Evening Star Newspaper, December 23, 1871, Page 3

ANOTHER YEAR. PROPOSALS. PROPOSALS. , ““Apother year,” she said, “ano.her year, — —— Theve rows Lave Satched with oo mich en PsoresaLs Fon FAPEe FOR THR PED | PRoresalLs FUR STATIONERY. “ receding fs ‘hunting . Post Orrice Der: of me exceeding fair— v Orrice oF TRE Conc! e “Another year,” she said, ““ancther year id, nevertheless I | tentsof= shot into right and = np ia citer eee: Sen thei em meted sated Wt | bose oes eu ne veeng on Sagan Wolike them, tended with regret and paiu— there is nothing here. 2 to be Meantime no arrest was as Year perhaps, another year. “I'm satisfied Crone OW observed Herron, | it wasthought best to ‘the matter. A pear, oh ae “that you will get fooled. You are so | days since young Cole reeovered, started. ‘When bloom iny rises all my life salt bloom Pescadero in time for the stage. toclamber up to the plateand much in earnest, though, I think I will stay | outwith a for a Daring the When summer comes. my enmmer too Il be here. Why hadn't Jim called him? .It wasn’t very. «“ Now,” said Berkley, “you can see it all with you until you prove what this old cable day they met po ys Rie And I shall cease to wander in this gloom — kind in him, to say the least. Now they would fap Se. There is the pool of water, there | made of. at ed “why —— me the bd Another vear, ah yes, another year be obliged to remain another day. the black streak in the cliff; here is |“ Itis then,” said Berkley. “‘ If there | Sam replied, ‘Ah, I just did that in fun. “Por ah, another year, another year «< Tt must be ten o'clock,” cad ‘Tom t him- where I laid down and slept; back there you see | is nothing in the cable I will not Sas ye to | isa nice gun have, Nelson; let me L'il set’ my life in richer. stronger soil, self. “ I must be stirring.” the dead greasewood, under it the ciump of pod longer. At present I think we best | look at it. I was fooling the other day. I And prune the weeds away tluat creep tio near, He attempted torise trom his bank, but fell | chaparral, and in that chaparral is the stump—” what we have done here as well as we can | don’t want to hurt you.” During the time he mil watch and tend with never ceasing toil— back weak as an intant. “And under that stump is the gold,” inter- | until we are ready to go to work in earnest.” was talking, Sam jually approaching Anether year, ab yes, another year. “Weill, welll” thought Tom, “that sleepI | rupted Herron, laughing. “Tom, you're the | The sen was nearing the horizon, and hastily | Nelson, and when he he was but a few Avother year alas’ another year teok out there last thas fixed me, I guess } biggest fool I ever met yet!” shoving the earth back into the hole the two | feet distant. Deceived by his friend. ‘The roses ailing withering ere their prime, | Jim!” Yon've told me that something like twenty | fricnds took their way back to their cabin. liness, Nelson handed the gun to Sam Jones. blighted bods. with seanty leaves andeere, =| in a moment Herron was by his side. times, within the last twenty-four hours. Change The next day Berkley went to Pescadero and | As soon as he got the gan Sam raised it up, and ag and dying long b- their time— | “Jim,” said Tom, “what in the name of | the subject, now,” said Berkley. obi the necessary articles to fit them ont as | pointing it at Nelson, said. “No: wou, I | goodness is the matter? I feel as weak as a rag.” “ Come on, then,” sgid Herron, ‘(I am anx- | hunters, and also what tools he thought he | am going to kill you.” The boy fell’on his knees | 30,600 resins wet , | “Nothing strange, old boy,” said Jim. | lous toreceive my share of the ‘sl would need to work at the cable; a heavy ham- | and in piteous accents begged for his life, or for Le be ovntirenl ooRoameen, ez ie lay | You've been sick; lower than any man I ever Berkley sed the way in to the chaparral. mer, asledge. a crow-bar, cold chisel, etc. at least time to invoke the mercy of that God Postman ter 6 be —e of Heme, es “are saw that lived, but now the doctor says you'll | ‘Look out here, Jim! These bushes are | They moved immediately into the shepherd's | who grt ta LS Sam, with a demoniac The articles delivered must be of the grouine Se eevee ther pease n°? 8*9> | come out all right. You mustn't talk.” mostly folson oak,” he said. cabin and Proceeded at once to their work laugh, liberately placed the gun at Nelson's manufacture and quality sp-cified. and be furnished {Nomau Penny, in January Galery. **Mustn’t talk! Look here, Jim! You're “ Nothin, hoy i replied Herron, ‘as | They found it necessary to use the utmost cau- | bowed head, and pulling the T, ste} at the contract whether more or less than the = ca | making game of me. Yesterday [ took a stroll | they have beneath them such a large deposit of | tion, fearing their real intentions might be dis- | back, as the smoke clearing away, revealed the co ordered. and must be deliverd 5) es ai | down to the beach and walke over the sands a the root of allevit. wakwks — pn Sse = comer of Min cunplagen. a SUBS suirering bod Rhodes Desi th prob- v4 in for delivery. 3 7G > | long way further than thought to. I got « Hold your blarney! ere stamp—” unters was poor enongh. | a! im iy, when the coroner our to THE CHAIN OF GOLD; might thirsty and crawled up into a bit of a With the gold under it.” Had they depended gy f upon hunting they | came to look atthe body the whole top of the boy's 1,000 reams euperfine ca! @x, TOM BERKLEY'S DREAM. run inte the chalk hills to get a drink. I found “ By the musty miraculous measles! Jim, if | would, at times, have gone hungry to bed. Soon | bead was blown off. After shooting Cole, Jones = oy A iS some water, sweetish but not bad to swallow. | You don’t stop your noise [ll chuck down | as possible Berkley commenced work on the | turned to look for his companion and Kill this | agg cB? mepurhas Urtaiten Peedertaee: anbee- hundred and fifty-eight | I took a good draught and laid down to rest. I | the ravine, and if there is a million of gold here | cable. He found it no small task to break the | only witness to the crime, but he had ran away Gered, hard-sined, 24532 aches. ged ecighiag nieft New York for San Fran- | fell asicep and had the strangest dream you ever | you shan’t havea dime.” tough links and it was several days before he | and was already some distance off. Sam called Sixty pounds to the ream of 500 sheets, zon board a cargo of assorted mer- | heard of. It must have been past midnight | “Well, well! basiness then,” said Herron, | was able with his hammer and chisel, to seper- | to him to stop and fired after him. butto no par- | CLASS 3--Bieep are Caceeuenes’ Paterno nitise for the California market. when I awoke, stiff and rheumatic. I came | With mock gravity. ‘Give me the axe!” ate three of them from the chain. But at this | pose, and the boy escaped while the murderer | Faren ‘The head of the will in all casne docidle ‘Triton made # good run down to theCape, | home as soon as possble. "T'was some Taking the axe from Berkley he cleared | pointa new ee eles peomentee itself. If he | Was at last reports 2,00 reams superfine Printing Paper, hard-sined | whether the articles d by the contractor are ed the Horn without a mishap, and with | time before | could get to sleep. 