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TUESDAY, APRIL 3, 1888.
TIH' Hill V TTPPATn 1-r. A'H'SMflllTrr. Pi AKitn :A.
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NIGHT ON THE BAYOU.
Where the dimk garment of tho evcuiug trail
Over the Hliiulowa of the wild lagoon
Blow ly, so nlowlr, through the twilight's veil
lUxea tlo btirnibtusd, copper coloreU moon.
And where the MirsLwIppI wanders by,
Iwp imirniiiriiifc lt mrllow, rhythmic tune,
6 where Imt lonir. Ifray tr.-.n lliwttiux
Tho Ivory tiuUxl Inwi .f the moon.
Lru-t M'tJafft-y.
TOrOITS JOURNEY.
"Well, what think you of my project, tar
littlo do voT
"Tomfoolery," retorts! the iiTtlo love,"
Yithotit raising her ey-s from the "Life of
tho KiiutV m which she M-uicd to h n!
orlx'd. "But I shall only le nlwi)t ten dayti in all,
my littlo soul four to go, four to return
and" .
- "Oh, lj quiet," said the "little m.ul," with
a scant courtesy. "You w-em to take mo for
an idiot. I know jour reason for wixhing to
meander off into for in lands; you want to
F,o on a caroi iso to have & good time! Don't
tell me you don't. I'm ashamed of you.
Drink your tea and let me alone."
Whereupon the 'littlo soul" plunged still
deeper into her favorite work.
The above conversation occurred on fiuo
Huixlay at Moscow between Va-ssili Iwano
Vitch Tojiofr, a tniddlu class "notablo" and
merchant, and his wife, Avdotia J wanowne.
The worthy couplo wero sitting after mats
At a table, on which stood a gigantic "saini
var" putting out jets of vajior. For tho ten
years preceding the wime conversation,
slightly varied, had occurred as regular as
tfuuday had come round, that being tho only
day of the week that tho lVjoft were ablo to
seo much of each other on account of tho en
croachments of business cares, ou tho other
days the husband going to his oftice promptly
at 7 in tho moruitig, and not returning until
evening.
Avdotia Iwanownawai a dark little wo
man, strongly resembling a -withered olive,
with sharp features and abrupt in her move
ments. Her shrill voice made her servants
tremble and cut her husband's lXig speeches
very xbort. Tho lat tor was a large, tall man,
wifti fat cheeks, a heavy board and eyes that
were constantly winking. Ho was as timid
as ho was Lig, and olcyed his wife as im
plicitly as one of tho enormous Larges that
aro sometimes seen on the river is resjionsive
to the slightest motion of the little snorting
tug that is towing it along. Apparently
they were tho matrimonial complements of
each other, for they hadived in this way
twenty years, during which ieriod not a
single cloud bad arisen above the family
horizon.
For tho tiait ten years, however, an idea
had gradually invarlod tho circumscribed
brain of Vuxsili Iwanovitch, and had at lost
taken complete possession of that organ.
He wanted to see I 'aria. The narratives of
his friends regarding the wonders of that as
tonishing city, wliich they had visited either
on business or pleasure," haunted him with
the pertinacity of an oft recurring dream,
and had finally aroused in him an insatiable
curiosity that he was unable, even if he
wished, to allay.
He had bought a "Guide to Fans," which
he read secretly at Lis warehouse, and be
came so alMorbed and absent minded during
its perusal that he made the most absurd
. mistakes. Not only did he give his clerks
wrong directions when under the influence
of his Gallic mania, but one day, when a cus
"tomer had asked him for the address of a
merchant in St. Petersburg, he actually re
plied, "Place de la Concorde."
Avdotia Iwanowna, like a good wife, did
all she could to dispel what she called her
husband's "madness." She kept her "neu
vainca;" burned candles before the miracfo
working Virgin of Tver Kay a; consulted
three celebrated fortune tellers of the city;
made a pilgrimage to the convent of Troitza,
not far from Moscow; prayed, threatened to
do many terrible things, but did nothing.
With the dogged detcrmiuatiou of weak
natures, Vassili Iwanovitch maintained a
stoical silence when assailed by his wife's re
proaches; but as soon as the violence of tho
storm was spent he would hazard a few timid
observations on tlie general subject.
This journey, he would urge, mi-rht be the
mcatis of opeaing: up relations with France
Jor his business. The great exhibition that
was about to take placo would give him in
formation regarding a number of matters
concerning which he was profoundly igno
rant; might, in fact, teach him much as to
Biany industries, etc.
