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Newspaper Page Texttimes ramotraiea, thomasvdl.-le, Georgia, junb 3,1904. oldehhiic&tdiHa WALTER BLOOMFIELD, ' CoprrKht UK, tar Bum wrart Ion. V CHAPTER XIV hlfh powers? But for my lore • * , ' __ Constance Marsh the question whether T ’* 0Blrr ' there exists a hidden treasure In our The human mind, though busiest house or not would only languidly In when exchanging Ideas In conversation terest me. ’ Che sara sera. Now will 1 wtto others, dives depest in solitude. u gllt my lantern and go below. If— Probably no case was_ ever profoundly Heavens! what was that? considered unless the student was i turned about In a fright ns great nloue, and never so profoundly as „ that of a thief disturbed In his ne- when Involuntarily—whep the mental fgrlooi WO rlt, yet It was nothing more faculties dre so absorbed In contom- than a gentle tapping on the outside platlon of one subject that diversion o[ my door , j t was now a quarter of from It Is ’aa being awakened front an hour past midnight, and my father aleep. and.the servants should have been In I experienced this truth when—hav- hed at least two hours. As I glanced Ing retired to my room, set down the at my watch the tapping was repeated, lantern, and exchanged my boots for gg g()nt i y gg before. I am ashamed slippers—I placed my elbows on the to confei , how much this simple dr- mantelpiece end my head upon my cn matance alarmed me.- I listened in hand:, and stood so for I know not te ntly for a minute, conscious of noth- how long. That such was my attitnde Ing hot the loud ticking of my watch for not less than two hours I am sure gnd t j, e violent throbbing of my heart, from the Interruption which dispelled wben the tapping was repeated a third my reverie. time, still very softly. With a great I bad emptied my pockets, and all eI[ort j disguised my terror, and called the money I possessed—six sovereigns ont boldly— and some odd shillings—ley before pm “Who’s there?’ on the mantelpiece. Perhaps It was „ It . g onljr mgi Master Ernest,” re- tbo sight of these few coins which led p I|ed tIlg feeble voice of John Adams me to review my experiences of tjie -what do you want?” I asked, fling past twelve days, and to seriously ask , ng t h e d#0 r wide open, myself for the last time before seek- « Are you ni? j, there anything I lug assurance by actual essay, what ^ d0 tor yo u?” Inquired the old were my chances to And the treasure man which bhd been deposited In the crypt beneath my father's bouse. That the treasure of which I had that day read bad been disposed of as described by my ancestor, I did not for a moment doubt; that such a treasure should be suffered to rest undisturbed for more than two hundred years, there were many reasons to doubt. Yot was It not distinctly asserted by Roger True man that the treasure was in the Ab bot's Cell In the crypt-that it was to remain there until he built a hospital? Might not. the brlcked-up arch which my aunt Gertrude had noticed when she went <frer Holdenhurst Hall bo this same Abbot's Cell alluded to by my ancestor; and might not the reason for Its being bricked up be to secure Its contents? And If that were so, could Its contents be other than the quarter of a million Venetian sequins which had sd strangely fallen Into my ances tor's possession and been as strangely bestowed by him? It must be so. No one of my family had ever built or endowed a hospital—no one of them had ever possessed so much money as a quarter of a million -sequins, un less it wero this same Roger Trueman; cud Had tp large a sum of money been found In pur bouse and appropriated by any member of my family at any period I could not have failed to hear of it. Yes; the money must certainly be there, and I would presently go be low and look at It, ond my father and I would fetch It upstairs In the morn ing. Then would my father and I In sist on,returning to unde Sam the money which ho had so generously given to us; then would I ask Con stance Marsh to become my wife; .then— What a thing Is money—the epitome of all men's desires! Why, those six small yellow counters lylug on the shelf before me would buy the hard dally labor of ah East Angllnn giant, who to- gain them would sweat and toll In the parched fields from sunrise to sunset for twelve weeks—wages current this last quarter of the nine teenth century. For loss than two of them will not n loan labor In darkness In the bowels of the earth with oau- Slant peril to life or limb, or stand be fore a