1 sup) away the brush around the spot, and standing | should proceed to San Francisco with the metal and = super-calerdered, measur: mae | ofgbe and quality required by the contract. z in the Pacific expected to reach the | that’s the reason Ioverslept this morning. The | back like an expert woodsman, with a heavy | in that form, ana it should prove to be rich in| A Murper ror Five Cents.—The Mayfield inches sad weighing forty-five oe ete OS rerel Sreerves the right of re- » Francisco by New Year's day | night air was bad, I know. but it must have | Sweep he brought the axe down exactly In the | gold, the curiosity of the broker or assayer | (Kentucky) Democrat says: “A mest horrible | 360 been yet ——. on | ee bide ifs is sudgment the inter 1 Cape St. Lacas was | been the blamed water that made meso weak | center of the stump. would be excited, and soon, perhaps, the secret | murder was committed on last Monday in the inches, ond weighivg thirty ive pouass vo | “Theeutjoined list species, ce teatly as can now d, after which she encountered mach | What do you mean by being sick?” Instead of penetrating to the eye, as he ex- | of its location might be discovered and he and | village of Dukedom. Two men—named David | of S00 shee be done, the amount, quailty and description of oack Keavy weather, and on the night of December | _ ‘+1 mean,” answered Horton, “that instead of | pected, there was © crash as though he had | his friend be deprived of what he believed ‘was | Moab cease: ‘McCallum—had a suit pending | r | art calendored, meas. sects She SRY | peTIMATED QUANTITY WANTED FOR THE ’ . CLASS No. 1—PAPER. eas enh ee | 400 Sicets to the Ream, ail tobe Un in weight with, paper maeising | 1+ Wreame of Consular Paper, flat,is fad wriching tweaty ne pode roolecap. fist, 14 pounds to the ream, rea ieee of plank. four or five feet | CLASS 5.—Waitins Parres—To be of auy re red weights. eb running under close reefed mainsail | going down tothe beach yesterday. you wen | Struck a block of granite. The brittle steel of | rightfully theirs. ‘The safest way was to melt it | in the magistrate’s court, and Me MeGaling. | 2nd ihe fore toyeail, she struck upon the rocks | dows three wecks ago to-day; that’yau awohe | the axe broke in ‘score of pleces and flew in | into one mass before taking ft to the cite Ac gained the suit, getting a jadgment for five | and imm: diately went to pierces. the morning after in a raging fever and have | ¢very direction. One of the fiying bits of steel | old oven, used by the shepherd for baking, was | cents, which so exasperated a ‘att that when The dense fog had rendered it imposstble to | been terribly sick and delirious ever since | #ruck Herron in the Ss ite a | thefurnace Tom used for melting his cable | he met McCallum, a few moments later, he be- take an observation for several days. The eap- | You've raved like a madman. You had some of [mec wound. He scarcely noticed it but sat | links. A steady fire for two days give him a | gan to abuse him, kicking and cursing him, at | tain supposed himself at least twenty miles from | the strangest notions in Sour head! Gold . ra on @ chalk boulder, convulsed with laugh- Gia bearing no resemblance — McCallum made some defence, feeble, Jaud. The rock on which she struck was out on | seemed to trouble you the most rou swore it ere — 2 owever. In the scuffle that ensued, McN. the reets of Point Aun Nuevo, distance some | didn't let you go, somebody would fad it and | _ “Well, well, Tom!” he laughed; “this iswhat | With a bag of quails and rabbits, mostly pur. | got ‘hold of = heed seventy miles south of the Golden Gate. Only | take it from you. Sometimes you thought the | I call a hard beginning. That’s a high old | chased of strolling hunters, and a ‘stout valise | fong, with which he struck MeCalluim over the i | Tease. per ream e, poets tele faut of the crew were saved, they floating coyotes would getit, and then "twould be the | stump, that ist ‘Why, man, it’s harder than eee the a chunk of metal carefully bend, erushing his skull; after which he struck | 5.0 resms Quarto Post, 10x! 4 so rvame at Quarto Post, 1 pounds to the ream, ashore on pieces of the wreck. ‘They were the | owls who were after it. Oh! I tell you, Tom, | Mint, | Ifstone hatchets were in uso now you | rolled up in an oldblanket, Tom Berkley started | him ‘several times, mangling his body in a | {is Teams Plat Cap, 13:16 or Léxit inches | per ream. / Saptain, frst mateand twocommon sailors, All | I'ye bad « hard time with you!” might make something of it, perhaps. for San Francisco. shocking marmer. MeCalium was retreating all | 3 Ay reams Dont: lose eareee exe iuches, reams of Quarto Post, 12 pounds to the ream, the rest. fourteen in number, perished. Tom lay back on his hard pillow, his eyes fixed “The person who came tome in my dream, The bag of game was confided to the care of | the time, and was followed by McNatt thirty or S00 reams Double Dum: x33 inches. | per room. ‘The ship and cargo were'& total loss. ‘The | onvacancy,and his lipesilent. It must be cruc, | did not say it was the stump of a tree. He only | the stage driver, but the valise Tom never per- | forty yards before he overtook him MeCallam | Sampfenme Role Beste ese eek 6. so pransecl Genre Post. laid and encalendered, agents of the underwriters went down from | hat Herron said, and yet it all seemed like a | said it looked like a stump,” answered Tom; but | mitted to pass from his hands. only teed about thirty minutes. Mr. McCallum 1.400 reame Double Folio Post, 23x34 tuches. 