The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1906-03-10

in absolutely blank walls. In the cor
ner some rags and paper lay heaped.
I pushed them aside, and they crum-
Dled at the touch of my foot.
Its not here said Sheppard.
Throw the light this way. All, l
thought SOL"
Ere he had finished he was halfway
up a flight of stone steps, and we fol
lowed pellmell. A door of heavy oak
/ barred the way at the top.
" I'VE wanted oil after ALL" said Shep-
Rard impatiently. Montgomery flung
hs weight against it, and with a crash
it opened,
Montgomery, overbalanced with his
effoSt. staggered and fell upon the
threshold, but Sheppard, who was next
to lAA, paid no attention and, turning,
lookN at me. The light made no way
uponfAe great darkness.
"DAAou know where we are?" whis-
pered sheppard. This is below the
keep. Mail we go in?"
Certainly" l said, get Kontgom-
cry up. He pulled the lad to his feet.
and slowly we showed back the huge
creaking por.
The chamber into which we were
| now comeAEas small and square and,
like that be kw, barred by solid mason
~ and unrfSeved by window or graf
ing l founA later by calculation that
this must be in the very heart Of the
keep itself ed SO wholly disparted
from the reS2 of the castle that the
noise of ordnance would scarce have
penetrated it'll deep and dismal re-
cesses. My eKes We're drawn as by a
magnet to thu farther corner of the
barren cell, iLH which / could perceive
some formidal e shadows wavering be-
meath the duiA uncertain light Of my
lantern. ii
Sheppard a kA had deserted them and,
plunging fork bird with a cry, flung
himself upon 5 knees.
"They are ere right enough" he
called. And 1T his words Montgom-
cry and l apbl hached him. l held the
light aboveI 1is head, throwing the
faint beams cross his shoulder There
were three large Oaken cases standing
upon legs and simply carved upon the
face The dust lay deep on them, as
upon the floor of that interior dungeon.
Sheppard brushed the dust away and
seized the lock The hinge fell back to
his touch, and slowly he lifted the
massive lid.
The light shone still upon dark shad-
ows, but, STOPPING a little lower,
thrust it into the mouth OK the aper-
ture, and our noses hung over the sides
of the box together.
The treasure was there for certain.
There it lay spread before our greedy
faces, the gold and the silver and the
precious stones that had been destined
to save one king from death and an
other from exile. let the pieces slip
through my fingers guineas, moidores,
circ,ers OF gold and silver, amulets
and ali the material gems of the mar
ket.
How much is there?' asked Mont
gomery.
oCSihSu ~ poIANSi'
ing rudely with his finger and comput-
ing the superficial area of the boxes.
NO one can say oThand," said he,
'for there are the jewels, for one thing
among which are rubies. Now rubies
of that size'--and he bounced upon one
! ARE worth little short of thousand
pounds
Montgomery gaped and whistled
LET us make rough shot and put the
box at 100000. Come; I'll take bet
that it's under the mark"
Then there are the other two" said /
True" said Sheppard We all looked
at one another.
"Come, boys" l said, rising; ''let us
get out of this. We know our way
and the treasure cannot take itself
WINGS
Reluctantly they obeyed, and we re
traced our steps through the cupboard
into the corridor and thence upward
through the courtyard and into the liv'
ing rooms The dawn was Frightening
the eastern skies. | pulled out my
watch.
After s." said. You'd better so tc
bed. There will be nothing happier
now"