The sun. (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1905-1908, 1906-11-10

bucket anything to make 1t untidy. He used to
iarf at EN- awful about their gardens and about
Deing TOOK up by the parsons wife. Nobody ever
see im do any work. real ard work, but the
smell from is place at dinner time was always
nice, and believe that he knew more about game
than the parson hissef did
1T was the day after this one I'm speaking
about, the 10th o July, that the trouble all began,
and IT came about In a very eggstrordinary way.
george English, quiet man getting into years,
who used when e was younger to foer the sea,
and whose only misfortn was that g was a
brotherin-law O Bob Pretty's his sister marry
ing BOD while e was at sea and knowing nothing
about 1t, 'ad letter come from mate of his who
ad gone to Australia to live. He'd 'ad letters
from Australia before, as we all know from Miss
Wicks at the postofhce, but this one upset him
altogether. He didn't seem like to know what to
do about 1t.
while he was wondering Bill Chambers
passed. He always did pass Georges 'ouse about
that time In the evening, 1t being on Is way ome,
and he saw George standing at is gate with let
ter in Is and looking very puzzled.
"'Evenin' George SEES Bill.
'Evenin',' SEES George.
mot bad news, 'ope? ses Bill, noticing Is
manner and thinking 1t was strange.
"'No, SEES George. I've just 'ad very eggs
trordinary letter from Australia he ses, that's
ALL ,tH u-a
bill Chambers was always very nquisitive
sort o man, and he stayed and talked to George
that e wouldn't tell soul, took i'm inside and
showed i'm the letter. .A3t til,"
1T was more like stOry-boOk than letter.
Georges mate John Biggs by name, wrote to say
that an uncle of his who had just died, on Is
deathbed told him that thirty years ago e 'ad
been in this very village, staying at this ERE very
Caulifower, whose beer we're drinking now. In
the night, when everybody was asleep, he got up
and went Quiet-like and buried bag OF Ave hun
dred and seventeen sovereigns and one halfsov-
H. A0kkn ennAn N
come for 1t agin He didn't say Ow he come by
the money and, when Bill spoke about that
George English said that, knowing the man. q
was afraid e adnt come by 1t honest, but any
way his friend John Biggs wanted It, and, wot
was more 'ad asked I'm In the letter to get 1t for
i'm.
"'And wot I'm to do about II, Bill he ses 4
don't know. All the directions he gives Is, that
e thinks 1t was the tenth cottage on the right
and side Of the road, coming down from the
Caulifower r. thinks It's the tenth, but 'es not
quite sure Do you think I'd better make 1t
known and offer reward of ten shillings. say. to
any one who finds it,
"No,' ses Bill, shaking is cad I should hold
on bit II was you and think 1t over. !
shouldn't tell another single soul, II was YOU
"T believe you're right SEES George John
Bggs would never forgive me II lost that money
for i'm You'll remember about keeping 1t secret,
Bill
bill swore e wouldn't tell a SOUL and e went
on ONE anu al NIB SUPPER anu Meh q wolhSu "P
the road to the Caulihower and back. and then up
and back again. thinking over what George 'ad
been telling im and noticing. what ed never
taken the trouble to notice before, that Is very
'ouse was the tenth one from the Caulifower
''Mrs Chambers woke up at o'clock next
morning and told Bill to get up further, and then
found e wasn't there. She was rather surprised
at first, but she didn't think much OF It, and
thought what happened to be true, that Q was
busy in the garden, 1t being q light night. She
turned over and went to sleep again, and at
when she woke up she could distinctly ear Bill
working 'is 'ardest. Then she went TO the winder
and nearly, dropped as she saw Bill In his shirt
and trousers digging away like mad. A quarter
OF the garden was all dug mp, and she showed
omen the winder and screamed out to know what
e was doing.
bill stood up straight and wiped Is face with
his shirt-sleeye and started digging again, and
then his wife Just put something on and rushed
downstairs as fast as she could 60.
"'What on earth are you ADDING OF. Bit she
screams.
eco indoors, SEES Bill, still digging.
Save you gone mad?' she ses. half crying.
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