7. Sreaine ef Pollo Post ist, 7 by 23 inches, = Francisco, and endeavored to save some- | strange dream. All seemed mystical; but the | his voice betrayed chagrin and ointment. ‘Time passed slowly with Herron during Berk- | was an old gentleman, about 65, and was highly | 1-0 reams Medium, 18123 inches. | -*~" pounds to the ream, per ream. 3 ing: but the long distance from market and | most vivid of all was bis dream in the Favine. ‘Jim not going to give up until Pye made a | ley's absence. He hunted little bat had no ected throughout the community in which | ?40¢ reams Royal, 19x28 inches. 8. Sreama of Double Cap. white, best quality. fiat, the poor means of transportation rendered it of | |‘ You say it was three weeks ago that I slept | thorough search,” he continued. Gisposition to work at the cable. Five days had | he lived.” Go reams imperil Sena Inches” See) ane SP DUNGY SoS Seale, per but Liitle use to attempt tosave anything. The | down there by that spring?” pursued Tom. He took the pick and commenced picking at | passed and he began to get uneasy. If Berkley 0 reams Cover Paper, measuring 20x25 inches, | monet Sues on sbesaeucdionertane |<" Yea tres weeks,” replied Herron, the sides of the stone, as Itevideutly seemed to | did not return on the morrow he thought se” | g7-Rulof'is conversing with Ithaca “‘clreles.” ‘and of any required color or colors. =" | _% S¥egme ot English Handmade Cap, 16 pounds to The survivors were well eared for by the kind- And I’ve been sick ever since?” % ck crust of some two in- starting for San Francisco. On i - 4g00 recuse of any required clans sor cowam i i FE robe noting 3 | «You came near dying” ches in thickness on the outside, hard and brit- | evening of the sixth day Berkley walked wearily | gin (ime monte re eee Tar progressed in ‘above, and not exceeding Zixw inches, et | sreama of Fiat Cap, wove dnpounie tothesenm, tain and mate . “ You spoke of the doctor.” tle as glass. into the cabin, placed his valise in a corner and in bull-fights. Three bulls were late slain Py of Any Teagired sige or weight. | 11.¢reame of Royal, fat. 20 by 28 inches, 53 . Tom Berkley and James Yes. He has been here perhaps a dozen This broken off showed a gray substance be- | asked for seme supper. Herron looked in- Pyntwe valiant young women.” CLABS 6.—CoLoneD Wririxe Paraas.To be of | Pounds to the ream, per rea dat once to the city. | times; came down from Pesci ” neath, nearly the color of granite—but present- ey 9 in his face bat could read nothing ‘e é hits. 12. Creams of Imperial Cap Paper, fat, 22 by 38 that iu the city’ they |.‘ And all this time you have been taking eare | ing a stratified Instead of agranular appearance. | there of disappointment or of succest. ‘They | , 87-The Richmond Police made araid on the | _2@ reams C; oo, } inches, per ream faro banks in that city last night, seven in num- | 38 reams Cap. 14x17 inches, laid, of any required | 13, sO reamn? best Packet Note, white, wore, would have no friends—that they would fi of me Tem smote at at the hard substance until | ate their supper in silence, except an occasional ght, color oreclors. j 5 Mes the hands of the boarding Gourckecpen, | Of course have. You don't think, Tom, | perhape s fourth of it was broken of, when ne | remark about the trip of Berkey ts tae city or | her capturing, the dealers, proprietors, and all | 499 reams Folio Post, 17x22 inches, blue. | 4, 00 eRteas ef Ooeumerial Bose Be. ©, pounde to and in a short time be shipped oi, perhaps on | I'd let you die like a dog?” uttered an exclamation of surprise the success of Herron in hunting. Supper ever paraphernalia of various establishments. 20 reams Double Cap, 165§x2 inches, blue | ~ Qheseem. Ber seam. Svescland to @ destination enticly against |“ Novdim, but what 1 was thinking of was hat is the matter now?’ said Herron, who | and the table set aside, the friends drew up to ‘Tweed is becoming anxious to know what | 2400 reams Folio, 7x22 inches, blus | 28. 25 reams of Commercial Bote, best quality, 7 their will. They had an offer to remain where | the money. Qur funds must be low by this | had satall this time looking at Tom's labors | the fire, lighted their pipes and pre; for | the people are going ‘‘to do about it” next. This pe j Pounds to the ream, per ream. were, in the employ of Mr. Grey, a manengaged | time.” with an expression of complete unconcern. their usual evening's enjoyment, a long smoke. | steady fire all along the line is getting trifle | 16, 15 reams of Note Paper, best quality, 6 pounds extensively in the manufacture of butter and | ‘* We shall have enough to bring you ont of | ‘dim, come here!” said Berkley, ina yoice | “Well?” said Herron, looking at Berkley in. | contusing. | ae reat ga BAE EAM : Sheese. He thought they had better accept it. | this, Tgucas. You'll be getting well fast, now, | that betrayed much excitement. quiringly., &7-A mean Norwich man has met with severe, | Tmvimeiee Herron assented. He had had enough of the | Tom. 1 think we can save enough to take us to “ Well, what is it?” demanded Herron. «- Well;” responded Tom. but just punishment. He refused to give any- | 38 Wreame of Fine Blotting Board, Parker's Treas sea to last him for alifetime. Milking cows was | "Frisco, where I reckon we can tind a ship.” * Do you see that round hole there?” «How did that chunk of copper turn out?”? thing to the Chicago sufferers, and within less Ury,100 pounds to the ream, per ream. as easy as pulling ropes, and making butter no |‘ I'm not going to ship again, Jim, if | know “Yes, TI see it. Itdon't strike me as being ‘ Middting,” said Tom, a queer smile playi ng | less than two hours heard that his mother-in-law . CASS No. 2—ENVELOPES harder than climbing shrouds. | myself; and we'll have plenty of moncy, toe, bar frm very wonderful.” around his lips. had come to stay a month with him. (engine Y AU to be Pail Goverament, tow: Through the months of January and Febru- | before we leave this ranch!” Look at it closely! It extends clear through | |‘ What do you mean? Out with it, I'm ina! gg-it is proposed to introduce a law into the | M2 *Sums,measuring 2x36 inches, weighing torty ary, Berkley and Herron worked steadily for | Herron looked at his sick comrade with anex- | this stump or stone, whatever it is.”” hurry to know.” next Legislature of New York making the | S00 reams, measuring 25438 inches, weighing fifty- Grey, milking and taking care of hiseows. With | Pression of pity, wondering if he was not still |‘ Suppose it does, what of that?” Berkley went to the corner and brought for- | registership of New York a salaried office: with two pounds per ream. ; ‘a proecien esmethogg 2 fignerut weather. The | Slightly delirious. He must be, or he would not { Look at the sides! see how green they are.” | ward the valise. He unlocked it and wok out, | rFannual renumeration of $5,000. At nt | ‘0 reams, measuring 25x32 inches, weighing | 99, sau Jo. Manilla paper. 