The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1916-11-16

"lu iSE0 cutoff occurred near tue
Iowa bluffs aud len the hu.k three
miles back In the country The bcnd
dtcd up long ago. aud NOW there are
ifteen inch coitouwo0ds growing above
The grave ~ the General,
THAT'S the story. young man aha
will you lie good enough TO tell me
how In thunder you are coins 10 sei
down twenty five feet in quieksand
You ,sunot,dig quicksand Ike plain
dirt. II runs Ike water You mi-ht
Ms well try 10 bale out the Missouri
river or the Atlantic ocean Tor that
matter. That's the question TheIe
Is no known way Of sinking u pc ~
Quicksand
Its simple enough rs soon as y""
know how snid Grover. aashhig'
ms going to take little money and
some machinery, but believe very
soon can raise all the help we need.
Tomorrow morning we viii drop III
and see lawyer and settle our mat
ters Of partnership In this enterprise
and then we will 20 20 the i'e pant
| know the president there, and nave
nromise from him 20 see me through
with any legitimate undertaking.
II wos no, SO easy to get the million.
airc iceman to take any stock II
treasure hunt, II was not ne saiu' :"
much the amount Of money lhN"tNeu'
hncouse that wasn't much, but nc
bote1 to he mixed up in any sehcu'e
that looked fishy, This buried treas
ure chase would get around anu hu''
his standing. he thought.
suppose we leave It TINS way. p'o
nosed Grovcr~"P packard ana WIZ
n.ke.a set Of soundings and explore
the ground thoroughly, II we ma we
oll boat where he says she Is we u
sec what you think about the matter
then
"Au right. Grover: you find the boat
and | will come pretty near undefWI't.
Ing this enterprise Ny opinion Is 'hat
Won win fnd nothing stronger lhai
good rich Missouri bottom mud
"AI right. sir" said Grover cheeI-
fully. ~ know YOU are from Missouri,
and If am not able to show yoA an
bets are Off.
come on Packard" called Grove,
wbir,ing ON his heels lets get busy
The next morning found Grover ana
Packard on the way to the scene 81
oneratiops in a blackboard with a lou
NJ stuff the young man had borrowed
from the local government engineer
For five miles they followed the river
road and then struck off over wagon
trail through the brush toward the
! bluffs
Il can find my way to the pace III
the dark" said the old man, al excite
mcnt. I'VE will be on the ground III
three minutes.
"There. do YOU see that curying ridge
in front of usf That's the bank Of the
old bend now all filed IN with the
overflow Of mud from the river. here
| Is the stake nj the Intersection OF the
two ranges. You can gamble that me
old General is right under us TINS
minute and the yellow boys as good
az they were when put aboard IN "a.
| '"Now show me the ranges, sald
Grover. "They are Of the utmost I'M
] portance.
| cone. showed Packard, lis the llne
through that point Of rock above the
railroad cut and the gap in the buns
back of st. Mary's. DO you get thar!
Eyes" said Grover, "And the other
"The other range Is not quite so
good. It's the head OF that benz on
the Iowa bank. on line with the hlsh
point OF the bluff beyond. DO you
catch it,
81 have il such as il is said Grover,
land we will get right on the job ana
see If we can punch the Genera the
first crack
Grover produced bunch Of steel
sounding rods from the wagon and
carefully plumbing one had Packard
hold 1t perpendicular at the stake
] Willlt Will lew DIphE " - 'i'''' -
| sank II level with the ground.
That's FIVE feet" he said and screw
ed on another section. sinking that the
same way. III ] strike rock we can
/ tell bv the metallic sound, and II we
run against wood there will be no
difficulty in telling that by the feel
Of II"
/ In few minutes a dozen lengths
were sent down sixty feet. and no
wood was found.
Old Packard looked disappointed.
/ Grover saw that the uncertainty
lay in the second range and that The
only way was TO explore vide ter
ritory Systematically.
This was to be done by layina cut
a section Of ground Ike a checker
board, with a stake at each corner q
4 the squares. and probe at one stake
after another until they struck the
I bull If Lot then, 70 lay ont another
set Of squares and In that way eX.
haust all possible territory.
They sounded the next day, and the
next. and the next. Nearly at the
/ end Of week Of prodding the rod
struck wood. and Packard did a horn.
4 pipe on the spot
The next morning Grover brought