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Our‘3m0flflsâ€"Foflslflfl will be found even better than it was last year, and all who tried it agree that it is hard to beat. Tea pedlers have to take a back seat when you try this line. ‘CGmpare values before buying. Close prices have emptied In any of our shelves, and we want to clear out many more to make foam for the, ' ‘ ever brought .to. Cambray. We take stock in February and “grill £91} imany li‘héss, at close prices to reduce stock. Special " ‘ “'siin ~ISoap,lMatthes, Starch. Soda, c., which will repay W E. J. LY'I'I-E: N O HUMBUGâ€"l. 3:0 attgfir toâ€"ghiswe have bought a, very “’r .7’ 2f"? "; ’f’ “:4’ ~ Business Still Increasing. Cambray, Jan. 1888. GREAT SALE OF ° GAMIRM. Pgest Spring Stock GRAHAM £3 LEE. ANDERSON, NUGENT 06. LINDSAY, THURSQAY. APRIL 12. 1888. 1888. , “Oh, Kitty, me dear. Yer pardon I ax, but yer mouth is so sweet, Ms 3. better acquaintance I'm scekin' wid it; ‘L 'An I lave tvou so fondlyâ€"begorra its thruc! 3811' then I m unaisy as bad as before, {An’ there‘s nothin'll avise me at; all any more ‘,Until yer betrothal I‘ve got, and, bedad, Fm not let you go till yer promise I've had.’ y “It is just like yorimpidincu. M '. Malone!" “ Yo can‘t call it impidinco, Kitty. ohono, Fur a. man to be lovin, the likes o'yt‘rself;â€"- An‘ ye might marry worse, if I say it meself Fur me‘lieart is yer own, an‘ me wages is street An' at, home its the same, fur she‘s fond 0\' her aisc, An' y_e1‘ couldn't say which 0\' us bosses the Ye can't be intendin' to ah'vays fii'c here. \\ 1d xm'er a husband, but; mopin alone. Au' Inver a baby x__. Ym- very onlnmmcrly.‘ “Divil a wan ! it s only the truth that-1m tellin indeed, That _\ er 11ive1 intendin to die an Old maid. “Itzj right; )cmare, Teddy, 110“ could ye wu-tâ€"‘u But thcrq mug? as well 9" “ Armh. Kitty, me dm‘lin’, don'l say that agin', If ye wouldn‘t he killing the thruost 0v min: But if therefi another ye like more than me, Then it‘s fait‘hless ye are. an‘ it‘s goin' I'll rig, Convaynent‘. for kcepin' an illigant: pi'r ; An' thin we'll both prosper as mm). as you plaza, An ye 11 cc me an aldcmian some ovlthosc days. An' the childhor will grow up wid schoolin' :m‘ sich ; An' in politics thin they'll be surr to git rich- Oh. this is the land fur improvin' the race! So, Kitty, mavonrncen, turn round yer dear face, An’ give us one kiss the hetrothai to own." “The divil a bit ov it. Teddy Malone! D‘ye think I’d be lavin' a house of brown stone For the tumble down shanty yer talkin' about, \Vhilc I live like a lady, wid two cvcnin‘s out An‘ 1). “:ardrobo I flatten-mesa” is vomplete, Sure ye couldn't tell missus from me on the place, ' An xts like ver assurance to ask me to 1m 0 .\n‘ he the same token «110“ w ill _\ o behave Let go In) hand, sir. "‘ . I 1.1 good, An‘ 1 know of .1. brick cabin built 01' wood, Tobe had for the askin' 0v Dixmis McCue; Fur he s goin to law: it, an thin it’ll do, \Vid some fixin an mendin‘ to keep out the air, An 11 bit 01‘ a. board to patch up here an there, \11 time 01 mud to discourage the cracks-â€" A11 1111 'll make up in l111111 11 11.1191 er it lacks; A11 it.‘ 3 built- 011 11 rock, 11 ith a iui'rl1t3 fine View 0v the. counthry surrouni‘iin’ that same 111'i11e1 ' : An' t-_o be quite ginteel m1 ext-insiou we‘ll know this “V “ \Vlell,2 thin, \\ ill it plazc ye to ghc me the \ISS? io_\ Tlmt I thought to he gainini be, An‘ I'll die hrokemhcartci fur l'u-k 0\’ the “ Why, Teddy, me boy. Is n- dymg yer takm‘ ov’! W hat would I (107 , An‘ onmm‘ried widda it} mournin' fur you? An‘ ye wanted a leS, 511"! We“, Were, if you must- Oh, murdher, the man is devourin' me just: Is it atin' me up ye‘d be afther bulike? “'9“ it's not- so_onp}a:zi_n‘z ye may if ye like; Y'I I -n-.. ‘V \II ll .1 luv vvvvvv ‘._':_.7‘,- . . . _ An’ if ang‘ ones'q :wkm about v0, I ll own ‘ The brot. 1 ov a boy IS me Teddy Malone.’ ' Love in the Kitchen. “No: Mr. Malone, when yer spakin‘ like ,, t at, It is aisv to seeâ€"arrah, git. out 0' that! ;:Whi11 discoursin' wid ladies politncss should tachc ’l‘lmt yer not to use hands, Sir, instead of ‘ . yer spa/rho, ‘Should the nnssux come down, sir, how would I appear Wid mo hair all bewildered 3" CHAPTER 11. \tht vision was it which sent, over the 3ace of the dying woman that glow of inefl'able joy ? ' Did the cvucfly desert- ing, the criminal husband, for whom her tears hall flown so bitterly, meet her on the. threshold of that. new life as true as when they parted with such heavy forbodings on that Autumn eve, three months before? V‘lhv‘t .