Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1902-06-06


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NY mann berless small lines. Moreover
as unad orntd BY eit her beard. or
2naustac he. His hair was gra Il, and was
worn ewhat longer han Is usual.
He could speak 3hue MI aim st every
language the Heas and had been
impri soned by The Russ ans for seal
ling IN pro hi biited waters, had been tor
stured ~ the Chine on the Yangtse,
and, to his own s. NEXT nglish able dis
grace, ogged BY 4 he neh iin Ton,
|Eqnin. OF the lea curious trait in
his character was The a fectio he en-.
|5te rtained for Xii te Is The pair had
been together for ears, Had quarreled
Yrepea u; but had never eparated.
The record Of I heir q oings would i orIn
an interesting book but for want of
space cannot be more than referred
to here Hayle had been their part.
5ner5, IN not feWsof their curious un-@
dertakings, for,fhis courage and re-
source made him a valua BILE ally
though how far. they trusted each;
other it lis impossible to say. %..I
! Br eakfast over they adjourned to
/ the yeranda, where the inevitable
cigars made their appearance. -.r&, :.
Il, low let's hear what you've got to
say to me g. Hayles began. II !.
| .sS}..tNot here Kitwater replied "There
are. 100 many teEers. Come down
to&the harbor Il. Z 81 .ss.1s,. a.
a. So saying he led his, companions to
| the water side, where he chartered a
ma tive boat for an. hours sail. Then,
when they were out of earshot of the
land, he. babe Hayle pay attention to
tSwhat he had to- say. .ss;,:: Il 4.
First and foremost you must under
stand" he said, "that it's all: due to
| 5Coddy 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 s something in the story
after all. Y GU see it'sthis way: You
know Sengkor-W
| "Sengkors how much?'' .,: 5s-
| "Sengkor- Waffle. old ruin at the,
back of Burmah, near the Chinese
border. Such a 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
eve seen Amber said Hayle, with
the air of man who makes remark
that cannot tie lightly turned aside.
"After that I don't want any more
ruined cities. I've got no use for
them :, = r = -; =
mo, but you've gotta use for other.
things, haven't you? You can use ru-
bies as big as pigeon eggs, I suppose.
You've got use for sapphires, the
like of which mortal man never set
eyes on before" 9=s s: y
That's certainly So" Hayle replied.
"'But what has this Sengkor- Wat to do !.
with it? -, II I. :E:.i
H"Eyerything in the world Kitwa-s
Ter replied. That's where those ru-
bies are, and, what's more, that's
where we are going to find them
Are you Joking, or is this sober.
earnest? '' :: N J A. ., Id
He looked from Kitwater to Codd.
The little man thus appealed to nodded
his head. He agreed with all his com
panion said. 5s*fs. e.. a:$f;: 7s&$..i$
"It's' quite true said he, after
pause. "Rubies, sapphires and gold
enough to make us all millionaires
times over :: +. t,<s5sssssjss5 . :. - w.
Bravo for sengkor-Wat, them" said
Hayle. But how do you know all this p
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 1 happened to re-.
member that, years ago, when was in
Hanoi, an old man had told me Won
derful story about q treasure cham
Der in. ruined city in the Burmese
jungle. sA<Frenchman who visited the
place, and had written book about it,
mentions the fact that there is q
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," Y IS,
but how big are the ruins 2" 81.
bigger than London, so Coddy
says!''' III SS.s.. 81 .s.S
/ Coddy nodded his head in confirma-
ton Of this fact. But still Hayle
seemed incredulous. g.. .55. 5>,5
And AZ you are going to search all
that area? 4 It strikes me that you
will be an old manly the time you
find the treasure, Kitwater." \. &, 5 I'll
Don't you believe it. 5:l We've got
S y netting better 70 &c upon than
that. There war An old Chinese trav-;
eler who visited this place II the year
what was the year, Codd 7'' &. .f y. 1.S
Twelve hundred 1 and ffty-saven,
Cedd replied without hesitation. Rs. 81