roaring furnace, or work in the noxious air of a factory amid the mad dening whirl of machinery for a weak, esteeming himself fortunate if such slender means of life so earned be not b ]y betrayed, denied him? For want of these same once In the enttance hall, I again counters has not a loving husband and , rauscd- All was still and quiet as the athn, n’stplted Ills wife nine and his — riMvn mv lantern. I man. "No, I am not 111, and there is noth Ing you can do for me. Why do you trouble me with such an absurd In quiry?' ”1 thought I heard you walking about, and that I saw a light In your room,” “Why, I have not moved offAho hearth-rug these two hours or more, and the only light here Is that taper on the mantelpiece.” "You are not angry with me, Master Ernest?’ pleaded the old man. "No, no; why should I be? You are very attentive. Go to bed at once." t i watched the old man as he slowly walked away along the corridor car rying a lighted candle In one band, and shading Its flame with the other, and did not re-enter my room until after I had heard his door close. This simple incident abated much of my courage, and caused me to post pone my visit to the crypt for a full hour. I was very anxious and ner vous, but not to be, deterred from car rying out my resolve. At half-past one o'clock I quietly emerged from my room, closing the door behind me as noiselessly as possible. In one hand I carried a lantern—lighted, but with tho wick turned so low that It emitted only a feeble gleam—and In the other a riding whip without a thong, on the butt of which a heavy hammer was mounted—an Instrument used by my sporting forefathers for opening ob stinate flvo-barred gates. I tried to persuade myself that I carried this weapon solely to assist In removing any lumber or other, inanimate ob struction which might lie between me and tho object of my search, and not for defense—an Ingenious but unsuc cessful attempt at self-deception. Tho light from my lantern, feeble though It was, caused my form to cast an enormously exaggerated shadow on the floor and wall of the corridor. The carpets had been removed from the corridor and stairs, a clrcumstnncc I bad not considered, and despite my soft slippers and careful tread, a dis tinctly audible and weird creaking pro claimed each step I set. I paused for a moment outsldo Old John's door. It was closed and all was dark and silent within. Tho creaking of the stairs was so loud that had any Inmate of our houso chanced u> have been lying swako my errand must have Infallt- father watched his wife pine and his grovp. Setting dc-wn my lantern, I child die? Answer, you who have toot trom Iny p0 eV^t a huge key 1 had been Up and down this England of becn carc f U l to abstract from its ac- onrs, yqu who have traversed her cugtomc a place a few hours before, towns and villages, you who know how and w i,| c h opened a door In a stlll- thc poor live and how they die, Is It ,. oom at tlle ba C k (,f the entrance hall, not so? Why, In the towns of Chris- whence a steep flight of steps led down tlau England. Is every man plucked , ut0 tb o cry pt. There was now no by the sleeve who passes along the (ur t llcr danger of disturbing anybody, Uyeway? What Is tho cause? Lust? and j cntl , red the stlllroom with con- Nny: dire need of a pitifully few silver fl d enee, but was annoyed to And the counters, and the Inability of hundreds door w Htcti opened on the steps which St thousands of women to gain them lc( , t0 tbe crypt landing partly open; Uy means more honorable. Even 1, and reproached myself for my care- whose life has nqt yet run to two dee- i C8Bne , B -for doubtlei* I was the last ados, and who have always lived ro- [)0rgou there—regarding the circum- moie from the buly haunts of men. 6ta aee as additional proof of my nsr- ennnot but knows these truths; and is yungness. However, It could not mat- 1* npt wrong lu one who has youth, te r, and I pushed open the door yet leisure, and the luxuries of life to so wider and boldly descended Into the passionately desire to grasp this tress- cryp t. ure, which he has done nothing to no- i Had not visited the crypt since 1 ,julre and which certainly la not his! conducted my aunt Gertrude through Hut a' few dayo ago, and the whole Ui and perhaps less than half a dosen spirit of greed was foreign to my ua- t i mes before. Certainly 1 had not pre tut*; 1 now la my whole betug doml- v ( oua | y observed It so closely ae I now uated by It. Alas, can it be that Love. dld It was a j arge vault, built en- puttst of