--V_,., Hmvley believed so; no wonder that his b “in ~<strongmanashe Wm â€"â€"-shou1d stagger under the pressure of such a scene; he alone knew that the reputed “fraudulent absentee” lay in a bloody grave, in the cellar under his own counting-room. vv y.-- ""D It was a. terrible secret to carry about in a guilty bosom? No wpngleg- that the last few weeks had seen his brown locks begin to thread with silver, and new lines grave-n on his still youthful brow. ' ‘ » nu I I an __1£ Alllvv D’ - He had excuses to offer to himself, efiicient and strong as any man can well have who on the spur of the moment lifts a murderOus hand against his brother. Hawley had unhappily con. ceived an attacment to and married out of his own sphere of life a. gay, extra- vagant girl, a. distant relative of a rich family, in which she had been adopted to fill the place of a daughter. Her friénds had opposed the match, but the mutual affections of the lovers persevered; and when Hawley received, the offer of a. partnership of a'promising firm, no further objections could be ofi'ered. Here his first step was a most unwise one; he purchased and fitted up an establishment, which swallowed up the whole of the bride’s portion, and be- sides, drew heavily on his own credit. ‘A round of 'costly entrbainments followed; the young wife was whol‘y ignorant of_the extent of her husband’s respprces; she was even unaware e; the fact that he had had no money of his own to bring into the newly-settled firm, but had been received by his part- ner solely on account of his acknowledg- ed business capacity‘; I 3,] She had brought' him a dOWer which Hawley, in his understanding of women, well knew that it looked larger in her eyes than its nominal value; and he shrank from the mortifying explanation, which might be received in a, passion of ‘V Luvu uuéuv W :wv-. u . â€"-- wrâ€"-‘:_V.v tears, and lead m the end to recrimina, tions and dislikes. He weakly chose rather to take ad- vantage of his partner’s confidence by a. series of false entries in his ledger, trusting to Mr. Danforth’s general carelessness in business matteystoescape debectipn, and ’wgs' favored in this §Qheme by a prolonged and umvbidable THFSEGREL CRIME. blmqtlfix; shurf: -how can mm er won hi smt me “811}, Kitty, m_e dear. \Yhisht, Mr. Malone ! He thought of his young \\ in) of his ownfiblivhtcd character, and :11] that must folio“ if his mime should come to light ; by-and-by it nervcd him to con- cealment, and he set himself with many a shudder to the execution of his bitter task. There was more to follow : a plausi- ble story must be framed of his \‘ic- tim’s disappearance. and by-and-hy a false account given of his stack in the Dartnershin. Tn a“ this 2: Wu Lava yond his hopes. Not a suspicion of the truth crossed the mind of the mur- dered man’s widow ; she accepted the story, and even received in silence the announcement, which of course must follow the circnmstances, that nothing was due her from her husband’s part of the funds invested in the firm. labsence of his head clerk. Perhaps he ioverrated his partner’s carelessness aor his trust in himself, one or the two; lfor Mr. Danforth, one day at the close iof their labors, desired him to give him ‘a few moments privately in their count- ling-room. H is heart. failed him at the ‘sudden request, but his quick upward glance could detect no unusual emotion .on his partner‘s smooth face Hawley never remembered how he came out of the stupor which followed that awful moment; his first insane thought was to rush out and call a policeman ; his second. that it was pos- sible his victim was only stunned. His last thought led him to rekindle the light, and then afte ' an examina- tion of the lifeless body, he sat down to consider. Both were men of high passions, and a stormy interview naturally came about. Hawley was reckless with the certainty of his ruin, and in an uncon- trolled moment, stung by some bitter taunt of ingratitude, whose point lay in its truth, aimed a blow at the excit- ed man before him, which fall with stunning weight upon his: temples. He fell forward upon the desk before which he Still stood, extinguishing the light, which on going out left the room in darkness. It was alonély walk, down 1n the whanes that Haw lev took: and us he looked 011 on the smooth sheet of w. xtu, he thought what a chill shroud it xx ould make. of,“ was long past