old records he dis
covered something that put him on
the track. Then I happened to re-
member that, years ago, when 1 was in
Hanoi, an old man had told me a won
derful story about a treasure cham
Der in a ruined city in the Burmese
| jungle. A Frenchman who visited the
| place, and had written book about it
mentions the fact that there is a
legend amongst the natives that vast
| treasure is buried IN the ruins, but
only one man, so far as we can dis
cover, seems to have taken the trouble
| to have looked for it."
But how big are the ruins?"
Bigger than London, so Coddy
says!"
Coddy nodded his head in confirma-
ton of this fact. But still Hayle
seemed incredulous.
"And you are going to search all
that area? 1t strikes me that you
will be an old man by the time you
find the treasure, Kitwa ter"
Don't you believe it. We've got
something better to go upon than
that. There was an old Chinese trav-
eler who visited this place in the year
what was the year, Coddy?"
Twelve hundred and ifty-seven,"
Codd replied. without hesitation.
"Well, he describes the glory of the
place, the wealth of the inhabitants,
and then goes on to tell how the king
took him to the great treasure cham
Der, where he saw such riches as NOR
tai man had never looked upon before
'But that doesn't tell you where the
| treasure chamber fs?' argued Hayle
Perhaps not, but there are other
ways of finding out; that is, if a man
has his wits about him. You've got to
put two and two together if you want
to get on in this world. Coddy has
translated it all, and this is what it
amounts to: When the king had
shown the traveller his treasure, the
latter declared that his eyes were SO
blinded by its magnifcence that he
could scarcely mount the steps to the
spot where his majesty gave audience
to his people. In another place it men
tons that when the king administered
justice he was seated on the throne in
the courtyard of the Three-headed Ele-
plants. Now what we've got to do is
to find that courtyard, and find it we
will"
"But how do you know that the
treasure hasn't been taken away
years ago? Do you think they were
such fools as to leave it behind when
they went elsewhere? Not they!"
Though they were well out of ear
shot of the land, and alone upon the
boat, Kitwater looked round him sus-
piciously before he answered. Then
pleasant smile played over his face.
1t was as if he were recalling some
happy memory.
'How do I know it?" he asked, by
way of preface. eff you'll listen for
a moment, I'll tell you. If you want
more proof, when I've done, you
must be difficult to please. When I
was up at Moulmein six months ago,
/ came across man I hadn't met for
several years. He was a Frenchman,
who l1new had spent the most of his
life away back in Burmah He was
very flush of money at the time, and
kept throwing out hints, when we