Weary of discussiou, Advotia Iwanowna
had endeJ by turning a deaf ear to all her
husbaud's references to the unwelcome sub
ject a policy that caused the confiding
Vassili, compelled to make a confident of
some one, to jiour out the fullness of his
heart into the bosom of his eld servant,
Anissime.
The day following that on which tho above
conversation occurred, that is to sny, on
Monday, an unpredented event took placo ia
the PopofT household. Contrary to the cus
tom of years, Yassili Iwanovitch came runn
ing homo at noon, flushed with excitement,
out of breath, his face covered with perspira
tion, an.l holding an open letter in his hand.
"Here, read this; it ha just come!" he
shouted, as he caught sight of his letter half.
The poor woman gazed at him ia amazement
and ahma. She believed her husband had
become suddenly insane.
Tho letter bora a foreign stamp, and was
couched in the following terras:
'Sir The numerous orders that we are
constantly receiving from Russia for our new
sewiug machine, 'The Lightning,' have
caused us to decide to open an agency at
Hoscow. Our sales in your empire foot up
from 5,000 to 0,000 machines annually.
"Having consulted the American consul in
your city, he has mentioned you as being
one of tho most honorable representatives of
21oscovite commerce, and therefore the l?st
adapted to fill the ixisition of agent for o;ir
incomparable invention.
We therefore ask you to accept the agency
and a commission of 10 per cent, ou all sales,
" wliich would resuit in an annual profit to j-ou
of not less than from jMJ.OOU to WO.000
francs.
"That there should be no misunderstand
ing, a personal interview is desirable. Onr
Mr. Spark will be at the Hotel du Louvre
until Juno 2o, alter which date bo will return
to New York.
We have the honor to remain your obedi
ent servants, William Spark & Co.
p s. If we do not hear from yoa prior
to the 25tb we shall conclude arrangements
with another Moscow house that is awaiting
ur answer.
Avdotia Iwanowna read the letter several
times attentively, while her husband watclicd
the expression of her face with intense cur
iety. To his profound astonishment, after a
short silence Avdotia iTrajiotvna remarked in
ber calmest tones:
You must goand should leave at oaco,
for today is tho loth, and"
Four days to go and" interrupted Vas-
aili Iwanovitch, as though ha were repeating
some lesson learned by note.
"Make haste and pack your trunks., and
don't waste time in talking nousens V ad
hi wife sternly. i
- II did not wait to bear th conclusion of j
the admonition, but hurried to Lis room to
prepare for the long wished for Journey.
The necessary arrangement were soon
made. At tho last moment Avdotia Iwan
owna bung around her husband's neck a rib
bon from which was tuispcndcd a littlo image
that Lad lccn hlcsxcd by tlie priest, and eic
braced him with many tears, for it was their
first scjxirut ion since their marriage, and the
little woman, though abrupt in manner, had
still a warm and kindly heart in her breast.
She deluged her spouse with advice and
cautions. Ho must avoid draughts of air,
and must Ih especially careful not to run to
excess in either eating or drinking.
"You will ilnd some excellent prune brandy
in your lag that I made twelve years ago,"
wet e her hist words at the station, "if you
have any stomach trouble take ono glass, but
no more. Avoid foreign brandy. 1 urn told
it is made from sea water and fish.
"Uh, are you sure you've got your flannel
waistcoats? Don't fail to come back as soon
as jJossiMo. I bhall expect you on the uOth.
Until then I shall keep praying for you to
tho Holy Yirgin." Here she paused to wipe
away a tear.
"And lo sure not to spend more money
than you have taken with you. Don't forget
mo over yonder among thosu pagans.
"And you too, Anissiuie.," i.ho continued,
turning to the old servant, "mind you don't
leave your master fur nji instant, and should
you bo attacked by brigands, remember it is
your duty to sacrifice your life to save his.
Do you understand me"'
"ISo calm, Avdotia Iwanowna," replied
the old man. "Heaven is merciful; we shall
return saft and Bound."
Vassili Iwanovitch, affected by tho many
proof of his wife's affection, stammered out
a few incoherent words, and burst iuto
tears, to tho great astonishment of tho other
travelers.
ur two Muscovites made the journey to
Paris without accident, arriving there at 11
p. in. on tho 2V1. From Berlin PojxjfT had
telegraphed William Spark that ho would
see h:m tho next day.
