Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1906-01-17
remarkable scene requires an explan'


 Was there anything:' I asked of Sheppard in whisper
 He fr0wned in embarrassment. To have waited for anything would have been too late he answered in the same tone. T had to forestall. guessed but I'll =swear I guessed right ranat prove it. I caught the gleam. . Then he turned quickly from me aud picking Hp he dagger offered It 5 lHpad. T am sorry Tor fllfs misundef- sanding. Ar Hood. he @aid SweetlE If Bad stopped fo think I ~houa have =EHoWn= that 4 alaa HIe yourself w0ala only carry i weapon for some 996d purpose BHt 1 anI 4 creature of impulse fGH If mistakes, but of Il HtfM haart below nil. and 1 offer you the dagger buck in token of my trust ID you. with which he sat himself dowH in his seat and ostentatious.T pIaEed with Montgomery. revolver for the rest of the interview
 Come come That is we'll said and well ended" said the captain seniallE, and he was evidently very much re- leEed Tt the conclusion of this scene. And now Mr t;rcatofeX. and to show that it k not both sides that are so unnecessarily suspicious. if you will he 50 good as 10 take this paper from m I will trust you to read out the whoia doeument''
 His proposal. coming on the top Q what haG happened between us. aS founded us ail as you may suppose. But Sercombe was rarely at q loss for some amazing movement. and he knew well enough that he was perfectly safe W..ll me. whereas he was also aware that I knew l WsIs absolutely unsafe With him. Therefore he assunl- cd q golden air of courtesy and lofty faith, Us between gentlemen But these reflections are not 10 the point. for there was 1. with the two parts Of the precious document ill my hands and four pairs of bright eyes burning upon my face with their eager interrogation. You may conjecture my emotions and the way my pulse ran. l spread the paper had received from Sercombe upon the other. smoothed it with the back of q knife and, forthwith deci- phering the following composition. read it slowly aloud to the company:
 T. Sir Ralph Vivian. being now in my thirtieth year and upon the eve of exile through the malicious treachery of friends. this 15th day of April, ill the year of our Lord fG46. do hereby. as follows hereunder. give and proclaim to all or any of my descendants. law fully begotten, or their heirs the en suing information. It being in the twentieth year of the reign of our be- loved sovereign his gracious majesty and in the fifth of the lamentable and abominable strife with the disloya! houses. 1 was beSieged ill IyOr castle by one Colonel Morgan, attached to the army of the houses and more par tcularly to the notorious traitor Sir Thomas Fairfax. held this castle for the king for three days and three nights, but upon the fourth day this said 18th day of April, through the ac cursed act of traitors, the enemy hath gained entrance by the towers and even now is pressing upon the garrl son. And thus set down these seY eral facts here upon the instant of the final eSsay-to wit, that 1. being the custodian of divers cases of treasure gold pieces. jewels and the like. des tined for his ma aiesty'S useS, having taken counsel with my steward and my friend Sir John Clunes. have con eealed this great treasure in priyy place within the castle precincts and do hereby deposit this said writing also n a secret Ejaing place. And 10 whom Soever or my descendants or their law fllI heirs this shall fall, ill the event of my death OF exile, l charge them to de- lXer tle same unto his gracious maj e,tv King Charles or unto his heirs. the sovereign kings of this realm, IS a duti- ful subject. being held in trust for that purpose
 And here is how ye shall find the Geasme If Te will descend by the stairway T the guard room within the northern tower ye will find gallery among the doniouS of the basement. Keep upon this, feeling upon the walls until ye shall touch the corner where the castle turneth to the south -
 Now paused for moment. for here the document which Sercombe had giv en me was ended. I east 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 yulture shone from Hoods eyes 1 resumed
 Turning this corner. 1t is necessary to proceed upon the western side of the castle for the space of thirty footsteps, and at the close thereof to pause and survey the walls. If ye will then de- ternine d height of i've feet from the footway. there will be hereupon dis closed | small knobbe. the which re- voIvins will give access to q large cup board within the wall. Observe dili- gently upon the back of the cupboard and where the oaken lining adjons the stone. Here will be spring. the which pushing, q doorway shall open behind the cupboard, and ye shall tnG entrance to an interior vault \ flight