The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-04-10

beyond the peg. Jupiter, as soon as he
rejoined the Others was ordered to clear
away space about this second point and
dia SO. 1t began now to be quite dark
| aud the visitor from Charleston felt as If
he were assisting at some wild and heath
enieh rite or, rather, at the wild vagaries
| of a mailman. But, in spite of himself
he became infected with the spirit of the
occasion and watched with intense inter-
est TO see what would come next. 1t was
now quite dark. Light the lanterns"
Legrand. His friend did so
and then, taking one of the spades winch
was thrust into his hands, he joined with
Jupiter who at the command and at the
example of his master had begun to dig
mad,y into the soil.
For two hours they dug, and little
was said. Only the dog, who seemed TO
be perturbed by the proceedings, howled
dismally all the time. AT last the yelp-
ing and bowling of the dog got on the
nerves of Jupiter, who came out of the
pit, and taking off one of his suspend
ers, tied it around the animals mouth,
effectually muzzling him. They dug a
little longer, but came upon nothing
more than the rich soil in which they
worked. By this time they had pit
constructed five feet deep. pause en-
sued, and, recovering from the infection
of the occasion, the Charleston man be-
gan to hope that the farce was over and
that he could now induce his friend to
return home.
| To his surprise he found no difficulty
in doing so, and the party wended their
way back toward Sullivan's Island, Lee
grand very sad and detected, while the
dog, now unmuzzled, frisked gayly be-
fore them. They had not gone far,
however hen Legrand suddenly raised
his head and striding up to Jupiter,
grabbed him by the throat with grip
of iron. you scoundrel," he Missed be-
tween his clenched teeth. you internal
black william, speak. Which is YOUR
left eyer "Oh, lordy. NASSAU cried
the terrified negro as Legrand relaxed
his hold, 'ain't dis my left eye And
he placed his hand upon his right eve.
He was left-handed and Legrand, in
giving him such minute directions
about dropping the gold bug through
the skulls eye, had confused the negro
so that he had dropped it through the
skulls right eye instead of the left.
Il thought sol thought SOL" cried
Legrand, and began to dance about and
"cut capers' there in the night and tn e
wilderness. Come back, Come bacl<,'
he cried, "the games not up" And
back they went to another toll of two
hours. But this time they dug in a new
location fixed by Legrand, who removed
his peg about three inches to the west
ward of its first location and continued
his line fifty feet from there, with the
| tree trunk as an axis.
Weary as they were with their first
exertions, they dug now with redoubled
energy. There was something in the
confident manner of Legrand, and his
cool calculation, which made even his
| friend feel that this was not wholly n
madman's task in which he was engag-
ed. After an hour and half's work
| they were again disturbed by the dis
NAL yelping of the dog. Jupiter again
attempting to muzzle him, the dog Of
fered violent resistance. and, leaping
into the pit, began to tear Up the earth
wildly with his forepaws. In few sec
onds he had uncovered a mass of bones
which was evidently the remains of two
skeletons. and intermingled with the
bones were several metal buttons and
what appeared to be fragments of de-
cayed wooden cloth. A few strokes of
the spade dug up a Spanish knife, and
then few more some ancient coins of
gold and silver. Jupiter appeared high
ly delighted, but the face of his master
showed great disappointment. How
ever, he urged them to continue dig
ging, and after little while the friend
from Charleston caught his toe and