At the Uaro du Nord an interpreter got
them a carriage, that in duo course dejKxited
them in tho immense courtyard of tho Hotel
ilit Louvre, which, large as it seemed, wus
filled with vociferating travelers and their
luggage.
In tho midst of tho tumulfc Popoff and
Anissime by expressive gestures succeeded in
explaining to tho hotel people that they wero
In want of rooms. After some trouble they
were ushered into an elevator and carried to
the sixth story with a rapidity that caused
oor Anissime to cry out iu fright. He be
lieved that he was being carried off by tho
spirit of evil.
assili Iwanovitch, scarcely less perturbed
than his humble companion, was not at all
sorry to get out of the flying machine. They
then went along tho corridor, as they had
been directed there happening to be no ser
vant disengaged at tho moment to show the
way and pushing open a door that closed
again of its own accord, they found them
selves in utter darkness. As Vassili Iwano
vitch stumbled against a bed, and not being
acquainted with the customs of Paris hotels,
he undressed himself by the sense of feeling,
and, nearly dead with fatigue from his long
journey, tumbled in and was soon asleep.
How much time had elapsed since that mo
ment? Mystery of mysteriesl Vassili Iwano
vitch first opened one eye, then the other, an
said, with a yawn:
"Art thou asleep, Anissime?"
"No, Vassili Iwanovitch," replied the faith
ful valet.
"Hast thou been awake long?"
"I know not, Vassili Iwanovitch."
'Since it is still night, let us try to get mere
sleep, Anissime."
Silence reigned again. PopofT, who had
been following his own advice, was awakened
by the falling of a piece of furniture.
"Is it thou, Anissimer he cried.
"It is I, Vassili Iwanovitch," replied the
servant. "I have been feeling my way
around the room, and have found a window.
I looked out, but it is still as black as your
hat outside."
"Well, let us sleep again then; it seems to
me that the nights are of an extraordinary
length in this latitude."
Another rela;ise into tho arms of the sleepv
god when Vassili Iwanovitch was suddenly
brought to his senses by a very decided and
not very agreeable feeling of cramps in his
stomacu.
"Anissime," he exclaimed, "knowest thon
that I am terribly hungry? Look again
through the window and see whether there
are j'et any sign3 of the dawn."
"I, too, am hungry, V assili Iwanovitch,
but it still night. However, one thing sur
prises me great ly. Outside the window there
is a most overpowering smell of cheese,"
"Cheese? W e must have been lodged over
a creamery, then, Aniss'me. I wish wo could
get down to it, but there is no chance of its
being open at this hour."
"I am afraid not, assih Iwanovitch."
Meantime tho pain gnawing at tho vitals of
the traveler had increased in intensity.
Whew! What a spasm. The Spartan boy
himself never suffered agony equal to this.
"Anissimel Arussmier' shouted the unfor
tunate lopoflf, unable longer to disregard
his physical tortures. "I believe I have tho
cholera. Thou must find the door."
The two travelers began to call for help,
p.r:::.'od oa tho walls, and demeaned thera-
sl'Uvs moro lie lunatics escaped from La
Sal;-.'t!ore than like ordinary lodgers in a
lirst cU3 hotel.
At last steps could be heard in tho corridor.
A bolt was drawn on the outside, and curious
faces rcercd into the room. By tho light of
tLe ,ilougies"' that form so large an item ia
tho cost of continental traveling, the Rus
sians discovered that they were oeeupj-ing a
room used for tho storage of wornout trump
ery, with a clo.ict at tlo back, ia which a
largo pikio oi use3 had beta stcredand for
gotten. Tho services of en mterpretsr having been
obtained, it was explained that search had
becu made in vain throughout tho capacious
hotel to learn the whereabouts of tho travel
ers, it having been discovered that they were
not in the room that had been assigned
them. An American guest had leen anxious
to see Mr. PopofT, but Le had left an hour
ago.
"Lcf t f shouted PopoX "Why, what day
of the month is it then?"
"The C5th"
"You don't mean to tell me that we have
bceu two days in thig wretched hole?" cried
Vassili Iwanovitch, now quite besido him
self. Such seems to be the case," returned the
interpreter, "And here is a letter that the
American left for you,"
More dead than alive from astonishment
and dismay, our Muscovite succeeded, after
a few moments, in so far collecting his senses
as to comprehend the unpleasant significance
of the following note:
"Peak Sir I waited for you until the
5th. After endeavoring in vain to gain
tidings of you at tbe hotel, tvhere you seem
to nave arrived, I have given the agencv to
the house of Strogoff , of your city. I sail to
morrow for New York."