the ham fixed for theii meeting when he came back, and touching the door, which yielded freely to his hand, he, guided by the light which glimmercd across the floor, stepped over to the little room which he had never crossed before- w1th such a, beating heart. His partner and friend râ€"â€"in whom his first glance now detected an tummy» sat at the desk, the ledger lying open before him 5 his eyes turned expectant] y to the door. ,l'Iawley had managed this; with his usual adroitness ; he had discovered first that she knew actually nothing .of her lute husband’s business matters, and if he had made assertions to others as to the amount of property in the part- ncrship, of what worth was the word of a felon, where no one fell interested to search out the case ‘.’ - No one had heard the appointment, for they were alone. He went out, moodily, unable in his excitement to trace his steps towards his home, where his wife was wut_i_ng [nix appearance, “ I cannot do otherwise," he said to his own consciencv, “to escape suspi- cion. But I will be a kind friend to the poor woman : she and her orphan child shall want for nothing ; T will give them freely out of their own." I V How did he know that: his own strong life might not be cut off in the very first hour of this publig restitution L’ Mis Danforth 1111s (lying: it 11115 11 ell 1 for the p001 hemt-broken wife: but friends asked, with murmers of pitv, l \\ hat would become of he1 little orphan : child? I\_ 11111111 ..t1 uggle followed in Mr. Huwley’s mind: but it was over at length~he \\ ould accept this oppmtuâ€" nity of restitution which a benignant Piovidence seemed to haxc placed 111 his wayâ€"«he would adopt the child, win over his wife to his purpose, and she should hold the same place in his home and kindness: as if she had been his own. 1This last plan, the first sight of her innocent face showed him it 1101.1(1 be out of his power to fulfill: the living likeness of her dead fathe; L0 his eyes sight and contact thrilled him w1th (1 vague repulsion which he was powerless to 1esist “Heaven would nor accept this kind of atonement,” he thought, “but at least she shall find in me a, kind friend." \\_'hat peace does that man ever know who bears in secret the red brand of Cain, though outward honors, the hollow homage of the world, and troops of friends surround him ? From the day of his partner's dis- appearance, a great change came over Mr. Hawley. 'l'hefranksmile quitted his lips, his clear blue eyes shunned those of his fellow-men, and carried in their depths doubt and suspicion: even in his own home he forgot to lay aside his cold exterior, and his wife felt that a barrier, against which all her patience and ten- derness were powerless, had suddenly come between them. “I had no iuea Marion had married so well,” said an intimate friend of the young wife’s family in conversation with her adopted mother. “I had sup- posed Mr. Hairley Was a struggling young man of small means.” “Oh, no F" said the gratified parent. “Marion was always our own child by afl‘ection, and .wc should never. have allowed her to marry beneath her station. Mr, Hawley is aman of fine busiuess talents, as well as some property, and promises already to become one of our merchant princes." The prophecy proved true; everything which the young merchant’s hand touch- ed seemed to prosper. Fortune show- ered her rich gifts upcnh: m with a liberal hand. Ten years from the date of his marriage-dz} he occupied a palatial man- sign, and Mrs. Hawley filled with grace and ease her place in the highest circles Not one child of the first three hon to them in the first years of their unio: ‘ lived to bless their marrim'e : but tht lmother’ 5 heart, at least. «rare to flu adopted daughter, “ho :line“ then. onl) as her real parents a \sealth of affection little short of what she “()uld have bestowed on her own. 'l‘rue. Sll( had nothing beside to low : her hus- f band, in the first short year of their; marriage, had grown strangely cold and i indifferent. and she was one of those; whose affections are too warm to be ‘ absorded wholly in fashion and admir-i ation. She had a vague idea. deep; hidden in her oxrn heart. that this little , child, whom she had so solemnlx' taken at her mother’s death-bed. had more V than once saxed her like smne inttr- posin" angel. from that dark path intol whiLh so many thouuhtless and un- ‘ guarded women turn. [To in; cox 1 menu] v- Vu-vâ€" _.