10% by 5% inch whole country blossomed as the rose. The | think of having wealth in theirpresent position. |‘ Yes, Lace.” first two crucibles, carefully wrapped in cloth. | the tees are worth @73,00, © “+ Prete forty six ponnls Por reatn. wieerg per thounsnd. = hills were covered with the deep blue of lark- | “* , You must not talk so! se the doctor * That hele was once filled by a copper bolt.” | ihen came a mold for cast ing metal, then a set nie yee $00 reams, measuring 15x29 inches, weighing thir- | 9), 90400 ds. light bul a ur and lubine, and the southern slopes were | Said. Goto sleep now, and you'll feel twenty | ‘ A copper bolt through a stone! You're | of dies for stamping, both figure and letters, PF these a is against the law in Michigan. ty pounds per ream. eat waality nght with the golden star tuti | per cent better when you. w: up,” said Her- creay again.” and finally a heavy purse which he emptied | here's a fine of $ for attempting it; but they | CLASS 8.—bizep axp CaLenvenen Tivtep Parxr. 22. 80.000 do. I Berkley began to grow discontented. A man | Ton. « This may be a stone now, but look at it | wponthe table—glittering double eagles that to | haven't yet made up their minds what _punish- oS who had roamed the whole wirid over could | Tom Berkley recovered rapidly, and in two | closely, and I think you can satisfy yourself it | the ears of Jim Herron had @ most musical | ™¢ntto inflict on persons who actually com- | ® reams, vg ae ed Fo manne scarely content himself when contined to the iso- | Weeks was able to walk about the ranch. Her- | wasn’t always a stone. pews ye8 see the grain.” | sound. x mit it. ' i inches, weighing forty pounds lated tence of a ranchman in Califor- | fen looked forward with impatience to the time | ! Herron stooped down and looked at it care- “My God!” he exclaimed, staring in astonish- @7 Victor Emanuel is reported to have a | ‘cream-tinted, super-calen- — ‘n ob Sundays he would stroll down to | When Berkley would be able,to proceed with | fully. Evidently Berkley was right. He could | meut. ‘ presentiment that heswill die in London, and | |. -253ex00 inches, weiching fifty-five the beach, and stretching himself upon the | him to San Francisco. He was heartily sick of | *e¢ Plainly th gain of the wood, little curls of “T suppose so,” said Berkley quietly. «It’s | for that reason, it is said, he cannot under any | pounds to the ream of 4¥) sheets. sand, listen to the murmuring roll of the | livingonaranch. Give him the craziest craft | what had once been wood fibres, and the round | the God or most people now-a-days.” circumstances be persuaded to visit the British | 10 = cecene scum atee. super-calen ers as they came curling in Over the yel- | that ever sailed im preference to @ California | oe, the sides of which were coated with a | | * Do you pretend to say that old chunk of | eapital. | Serpe RE inches, welchiang seventy pounds w sands. He began to long again for A | Cabin, he said. green substance. Copper was worth that much money?” #7 One of the down-trodden, in Vet 1 superfine cream-t . Soon the Ocegh Wave.” the teach was a| It seemed very strange to Herron, but Berk- «1 guess you are right, Tom,” said Herron. Uhtwice as much, Jim; that isn’t half what it | county, Ind., the other night, threw a brickbat en "gered, 24x38 inches, weighing ‘hy pousds to ull place. 3 ‘o fan—no excitement whatever. | ley never eo 3 leaving. always — — time this wes wood, and now its putri- | brou ee x through the window of a billiard -hall at her the reams of 500 sheets. He decided once more to try the sailors given to planning for the future, he now J = gs husband, who w: i ypossls a He communicated his intentions to Herron whi | bething to say about his course when well | ‘Petrified, you mean, Jim. That is, turned | ‘See here,” said Berkley drawing from his | busband, who was on the inside playing » game ergot peng tte ef peed also began to long for the old excitement and | enough to leave. to stone.” Pocket several papers, Here's the certificate of | ga devil isanid to have taken possession of in Classes 1 and 2, and for the whole quan- bard lite. Zhe memory of that night when the | On Saturday night Herron came in late from “It’s all the same, I guess. What do you | assay. One thousand eight hundred and fitty- Mrs. Jenny Kurtner, at © Cot F = hy .or omy pention etthe Devers decignsted tn Clase Triton was wreck J faded into the far dis- | his work—for a week he had been milking for | think it was’ six dollars and thirty cents. Here's a certificate | tain’ County. Ohio. It makesher ewear ikea | Soin Bokwese than ove fourth. io 14 oF per thonsand, per t ; tance. and seemed more ike a dream than a re- | Grey, Tom being well enough to take care of | _ ‘I do not know: I see no use breaking it to | of deposite in the bank. One thousand two | {Mm County: Obio. | It Oflered for hen | sunlit of the paper, in all the classes, will befarn- | 39. 3.000 do.-double thick, cream lait, No. 4, 41be 13 ality | himseif—andround the cabin vacant. Heces. | The gold'is under it. We'd better dig | hnndred dollars. I've spent some, of course, | Tootat’ Dn pengees eaves Sec Ree | es deel ie pet ae or per thousand, per thousand ‘They gave their employer notice that at the | _ He was somewhat alarmed, fearing an acci- | down at the side.” but I guess there is somethingover five hundred | bereft. tothe samples furnished. = ‘eidly to conform | cy ass No. 3—PRESS COPYING AND MEMO. end of one week they should cease working for | dent might have happened to Berkley. Justas | Herron took the pick and commenced dig- | on the table. 87 A little boy recently became greatly ena- | ‘gach class will be considered separately, and be BANDEM Boh iim, stating it to be their intention fo go to San | he wae about starting out imacarch orhis friend, | ging into the earth. ‘Tne discovery that the | "My God!” ejaculated Herron. mored of a little toy trumpet which had been | subject toa separate contract, bat bidders may of- | 38. 1dozen Press Copying Books. 