The Green Forest tribune., 1912-03-22

left it to his family as part of his es- tate, the rest of which consisted of two mules and hypotenuse of non- arable land
 The sheet of paper was of the old blue kind used during the Civil war. It was dated June IA, 1863; and it described the hiding place of ten burro-loads of gold and silver coin valued at S300,000 Old Rundle-grand- father of his grandson, Sam--was given the information by a Spanish priest who was in on the treasure burying, and who died many years before-no, afterward-in old Bundles house. Old Bundle wrote it down | from dictation.
 Why didn't your father look this up?' I asked young Rundle.
 He went blind before he could do so," he replied.
 Why didn't you hunt for it your- self?' I asked.
 Well" said he, "Fve only known about the paper for ten years. First there was the spring plowin' to do. and then chopin the weeds out of the corn; and then come takin' fod- der; and mighty soon winter was on us. It seemed to run along that way year after year."
 That sounded perfectly reasonable to me. so took 1t up with young Lee ,, Rundle at once.
 The directions on the paper were simple. The whole burro cavalcade laden with the treasure started from an old Spanish mission in Dolores county. They travelled due south by the compass until they reached the Ala m1to river They forded this, and buried the treasure on the top of a little mountain shaped like a pack saddle standing in a row between two higher ones. A heap of stones marked the place of the buried treas ure. All the party except the Span ish priest were killed by Indians few days later. The secret was monop- oly. It looked good to me-
 Lee Bundle suggested that we rig out camping outfit, hire a surveyor to run out the line from the Spanish mission, and then spend the S300,000 seeing the sights in Forth Worth But without being highly educated, I knew way to save time and expense.
 We went to the state rand office, and had practical, what they call working" sketch made of all the surveys of land from the old mission to the Alamito river. On this map I drew line due southward to the river. Fhe length of lines of each sur vey and section of land was accur- ately given on the sketch By these we found the point on the river and had connection" made with 1t, and an important, well-identified corner of the Los Animos five-league survey-a grant made by King Philip of Spain.
 By doing this we did not need to have the line run out by surveyor. It was great saving of expense and time.
 So, Lee Bundle and I fitted out a two-horse wagon team with all the accessories, and drove hundred and forty miles to Chico, the near est town to the point we wished to reach. There we picked up a depu-
  corner of the Los Animos survey for us. ran out the five thousand seven hundred and twenty varas west that our sketch called for, laid stone on the spot, had coffee and bacon, and caught the maii-stage back to Chico. l was pretty sure we would get that $300,000. Lee Bundles was to be only one-third because l was paying all the expenses With that S200,000 I knew I could find May Martha Mangum if she was on earth. And with it I could flutter the butterflies in old man Man. gums dove-cot. too. If I could find that treasure!
 But Lee and I established camp. Across the river were a dozen little mountains densely covered by cedar brakes, but not one shaped like pack saddle That did not deter us Appearances are deceptive. A pack saddle, like beauty, may exist only in the eye of the beholder.
 and the grandson of the treasure examined those cedar-covered hills with the care Of lady hunting for wicked flea. We explored every side. top, circumference. mean elevation, angle, slope and concavity of every one for two miles up and down the river We spent four days doing so. Then we hitched up the roan and the dun, and hauled the remains of the coffee and bacon the 149 miles back to Concho City.
 As shortly as could be after our empty return Goodloe Banks and I foregathered in the back room of Shy der's saloon to play doninoes and fish for information. told Goodloe about my expedition after the buried treas ure
 'If could have found that three hundred thousand dollars" I said to him, q could have secured and sifted the face of the earth to find May Mar tha Mangum."
 "She is meant for higher things" said Goodloe. q shall find her my self But, tell me how you went about discovering the spot where this un- earthed increment was imprudently buried"
 told him in the smallest detail. showed 1t in the draftsman's sketch with the distances marked plainly upon it.