patalons, evokes Avarice? tlrely of stone, the malnway of It be- Kot desire of that which Is necessary lng an apar tmeat about eighteen feet in compaaolng a natural and laudable w ; da and as long as tbe house—that munition la not avarice. These ee- ; a to say, a hundred and ten feet— qutoa.aie necessary to me If I em to W lth eight arched recesses on either trlu the fftri upon whom I have set a |de, whereof the one to which I was - heart; nay, more, perhaps they bound differed nothing from the others have been reserved In this t mysterious except to being closed by a brick wall wav for this special object. Hart at the front. Tho malnway was toler- not tbs wto* tutu or tho earth to every ably clear, hut ntarly all the rtcetats er* ascribed what an sommenl} aaUtd were filled with milesU*nsous torn- wmsrive to th» srdarly Intm of bar, for to. awt part ancient and n» collar—terrestrial end celestial globes, telescopes, retorts, crucibles, and strange Instruments of which I did not know the names, doubtless tho whole of them long ago rendered worthless by modem and Improved means of scientific Investigation. Nob withstanding my extreme eagernefe to accomplish the object of my visit to this place, I provedeed but slowly <m my way, looking Into each recess, first on tbe right andi then on tbe left, resolving to.tborongUy examine every object In It nfter I bad Informejd my father of my magnifleent discovery. My splrite were greatly elated; for indeed It was scarcely possible that I should now be disappointed, my great- cat fear—that tbe workmen employed about the house had Jipen Into the crypt to use It as a store for their tools and materials—being dispelled, tot no sign of them or their {belongings was anywhere to be seen. In this mood I reached tbe Abbot’* Cell, and. having turned- up the wick of my lantern, stood before. It ond considered it Yes, there It was; and 'its aspect was ihe same as wben my attention was first called to It by aunt Gertrude. And now, how was I to re move so mucb of thle brick acreen ua would enable me to get through to where the treasure chests were con cealed? I observed with Joy that the mortar between the bricks, from age and want of timely repair, was Dearly all crumbled and gene; but though I could have drawn a few of the bricks out of their placer with the eld of my hammer, I refrained from doing ao for fear of tbe upper brlcka falling up on me, which from Jbelr loose appear ance seemed more than probable. To get o couple of boxes, stand them on end one upon the other and mount to the top, was the work only of a few minutes. I then applied my ham mer as a lever to force .up one of the topmost bricks, and was surprised to And that It was merely laid In Its place and not attached In any way to Ito fellows. This wa» the case with an other, ond yet another. Why, all the bricks were perfectly loose—merrily piled one upon another as a child builds bouses with wooden blocks, I removed more than a hundred bricks which formed the upper ixvws by simply lifting tbem one by one and laying them aside upon the floor. When n sufficient number bad been re mpved to enable me to see what waa within, I stood my lantern on what waa now tbe top of the wall and, with feelings of Intense satisfaction and delight, beheld several square black chest* at the end of tbe recess. For getting in the excitement of the mo ment that tbe wall with .which I waa dealing waa only aucb to appearance, I leaped on to tbe top of tl, and by aid of my hand* 1 dropped down on the Inside, pulling a large part' of the structure Inwards with mo and dash ing my lantern to the ground .with so much force that the glass was broken and tbe Ught extinguished. Fortunately I waa not unprovided for such an emergency, as, being ^ a smoker, It was my custom to carry matches. I soon extricated my lan tern from among the bricks which had fallen with It, and having relit It proceeded to examine my snrronnd- Ings. At the cud of the recess stood the black chests which I hod noticed from the outside, orderly disposed In three rows, three chaste In a row—one chest less than I had expected to find. Looking about me marc particularly, I beheld with dismay tbe tenth chest nearly In the middle of the apartment, with a half-burned candle protruding from the neck of n bottle tind an or dinary up-to-date box of inatebea standing upon It; at sight of which my burning hope fell to sero. Having re moved tho candle and matches, I tapped the cheat with my hammer; It was resonant. I lifted It; It weighed scarce ten pounds, and the lid fell off on to tho floor. 