14 by 30 inches, Francisco to ship again as seamen. } Tem came in. black stump or stone had once been wood, had Berkley laughed. ‘Jim, 1 never saw you so | givenhim. One night as he was being “‘put in | fer for oue or more of the classes in tae same pro best parchment paper. half bound, gonwins Tom Berkley and Jim Herron did not go to | |“ You shonld be more careful, Tom," said | for the first time aroused in him an interest in | devotedly before. Don’t say all your prayers to. | bis little bed” he handed the trumpet to his | posal. fa ome pod gy Rp we San Francisco as they intended—did not ship as | Herron. “You must remember you have just | the search. night.” Srandmother, saying: ‘Here, gran'me, youblew | , Sp greperal, Will be considered unlom eocempe- | 45s gonus Prams Usovieg Beas Mees cba ent common sailors, and furthermore, did not con- | recovered from a severe iMiness aud ought not to | ‘The digging progressed slowly. Having no | “ Perhaps I'd better. But tell mé all about | While I pray! United States yadge or sttueney. ta, the peschy ot Freneb. + White, haif bound, genuine tinue in the employ of Mr. Grey. The coure | expe-e yourself in any manner.” spade, they removed the earth with their hands, | how you managed in the city.” Sanborn, a “gentleman burglar,” | $10.00, that the Mader, ex bulde has or thote Russia leather backs and cornere, lettered to parsued by these two men, and the manner in . don’t vou be alarmed!” 1 Berkley. he etone stood some three feet above the top of Easy enough, though the old German chap | at Lawrence, Mass., last Sunday, | proposal shall be accepted. shail furnish the articles order” soe paar ee each which they spent the following summer, has al- | ‘I'm fecling first-rate. I'M take care of my- the ground. They had thrown out the e: to | who assayed It for me, bored me terribly to tind | from @ Wound he got in anencounter with an | proposed for and cach proposal must be accompa- S 2dezew Press Copying Books 10x12 inches, best Ways been auystery to the iutabitants abuct | Slt, rever you fear, Jim, What's the state of | the depth of nearly five fect, and yet there were | out where 1 got it and how it happened to me in | officer, His distinetion was that he cad oe ban | nied by satisfactory cxidence that the person oe aes Ge oe gE Folnt Ano Kacvo. To clear up the mystery | the treasury?” no signs of reaching the bottom of thestone, It | that shape. I answered all his questions, but { | habiteexcept burglary, and that he always re- | j0bfm@akiug said proposals are manuiacturers of, or | and lettered to onder, 1% pages cach. and show cause for the strange manner in which About twenty dollars in the bank. after the | was getting well along into the afternoon, and | guess he knew about as much regarding it in the | stored the property he stole. | ace in, She ancorias paper whieh hoer they | 55 5 accom Brom spying Beaks eomocien’ r they conducted themselves is the object of this | doctor receives his pay.” both men were beginning to feel faint’ and | end ashe did at first. The broker who bought | ————————! | AT LTB es asses mustbede- | and bind! pee PpOse you are anxious to go to "Frise: hungry. Herron’s interest in the search began | it was sharper and I had tobe mighty carefal | ROPNGATQ | Iirere@as tl it Priuting Uifice, in the | It was Sandas, the fifth af March, when Tom |. “Assoon as you are able, Tom, I think we | to flag. He took the pick from Berkley’s hand, | how lansweredhim. Ithinkhe foundout noth. | PROPOSALS. City of Washington, ia good order free from all | &7 Berkley strolled down to the beach to take a | had better travel.” declaring he would go one foot deeper, and if | ing. 1 thought it best however, to take it in dif- | _— { every extra charge or expense, and subjeatte | = last look of a few remnants of the old Triton Isupposed that was your intention. But, | nothing was found he should make a bee line | ferent shape next time. So I got these crucibles NITED STATES MAIG. the tpepection, cons. weight and mcovgrem at of fen tenves. dollars andl conte, Treaster as that lay jammed high up among some huge | Jim, I'mnot going!” for San Francisco. and this mould for melting it into bars, and | SeeseNGER SERVIGE, " Be Saeeteasl Printer, and Ge tn ab stepects — 'psp evacad Boulders at the foot of the sand-stone cliffs. | Not going! Tom, you're crazy again!” With the first stroke of the pick, there came a | these dies for stamping them with letters and | MESSENGER SERVICE, WASHINGTON, D. © Tos enssijingof en inferior artiste ay of the | CLASS No. 4~PENS, PENHOLDERS, PENCILS. Somehow he felt sad at the thought of neve: j I was never soberer in my life.’ ” rattling metallic sound. Berkley, who had jaid | figures. And, Jim, if we can only keep things Post Ovricu Dxranrmexr. ' classes, or a failure to supply the quant . \ &e — . ing the old ship again. She had been astaunch | “Do you mean to stayon this cursed vldranch | down torest, gave one loud “hurrah!” and | dark our fortune is made.” | WaswixeTon. December 15.1571 H at any time, will be considered « viol #. ship, and true, and many a pleasant hour haa | and milk cows all summer? I'd rather be shot | sprang down into the hole. “Give me your hand, Tom!” said Herron. | _ Sealed Proposals will be received at the Contract contract. al. he paseed on her deck. It made him sad too, tt.” “ By the wicked-waving waterspouts, Jim, | “And, Tom, hope you'll pardon me for mak- | Office of this epartment until $ p.m. of Mance 1. Blank will be furnished a) a when he remembered the shipmates who had t like milking better than you do, | we've struck it at last!” dropping on his knees | ing so much fun of that dream. I'll never do it | 15*2,(to be decided on or before rch 30, 1472.) for | pe TE ng yong eae At “a shared with him the tolls and privations of a going to bunt fora living.” And digging up the soft chalk with his hands. | again. Lod bless ye. You may dream “all you | {8 performance of he mail service named helow for | ¥ will be induced onthe cavsiose," Pre. | fea lang Tor Berkley, { swear you're crazy. | Herron bent over him, eagerly watching his | like after this. All night, yes, and all day, if (¥* Years, from July 1, 1572, to June 30, 1576. | posals for Paper,” and addressed to the Jaws: Com. | 9 ‘All were gone: except Herron. Some bones there to hunt?” work. Both expected to come upon acrock of | yewant to. Look atthem shiners!—My God!” | 3679 From the Washington City Post Office to station | mittee on Publec Printing, either to the “ 1, 2, and 3. per grow lay scattered about among the rocks—the bones | abbits, hare. qu doves, larks, deer, | gold, such as they had read of in fairy books, |" Berkley smiled and relit his ptpe. | ofthe Orange Alexandria Ballroad, Mary- | Hom. B. B. Anthony, Cnai the Senate Oom- | 48. 