The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-05-13

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/ You have used q word that / have
| not heard spoken in connection with
/ myself for many more years than you
can NUMBER. Go, L will pass it over
for this time, but remember that In the
| mountains all things are poss BILE and
/ most things come to pass"
Long after the young man had left
him. and far into the night, Don .. sat
prood1ng over the points of the story
| he had heard. and the problem of lap
| oulos dislike to venturing within reach
! or the mountains, and then sent for
Robledo, the most trusted of all his
! fOlloWeds
"Robledo, I am about to assign to
you an errand. Listen therefore, very
| carefully" He paused for some mo
| ments before resuming. You, although
| man grown, cannot remember the
| day when I was not in the sierra And
1 still am here tonight. During that
! period, so men say in the plains,
have amassed much treasure, and some
have lost their lives in seeking for it.
Is not this SOP"
Robledo inclined his head
1T is. in fact, true that have held
many great and notable persons to
ransom, as we'll as those of the lesser
rank. Men of wealth have gladly paid
me half their fortunes for the privilege
or piddlng me good-by. To regain men
OF genius, the world has pulled wide it's
purse strings. Some few captives have
indeed remained forever I'm the sierra
Now, although have never allowed
myself to be Influenced by sordid con-
siderations," went on Don @. I'm his
| sibilant voice. II have in truth with
| out effort. collected riches that might
perhaps vie with those of the count of
Monte Cristo, with whose fame, I fear.
! you. RobledO. are unacQuainted. Much
| or this wealth lies buried in the noun
| tains.
II have at various times secreted it
In three hiding places, to which I have
given the names Of Padre, Madre and
! Nino. You follow me? Good The
| treasure Padre is infinitely greater than
| the one named Madre. and Madre in
| turn exceeds By a hundred times the
| baby, the treasure Nino. Here IS a
| paper upon this table. 1t contains a
| plan, by which any seeker can find the
| spot where Nino lies buried. Further,
! whoever finds Nino will find also a
| second plan leading them to Madre.
| and he who has the courage to seek
Madre will discover a third plan lead
| ing to Padre I had these plans made
| for my heirs, but I have now changed
| my mind" He rose, and, walking to
the table. took up an envelope.
| Here is the plan to Nino. This doc
| Ument, my child, 1 am about to give
| into your charge. You will carry il
/ down into the city, and, lodging with
! II may be, the uncle Of Isabelilla-"
! RobledO looked sharply up-"you will.
| with much discretion end care sell
] - Il.
| whose dwelling is within a stones
| throw of the bull ring. To this man
/ you VIII represent yourself as a traitor
| to and a hater Of me. You will not let
this plan go under good sum. Robledo
10000 peSetas is the lowest price to
| be accepted-and Iapoulo can pay you
when he returns to the city after find
ing the treasure"
The young man waited, for it was
evident that Don Q. had more to say.
worth
| pesetas, but that is to be your price.
My child, would you betray me for
10000 pesetas?"
Robledo lifted his face, reddening un-
! der the tan.
My lord knows" he answered with
| passion.
| Don Q. lol1ed at him curiousIy.
| 81 almost believe I can trust you.
! Robledo." he said; and, indeed, never
! had he in all his career permitted him
! self to speak thus to one of his band.
! But you must refrain from becoming
1 sentimental, RObledo," he added. Il
| fear II you become sentimental should
| be obliged to rid myself of you
|
| Having lodged himself as Don O. had
| fOTetold, he very soon managed to open
up negotiations with the money lender
| Iapoulo.
| 1t is sufficient to say that a bargain
| was soon struck, especially Is the pay
! ment, though large, was not to change
\. hands until the treasure had actually
! been found and brought to Malaga.
| So it happened that Iapoulo did buy
| RObledo's secret; did, with infinite pre-
| cautions, steal up into the bush-grown
| raVine not far above the foothills, and
bear away the treasure named NinO.
Instead, however, of proving his graf
| itude to RobledO no sooner had lap
! oulo re-entered Malaga after his sue
| cessful robbery. than, recalling the fact
! that he owed the eX-brigand 90, 900 pc
setas, the usurer at once put the police
on his track. 1t may be that Iapoulos
| countenance had not inspired Robledo
/ with conf1nedce, or perhaps he received
/ due warming through a friend, but, at
any rate, when the police raided his
poor quarters the man had vanished.
He passed up into the mountains,
glad again to feel the free winds upon
! his cheek, and coming to the Boco de
! Lobo, told the history of his dealings
| with Iapoulo to Don ..
Meantime, and while these things
| were going forward to such fortunate
| issues, no more delighted man than the
usurer existed in Malaga He held the
plan to the second treasure, which the
| rascally brigand, who had sold (here
! ne Iaughed) the secret, declared to be
| at least ten times as large Without
! delay he must carry off the rest be-
! fore Don O. discovered his earlier loss.
| Iapoulo at this period, and for some
| ten years previously. had held in his
| power an unfortunate man whom he
| used as his confidential clerk. This
| man, who was known everywhere in
| the city as SimiO, was nearly six years
/ in the service of IapoulO.
! Together with his enormous appe-
| tite Simio was possessed of immense
muscular strength. On account of this
excellent quality, and also because
/ Simio could not for many reasons be-
| tray him, the usurer fixed on the clerk
as his companion on his trips into the
mountains. Realizing that safety pos
sibly lay in haste, the pair found
! themselves five days later among the
stony bleakCneSS of the higher sierra