The Topeka state journal., 1922-10-12

Long ago, IN the ROCKY Mountains,
there lived a very, very poor and
unhappy couple. They were unhappy
because they could not make a living.
The fathers long illness together with
rent bills had used UP the small saw
ings and they were too proud to go
to the poor house.
Now this couple had an eight-year-
old son, Robert. The boy heard his
father and mother talking over their
troubles one night
Robert heard his father say: 81
could manage the money. if it wasn't
for Roberts 'hings-"
Then he heard his mothers voice:
'If he only worked out and earned
money. but no one VIII take MIN, ne
is so young"
Then all was quiet but Robert could
not sleep. He got out of bed and
dressed He hardly knew what he
was doing, but he wrote a good-by
note, took a bundle of clothes, a gun
and a fishing rod and climbed out
of the window. He determined never
to return until he made his fortune.
Chapter Two.
One day a handsome young man
walked thoughtfully away from an
Indian womar's grave. Yesterday this
| old Indian woman had told Robert,
| (for this was heb a strange story. 1t
was a story of when she, Dolores, was
a small girl.
One night her tribe was starving.
| They had attacked three white men,
who had many saddle horses. with
bags on them. They killed all three
men in hope of finding food. They
found no food SO they ate a horse.
Then they looked in all the bags.
There was shining money and jewels
| in them. Her tribe thought this was
the white mans bad medicine, and
# Or
brave came up and hid the bags where
he said they would do no harm. Old
Dolores could not remember where he
had put it.
That was what Robert was thinking
about as he walked back to his hut.
Robert was young and bold, so he de-
cided to look for the treasure. Where
| to look was the trouble, so he went to
| bed and next morning brought the
answer.
Chapter Three.
He was up bright and early. He
met an old friend, Mr.. Lambert, who
| was in these mountains for a very
ldifferent reason. Now Robert was in
| these mountains for money, but his
| friend was there to find his sister
His friends sister had been stolen by
an Indian trfbe- Robert had seen
| this tribe. He had also seen his
| friends sister. Her hair was in two
long golden braids, fine as spun gold
Her eyes were like two deep blue
pools.
| Mr.. Lambart would ask military
help from Camp Robson nearby to
get her. but he did not know where
| the Indians were, Robert would be
| invaluable to him in finding her, but
| he refused to ask Robert or anyone
else to find her without doing some
thing big for them first.
So Robert asked him to help him
| find the treasure.
| Chapter -Four.
| Robert and Mr.. Lambart were
| walking in a dark tunnel together.
I They had been riding along in the
woods when savages jumped out on
all sides of them. They had brought
| what was in store for him. On either
| side of this dimly lighted passage
| there stood in single file some half
! naked savage guards. Robert and Mr..
Lambart walked along slowly. They
| could see the farther end of the mar
row passage-way. 1t was brilliantly
| lighted, in the middle of the cave sat
a beautiful young girl. Robert and
| Mr.. Lambart both recognized her as
| Mr.. Lambart's sister.
| Chapter Five.
They were now in the brilliantly
| lighted cave. The chief came forward
| slowly. He looked carefully at Rob-
ert. Robert remembered him-he had
| freed him from a wicked man who
| had tried to kill him many years ago
| The chief seemed to know him. too,
| for he united Roberts and Mr.. Lam
bart's hands, and solemnly gave him
the peace pipe and they smoked a
while in silence.
! Finally the chief gave him a small
piece of paper on which were drawn
| in pictures three hearts, four horses.
bow and arrow, treasure, little blue
| stream, high mountains, to north"
Robert looked at the paper. then at
1 the chief. The chief said that if Rob-
ert would give him part of the treas
ure, Robert could have the rest. If
Robert found IT, treasure, he could
| have half of it, and Mr.. Lambart
could have his sister.
| Chapter Six.
| The next day they started out early.
| There were twenty-five Indians with
Mr.. Lambart and Robert for the lead
ers. They had q fight with another
|