New-York tribune., 1908-06-28


idSR We were all settled cozlv about the
tSc5ENSNSA nre. and everything else gets out
kAsS SE-zs-ss There Is fascination about il that
f3FN 10 boy can resist. and in nv orirl-
I&.%>L1t5 ION right minded boy ought to
lEAEs(f|N Try 10 resist it
sTssES 5s<sE After Wyandotte left US Balser
and / sat before the fire talking
eHctedly about the gold that lay hidden somewhere
n The marvellous cave.
Five chescs!' exclaimed Balser. I tell you.
Tom Andy Bill. must find that cavet'
go Yes. said /. we must: but how can we? One
Moon moons. three moons. Journey from here
He might well have said that the treasure was in
he moon, for al the good his story does us
Bur think II L said Baser Five chests Sup
pose there thousand dollars n each chest
and decent chest would think OF having less-that
would make hve thousand dollars Why. tell you,
Tom Andy Bill. we should be -ich if We could find It
Twenty-Five hundred dollars apiece We could
each buy three hundred acres of ground,-of good
groUnd.-f We could find the treasure"
Many . man has fallen over that little word
oh. but we know 50 much about It alreadv.'
returned Balser We know that the treasure exists
We know that Il IS hidden IN Wyandotte's cave.
We know that the cave IS near great river and We
know even the number Of chests Of gold. We know
al except The exact location Cf the cave
Yes I said sarcastiCally. That's all We don't
know. How much more. for goodness sake, would
''.I admit lis good deal not to know said Bal
ser; but what We have heard / think Is good deal
70 know Wyandorte SAID the cave was near a great
river Ae must have meant the OHIO River.
-'- Or the Mississippi ! interrupted.
Yes, he may have meant the Mississippi, any
other river but we Il have that treasure some day,
Just sure as YOU re alive said Baser; and SAID:
i hope You re right
Balser and / continued 70 talk about the treasure
II long past midnight, when we turned IN and
dreamed Of chests of gold and caves and Indians
---5I Solomon awakened Us singing for corn.
AFTER he Wvandotte gold got TO ringing in our
~ ears. The -1elts We took seemed almost worth
less and our zesc N the work was sadly dlrnraed.
We did not. however. neglect the traps and guns;
-- We loved best 70 ST before The re after supper.
discussing the treasure and talking u what We should
do with he MONEY Al times We said We should buy
land. hut the land would have 10 be cleared. and
clearing was very hard work We thought OF great
-r.a-v uses 10 which We could put the money: but
aravs fel back on one plan: Balse- would give his
part II The gold 10 his father and should give my
part 70 my father.
- Won't i he great. said Balser when 60 into
-re house and throw bagful Of something down
he floor IL front II father and say kind Of careless
ike There's q present for YOU father And
father VIII look Al Il kind # careless Ike. and he'll
s4-- '' What Is II SON And / Il say, " on. nothing
much lust little gold And then Ny. wish
knew where the cave vas
i z-.--ose there :s not a man living that has be
come --Ch having been poor who VIII not SAY that
his ---fc-arIa-l Il wealth tar sweete- man the
realization. l tel YOU. dream dollar IS worth
q double eagle q gold. though admit that II VII
nor buy 50 much 20 eat As long as l 1--we Il never
-l--z- l--- dreams # treasure while sitting before
-e e ~ o- stump chairs n the cabin on Brandy
wine We were r1ch then--lcheT than gr4esus-lr3
health. youth. and dreams Nercltul heaTe1ls-
rris- more could a man ask: Health. youth. and
Dreams That's he stun heaven IS made OF.
TIL Old man leaned forward. gazing II -eFerie a.
The FIRE bu- he did not see the flames nor he
Glowing e-nters- He saw TWO boys sitting happily
together II their rude cabin. dreaming and talking
II their dreams J. was as Il he looking through
II inverted telescope back through the long wears
The bows looked So small and so far away that they
seemed 10 HIM Ike beings OF another race living II
a-lr -he- world We al knew what Jncle Tom Andy
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