Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-03-16

suing inforh,,lon. ii being III tne
twentieth year of the reign OF our Oe
loved sovereign his gracious majesty
and in the fifth of the lamentabe ana
abominable strife with the dlsloyal
houses, | was besieged in Iyor castle
by one Colonel Morgan, attached to
the army of the houses and more par
ticularly to the notorious traitor SIT
Thomas Fairfax | held this castle for
the king for three days and three
nights, but upon the fourth day. this
said 10th day of April, through the ac-
kxcursed act OF traitors, the enemy hath
kained entrance by the towers and
even now is pressing upon the garri-
son. And thus l set down these sew
eral facts here upon the instant of the
final essay--to wit. that /. being the
custodian of divers cases of treasure,
gold pieces, jewels and the like des-
tined for his majesty's uses, having
taken counsel with my steward and
NV friend Sir John Clunes. have con
cealed this great treasure in a privy
place within the castle precincts and
do hereby deposit this said writing also
in a secret hiding place. And to whom
soever of my descendants or their law
full heirs this shall fall. in the event OF
my death or exile, charge them to de
liver the same unto his gracious maj
esty King Charles or unto his heirs, the
sovereign kings of this realm, as duti-
full subject, being held in trust for that
purpose.
"And here is how ye shall find the
treasure: II We will descend by the
stairway in the guard room within the
northern tower We will find gallery
among the donjons of the basement
Keep upon this. feeling upon the walls
until We shall touch the corner where
the castle t,lructh to the south
Now paused for moment, for here
the document which Sercombe had CIV
en- me was ended. | cast glance at
the others as ! laid it aside and took
up the other portion. Sercombes face
was appalling In it's marks OF greed.
The vuture shone from Hoods eyes
I resumed:
Turning this corner, 1t Ia necessary
to proceed upon the western side OF tie
castle for the space of thirty footsteps
and at the close thereof to pause ana
survey the walls. If we will then de.
termine height Of five feet from the
footway, there will be hereupon dis
closed small knobbe, the which re-
volving will give access to large cup
h1o rI Nth tho Coll Observe dill
gently upon the back of the cupboard
and where the oaken lining adjoins the
stone. Here will be spring. the
which pushing, doorway shall open
behind the cupboard, and ye shall find
entrance to an interior vault. A flight
Of stairway leadeth"-
At this point. as you will remember,
the document grew illegible and moth
ing but the blur Of faint characters
was discernlble. But we had all that
was necessary in that explicit nara
tive of the dead Cavalier, and In proof
of this up jumped the captain, his
green eyes shining with emotion, and
"You will give me a copy Of that,
sir?" he asked sharply.
nodded.
"You are welcome" said. "If you
will write will dictate" And forth
with, pen and paper being fetched, we.
proceeded upon the odd task. When
we had finished he gave look at
Hood, who joined him, and the two
pored over the sheet together.
Then Sercombe rose and, putting the
paper in his pocket, remarked: "You
see have trusted you. Mr.. Greatore1.
I take your word. And as you have