100, per gross. et his shipmates perhaps.” Tom wasu't much or | 2nd—Jim, shut that door, uo one can hear us, | when DOvS. “Put’em away, Jim, and let us fix on some and one tripon Samiay, Retarn Gipe Concer | matey go Existing: the te. ee an anatomist and couldn't tell. It made him | can they?” Down into the soft chalk Berkley thrust his | kind of a plan to work our mine and not excite Station to post offies, toro Gail: ea man of the House . r en, No. 22, per gross. n - 2 clon,” ion to post office, two daily. Clapp, Co P: a. National Bank Pen, Nos. 5.20, 7-39, feel bad to see them, and cutting @ few chips ‘ot unless you speak loud enough to be | hands and grasped, not the gold coins he ex- | suspicion, Hear office to Baltim .4 Ohio Rail By on of the opr oan. his sheath-kuife from the blackened ribs or | beard fifty yards—Grey is out there by the cor- | pected, but the lin of a chain!” .¢ two friends sat long at their pipes, and it rom the Rost office to Baltimoreand Ohio Rall- public Printing. 82. 10 gross Clothiers? Hollingshead's Pen, blunt old Triton, he walked away off on the long | Tal.” A moment more and the chalk was removed | was late before all their plans were perfected | and two on ‘Sunday. ‘Return trips from anid | @€c23-6.4 Doiut, per grove stretch of gleaming sand towards the south. ‘‘1said1 was going to hunt rabbits, quails, | enough to show them two or three large links of | and they retired to rest. It was agreed that | Station to post eight daily, except Sun- — ——— 33.5 gross peed's Fountain Pen, No. 1, per ‘To-morrow We should be on his way to San | and such, but mostly,” and helowered his voice | a bronze-colored chain of cable. Herron should work at the cable. In order that day, and fve on A ROPOSALS FOR WEA’ 0 : Franciseo. Herron had takep a horse that | to. whisper, “<J°m going to hunt for gold!” Berkely drew a long sigh and looked at Her- | he might not be discovered by the sound of his Wcun tila pink ce te Diditinics al Petaaans TWINB. 34. Wgross Perry & Co.'s, Mo. 197, gilt tips, por morning and had ridden away to the hamlet of Herron looked at h.m iu pitying surprise. ron. Herron re; for a moment the disap- | hammer and chisel, it was deemed best that he Railroad station, two trips daily, except Sua Post Orrice DerartMent, 35. 6 gros do. No. Z. Pescadero, some twelve miles to the north, to “Tom Berkley!” he sald, ‘you're either Etaeed countenance of Berkely, and then | should work at night. sleeping through the day. day. and one on'Sunday. Return trips from | Wasnixoton, D.C., Dec. 22, 1871. s 36. IS gros de Fountalo, Mo. 1%, per secure seats for them in the coach that left | ¢Tazy ora fool! ke into an Immoderate fit of laughter. Berkley was to have the general management | said station to post-office, two daly, except | Sealed Pro) will be received at this Depart- ‘Eton daily for the city. “You'll not say soin amonth from now. Turn “Here's the water and the wood, here’s | of affairs, procure what provisions they needed Bunday, and ene on Sunday, ment until the 24th payor January, 1572, at 12 | 57. 10 gross do Fo. pon. Tom Berkley, watking away over the sand, | out thetea,Jim, while I take upthe hash, and | the chaparral, here’s the black stump, and | from Pescadere, hunt some, dispose of the | — Brcm the post-office to the Potomacateamboate | “elec, noon, for furnishing Wrapping Paper and | 8. 8<ros» @ Spearpeint, No. 24, per with thoughts far away, thinking, he knew | Pll tell you all about it.” here—isn’t the gold—ha! ha! ha!” and Jim Her- | game, ete. He was also to proceed to San Fran. | (mail line), two trips daily, except Surday,and for thé use of the post oflccs inthe United | oy, -f™R- Classic, Bo. 3%, scarcely ot what, of his shipwreck, bis suffer- | Herron did as he was bid: and seating them- | ron held down his sides and iaughed till the | cisco with the bullion when tt was necesear; | pneon Sunday, Returm trips from said stoam- for one year frem the ist day of Fs 7, | 9 *erom eo » Bo. 3, per ings, the long time that had elapsed since he | selves at the rade table, Berkley commenced. | tears ran down his cheeks. It was deemed best not to go the city too often. | _—_—boats te post-office, two daily. i Pe Sgliveres free of @X- | vo. 13, srose Uohen & Son's Palcon Pen, Wo. 48, por eh bis mother in the little seacoast village on “You know, Jim, about my sleeping out Berkley was silent. He could not conceal his | Berkley made the trip generally twice a month. From the post-office to the Norfolk steamboat Wi pro. — gross. the shores of Maine, of the old friends there, ot | there by that spring on the chalk Itcame | great disappointment. He expected to find | The metal being in regular bars, stamped with | (mail line) three trips per week. Trine | hegusty aud tie somes eteetiey of each | 61. 12groe « Bank Pen, No. S1,per the girls: yes, Tom pat of the pretty girls, | mighty near ending my days, that snooze did, | gold enough to make him wealthy for life, be- | numbers and letters, he had no difficulty in | from raid steamboat to postolicn, these wee | artbte are. below! ‘rons. . a of little Bessie Brown, who used to sit in his lit. | but hada dream that t, the strangest | neath that stone. And here was nothing but a | disposing of them without exciting suspicion. week. | 18,400 eeams of rapping 2x25 inches in size, | @. 12 é ennets’ Pen, Bo, tle boat and tish for shiners and gillies—Tom | dream I ever dreamed. I thought I was walk- | bronze cable. He sat there in the hole they Their grandest danger was from thé inhabitant | From Baltimore and Ohio Railroad station to | and to wi Pounds to the ream, each | 5 ip gives Uoien ® Son's Star Pen, por groan, Rondered if Bessie was married yet, she must ing down that way, just as I did that Sunday; | had dugend threw bite of chalkat the contemp- | around Point Ano Nucro. Had they not been | Orange and Alexandria Railroad station, thres ream to contain 3) perfect quires, S: Boe ee. Pig Pen. per orone be 2 woman now—thinking of all these things, | that I was thirsty and clambered up that ravine | tible chain. ‘The beautitul alr castles of wealth | to purchase large quantities of game from wan {rips daily except Sunday,and two trips on «0 Tenme of Wrapping Faper. 