1 held my lantern close and scrutinized It eagerly, and— Oh, cruel fate!—It bore every sign of having been recently opened; the thick black paint was grazed In a way that denoted the action ,of a double-pointed crowbar as freshly'as If the cbest bad been forced open an; hour ago. I stood It down, ran to tbe other chests, and quickly moved them from where they stood. Not one of them contained any thing, but each of them bore the same uumlstnkable traces of recent viola tion as I bad observed upon the first Mad with rage and disappointment, I quitted the recess In the manner I had entered It, pushing outward a lot of loose bricks In thc act, and was striding rapidly along the malnway with Intent to go at once to my father and tell him all, when, an object met my gaze which arrested my progress and almost stupefied me with terror, lu a recess near to the door by which l hod entered the crypt crouched the figure of a man, bis back towards me the better to conceal a small lamp which he carried. I was never robust, and my break down at this critical Juncture must In Justice be ascribed to natural weak ness rather than to cowardice. My first impulse was to rush nt the In truder and strike him dotvu with my hammer, but all power of locomotion had deserted me. I tried to shout for help, but my tongue refused its office, and. involuntarily relaxing my grasp of my lantern and weapon, I sank In- •nslble to the ground. To be continued. CHILDREN'S DEPARTMENT; Simple Home Experiment. Clinching • Barents >° China. When you engage a servant or make a bargain In Cblna it is not considered binding until the “fastening penny” has been paid. Although bis bad faith is notorious In some matters, yet, to do him Justice, when ouce tnis coin has bean paid by you tbs Chinaman, coolie or shopman, will gtnerslly stick to 1 his bargain, avail If tka mult ta hist i ba lets- . - ‘ This la a very amusing and interest ing experiment and also ao instructlvo one. I suppose you know how to make a wine glass or a thin goblet “ring” by wettlug your finger and rubbing It around tbe rim of tbs gloss, and that you know, also, that yon can -Change the musical nots which tbe gloss sings by pouring to water. Now, lf,you ti7 two glasses cf tbs same sot-yon will find that, although they look exactly alike, they do not give exactly the same note wben you rub them.with a wet dnger. But the two notch will be so nearly tbe samo that a little water poured Into one glass or tbs oton will make tbem exsetiy tbe tame, Wben this Is done tbe glasses srs said to bs in tune with each etbsr, or to bo "In uni son.” I am supposing tbat you have a fairly good musical ear, so tbat you can tell whether two note* are to tune with each other, but we shall oto pree- rapldly—so rapidly and for ao short ■ distinct that you cannot see them move. Tbe vibration Is carried partly through tbe air, but chledy through the table to tbe other glass, sad mahrt It vibrate, and, therefore, eets the half* pin dabcing, but only wben the glass'* are in tone. For'eoch glass lias Its own way of vibrating. Wben strnoX or rubbed It vibrates to and fro Jn*i so many times In s second snd pro duces a particular note, and tbe mo tion which comes from one glass will not bo taken up by tbe ether unless each naturally vibrates tbe same num ber of times a second, or Is tuned to tbe same note. Bo If you bang two marbles by threads of equal length to two noils driven several feet sport lu Ibe same boom, snd set one marble swinging, tbs other cue will gradually take up the motion and awing too, but It will o' r**,* 'vfl THE POET AND THE POLITICIAN wra c Will Curtate a, too autbar of •‘Song* of Two Centuries,” ’ •*» « *** t “? k a long Journey from bU. heme to toe nearest county town, In ercer to h “ r Cassius M. Clay. to. *•“*““»* make s speech. On reaching toe fair grounds, vhere Olay was to speak be found such a crowd assembled too. he ould B0t see anythlsg sf tbe eloquent southerner. U last, by crawHnff be tween people'e feet, and taking other bey methods of making progress, be gained s friendly tre* not far from toe, stand, and climbed np among its screening branches. All went well un til tbe speaker, to illustrate tbe Ig norance of some of his political oppo nents, exclaimed with an emphatic gesture: "They don't know any more about It than that hoy there In the tree!” A thousand eyes were at once leveled upon the bashful urchin who had so suddenly been made nn object lesson. "The sensation," sold