Arizona republican., 1920-02-08

Deer, turkey, bear, wolves, coyotes. ard sech liker replied Uncle Mike. If you CT out of I'll let you have some"
 Thank you. I do need a few things
 The next day Harris rode away from the svillage early, taking the road to the east.
 He had ridden about two miles when re came upon a little house by the roadside. An old woman was drawing water from the well near the house Harris rode up and asked her for drink of water.
 .'Howdy, stranger said the old lady, "git right down and come in"
 ''I can't stop but minute" replied Harris as he dismounted.
 Another old woman came out of the house and looked at the stranger in surprise.
 "Howdy, stranger" was her greeting. Harris sat on the doorstep and talked to the old women, whom he found eager for some one to talk to.
 What are you doing in these parts, stranger" asked Aunt Betty, as she was called
 I'm going hunting." What are you going to hunt?"
 Harris looked at her in surprise. Game" he said.
 say. Jockey here young feller, there's something besides bears and deer to hunt in these mountains.
 What do you mean?" T mean" said Aunt Betty, ''that there's a rich treasure hid in a canyon up in these parts
 "A treasure."
 Yes" answered Aunt Molly. the other old woman, "Old Pete can tell you about it."
 Harris talked to the old women a while longer, learning that 'Old Pete" was an old man who lived off up in the | mountains. Then he rode away.
 Late that evening he found "Old Petes' house. It was a rude one roomed log hut in canyon halfway up the mountain. The old man was sit ting on a log outside the door smoking . corncob pipe.
 Wal. did you git back? Hobble the hoss and eat supper" he said without 1 looking around as Harris rode up. Good evening"" said the young man. Old Pete sprang up and stared.
 "Wal, I'll be durned,' he said at last, How in thunder did you happen up here stranger? Git right down and come in.'
 You are the first visitor we've had | in six years
 '.We?" repeated Harris in surprise. | Yes me and my boys
 After Harris had eaten some supper, they sat outside the log house and smoked. Harris was much impressed by the silence, broken only by the sound l of the little stream which ran by the cabin, and the song of the cricket. As they were sitting there smoking silently the sound of an approaching horse was heard, and a white horse ridden by stout looking young man entered the clearing where the cabin stood. l The rider sprang to the ground and removing his bridle, turned the horse loose. He was tall, square-shouldered l ,x-it day y-l- nd hair which hung to his shoulders. His face was Drowned from constant ex- posture. He passed into the house with l a ''Howdy stranger"
 That's my Tom" sai old Pete. 1 Soon the younger son came home. He was boy of probably sixteen and looked very much like his brother, thought he wasn't nearly so large. 1 Soon both boys came out and lay on l the grass, gazing at the stranger and taking no part in the conversation Please tell me about the treasure l that is supposed to be hidden some where around here, Colby asked of Old Pete.
 | Wal. so that's it? Take my advice. young feller. and don't worry your head about that treasure, it won't do any good.'
 Well tell me about it anyway Wal, quite some time ago there was | hiding place was hunted out and they was chased up into one of these here canyons. Thinking they would be caught they hid all their booty and left l ir. Wal, they was all captured and hung but one. and he escaped and made map of the place where they hid the stuff. He never came back, but he gave the map to a young man who was with l him when he died. This here young feller came out here about thirty years ago, just about the time I built this ca bin. Wal, he got lost in a storm, and somehow or other lost this here map | Then he went back home and I never crooked guy got hold of this here story and made fake map and sold it. About six years ago man came out | here with this here fake map and spent about $50.000 hunting for Adams Dig gings He wouldn't listen to me when told him he didn't have the right map. But he never found it, and neither did anybody else"
 Isn't there any way that anybody knows to locate it 2" asked Harris. Nobody but me knows. I seen the map and I remember one thing, but its never done anybody no good"
 What is it?" questioned Harris eagerly.
 ''The treasure was buried beneath a large oak tree growing in a thicket of | pines. Of course this don't do no good now, because lots more oaks might have grew up there. Besides this oak tree was a quarter of mile due east from place where three washes come to- gether.',
 l. I'm going to hunt this treasure" de- clared Harris.
 You'd better not, my lad l Gro be concluded in next Sundays |