The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-07-26

quite undiBturbcd-a village COW found it, but
she did not appreciate her advantages and could
not have told her master if she had.
1t Ii a WeiGknOwn fact that when certain forms
of stomach trouble affect cows, dogs and other
animals, they seek metal oxides, and will swallow
nails, rusty iron, and bits OF jewelry. This par.
ticular COW was so troubled. Her grazlngground
included part Of the general locality in which
the treasure IS known to lie. She was noticed
Licking the rusty, hinges Of the pasture gates.
hChlhB an Old plOWshare, and some weeks later
she gave evidences Of being in great pain. The
WiScacrcs Of the village were called in council
and decided that she had swallowed something
that disagreed with her, and, partly out of Gu.
rloaity and partly through desire to save the
beef by killing her before she died, the owner
had an end put to her misery and an autopsy
was held. Imagine the excitement when the
butchers opened the stomach and, amid nails, bits
OF iron, and copper, found a number Of gold pieces
OF the Cavalier treasure and a small ~latCh-lOck Of
the typo of which there must have been several
on every one Of the treasure chests. The soil
had been washed or had been plowed over the
treasure, and the COW had found it and absorbed
her mortal end. The wisaCres then told the own.
err that if he had but kept the COW alive till she
returned to the spot where she had found the
treasure he might have watched her and soon dis.
covered 1t. He worried over his folly till he
grew so respondent that he hanged himself.
The square face of Gibraltar, made so familiar
In America by use in advertising, in reality fronts
The landward side. Between the Rock and the
mainland runs a fiat sandy strip that is neither
British nor Spanish. Gibraltar has always been
a great haunt Of smugglers, and the neutral strip
has always been their greatest dangcrground,
In 1870 the dangerous Theron band desisted
from smuggling long enough to run some cargoes
OF arms into Spain for the use of Don Carlos
and bis army. After securing some $450,0O0 they
set out to effect a retirement from Gibraltar. and
made their way to Jaen. where a wealthy mer-
chant was known to have some $1,000 600. collected
i'll readiness for use in the Carllst cause. Under
pretext that they had instructions to deliver a
shipload Of munitions to him at Malaga, and dis.
playing the documentary evidences Of their late
deal with Don Carlos, they persuaded the mers
chant to accompany them on the road to Malaga.
When a fitting opportunity came they murdered
him, threw his body into a dry rayine, and with
their weight Of wealth in gold and English notes,
set out for Gibraltar, The body was found sooner
than they had expected, and they were pursued.
Some ten miles from the neutral ground they
were overtaken, and a running fight occurred, in
which Gasprey, one Of the outlaws, was killed in
a most spectacular manner.
Four OF the outlaws crouched among the rocks
and held the pursuers at bay. anxlously awaiting
Thoron's return. But when the dawn came thew
found that he had buried the treasure, turned the
mules lose, and was making his way back to them
when a bullet had stretched him out dead on the
sand.
Seeing this, the four now tried to retreat IL.
ward the Rock, one after the other, but thew wera
shot down.
When 1t was found that there had been over a
million dollars In booty with the party, a careful
search was begun, but the drifting sand had
the necessary traces and it has never
been recovered.
The wind is constantly carrying away the sand
on this zone, and the Gitani and others who FREE
Quent 1t keep a sharp eye out for the rusted cor.
ner Of a steel box. Some day the money will! be
found; In fact, search with a magnetic instru.
ment gould disclose it today If some one on the
spot only thought of such a device.