'
Vassili Iwanovitch, as he hurries back to
his waiting spouse as fast as tbe train will
carry him, and with no heart to indulge in
tho plsures he had so often enjoyed in im
agination, is no;? a grin helieTcr in the truth
of the aphorism i
"It is ouly the unexpected that happens."
From the French.
A HIDDEN TREASURE.
Ono dismal, rainy evening in tho fall of
1W7 a wayfarer entered a country Inn in In
diana and secured lodgings for tho night.
Ho was a sailor, ho said, and was ou his way
to a town twenty miles distant, where he had
relatives. He was a stout l.mlt, ruggod look
ing fellow, but next morning he was found
dead in his bed. The aliove facts were clearly
established, but a certain other fuct could
only be surmised. Word was sent to the
dead man's relatives, the coroner took charge
of tho remains, and all personal effects were
turned over with the remains. Tho de
ceased had a few dollars in money and a few
trinkets, but tho relatives at once claimed
that ho had been robbed of valuable pai'cs.
The proprietor of tho inn was a veritable
Yankee, including a hawk bill nose and tho
legendary twang, and his wifo was his coun
terpart. He was known to be sharper than
Hteel in a horse trado, and he never put out a
dollar that he did not get a big interest; but
no one believed ho had rifled the dead man's
baggage. When tho relatives were asked
about the nature of the alleged valuable
papers they refused to answer, and this eva
sion threw doubts on their allegation, in a
few weeks the affair blew over, and in about
three months the landlord and wife began to
feel lonesome for tho hilLs of old New Hamp
shire. This was an excuse for offering all
their property for sale, and six months after
tho death of tho stranger in the hotel the
placo jHitsed into other hanls.
The next scone opened in New Orleans. 1
was then employed by Blank & Blank,
wreckers, as general manager of the busi-ne-a.
We had three vessels, steam pumps,
divers, ami all other necessary apparatus. I
was called into tho private otlice one day,
and there found Jonas Stebbins, the hook
nosed Yankee who had sold out his hotel in
Indiana. Ho had something to say, but ho
hesitated to say it. It was half an hour be
fore we could bring him to tho point, and
then only after tho threo of us had placed
our hands on a small Bible, which Stebbi:;s
had thoughtfully provided for, and sworn
never i o reveal his secret. Then ho brought
forth : wo letters ami a map, and we saw that
a:i t her buried treasure crank had struck tho
city. Such incidents were not uncommon,
la tho fivo years I had boon manager we had
encountered a full dozen of these cranks, and
on two occasions tho linn had lost heavily by
entering into partnerships which failed to
pan out. A3 soon as Mr. Stebbins unfolded
himself he got the cold shoulder, but ho
would not take it that way.
"Look hero," he said, as he tilted his chair
back, "do you take mo for a fool f
"Well, partly."
"Do you think I want a partnership in it?"
"Don't you?"
"Not by a jugful 1 I want to biro a schooner
and crew and divers by the week for so many
weeks. All are to be under my orders, and I
am to have all that's found. .Partnership!
No, sir-e-e! What's your lowest figures?"
lie had shown us a roughly drawn map of
the Bahama Islands, one executed with pea
and ink by some sailor. He wanted a schooner
to proceed to one of tho islands. All the ap
paratus he wanted was grapnels and divers,
lie might want us three weeks, but probably
not over two. It was finally agreed that he
should hire by the day. He beat us down
5 on tho figure named, and an iron clad
agreement was drawn up and signed, and he
counted out $1,000 in gold. A 6tun sufficient
to pay us for three" weeks was deposited wiih
a banker, and we at once began preparations
for tho trip. It had been stipulated that
Mrs. Stebbins was to go along, and we hud a
stateroom fitted up for her.
This was tho first time any treasure hunter
had put down his own money for an expedi
tion, and we could not doubt that Mr. Steb
bins had what seemed to him a straight clew.
It wa3 not our business to throw cold water
ou his plans, even though we were firmly
convinced that he would return empty
handed. The firm decided that I should go
out in charge of operations, and a couple of
days after the contract was signed we were
ofE for the Gulf. I expected the Stebbinses
to be nervous and flustrated, but there was
not a sign of it. They were as cool as if
going on a visit to a relative. As we were
going down the river, I said to bim: "Now
that the contract is signed and we are under
way, I suppose you had as soon tell me about
your treasure?"