-- "Wee “Look here,” he said. as he tilted his chair back, “do you take me for a {0015‘ “Well, part-1y.“ “Do you think I want a partnership in it?” “Don’t you?" “Not by a jugfull I want. to hire aschoonct 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? He had shown us a roughly drawn map of the Bahama Islands, one executed with pen and ink by some sailor. He wanted a sclwmex' to proceed to one of the islands. All the ap- paratus he Wanted was grapnels and divers. He 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 85 on the figure named, and an iron clad agreement was drawn up and signed. and he counted out 31,000 in gold. A sum sufiicient to pay us for three weeks was deposited v. 131‘ a. banker, and we at once began preparul ions for the trip. It had been :tipuluted that Mrs. Stebbms was to go along. and v. a had a stateroom fitted up for her. and there found Jonas Stebhins. the hwi; nosed Yankee who had sold out his hotel in Indiana. He had something to say, but he hesitated to sayit. It was half an hum-1w- fore we could bring him to the point. and then only after the three of ushwi plum-d our hands ouasmall Bible, which Su-hhins One dismal, rainy evening in the full ox 1857 a. wayfarer entered a country inn in In diana and secured lodgings for tho- night; He was a sailor, he said. and was m1 1:3 \ way to a. town twenty miles distant, “luau.- he 'wd relatives. He was :1 st utbuilc, rugged 100k- ing fellow, but next morning he was found dead in his bed. The above facts \n-n: clearly established,1mt a certain other fact could only be surmised. Word was bellL to the dead man's relatives, the coroner muz; charge of the remains, and all personal et’fi‘vls were turned over with the remains. 'l‘lm (lo- ceased had a few dollars in monoy and a few trinkets, but the relatives at one:- vlaimed that he had been robbed of valuable papers. The proprietor of the inn was a \‘t-i'ituhle Yankee, including a hawk bill now; and the legendary twang, and his wife was his coun~ terpart. He was known to be sharper than steel in a. horse trade, and he nevw' put out a dollar that he did not get a big interest: but no one believed he had rifled the dead man’s baggage. When the 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 the hills of old New Hamp- shire. This was an excuse for uii‘ering all their property for sale, and six months after the death of the stranger in the hotel the place passed $1190 other hands. The next scene opened in New Orleans. 1 was then employed by Blank 8; Blank, wreckers, as general manager of the Unbl- was. We had three \‘esmls, steam pumps, divers, and all other necessary uppamtm. I was called into the private otlice one day, 1.-.: ‘L-_..I.LR..“-. ....-..:.2â€" 1 r ._ “V; ‘ forth two letters and a may, and We saw that another buried treasure crank had struvk tlu city. Such incidents were not uncommon. In the five years I had been manager we had encountered a full dozen of these cranks, and on two occasions the firm had lost hem ily by entering into pamxerbhlps which failed to pan out. As soon as Mr. Stcbb'ns unfolded himself he got the cold shoulder, but he would not. take it that way. of fashionable lifc This was the first time any treaaurc hunter had put down his own money for an expedi- tion, and we could not doubt that Mr. Stub- bins had What. seemed to him 1“ straight clew. It was not our business to throw cold Water on his plans, even though we were firmly convinced that ' he would return empty handed. The firm decided that I bhould go out in charge of operations, and a couple of days after the contract; was signed we were 021' for the Gulf. I expected the Stcbbinses 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 him: “Now film; the contract is signed and we me under way. I suppose you had as soon tell me about your treasure? “Wall, neo,” he drnwledz, “you might leave the schooner somewhere and try to cut in ahead of me, or we may be wrecked before we get there, I think you are honest, and straight, but I can‘t; give you the exact loca- t-ion.” “No. bins. “You see, it; has taken every dollar we could rake and scrape, and if we don‘t get that treasure we‘ll be busted.” “But you seem to be certain of getting it.” “Oh, yes!” they replied in chorus. “Is the amount large?” They looked at each other a moment, and then Mrs. Stebbins replied: “Jonas, I think we can safely tell him some few things, for he seems to wish us well." “Yes, I guess so.” "Well, then, we expect to get about $150,- 000. more or less. in gold and silver." vw, uav- v v. .w. u. a .. ..._- “Yes, that’s about the figgerf‘ added See!)