Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1908-08-16

buI there $ nothing III dreams. S2ld lAe farmer, although he was beginning ta tHrn pale around the mouth.
 ".,ebie not. mebbe not, but never tao one yet that didn't come true. Are 5da Wi!in' to let me search your barn "s . imme half what fnd:'
 .Yen sit down here and I'll brin. -"n cut some dinner. and then we'll t;}l', t,s"' her lliout it.
 i,;;":..c CT "in:.,.l:;m was no fool. He
 IL a Ho"':G i,3n of twenty five and N-:,zs :,cc2rntctl above the average in -'ss, ss,s.oaeSs. but the dream hit him. He 'l:. Zs.a1rccly related 1t to his wife w'len she exclaimed:
 oa c"..y t.!at tramp out the big s,,a.;: tiin2er hc eHei had and then pump hial trE &"' get rid of him.
 After the t;'a a.s4n haf, eaten his i'll he offered to hep them about the box. They made eytlses.
 Ladies and gentlemcn. he said, 'I understand-I perfectly understand. You don't want ne aruUnd when the box is found and opc,c :. You don't want me to lear the c!.ink-a-chink of them yaller bo..s. You think Ed claim sheer for drcamin' N'2al. I'll move on and let you have all the fun to your- selves''
 The tramp was watched out of sight. and then the couple went to the bara and began their search. ihev had put in two hours and were still at it when Mrs. Bingham's mother arrived. The idea was not to give her the sligh'0st- hint about the treasure. but in tie course of half an hour she had picked the information from her daughter. Then she said:
 ".imelia. you want to see that yoE get your rights in this thing. Half that money belongs to you, and you want to stand up for it."
 ''But George will do what's right about it, of course.''
 "There's no of course about it. The minute he gets that box in his hands his greed will be aroused. He won't want to give you enough to buy an apron out of it.''
 That old barn was almost turned bot tom side up. but no box was found. The farmers brother came around next morning on an errand, and when he found George crawling out from un- der the hogpen he wanted an eXplana- tion and had to have it. AS soon as he got it he said
 You look out for Amelia. If ever saw avarice in a woman's eyes it's ill hers. She'll want at least half of the money to buy gimcracks with"
 Before noon the wife's father and two brothers and sisters were on hand, and after them came the husbands father and other brother. There were wran- gling and quarreling from the start. When the dirt floor of the smokehouse was spaded up and the spade struck an cid tomato can. there were pushing and showing and swearing. When the farmer prepared to drain off the wa ters of the goose pond and refused to pledge himself to an equal division. there was a fight out of which grew bloody noses and black eyes. Of course the affair attracted the atten- ton of the neighbors. and they came DS tIle NtVZch lO ulIA III anu uCIJ diOh- things. The barn was pulled almost to pieces, the ground dug up in fifty different places and an old well on the premises cleaned out. The house and cellar were searched, straw stacks tipped over, and there was fever in the veins of the searchers. The farmer and his wife had reached the point where they no longer spoke to each other, their kin were Quarreling at every possible excuse. and the county sheriff had about concluded to take :. hand in it when the old tramp who haG dreamed was seen turning into the gate again. X rush was made for lin and as soon as he could get his breath he explained:
 '.They call me Truthful Willie be- cause l never told lie in my life When make a mistake try to rectif.' it as soon as possible. l find that made one here. Come to think thing over. it was not here that l saw the man with the box of gold. It was O.. the next farm. and his name is Jocec He spells it with big J, and It w"s barrel instead of T box of gold pieces. Ladies and gentlemen
 And then be was flying fer bis life.
 M QUAD.