The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1917-06-26

mean something. 1t could not refer to
10 o'clock at night for an obvious rea-
son.
1t was early In April when Colonel
Granville hit upon this possible ex-
PLANTATION. Nearly two months of wait
ing would be necessary before the spot
would zach a position corresponding
with the date. The colonel, too impa-
: tent to defer investigation for what
seemed to him so long a period, was
eager to get computer to come and
calculate where the spot would be on
the given day. But he knew of no one
at hand who would be able to make
the calculation. Besides, he had no
desire to suffer the obloquy such an
act would cast upon him, for when he
stopped to think he was forced to adj
NIT that no more chimerical idea could
enter the brain of man.
So he was obliged to wait and while
waiting planned an excuse for what
he proposed to do. He determined to
make hole in the wall where the sun
spot rested on the 18th of June at
twenty minutes past 10 in the
morning, and he proposed to tell the
household that he was looking for q
convenient location for q chimney he
was thinking of building. Every day
after that the colonel watched the
movement Of the spot with keen inter-
est, and at the end of month he
could calculate pretty nearly where it
would fall on the 18th of June. How
ever, he waited till the date came
round.
Now, on the 18th of June the sun
stands very high, practically at the
highest point during the year. Con-
seQuently the spot was at the lowest
point. In fact, it rested on the floor.
The colonel bored a hole In the floor
ing, inclining it from the sextant to
the point of the spots contact, and, In
sorting a tube, noted a place in the
cellar where the line Of vision pro-
longed would strike. Then one night
when the household was asleep he
went into the cellar with q lantern, a
pick and a spade and began to dig.
He had cut through the cement bot
tom of the cellar and dug down exact
" ten feet when he struck masonry.
It was not very well put together and
he soon loosened the upper stones.
coming to an open space. In this was
en- iron box or safe, such as was used
many years ago. A blow of the pick
knocked off the cover, and there lay a
mass Of gold coins. On the coins lay
a paper, which Colonel Granville read.
His idea derived from the letter writ
ten by his ancestor was correct Here
was q chest containing a mixture Of
English, Spanish and other gold pieces1
with will bequeathing the treasure to
found an institution for the ameliora-
ton Of the negro race.
Colonel Granville replaced the earth
over the treasure and left 1t to think
out the problem before him. Such q
bequest coming from the original tes-
tator would be absorbed in legal tech
nicalities. Besides, Granville would
not like the notorietY attached to bring
Ing out SO many old coins coins that
he knew came from the price of slaves
and probably the loot of piracy He
resolved to say nothing about this
strange request, but to dispose of 10
piecemeal and erect in his own name
the institution for which it was intend
ed This intention he carried out, and
many a negro is now being educated
with the money derived from the sale
Df his ancestors.