- bins, “and as weare both getting along in ears it will come in handy If 30:). had hat much money, Mr. Marvin, “ould _\ou buy a. farm or move into a. city!’ They seemed so firmly convinced of the existence of the treasure that I felt it 11)) duty to warn them of possible disappoint- “fa, we 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. vâ€"-â€"~ . 7.. “Yes. a good many years ago." “On land?” 2 They looked from me to each other, and smiled in a knowing my. “Because." Icon- tinned, “there can’t be a rod of any of the i Bahamas, nor a. bay, nor cave on the shores, ' but what has been explored even and over.” 3 “Exactly,” tepzied Stobbins, as he afrose to ; git ovathe rail. “If anybody has found : _ e treasure then we shan’t get it.” ‘ f‘Of course we shan’t,” replied the wife, and that closed the myaeanon. Eelther. one $413.39: down the ' westbothm fixes-sick. Theym ! ‘I that aftelfnoon we stood away for New (L'- leaus. \Vhen aboard the Suhl-O'm'x‘ Stebbim informed us that there was $15,010 in Span- ish coin in each box, and that every box wn< in good order. I could not help but exp-(w; my amazement over the find, and he calmly replied: “\Vell, you see, me'u l‘ue “'(mmll are great bands to dream, and we dreamed it all out. There wasn‘t much chance for a slip after u: had both dmmed." But the pen and in]: chart was no doubt been “samba“? 'LW 41:01:} the wallet of the sailor who died tam-New York Sun. ' I def. ‘ A HIDDEN TREASURE. nu, vvuw‘ "van. v. on... “Was this treasuve (18908in 393“ “8 0“ we can‘t,” added Mrs. Stab. 50 Cculs a Yca in shimmy. "Well, Mr. Steb‘oins, here we are in 3-101 shape, and now, as I was sent tonmnagc your business, you’d better explain matters pretty clearly. I may want no make some prepara- tions for tomorrow." "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 prowl-anions needed.” “What is the diver to go down atterf’ "Sumhin‘ that won't run away befure nmx‘niug," answered 331‘s. Ste‘ubins, and with that both went below. mime/s may mmmhmg Mum-bun cleverly frustrated. The captain and I talked it over again for the twentieth time, and we came to the same old conclusion-that Steh- bins had come on a. wild goose chase after some old wreck. In our pique at his refusal to furnish particulars we amzost hope-«l he wouldn’t find it. Srcbbins was on (led: at daylight next. morning, and his wife half an hour later, and aflPr breakfast, whéu the captain asked for orders, the Yankee waited to 1351 his pipe befur: replying: In due time we raised Turk's island, com- in'ar down from the north, and then we kept ofi‘ a couple of points until Little Caycos was tighted. it is an island lying much lower diam Turk‘s. almost surrounded with danger- ous shoals and reefs. and at the time of which I write the only settlers were traders, wrurkcr.‘ and fishermen. There are harbors n tlm can: and west shores, but by order of Slehhins we ran around to the south side and dropped anchor about a. mile from the beach. It was just at sundown when we came to anchor. and that evening the captain gave them the use of the cabin for a couple of hours to look over their papers. The island. with all the indentations, as well as the shoals, rec-ts and depth of water. was pict- ured on our chart, and they compared their pen and ink sketch with this, and consulted another paper which noneof us had before seen, until ulcycune to a decision. I was looking: down upon them through the open skylight from the corner of my eye, and I saw Stebhins strike the table with his fist, and heard him whisper: “We‘ve {got it, sure as shooting!” “Hush!” she admonished. “Of course we‘ve got it. We hnin't nobody's fools, Jonas Stebbins. Do you suppose I'd have consented to put all our money into this venture it there was a. chance to lose it!” "By gum! but we’ll be rich l" "Of course we will." “Richest folks in the hull county !" “Yes, but don't get excited." They sat on deck for an hour or two. Siob- bius smoking and his wife knitting, and 3* they were about to retire for the night I felt bound to observe: “I gDQSS We'll jog wesz‘wam about are miles." The schoouer was got under way. and when she had aoco‘.uplished the distance namefx ahe was about a mile off shore. in fifty feet of water, and midway between he!