The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-09-13

treasure No one knows wheth-
er the booty was secured, as the finder
would in all probability have been
most careful to keep his success a Sc
cret, so as not to have to share with
the government and the owner of the
land besides.
Even now, when any one is noticed
to become suddenly we'll off and flush
of money, he is at once set down to
have discovered a buried jar of gold,
when, perhaps, the reason of his aff1u-
ence may be much more questionable"
In Haytl not long ago, hidden treasure
was brought to light in the picturesque
town of Gonaives in rather curious way.
A mulatto lived there who was almost
penniless. He inhabited a desolate ruin
which had once been a fine old planters
chateau in the days when the French own
ed the islands, and he eked out a. miserable
existence by cultivating feeble yam
patch.
as man of wealth. He bought fine
house, a provision store, rum shop and
horses and mules galore.
Everybody wondered where he got his
money, but only one man, another Hay
tan mulatto. had sense enough to figure
the matter out.
.. See here" said the second mulatto.
I've taken fancy to that old ruin Of
yours. Kind of picturesque, isn't It? I'll
give you $500 for it,
The first mulateo jumped at the offer
purchaser had the house carefully pulled
down, brick by brick, and the foundations
dug UP.
As the result he found nine small iron
bound chests filled with treasure. They
contained a great deal of French gold and
silver coin of the eighteenth century, gold
ana silver T plate jewelry, church orna
nine chests were valued at over $500 900.
When the first owner heard of it he was
furious: 1t then came out that one day
hn had o,sv,, IL,
hidden in the wainScoting of the hall and
had realized upon it.
1t never struck him that there might be
more behind. so he gladly sold the house
1ondly imagining that it was an empty
shell from which he had extracted the
Kernel He raved like a mailman when
ne heard the news, but the other mulatto
possessed political pull and soon ouieted
MIN by the simple expedient of having him
thrown into jail
There is a firm belief throughout the
West Indies that there are many other
| modem treasures of the same character in
daytl and Santo Domingo. When the ne
groes rose in insurrection against the
French and Spanish masters the latter
mad to fee to the towns or the woods for
refuge.
In most cases they could not take their
yaluaples with them, and they concealed
them somewhere about their chateaux
THESE line old mansions are now mere
ruins, overgrown by the rank luxurianee
OF tropical vegetation and inhabited only
py goats and vultures. If a man must
| go treasure hunting, these are the places
tassshould select. in preference to mythical
pirate lairs vaguely indicated by legend or
by some incomprehensible chart drawn in
blood on piece of rag. after the fashion
of King Solomon's Mines"
In the Bahamas they tell a queer story
of big haul recently made there by a
mysterious American He arrived in his
own schooner off West Saios, an islet in
the Bahama group, and dropped anchor
l. There he stayed for some days, doing
nothing and telling nobody his business
He evidently had not come for salt or
sponges or coral, or any of the other things
for which seafaring men ordinarily visit
| the Caicos. Nobody could imagine why
he was there, for West Caios is the last