The Washington herald., 1915-09-19

" iun dionS tIldt way yedi otcet yedi.
That sounded perfectly reasonable to me, 50
took it up with young Lee Rumble at once.
The directions on the paper were simple
The whole burro cavalcade laden with the treas
ure started from an old Spanish mission in
Dolores County They travelled due south by
the compass until they reached the Alan,ito
River They forded this, and buried the treas
ure on the top of little mountain shaped like
pack-saddle standing in row between two
higher ones A heap of stones marked the
place of the buried treasure. All the party ex-
cept the Spanish priest were killed by Indians
few days later The secret was a monopoly.
1t looked good to me.
Lee Rumble suggested that we rig out a
camping outfit hire surveyor to run out the
line from the Spanish mission, and then spend
the three hundred thousand dollars seeing the
sights in Fort Worth But, with. It being
and expense.
We went to the State land-office and had
a practical what they call working" sketch
made of all the surveys of land from the old
mission to the !Alan1ito River. On this map
drew line due southwark to the river. The
length of lines of each survey and section of
land was accurately given on the sketch. By
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connection made with it 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. 1t was great
saving of expense and time.
So, Lee Rumble and fitted out two
horse wagon team with all the accessories. and
drove hundred and forty-nine miles to Chico,
the nearest town to the point we wished to
reach. There We picked up deputy county
surveyor. He found the corner of the Los
Animos survey for us, ran out the five thou
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our sketch called for, laid stone on the spot,
had coffee and bacon. and caught the mail
stage back to Chico.
Twas pretty sure we would get that three
hundred thousand dollars. Lee Rundle's was
to be only one-thrd, because was paying all
the exepnses. With that two hundred thousand
dollars ! knew could find May Martha Man
gum if she was on earth And with it could
flutter the butterflies in old man Mangum's
dove-oot. too. If I could find that treasure
But Lee and established camp Across
the river were dozen little mountains densely
covered by cedar-brakes, but not one shaped
like a pack-saddle That did not deter US.
Appearances are deceptive. A pack-saddle, like
beauty, may exist only in the eye of the be-
holder
l and the grandson of the treasure ex-
amined those cedar-covered hills with the care
Of lady hunting for the wicked flea We ex-
plored every side. top, circumference, mean ele-
vation. 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 roam and the dun, and hauled the remains
of the coffee and bacon the one hundred and
forty-nine miles back to Concho City.
Lee Rumble chewed much tobacco on the
return trip. / was busy driving, because was
in hurry -.
As shortly as could be after our empty re-
turn Goodloe Banks and forgathered in the
back room of Snyder's saloon to play dominoes
and fish for information. told Goodloe about
my expedition after the buried treasure.
IF I could have found that three hundred
thousand dollars" said to him, 81 could have
secured and sifted the surface of the earth to
find May Martha Mangum.'
"She is meant for higher things" said Good