- nnd the beach wasa reef covered with no: more than ten or tweh'e feet of water at low tide. As the anchor went down the schoon- er's bead pointed directly toward the land, and Stclobins and his wife appeared to make out some landmarks the sight of which brought smiles to their faces, 1!: was a bean- tiful morning, with onIy a slight breeze blowing, and as the anchor went down Sheb- bins came to mend said: and geese,mul' they phycd from morning till night and far into the awning. We threaded our way among the various islands to get to the east, and saiLs were in sight every hour in the day, but this queer couple could hardly be induced to raise their eyes from the game. Snobbins was always on hand when the captain pricked off the (13)": run on the chart. and it was evident that In was keeping a sharp iookout no see that. we Were headed in the righ: direction. “We shall havetugo into the reef in n amall boat, I suppose. Can a diver work from her!" I assured him that it could bedone, and we got down the boat, put in the pump and dress. and. were short! 1: ready to pull nfi‘. Stcbblns and hi: wife “we both to go, mak- ing a party of six or us. We pulled almost straight. for the reef. ported a. little after erasing it, and then. as we anchored in three fathoms of water I looked about and Ghana'- cred that we were in what might be called a basin. although it was open to the east. “Yes, this is the spot," said Stobbins as he stood up and looked around. “I‘d almost know it at midnight,” added his wife, “What am I to look for.” asked the diver as he donned his dram “Some boxes about the size of them that; axes come in,” replied the Yankee. "There om be ten of ’em down there. They are iron bound and purty hefty, but you book on and we'll do the hauling.” The dh er winked at me to express his~ in- creduiity and then his helpers screwed on his helmet and got him over the side on the rope luddez The water was wonderfuily clam, and we could follow him to the vow bottom and see him move about. He bended north andcrossedthe basin; thence east to its month; then around to the north and aftex being down twenty-five minum he came upwith a $111311,an said, as soonas clear of his headpiece: arouno agmn as Item up mm we wpe. however, and when the captain asked Sheb- bins which oue of the Bahamas he should steer for the man consulted lu's sketch aim-<1». compared it with the capmin's chart of those waters, and finally replied, as he put hie finger down, "This is Turk‘s island." ttYeS-V “That's m-rc they get a. heap of salt." “Yes.“ " 'ell. hex-("s an island to the northeast of it, fifteen or twenty miles away." “Yes: that's called the Little Ca _\cos “\Vell, 1200 w, you might bring up there." During the ream index‘ 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 {ox “Nothing but shells down there, $1.le bottom is hard sand. and 1 could have seen a. dime down there.“ “Didn’t see no boxes L!“ gasped Shebbins. - “No, sir.“ “New, Jonas, don’t get excited,“ cau- tioned his wife. “Them boxes is lying along- side 0’ that wall (reef) to the west. The waves coming in from the east would shunt. ’em over there.” “That‘s so,” replied Stebbins, and when the diver had rested he was directed to search in that direction. and the anchor was lifted that we might hover over him as max-us 5055113113. 113mm notbeen down three min- utes whenhesignaled us to haul away on the line attached to the tongs, and_ 2gp cage one at the uoxes the Yankee and his wife were searching after. In five minutes we had another, and inside of an hour we had ten. We were an excited lotâ€"all but Seebbins and hisbetter half. They seemed totakeitas a matter of course. and alter the diver had sent up the tenth box and came up to red the Yankee said: extra, one. And any, when you are uown there kinder look around for any loose coin or other scum” Nothing further was found, however, and that afternoon we stood away for New Ur- leans. W'ben aboard the schooner Stebbins informed us 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 express .. 1 L- “1...!" - T‘Thvere might have been an eleventh My bill calls _tor_ ten, but there may I Fresh Mined Goal of all kinds Wholesale and Retail, and Dry Wood Long and Short, Deli- to any part ofthe tawn, Cheap, and also Fresh Lime always kept in Stock. Telephone in both Offices. COAL and WOOD, that it could be done, and boat, put in the pump and shortly ready t9 pull of. wife “we both to go, mak- Kot' us. “'0 pulled almost: reef. ported a. little ufter hen. as we anchored in three x§~és: ward about {we R. 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