Mr. Carleton, In telling the story. "was_ very much as If some ice water were being poured down my back. I tried to conceal myself among the branches, bat that would not work, and I was not long in ‘shinning '.own* and mak ing myself scarce. At home I had no sympathy; they told me I should have stayed and fought it out, not knowing that ray sensitiveness nt that time was positively abnormal. My father called me Zaccbcus for a year after.” ,. WORDS. Fatred always rebounds hr.rJcr than It Is thrown. Idle hands Kdvcrtiss themselves as the devil's owu. Getting up in the world is better than getting on. * The best maxims may be ea the iips of the worst men. \ When a mnu nsplres ho will prob ably soon perspire. It Is easy to mistake the half-way bouse for thaiiome itself. Goodness Is thc essential component part of all true greatness. No man ever found thc pleasure* of sin to be anything like the pictures of fin. All the flowers sf human thought have tasted some time of thc lii'ht of heavenly truth.—Ham’s Horn. GLASSES TUNED AND PIN IN POSITION. ently that the experiment Iteelf will de cide the question as well ns yon can do It by ear, or better. When you have got tho two glasses In tone set tbem two or three feet from each other on an nnoovAred ta ble. Pull a stout hairpin out straight, bend down an inch or less of each and lay the hairpin across ono of the glasses. Any piece of rather fine wire will do aa well as the hairpin. Now wet your finger and rub It on the ether glass until it sings loud and clear. Immediately you will hear a Jingling noise, nnd you will aee the hairpin on the glass that yon are not touching at all, tramble, dance and hop about In lively fashion. But If you try the experiment with two glasses that aro not in tune the hair pin doea not budge, so, ns I sold be fore, tbe experiment itself affords a good teat of *he corre«tr-aa of tuning. The reason why the hairpin dances Is this: The glass which yon rub, like any other object tbat gives a musical note; is vibrating; that la to say. Its particles are moving to and fro very remain quiet If the threads are net of exactly the same length. It the glasses ring very loud and dear and If your ears are sharp yon oan leave off tho hairpin, make one glase ring, suddenly stop It with your finger and then, by listening attentive ly, yon may bear the untouched glass ring faintly for a second. In playing on a piano on Which a lamp was standing you may have no ticed a peculiar jiugle whenever a particular note was struck, though that note right when the lamp was not there. If you touch the tnrning-np wheel of the lamp with your finger you will feel a little thrill whenever that note la played and the jingling will be dead ened. The little elastic piece of metal la vibrating in tune with that particu lar note, that Is all. All these examples of the vibration and eound of one body being Imitated by another body near It and la tune with it are examples of what music ian! and scientific men call ‘'reson ance.” THE POLLY OP THE POOL. Who needs to worry, watch and Work, • To think and plan and sweat, In doing things that are of use , And keep himself from debt; To earn the cost of what he gets In fire, food and fan.v In shelter from the bitmg storm, Keeps busy if it’s dons; Keeps busy as a honey bee While hiving winter’s need. ' If. like tho bee, he lets himself He then despoiled by greed. ■ But then the bee has better sense Than let the idle drone Lay claim to honey’s primal sourct And treat it as his own. He works the fields and forests free, Enjoys the purling poo), In nature cedes no greedy graft— . The folly ^f the fool. .... ■ —Joseph A. Lstbad*. A BLOOD RELATION. Johnnie waa awakened by a strange bumming, buzzing sound close to bla head, and when he got out the sand that the ‘‘sand man” had put in his eyes he stared abont bim. There en thc bottom of the bed was'a fearful hobgoblin, so Johnnie thought, with big, round eyes, awfully long legs and wings, and a beak that looked like a trooper’s sword. “Are you one of those angels that my mamma said tookcare of little boys at night?” said Johuule, trembling. “’Cause if you are,,I guess I kin git olong by myself all right; yw needn’t stay.” jiut tho mosquito mads a jab with its at tin bcddothti sm JoUmtis’s shins and said loudly: “Cousln-n-n-n. Cousin-n-n-n.!” • “Oh, you’re a cousin, arc you?? I wonder which one?” “Z-s-l-m-m-ra,” answered the mosqui to, buzzing about Johnnie's bead. “Kim? Oh, I guess you must be that soldier cousin of mother's by thc