Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1910-05-05

: ole on lnem drunken fits as he were
I oIsen hevin'. But / cared not a bft
. whose money 1t had been. There II
was lying In an open field. and
, meant to hev some.
Nobody was coming. Not a soul
, was 10 be seen anywhere, although II
was time and season when many
Ioik used to stroll over these fields;
not even the fat sorm Of Tommy
Court himself was to be seen stan
ming between the two yew trees as
used to grow up by them iron ratings
yon. An SO | thought the gold were
for me.
Il picked up the outside edges OF
me pima and began to fill 1t like one
O'Clock. Soon I'd got so many sover.
elgns and half-sovereigns that the
pima wouldn't hold any more. An
then came the difficulty. You see,
was on this side the bank-same as
we be now. There was only a plank
loot wide to cross over by. an the
brook was full o. water. How to get
TO tother side an not lose any o. the
sovereigns was what didn't know.
can see meself now in the little
RED pericut. the blue biggen on me
head WI the fox-fur round it fmed by
me mothers own fingers, for she was
DAP hand VII the needle. poor soul),
an me white pima bullying out like
loaded hammock WI the gold as I'd
got IN 1t. ! might hey saved meself
mat trouble, for there was heaps o.
gold on the other side O. the brook:
out, childlike. | never thought O. that,
an grabbed at the first as came to
hand.
How slow | moved along the first
steps o that plank! | went no faster
nor the crawl of a horse-a.back snail.
When | got to the middle-plop-plop
-plop come a noise bobbing up from
the brook ] looked down at me pima.
an behold We, the gold were running
out at each side an dropping into the
water!
gripped me pima like grim death, I
an tried to stop losing the money.
But ah!-T mind it as well as il
'twere but yesterday-in the excite
ment ! missed me footing. an fell l. /
the brook, gold an ALI"
The speakers face passed through .
variety of hues and shades. II was
as though the possession of so much
gold and the dramatic loss of it at so
early an age had been the cause OF
the losses and Bullets of his after.life
up to the hour Of his sitting on the
stile. His face certainly gave the i'm.
preston Of disappointment. even at
that lapse OF time; but the shade OF
disappointment was only momentary.
II gave place to a smile, which broad.
ened out to a cheerful laugh, as he
said:
An when woke / was yelling like
farmyard cock, just as mother came
home from the Mothering; an | was
fund gripping the bedclothes tight in
each hand as If 'twere the pima
were holding TO keep the gold from
falling QUIT"
Then It was only a dream?" said
The listener, with touch Of disgust
At so tame a conclusion to what prom
49, " w al NA1AlAhik NiQI1s ]
All! dream II was" replied the
man on the stile sadly, IAN donna
seem to hev walked out on II even vet.
That golden Duffus Close have been
ifore me eyes wherever | hev been
lin all parts of the world. I'm see.
ng it every night Almost in me sleep;
IN coming here to-day, an seeing
rou here. med me tell II out agen.
same as seed 1t above fifty year
lgo. Strange, indeed, lima it?" :
Well. II is rather odd" returned
lis stile-companion carelessly.
The dream-teller sidled on the stile
ind walked a few steps into the close. q
! pitchfork, forgotten by some of the
ate haymakers. lay under a stunted I
lawthorn bush that overhung the J
'rook. The man picked IT up care y
essly and drove the prongs into the t
nner circle Of what is known as a a
fairy ring" t
Just about here" he said. turning t
lis head over his shoulder, was a a
ret heap. Hey. if I'd only a quarter d
t what was there. / should be a p
Apply man. But Lord! | never was a
n luck; an my brother Ways got !
ouses of his own" d
The prongs struck some substance D
a the earth. and gave out a smart 1
ound like hammered tuning-fork. 1t v
lade the man start; that sound at q
nee opened up for him such mag a
ificent possibilities. He struck the a
1rk in again. It gave out a sharp. o.
lear ring. conclusively establishing
he fact that something-perhaps OF
alue. perhaps only an old horse
hoe-lay embedded there. !,
''Twere said as Tommy Court med =
way wi his cashbox afore a died. for :,
,ar O. robberies. Belize tbs here"
RED the one-eyed man. with growing
Under the vigorous prods Of the y
,rk the turf few up easily. as though -
had lain there for days instead Of ~
scades. In a few minutes a box like 81
tea-caddy was torn out OF the III
round by the native fortune-hunter. m
e raised the lid with trembling fin. q
RS. The first thing that met his sin. g