The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-02-10

lnn-keeper said the ghost looked like
the one we have just seen. But the frs
time We SAW him, he didn't look thai
way. The canon gives still a third de
scription. There's a clue somewhere"
"Perhaps L car furnish it." said DR.
WardrOp. The canon said he was r
armOr n came out OF the castle. Now
! recall having heard that there was
still another part Of this range of build
lngs, demolished before the priory WAS.
an Old castle"
Hum" said l.. kinder up against
It again. Castle and priory. But hol6
on. Which was the older huilding?"
"Oh, the prory was. He built tn,
castle himself"
All. that clears it all up again
Thought we had run into a dead wall
First we say him a weaver in a shed
then a something in a priory-a what
what was he them"
"He was a merchant then, and wher
they made him a lord, he built the cas-
tie"
VIVA sort OF a merchant"
well, if the truth must be told, h,
was a uSurer. He got his title In ra-
turn for money he lent he king anC
which the king was unable to repay
That was a long time ago"
On account of Villainies he com
United in all stages of his progress, h
has got something or mis- conscience to
keep him haunting in whatever condi-
ton of life ne FIND him. Now for tn,
castle, the noble lord, and the buriey
treasure"
DR.. Wardrop, who was a wonderful
man in his line, dug around in Som,
archives and got a description and {
painting of the old castle and we con-
structed a canvas one like it. and tn
night it was done, there came the ole
lord, solemn as a judge, out OF the
AXE castle, dressed all UP in his armor
sunk into the ~shruhbery, and we follow.
ed him up TO where he went through tn
motions of burying, and when he haC
gone, We went through the motions OF
digging, and there we found lying loose
in the ground where the old chest haC
been and had rotted away, a great
treasure Of gold and silver and jewels
amounting to owe two hundred thou
sand pounds sterling, nearly a million
dollars. We carried it into the house.
and ~Seftonbury said:
"Mallam, your services have been in
valuable to me and l wish to reward
you suitably. Here are ten guineas.'
and with that he handed me the equiv
alent Of fifty dollars in our money.
Before l had time to draw breath al
this exhibition of miserlinesS and base
ingratitude, he continued:
DIR. Wardrop, you. too, have been of
service to me. 1 wish to reward you.
also. 1 will give you a piece Of the tim
her remaining iotact from, tho old ches,
something you will appreciate as an
antiquarian"
DR.. Wardrop was really quite 4 re-
markabie man, not only in his line. but
in some others. He spoke up and said:
MY dear sir, I cannot take part o
this property. which rightfully belongs
to the crown. You know, sir, that all
buried treasure is the property Of the
crown. Moreover, by the confession Of
those ancient letters, his was stolen
from the crown in the first place. l go
to London this afternoon to inform the
authorities Of this great addition to the
crowns our There is enough to
build a second-class cruiser there"
DR.. Wardrop." said S~eftonbury, "and
Mr.. Mailam. did Q ever realize that
the Hanoverian House were usurpers
and the Stuarts the real and r:ghttul
kings of England? There are nc
Stuarts to pay the none to. Those
usurping Hanoverians must have no
more illgotten wealth. You gentlemen
ought to study up this great question.
The books You will need will cost you
something. While you are studying it.
you will not be able to pursue your reg
ular vocations. So here are three thou
A.
arriving at the truth of this great ques-
ton"
1 didn't loo into the matter much.
but 1 expect DR.. Wardrop studied it all
out and can tell you why Edward Sew
enth isn't the rightful King of Great
Britain and Ireland.