looks of that sword yon carry; bla name waa Jim” “Cousln-n-n-n!” buzzed tbe mosquito sharply. “Don’t you know your own relations?” '’You my relation?” asked Johnnie In amazement “How do you make that out?” “Oh! easy. Relations are those who have the same blood in them, ain't they?” "Yepl” assented Johnnie. “Well, you nnd I have the same blood. You had It, and now I’ve got It l Just tapped you, you knqw.” Johnnie Just scratched and wondered.' —Mirror and Farmer. THE GAME OF NOTED MEN. The hostess begins the game by choosing some noted man, say Cole ridge. She then says to the players: “I am thinking of a famous man. The first part of his name Is very black and thc last Is an elevation.” Whoever guesses correctly has tha right to give a name herself. Suppose •he chose Shakespeare, for Instance. Then she could say: “Here la the name of a well-known poet. The first part of his name Is something people do wben they are cold, and the laat la a weapon.” When giving a name the man’s pro fession should be told, whether poet, soldier, author or itatesman, but noth ing else must be revealed concerning him. v The following are some good names to give: Wordsworth. Washington. Cornell. Fillmore. Howltt. Longfellow. Milman. Dickens (Dick-inns.) Pulnesi of Fr*nch Bank. The number of bills discounted by tbe Bank of Franca and lta branches In 1803 was 18,435,088. The number of botes In circulation on January 881 IOWi WA8 UtOtttlMi Th» JupaniM Vnilneu XM, Before We restoration tho better class Japanese esteemed it a degra dation to work. A tradesman was despised. To-day there it hardly a man of Jgtfan who doss not fol.ow some calling., The older men, the grandfathers, may stay at home, but tbe sons—the restless, modern, pro gressive sons of New Japan—dre not happy unless employed. The spirit of modern Japan is in them. They are as devoted to their business as to tbolr homes. But they keep them well separated 'kfld apart. Thc Japanese who can afford it has his office in the big city, but his home in thc suburbs. During the day he Is In the midst of the busy atir and whirl cf the city, but about four In the afternoou he is hurrying toward the grateful peace and beanty of Ida country home. The first thing he does ou reaching home Is to batirand remove all thc clothes he has. worn at his ofllce or store. .With the changing of his business clothes ho lays aside all thought of business. In his home he fiuds de sired rest and recreation. He is by nature a lover of leisure. Few bind- ness men In America would leave their offices so early or would take so many holidays. The Japanese business mnu takes all the holidays he can afford. He Is at homo most of the fete-days. He goes with the family to see the carnivals, the temple and flower fes tivals.—Harper’s Weekly. Bread of Soatonaoeo. Corn bread is the bread of sub stance and auslenanee. If* the com pany thatis introducing this water- ground meAl In New York would ad vertise it liberally many thousands of people, rich and poor, would learn of an article absolutely new to them, and a tremendous revolution would be Worked. Flour would have to take a tack seat in numberless homes, nnd that tsrrlble pain in the pit of the stomach that doubles so many of ug op would disappear. Ten pounds for thirty-three cents! It makes the mouth .water to think of hoc cakes, ash cakes, pone, egg-bread, crackling-bread, griddle cakes—all made of corn meal. I lived for a year on corn bread and buttermilk, never worked harder in my Hfe, never waa so healthy, never •o happy. Tha world would be better Jf every one ate corn bread made of alow-ground, water-grouLd meal, from 'whtch all ailmentsdve, nutrient quali ties have not been removed by pa tented processes.—Victor Smith, in the Now York Press. Warming the rint-Xron. When tho thermometer dropped far bolow aero last December good Mrs. Rogers was much disturbed at the re collection that Huldah, tbe new kitch en maid, slept In an unheated room. “Holdall,” she said, remembering the good old custom of her own girl hood, “It's going to be pretty cold to night. I think you had better take a flat-iron to bed with you.” x “Yes, ma’am,” said Huldah, in mild and expressionless assent. Mrs. Rogers slept soundly and free from care, aeeure in the belief that the maid was comfortable. In the morning she again visited the kitchen. “Well, Huldah,” she % askcd, “how did you get along with the flat-iron r i Huldah? brsathsd a deep sigh of re* , collection. * "Veil, ma'am,” iht said, ”2 got It ■ Wi nn tiiiH ffittaiMii' 1 .