The Savannah morning news., 1904-08-06


whole bottle of rum to get his nerves
back Then he told 'em a story that's
been handed down and handed down
with none of its points forgot.
"Ninety-nine walked him into the
mountains, he said, pretty much all of
one day. Then Ninety-nine blindfolded
Benny and walked him in a windin
and twisti course, until by and by he
knew they were under ground or deep
in the rocks somewheres.
Ninety took Benny that way
for more than an hour. Then they
stopped, and Ninety-nine took the
binders off of Benny. Then what
Benny seen made him binder, he said,
than he was with the blindfold on, it
dazzled his eyes so.
And There Kenny Was.
He was in a cave Piled here and
there and everywhere was heaps of
gold and silver, just as you might pile
up pumpkins in a field, Benny said. Big
strings of glitterin things hung from
the walls, and Benny had to blink his
eyes when he looked at 'em.
There was kegs full of shinin' Jew
els and Ninety-nine showed his hand
down into one of them kegs and
brought up a fistful of things out of it.
| When he let 'em drop back in the keg
! iSdili tlSy lOOheu ike SLTedkS or IlaSn-
| in fire. Diamonds, so Benny said
| And then by and by Ninety-nine
with a grin and a howl, told Benny that
the folks that owned them things once
| all had to walk the plank, and that
| their bodies was swashin' to and frC
| at the bottom of the sea! And Ninety
nine told Benny that he was the last
one of the pirates that had made them
| folks walk the plank, and that all
! them glitterin' gems and clinkin' coir
was his
Then Benny said he took the SILVER
! in and shakin'. and Ninety-nine put
! the binders onto him again and LED
| him forth. He tramped Benny unit
night, and long after night, before he
| halted him.
Benny shivered and shook until
mornin. and when he looked around
! Ninety-nine was gone. Benny was all
that day gettin' home, but he declared
up and down that he could go straight
| to Ninety-nines cave.
! But he wouldn't do it, and he
wouldn't tell anybody else how to do it,
because the treasure was pirates steal
| ms, and he wouldn't have it on his
! conscience.
"Ninety-nine was never seen again,
but there never has been any doubt
/ pul Wndl MS skeleton went TO aust
among all them gltterin' diamonds
and shinin' coin. Folks from every
point Of the compass has been spookin'
and diggin' and prospectin for that
cave and them treasures ever since 1
can remember. but none of 'em just
the way Tom Benedict has been DOM
And what's the reason for that
Moonywisky Club, or Wskymoony
Club or whatever they call it, way up
yonder in the mountains. miles from
any place, and guarded like the Nited
States mint?
What's Tom Benedict and all them
fellows up there wearin' glitterin dia-
monds for? And what's the reason
they just have nothin' but money. and
lay around dom nothin', monarchs of
all they survey?
Tom Benedict has found Ninety
mines cave, and YOU needn't tell me he
hain't That's the reason. And it's on
the land where they've put that club!
And whose land was IL? Judge Park
er's. Ha! Now YOU see don't you?
Wall street? Shucks! What does
Judge Parker care for Wall street =?
Them that's raisin' that cry against
him might as wen shut right up tight
Judge Parker amt goln' to have to
look 10 Wall street for money TO help
him out for President! Not while the
Wiskmoonys or the Moonywisky or
whatever you call 'em. are up there ina
the mountains and Ninety-nine's cave
holds OUT"