"Wall, neo," ho drawled ; "you might leave
the schooner somewhere and try to cut in
ahead of me, or we may be wrecked beforo
wo get there. I think you are honest and
straight, but I can't give you the exact loca
tion." "No, indeed, we can't," added Mrs. Steb
bins. "You Eee, it has taken every dollar we
could rake and scrape, and if wo don't get
that treasure we'll bo busted."
"But you seem to be certain of getting it."
"Oh, yes!"' they replied in chorus.
"Is the amount largei"
They looked at each other a moment, and
then Mrs. Stebbins replied:
"Jonas, I think wo can safely tell him
somo few things, for ho seems to wish us
well."
"Yes, I guess so."
"Well, then, we expect to get about $150,
OOl), moro or less, in gold and silver."
"Yes, that's about the figger," added Steb
bins, "and as we aro both getting along in
years it will come ia handy. If you had
that much money, Mr, Marvin, would you
buy a farm or move into a city?"
They seemed so firmly convinced of tho
existeuco of the treasure that I felt it my
duty to warn them of possible disappoint
ment. "Yes, wo might possibly fail, but 'tain't at
all likely," he replied. "We ain't the sort of
people to put up our last dollar on an uncer
tainty." "No, Jonas, we ain't," added the wife.
"Was this treasure deposited years ago?" I
asked.
"Yes, a good many years ago.''
Qnland'
They looked from me to each other, and
smiled in a knowing way. "Because," I con
tinued, "there can't be a rod of any of the
Bahamas, nor a bay, nor cove oa the shores,
but what has beea explored over and over."
'Exactly," replied Stebbins, as he arose to
spit over the rail. "If anybody has found
the treasure then we shan't get it."
"Of course we shan't," replied the wife, and
that closed the conversation.
Neither one of them had been tq sea before,
and while we were running down the Florida
coast both were terribly seasick. They were
around again as we came up with the cape,
however, and when the captain asked. fSteb
bins which one cf the Bahamas he should
steer for tbe man consulted his sketch afresh,
compared it with the captain's chart of those
waters, and finally replied, as he put his
finger down, "This is Turk's island."
"Yes."
"That's were they get a heap of salt,"
"Yes."
"Well, here's an island to the northeast of
it, fifteen or twenty miles away."
Yes; that's called the Little Caycos."
"Well, neow, you might bring up there."
During the remainder of the voyage, or
until we sighted the island, the coolness of
Stebbins and his wife was remarkable. The
only game they knew how to play-was fox
and geese, and they played from morning
till night and far lntx the evening. We
threaded our way among the various islands
to cet to tho cast, and sails were in sight
every hour in tho day, but this queer couplo
could hardly bo induced to raise their eyes
from the gamo. Stebbins was always on
hand when tho captain pricked oil the day's
run on tho chart, and it was evident that ho
was keeping u sharp lookout to see that we
were headed in th right direction.
In due time, wo raistul Turk's iIa:id, com
ing down from tho north, and then wo kvt
off a couple of points until Little Caycos was
sighted. It is on Island lying much lower
than Turk's, almost surrounded with danger
ous bhoaLs and reefs, and at the time of which
I write tho only settlers wero traders,
wreckers and fishermen. There are liarbors
on the east and west shores, but by order of
Stebbins wo ran around to the south side and
dropjed anchor about a mile from the beach.
It was just at sundown when wo came to
anchor, and that evening tho captain gave
them tho use of tho cabin for a couplo of
hours to look over their jwipers. Tho island,
with all tho indentations, as well as tho
shoals, reef.- and depth of water, was pict
ured on our chart, and they compared their
pen and ink sketch with this, and consulted
another pajer which none of us had before
seen, until they came to a decision. I was
looking down uiMtn them through the opt: a
skylight from tho corner of my eye, and I
saw Stebbins strike tho table with his list,
and heard him whisper:
"We've got it, sure as shooting!"
"Hush!" sho admonished. "Of coursn
we've got it. Wo hain't nobody's fools, Jo;ias
Stebbins. Do you supiose I'd have consented
to put all our money into this venture if there
was a chaueo to lose itf
"By gum! but we'll bo rich!"
"Of course we will."
"Richest folks in tho hull cnnrity!"
"Yes, but don't jt ci.civd.:'
They sat ou deck for an hour or two, Steb
bins smoking and his wifo knitting, and as
they wero about to retire for the night I felt
bound to observe:
"Well, Mr. Stebbins, here we aro in good
shape, and now, as I was sent to manage your
business, you'd better explain matters pretty
clearly. I may want to make some prepara
tions for to-morrow."