2x4) inches in | {5° i ao fc. Der andwalking as be thought, Tom found hineeit | after water, that I found a good place to drink | and bappiness he had bali all lay there in that | dering hunters, they would doubtiess have been Sunday. trips, two' daily. ents, i, pounds to the ream, | $f Zdesen boxes Uillott’s Best Swen Quill Peas, a long way trom the Point.and ina place new | aud took a drink, just as I actually did, mind | hole, demolished now in ruins. Henceforth the | watched and their true occupation discovered. | Frcm Baltimore and Ohio Railroad station to 30,600 pounds of Cotton, ‘Twine, in to weigh per box and strange to him. The high sand-stone cli@ts, | ye. 1 thought I then laid down to rest, fell | forecastle and hard fare through all his life for | The milkmen from Grey's who occasionall Potomac steamboats, three trips daily, except about one half pound each, to measure from | ©. 2 dozen boxes best Quill Pens, per box. between which and the sea lay the smooth | asicep, ond had a dream. In that dream I | him. Bah! what afool he hadbeon. Jim was. | cameiuto their eabin and found Heron ho ke al Sunday. and two on Sunday. Return trips, 220 to 775 yardeto the pound, to be§ ply.and | ey 10 dosen beat Ruboer oF Gata Percha Pen bol beach, were seen away of towards the north | thought some one came to me and told me toget | right—he must be crazy. were informed that he was suffering from a | - Wo dally. Se anata by Ree nae teens | ™. ere, tapented slang aacobered. pracsea and near him instead of the cliffs were a series | Up, that he had something to tell me. He then ie clambered out at the hole and commenced | severe attack of rheumatism. From Baltimore and Potomac Railroad station 9.999 penta er eee es, in balls 00. S0doren Cedar-swell Handle Por holders, ae of chalky bills broken up by sharp ravines and | told me to note everything around there, the | putting on his coat, slowly, his eyes bent upon | Thus passed thesummeraway. The bank ac- | to Orange and Alexandria Railroad station, pa YR mo eee oe | orted sizes, ordered. per d xen . aroyas. The ravines were short and precipi- | little stream of water, the chalk boulders, a | the ground. count of Thomas Bradley—Berkley was careful, | two trips daily, except Sunday, and one on ure from 50 to 35 is to the pound to be | _ PENCILS, Ac. tous. and did not ron at right angles with the | black streak in the side of the cliff, a dead | - Herron had his on already and with the bro- | not to give his name—grew rapidly. Bunday, Return trips, two daily, except Sun- 3 ply, and 0 ts toprevent their be | 70. 128dozen A.W 'Faber's best Biack Lead Pon Dut came down in a diagonal direction, | gTeasewood and the back end of the plateau ken axe on his shoulder wasabout starting down | Game wasscarce, but the two sailor-hunters a oer loose and tangled by % Se a a Pacers Dak 3 chalk hills were nearly parallel | Hunch of chapyaral under it, ete. ‘Then he told | the ravine when he wascalled back by Berkley. | of Point Ano Nuevo still pursued their humbte | From Baltimore and Potomac Railroad station | . Samples of the articles required will be fi 10: SE less. 8d, es eoiacch Geman ok » | me that in. ehat banch of chap there was | |‘: Well, what is it now?” he demanded, his | calling, though Jim Herron still suffered from | {4 Potomac steamboats, two trips daily except | <0 persone who dasire to bid) on tion to the fo agate pSennoun. om, Sar 1 | something that looked like the black stump of a | voice betraying all the vexation he felt. the rheumatism. The months of October and | Sen kelly emieys Oona onions beat | DB arerar deer’ | 72. aodozen A.W. Faber's Carmine and Blue, bexa- i | tree, and that under that was gold; gold in Berkley looked intently down into the hole | November passed away and found them still | y —" *+ | “More or ices than the estimated quantities may ae Ao the heat ofa furnace. Tom felt thirsty; @ little | Cnormous quantities. As soon as he told me | and for several moments did not answer him. ursuing their work. Sometime in September | INSTRUCTIONS TO BIDDERS, be erdered as the necessities of the Department 75. @doren A Faber's Large Blue, round, Fivulet came trickling down one of the ravines | this I turned to look at him, to see what kind of | “Jim,” at length, he sald, ina soliloquizing | the found a large link in the cable on | ‘XCLUDING CONDITIONS TO BE EMBRACED 1N THE way require, at the discretion of the Postmaster | =, jg¥iaip-verdomm. | = and sunk into the sand. He turned Into the ra- | # looking fellow he was, and just then I awoke, | tone, as though speaking as much to himself as | which was a kindof Tablet covered with steam CONTRACT. General +. Paneiis, Bes. I—4, as ordered, round. gilt, per dozen vine and commenced clambering up to find a | “I saw everything just as he pointe 75. Sdexen Penracks, French pattern, Mo. 16, per de: where he id drink. The chalkstones | me, only | hadn't time to search for ¥ umbled away and the sides of | home, and you know how it has been |. ‘1 do not know, answered Herron. “Thavn’t | interested in antiquarian research, Berkley | {be direction tout to | to his companion, ‘how ‘long do you think thas | characters resembling somewhat the syllable | (The hour of arrival at and departure from the | _ Each bidder must fuinish with his pry - , “s sy Washington ‘ost Office to be at all times under | ®utece of his ability to comply with his bid, and ne stump. | old cable has lain here?’ ritingof the Chinese. Not being particularly hin City ree Poctenanters (Romper To's | certificate from a postmaster that such guarautors neath his te | zen. be direction of the Postmaster: Perr ED | 76. 10doxen ‘Paper Folders, pelished ivory, 9 imeh, the ravine sLowed signs of once having been | sim thought anything about it. I sappose it has | melted it up with the rest, and thus the only | 3 core ‘Awards will be made for each article separately,if | .- dozen abraided by the action of water. In the de- | Berkley stopped and looked at his compan- | been there a Jong time.” vi Clue for discovering the origin of that strange tne er two horse wagons of supleat coperity ed moet advantageoustothe Department.” | T7- rodisen ron eee See, wae AE Rete Pressions and crevices were smail deposits of | ion te note the effect ot his story. Itwas evi- | ‘That's what I think,” said Berkley. | anchor and cable was lost. the entire matl, well ted br a guitabie water’ | ‘Two euficieat euretice Will be required to each | 78. dover Tron Papert W cighte, oval, inches"ai washed sea sand. dau eeren it as the wild dream of a | “ Longer than you or Ihave anyideaof. Per- | No rain fell of any amountthroughout the au- ee ren ag eee arana Svea | L teitece bo faraich ppettetly wey ertide ase- | ‘emoter, per deren. Siren ttle o: geology. mevertheles: | aman sustering from the effects of « fever. haps five hundred years, perhaps a thousand or | tum, and by the middle of December the. inst | cm depredaiions; aud when cs see eigis | tracted for, or am