The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1913-11-24

the size of the supposed case of Il
quor.
Dad had brought a hammer and
chise1 and proceeded to break the lock.
AS the lid flew back the watching. boys
piled on top Of the two treasure hunt
ers.
The free for all fight which followed
would have done credit to Old Ttppe-
rary.
Dad and Gid, wild with the fear of
losing their treasure, fought like de-
mons and the boys with the supposed
case Of booze in sight were not back
ward.
Dad fought with the hammer and
Gid and the boys with fist and skull
and brogan shoe and anything they
could lay hand to.
For a few minutes the air was filed
with hair and blood and cussr words
but the pace was too fast to last and
they soon called a truce to talk the
matter over.
Treasure Box Opened.
Mutual explanations followed and
that all present should share the treas
ure equally-=so fire was built to give
them light and they all gathered
around the box. The broken lid was
thrown back aud revealed q piece of
sail cloth folded on top of the con-
tents.
Dad, as the finder claimed the right
to say how the division should be
made. His plan was this: They should
take the contents of the box as they
came to them and should examine each
package as taken out. When examined
each package should be laid aside I'M
til all were taken out when the diViS-
ion should be made. All agreed of
this and Dad lifted the cloth. The first
thing lifted out was a sailors jumper
pretty paddy worn. Feeling in the
pockets Dad found five pipes all show
ing sign of long usage and canister
condition. These he laid to them
selves and lifted out the next. This
was worn pair of overalls with moth
ing in the pockets. The third garment
was another jumper and in one Of the
pockets was a square of plug tobac-
co. wrapped in tin foil. The boys were
getting restless and one of them said:
Here's pipes and tobacco; why not
smoker" No objection was made and
soon they were putting away, although
pipes had a peculiar odor. Dad said
he needed a "chaw," so he and Gid
sampled the plug tobacco found in the
third jumper.
When all were ready they returned
to the work of unpacking. In all there
were three jumpers and three pairs of
overaIlS-under the last was another
square of sail cloth and lying on this
was a folded paper.
Note to the Finder.
Dad unfolded it carefully and read 1t
aloud. It read as follows:
Eat sea, on ship Saka, twenty days
out Nv Rio. too hooever fms this chist-
81 Civ too hoover fins this chist
owl it i1ols-the gumper on top an the
overals air mine the suite on the bot
tum wus mi mates-He dide Nv yell
Ter fever too days ago and the capin
Civ me his close. the Baccer plug wus
his too. the recon i am throin mi
close ava is becoz 1 hav had the ich
too yeers and the mate tole he too
thro ava mi ole close an greece with
sulfur greece. The pipes is mine
have had the sl1urvy fur munths and
hav trtde owl the pipes in hopes to
git wun / kud smoke but mi mouth
has got so rotten / kant draw so you
air welcum too EN-. j make this gift
freely an NV mi oan aklkord-an NAV
the good lord hav mercy on yore soal
a men. P. S. the balenz Nv this is
skrap iron too Inaik it sink when
heve 1t over bored.
bill smith"