The Washington times., 1910-09-26

7 with the dirt floor about them Uttered
with the plumber which Willing bad
tumbled about for the simple sov Of
handling 1t, the old mans jov TOOK the
I - OF a oabbllng monotone Of child
He stopped and, as the negro had
I zone. ran his bOny, gnarIed fingers
LiiFouen the mass Of coin which the
ma break between Willing and his
creature had left outside the bag H
snatched I'D and fondIed the golden
kesSelS- uIteTlng queer broken cries
let consider what Il meant TO hfr7--a-
"a 2iIltatlon IN the eyes of men. a secure
al4u Tranquil old age, An EOnOred grave
ana most o. all, the safeguarding Of
ms child from the trials Of poverty
and even CadOgsn. 20 whom il meant
Hl1ch, Out Wno- Notwithstanding. set far
iesS store upon Il than he did uuou the
goiden stream that had come into his
Uneven ne was for moment stunned
l ~. uno le appalled, by the immen-
He carried the light into the secret
vault where its rays discovered three
IeSe chests. al OF oak and bound with
IIOn-cnests whose tops vikings i'm
patient ak had hacked and split and
posed
Only two seemed to have been ex-
plOTed- however. One was crowded --ftb
decayfng canvas bags through whose
moldertnS sides the untarnished metal
cleaned and glinted seductiveIy- the
other seemed to contain naught bLL.
vessels OF gold and silver. The third
chest standing against the back wall
Of the open chamber the farthesr from
the opening, was packed tight with gilt
teTlng ana beJeweled vestments. heavy
With bullIOn-spOils ravished from some
church. belize. by q SaCrfIpEio1s blrc-
cancer 70 whose store LATTE. the ad-
venturer Of a later time, had fallen
heir
Into this chest TopeIius felved with
iuStful hands, turning out the splendid
reSslia in tumbled heaps upon the floor
reveiing in an orgy Of possession Near
its bottom he paused with A shriII cry,
holding alOft a bag Of silky COrdOvan
leather richly lacQuered with sold as
If he had been searching for il alone
from the beginning.
And what's that2-' demanded Cado-
gan, trying to steady his voice and
speak in a matteT-Of-fact manner.
aeaVy-neavy-sn not coin
The aged fingers fumbIed ineptIv Wit
the dra VISITING, united ii. ana into his
followed palm flashed a co-uscating
rainbow Of jewels, rubies, sapphi-es,
monds white and green and yellow and
black, set and unset, in rings and brace
lets and uncut, Of every shape and size
and cutting and Iuster-a treasure beg
caring description, f1Ounting the mag
ination, demeaning the wealth OF
princes
And one so stupendous. so terrible in
Its sheer immensely, that IL acted upon
the high humOr as a Sedatfve Tope-
Illus shaking hand steadied- Cadogan's
bemused brain cleared, they exchanged
an awestruCh look and the older man
soberiy poured beck into the leather
bag the first handful Of the Jewels Both
appreciated stupidity that IL must hold
a dozen handfuls more
TOpelius frightened and tied the leath-
srn draw-strinE-
4 think he observed. in dry voice.
Il think that this is enough
Yes" Cadogan lowered the lantern
and backed out Of the vault
- man wants open air after this he
laughed nervOusly- Il think we'd better
shut up this place and go for a while.
It's obviously impossible 70 take IL all
with US. II we got nothing but that
well take that, for the luck Of it.
He meant the jewel-hoard- Topelius
sighed his agreement, followinE-hin out
into the cellar
They stood staring at each other in a
daze, the glamor of the treasure blind
ing them
Cadogan remarked the singular effect
produced by the lantern light striking
upon Topelius' worn. flushed face
TOpeIiUs mOistened his lipS uervOusIv
With some difficulty he managed to
enunciate-
we viii get whssIbarrow; there's
one at
4 dull. smart explosion literally cufed
their minds awake.
The Confirmation Of This Story VIII
Be Found In Tomorrow
Issue OF The Tfrez