attempt wee upon the De- | 79. Sdozen G: he could not help wondering how that sand | ‘You don't believe anything in the dream, | two thousand. No one knows, or ever will | quailhad been sent to market, the cable all the driver as guard: the horecs, wagons, harness, | partment articles inferior, iu the opinion of the | came there; seventy feet above the present | do you, Tom?” asked Herron. know. Evidently it has lai here long enough | melted into bars and the two sailors abandoned | driver, and guard to be subject at titnes tothe | POstmaster General, to those contracted for, will be Seack. . | “1 can’t say that I did much, Jim, until to- | for that wood to turn to stone and that copper | their cabin and proceeded to San Francisco. Postmaster’s control and approval. | comsidered sufficient cause for the forfeiture ot the | He gained at lasta little shelf of plateau | day,” said Berkley. “This atternoon I. went Berkley drew his money from the bank where | | ‘The bids for this sorvice are to cover aii trans- | contract. comcast | mbere there wes s clear pool of water, and lay- | down there, and took a look at things. I found he had deposited it and divided it equally with | portation of mail matter to or from the Washington | . Bide not made in canformity with this edvertise- mg down took « long and deep dranght. There | everything jest as 1 saw it in my dream, and, Herron to the last dime—somethmng over four | City Host Omice, cad to a rarved sand steamboots | ihe Postmaster Generel, reserves the right to }- was an weetish taste to the water and not | Jim—" Tom again lowered his yulce to a Wel thousand dollars each! pened eee 2 w netncnnce ob Jreg | reject any or all bids, if in bis opinion it is required’) wholly unpleasant. The exertion of climbing | whisper—* J found that stump, too!” “No nation at this time uses these wooden an- “ Nota bad summer's work,” observed Tom. pul PMc ope | any name or patare, amounting by the interests of the Department. ] up the ravine rendered Tom somewhat meant | "i Hernct the patty eked thoeron. cbora” baalie Some three or four of the ‘bars they ‘maved to | Several wagun loa dll: andi ue be divinely "Proponale must be on ths envelope *Pro- | and stretching himself out ona smooth surface | ‘No, 1 didn’t find the gold, because I had | ‘* What ifthey don’t?’ show the old folks at home how the strange | understood that the or will not say | pose foe repens Sree aereponale for | Of the chalk ill, he was soon asleep. nothing to hunt for it with. But, Jim Herron, ‘ That, then, must be a very old anchor.” dream came true. increase of compensation during the contract term er e<D the yint Assistant Post Perbaps it was the hot san or it may h by the holy horn spoons, the gold is there, and | ‘Well, suppose it is!” They took passage in a clipper ship bound | [Sr "Ess in combeyueneect tee follureet thewete | WING. AJ CRESWELL, nm some peculiar property of the water t we must have it.” ‘; Then it follows that the cable is equally | homeward, round the Horn. Like most sailors | SY dclay in conbequenes of the failure of themails | 4. | 4. * *: Postmaster General. made Tom sleep s0 long fee ‘nyho: “Tom, you're crazy as a coot.”” old.” they had a great dislike to steamers. The boll- | Sfany of the de ‘steamboat. change | - - moon w a long way up, the night o «It won't make «Of course!” ight basse or there mi depots or ings. OF - were hooting off inthe’ timber, aud‘not far | ifweonly get thogolde ent rny MY | tc How many years, Jim, would it take for an | HRN beret oF the eer Toc tan easel Tom. | (ate oemtien, ofthe Rost Omice Stoaateay: | PBOPOSALS FOR LETTER BALANCES. wo res} term, there is to be no increase: above him on the crest of the hill a couple of |‘ And you are geing to hunt for fron cable to rust entirely away? Five huu- | Just ove year from the day when the Tri "Esch bid must be guaranteed by oan ie | : evvotes were looking down at him and cating “OF phe 7 one ing proves true | dred?” was ereckee |, the Cormorant sailed out of the persons, ond the cocested eater will be reat { Wasmixcron De Decent Big and yelping I@ & manner not altogether pleas: | thus far, and so long as it does, I'm going to tol- | _“* No, not fifty.” Golden Gate, homeward on their long | Snter into contract and bond. with two be ‘ant. low it up.” « Then it isn't iron?” journey, Thomas ‘and James Herron. | Suple and suaicioncy. 2 ‘Tom got upand shgok himself. He felt sti’ | “* Andin the end ud yourselt most eonfound- | ‘“ Of course not; any fool ean see that.” ‘enn was, in its or oo great horn spoon:.” said T. Gee a ‘and I don’ Part ls Tn pte log _ > =,” sald Tom,» 1 | Oe essen é Fecpeckoy baneve eehada dream!” sexe | erence between poe Gk mae ee ee ee Tao wot inks ie would ‘om had some very pecaliar oat Whe Propose to commence your | “Then that cable nly (0 himself. He sat ‘own ona chalk boul- | omar - posed of base metal.” der, res d his head tn his hands and never “To-morrow. I want moved for at least balf an hour. The owis | help dig up that stump. ites. ad ae indice: hooted ow, and the coyotes grew noiser and | tions of treasure, I shall be willi for you to go ne Sr aera nearer along the sides of | to the city aesoom a8 you please-—ston oni. | wish.”” ‘Tom never noticed them. He arose after a | Shall not also?” a percentage of ‘while, shivered and brushed the chalk from his | “No. Ton weees least one month be- Hallion rch in gid clothes. muttering: search.” By ihe big blue blaffer: I believe I've been | g 2: uy Fe : : 3 ” Th = fins 6 moon’ E; here ii j ever know Sees must get ont ‘ot thls bat, by the A Yortune-telle, oF clairvoyant directing ous much peg It was, VU find out all | sucha spot. Men who that track always me S cocoa s! if i i i rdhian't the right way for people to 4 Perhaps it isn’t, Jim. Batif the gold is there and you help me to get it, I don’t believe will refuse your share.” “) Wait til) itis found ana perhaps I can tell tter. q ty i had no idea that he had travelledso far as away He bad at least three miles to go ere he em three o'clock in ing when he crawled into his bunk, shi and aching in every joint, and mattering— nest old dream Tom Berkley ever had!" | | get most mightity tooled, and serves them right ' zt fe He ‘ § 3 h ak time thinking of his shone ont bri; the next morning, ‘When I stra > arcane in the Kilts. At atte: in the corral | summer, Ala Birkiey a Bo ri palatal, frightful fancies i: saab teeaccely we sen out on Bb wid ‘goose co new we When Ton a 2 the sun wasshiming brightly | hunt,as be termed it, tremfiy long without