The Holt County sentinel. (Oregon, Mo.) 1883-1980, 1921-08-19
The Buried Stage
Coach
~ HAROLD sINcLAIRE.
uO. yII, Western Nswspapet Uu.Jn

ner," spoke Mrs. waldron In her pa.
tient, sympathising way.
I'm not. mother" was the prompt
but Infinitely weary response. ut Is
not the loss Of business. home and
friends. What worries me is The fact
that after all my sacrifices. / shall
NOT be able to pay my creditors in
full. 1t Is Q pretty heavy load for
an old man like me to carry"
Remember the promise: on whom
Gods hand restett, hath God at his
tight hand"
Abner Waldron tried to smile brave.
", kissed the dear old patient face
II bis helpmeet. aud LETT the house
for his accustomed stroll.
lie Ind done very we'll IN a business
way. until a smooth, smart city pro.
mpter had come TO Albion. with er.
pnnsive ideas. He had branched out.
'hr sleek schemer had reaped rich
harvest. aUi ,hen--rulure.
Abner had turned over every penny
~ had In lie world. I, paid up every.
thing 49, rpt lew thousand dollars.
Mrs. Wal Iron had In her own right
small 'nrm IN an adjoining county.
They hal decided 10 20 there and
were nYv ~ the eve Of departure.
rs he older children. Richard and
Maud. 'lit care about" the thought.
ful bankrupt had told his close friends.
Ahncr evnied meeting his neigh
5Ors. ami took lonely route out OF
own. lie was soon among 10 sand
hills. He wanted TO think. plan out
resignation for the present content.
'nent fpr III" future. II was grent
sand ds'rir about Albion. Lying
along the Lake shore. air currents had
piled ~ great yellow mountain. ~ The
shifting particles
The bleak environment CALLED him,
hut ~ he sane time luirirh Alone
and unli-lurbed he reviewed all the
past.
Then In a whimsical way story
u III" long ago came TO his memory.
His IA her had been well niglI ruined
right auDng these trea 'hcrouS and
hills nearly forty years Su'o. The
event was The sensation ~ ~" hour
through 'lr whole district James
wuldron had removed his tie country
bank Z" Albion from Slu',iiuck In the
next county. over SiDbO In gold
had been carried IN locked 'rpu boxes
In an old age coach. lis driver had
lost hls way among the sand hills. q
great storm had come MP. aud h. was
blown from his seat against a rock
and rendered lnssnsible.
When h. c0me back 10 conscious
ness the stage coach. the horses. tho
treasure. had disappeared. There was
q search lil over the country. Il
brought No results, with iif,icul'y tho
banker met the great loss.
The sky had darkensd while Abner
sat dreaming. A binding rain ~ sand
cot his fpcc. This IL ge thug seri.
ousl" h. exclaimed. as hs aid nearly
the length ~ q hill. 10 land In \ gully
between two towering mountains OF
sand.
"Why, I shall be enguIfrd! It 10
like auirksand !" he reflected In vivid
alarm. He struggled on. cnms TO .
turn IN the gully. and dimly made out
Q slantlng mass Of gnsrled tree roots.
Abnrr ran 10 II. slipped, a cavity was
revealed and he dropped into dark.
ness fully 20 feet. He stood on q
sandy foundation, apparently of some
large sheltered void. Before him was
an open shed supper ed 10y posts.
Back " II was a great, numbering. Old.
fashIoued vehicle. Attached wer. the
skeletons II team NJ horses.
Thrilled. amazed. In almost shout
the electrified observer gnsped out:
"rhe lost stage coach :"
Yes II could he no 0ther-lt was
no other
To this shelter on the might the
hank vas moved tho horses had
straycd to he enveloped, swallowed
up IN the great winding wrrnths Of
sand. past rescue aud sight un'il now.
More matches. closer inspection,
and there, intact, Just ~ they had
been originally slowed, were he iron
boxes. Ahncr found the hank treas
urc- his by right Of discovery his by
right of legal inheritance.
SO all the dark clouds passed away.
Dropping root ends enabled the ad'
vpnturer TO regain the open air when
tho nndStOrm was over, and the fam.
ny roof was saved. and soon there
we're two Joyful weddings,