The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-04-14
GgEYE5@U1 sB0 TRYING KING All RDGEaN PEGEpWIFM

mat the infdcl who iied in your house
left nothing bo.iird bu, an empty bog,
now IS L that you. wife Is Hnu,i.tny her
seii WITH her rags Gfckc.. opt with penis
AMI diamonds? W-otch. prepare 10 SIR
ret'Ger the spo.ls Of Your Victim or sw!u.:
irom the galiow9.' The trembling pore
81 fell Oh his knees ana told the whole
story Of the enchanted treasure no one
was present but The alcaldo. tic inGulsitivc
barber and the al 5;iazil. ard t!icse listened
Nhh greedy cars "a iha vNtci,-ca,r!c-.,s
SHY Then the aleuuzn Ms ii,sa.chcd
% orins IN tie Moor MO iiaI nel,a,,
ier"sii Miserable wrctcAt cr,. Inc
Moor 10 reresil. "aia ! no; s. in thee
against babbiirg 10 thy wife,
mo story 81 the Moor corrcsponded
Win mat OF PereGl 20 a nicely. but tho
aicaide threw out hints OF imprisonment
ana rigorous investigation. softly senior
Aicaide," said the Moor. "let us not mar
,oftu"e by a scramblo for It. Nobody
KNOWS anything OF this matter bu, our
serves; let US keep it secret and divide the
SPOTS. There is enough for us all Prom
ise iair division or the cave shall remain
closed forever" Promise anything"
whispered the Foxy old a'guaz!l 10 the al
caidc. until VIC get the treasure. Then
you can seize the whole and II Percsn or
mis- accompiice dare to mur!nur threaten
them with the tasot and the stake as IN
ideis ana scrcerers." So the aloalde
agreed 10 the proposition OF the Moor and
appointed that very nigh; TO visit the 90.
cret treasure cave
Bui he kept the Moor and tho water
carrier in custody untll toward midnight.
when they all sailed forth for the Aiham-
nra--the mcddlesome barber. OF course. be-
ini; OF the company. They took Along the
donkey which the alcaldc had rly!shsi
from Peresil, intending 20 bring back the
treasure on his blck. They arrived Al the
Tower without having been seen and tod
the DONKEY 80 tree In the surrounding
wood Then they wen, down those sllp-
perry. shiny steps again "a irst one gloomy
Fauii and then another until a. Iensth
DIZZY stood 81 the ono the noor OF which
barred further progress The scroll was
now produced, thc candle ilEh,cd aud tho
Moor began TO -cai the awgul incan,att1n
As before the earth tremblcd ana the
thunder rolled a Inc floor Of the vault
opened d!sclosiur the nish; OF steps winch
led 70 the treasure chamber. Tic aIcalac
the barber and the nigus.Il were so rrlgAt-
oncd that they could not gu;umoa courage
10 descend Finally Tie alcaldc mustered
up enough resolution 20 command the
ana dc Moor TO 80 down
and bring Gp tic treasure Pcreg!i and .he
Aooi found things "a they had left them.
NE iwo armed warriors or guard silent
and nouonlcss. hut gazing upon them
With terrifying countenanccs They re-
moved TWO OF the grea; 1ars filled with
gold and precious stones and carried thorn
M. up. with great toll and exert.on 10 the
open air. The borber the alguu1n ana tho
alcalde mad hastened there before them
When these two Jars were swung on either
side of the donkey they were as much as
the animal could bear. ana at The sight OF
them the nicaIdc and hts friends fairly
irembled with greed
Let rs he content for the present"
said the Moor. with what we have re-
moved. We can come back later for what /
RENAME, WHAT cried The a!calde tho ,
barber and the algnazil in "A chorus. is I
there stil more beh!nd?" why" re- !
piled the Moor we have only taken ;6c
least OF the treasure. The greatest OF all (
an mmense iron-bound chest. Is stil in
The vault, II is full ~ pearls a-,l precious /
stones Bur We have cnou.l hero 10 I
nsko rs All wealthy for lie as1l,hy be- 4
yond our l,cir,'s desire" rhe worf!. of
,he Moor had, as he atcu3cl they should /
excited sliH more the ravcnous and in |
sa'iabie cupil!ty Of The alcllde ana his ,
eiiierents, ana they demanded taa; the |
chest be brought up.
Let us have the chest by al means"
said 'ia alcaldc, we muAt rot leave /
that.' u Will descend for 10 more ssid /
the Moor Extraordinarily, enough is enough |
Tor any feasonaole ma&-and more is
And l.. said the water
'';"er' VIII not break my hach ly bring /
y NJ any more treasure tonight. Nor
"ih break the back Of nv poor donkey /
~ asking him to carry any greater load"
&c aicalde threatened. the aIguazil de-
'iiimetl and threatened lkewisc. and tho
oaroe' inplorei But neither Perzrti nor
ne Moor would nudge. I'll YOU wan,
my more 50 and &c; IT," said the Moor.
no matte wha; happens w!l not 20
'''ef more treasure tonight. But If YOU /.
A!ee want 10 &" down Ia the chambn, ami
'f!ns ~ ihn che@t viii hold the candle
or you 80 that Won may do so ,..rrly,
Finding threats and entroaiie. o.,.
useless 10 move tho r,colution OF percc,,
nd the Moor. tho alcaldc said i, ~,
arher and the aieuazi: .'C.omo ~, nc
hrce 3" and fetch the chest. No ,yi,,
wide i'S contents between us -rt.eo
litifs shall have mono of IT," So .,vh,,,
e descended The steps. followed hy III i
dherenis though The barber ana t!c al
uazil wcn' with fear and trembling. r.e II
Ioer and Pereei' followed behind Ia 81.
nat they got really down into the reas-
re cnanbcr.
No sooner did tho Moor see tins tbr.a
airy down into thc cavern than he hlcv
Ut the yellow taper. There was The
snai runblins and crashing and tho l1oi
{ the chamber in winch Persgi ana tbc
1fdei stood closed above the heads Of
he treasure seekers in the chamber h,
Nv, AS for the Moor he ran as fast as
8 could up the flights OF stairs leading
D the open air, and little. bnndy legged
'eregil followed him as fast .as his
rocked legs would allow. ooh. what has, {
hou done?" cried Peregil. In terror. a.
Don as he could recover his breath: "you
ave left the alcalde, the alguazil ana tho