"How long will it take you to get a diver
ready to go down?"' he asked.
"Not over half an hour."
"Well, that's all the preparations needed."
. "What is the diver to go down afters"
'Sunthin' that won't run away beforo
morning," answered Mrs. Stebbins, and with
that both went below.
It was only natural that-all of us should be
curious about tho expedition, but every at
tempt to find out anything had thus far boon
cleverly frustrated. The captain and I tallied
it over again for the twentieth time, and wo
caino to the same old conclusion that SU.-b-bins
had come on a wild goose chaso after
some old wreck. In our piquo at his refusal
to furnish particulars wo almost hoped he
wouldn't find it. Stebbins was on deck at
daylight next morning, and his wife half au
hour later, and after breakfast, when tho
captain asked for orders, the Yankee waited
to fill his pipe before replying:
"I guess we'll jog westward about five
miles." The schooner was got under way,
and when she had accomplished the distance
named she was about a milo oft shore, iu
fifty feet of water, and midway between her
and the beach was a reef covered with not
more than ten or twelve feet of water at low
tide. As the anchor went down tho schoon
er's head pointed directly toward the laud,
and Stebbins and his wife appeared to make
out some landmarks, the sight of which
brought smiles to their faces. It wag a lieau-
tiful morning, with only a sljght breeze
blowing, and as tho anchor went down Steb
bins came to me and said:
"We shall have to go into the reef in a
small boat, I suppose. Can a diver work
from her?"
I assured him that it could be done, and
we got down the boat, put in the pump and
dress, and were shortly ready to pull off.
Stebbins and his wife wero both to go, mak
ing a party of six of us. Wo pulled almost
straight for the reef, ported a Utile after
crossing it, and then, as we anchored ia thrco
fathoms of water I looked about and discov
ered that we wero in what might bo called
a basin, although it was oien to tho east.
"Yes, this is the spot," said Stebbins as ho
stood up aud looked around.
"I'd almost know it at midnight," addo ;
his wifo.
"What am I to look for?" asked tho divei"
as ho donned his dress.
"Some boxes about the size of them that
axes coma in," replied the Yankee, "Then
ortcr be .ten of 'oia down there. They aro
iron bound anil purty hefty, but you hook oa
and we'll do the hauling.'
The diver winked at nxe'to express his in
credulity, and then his helpers screwed on
his hel.not and got him over the sido on the
rope ladder. The water was wonderfully
clear, and we could follow him to tho very
bottom and seo him move about. He headed
north and crossed tho basin; thence east to
its mouth; then around to tho north, and
after being down twenty-five minutes l.o
caruo up with a shell, and said, as soon as
clear of his headpiece:
"Nothing but shells down there, sir, Tho
bottom is hard sand, and I could havo seen a
dirno down there."
"Didn't see no boxes?" gas pad Stebbins.
"No, sir,"
"Now, Jonas, don't get excited," cau
tioned his wife. "Them boxes is lying along-
sido o' that wall (reef) to tho west. The
waves coming in from tho cast would shunt
'em over there.".
"That's so," replied Siebbius, and when tbe
diver had rested he was directed to search ia
that direction, and tho anchor was lilted
that we might hover over him as near as
possible. He had nolfbeen down thrco min
utes when he signaled us to haul away on
the line attached to the tongs, and up came
one of the boxes the Yankee aud his wi'e
were searching after. In five minutes we had
another, and inside of an hour we had ten.
We were an excited lot all but Stebbins end
his bettor half. They seemed to take it as a
matter of course, and after tho diver had
sent up the tenth box and came up to rest tho
Y'ankee said:
"There might have been an eleventh box.
My bill calls for ten, but there may bo aa
extra one. And say, when you are down
there kinder look around for any loose coin
or other stuff."
Nothing farther was found, however, and,
that afternoon we stood away for New Or
leans. When aboard the schooner Stebbins
informed U3 that there was $15,000 in Span
ish coin in each box, and that every box was
in good order. I could not help but exj ress
my amazement oyer tho find, and he calmly
replied:
"Well, you see, mo'n the woman arc great
hands to dream, and we dreamed it all out.
There wasn't much chance for a slip after v.-a
had both dreamed."
But the pen and ink chart was no doubt;
taken from the wallet of tho sailor who died,
in the country tavern. New York Sun.
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events, the more we realise how utterly im- j
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