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STORIES FBOM THE DIARY OP A DOCTOR. THE STRANGE CASE OF CAPTAIN GASCOWNE- " There is no immediate d age r." 1 usid to Captain Gaacoigne." Imt your father has evidently set i is heart on something. lie has a fixed idea so fixed and persistent that his mind will turn to nothing else. Is it not pos- sible/' I continued abruptly. " to give him relief f" " In short to do what be wishes f" aid Captain Gascoigne. " No. that is impossible. The subject can't even be talked over," be continued. " Now. gen- tlemen." he added, looking from Luins- den to me, " I think dinner U ready." We went into the dining-room and seated ourselves at the table. A buge log fire burned in the grate. The mas- sively-furnished room looked the pic- ture of winter comfort; nevertheless. I possible 1 Can you not see for yourself that the present state of affairs U agony to met" " I am certain of it," I replied. " I must not urge you father. The fact is. Lumaden has told me something of your story. Only a very grave cause would make you refuse to fulfil your engage- ment with Miss Lyuwood." " You are. right. The cause is very grave." " You can't tell me what it is t It U pos-sible that I might lie able to coun- sel you." " Thanks ; but I am past counsel the end ia inevitable unless, indeed. but. no I must not bring myself to entertain hope. The person now to be considered is my father. You say. doc- tor, that if his wish ii> this matter U not grat ified. be will die f" " It seems extremely like it." I said. " He has evidently set his heart on your marriage in his present diseased state the has become a don't think any of us had much appe tile there waa a sense of tragedy evon In the very air. After dinner, aa we | to do then. to mania. see you married "There is nothing whatever for mo " " were sitting over wine Dr Lumsden's nim j" wou|d eanveraation snd mine turned upon me- dical matters; Captain (iascoigne. who had heen silent and depressed during the meal, took up a copy of the Times and began to read. Dr. Luuisden ask- ed sue one or two questions with regard to recent discoveries in preventive medicines. We touched lightly on many subjects of interest to medical men like ourselves, and I did not sup- pose for a moment t hat Captain Gas- roigne listened to a word of our con- claimed. he said. " but to lie to varcely do that." I ex- . " Yes you would, if you were me. I must pledge myself ; he must be saved. Not another word my mind is made up." H- left me before I could expostu- late further, and returned to the sick room. The old man's arms were flung out over the bed clothes he was mut- tering to himself and pulling feebly at the sheets. Captain Gascoigne went and sat down by t he lied he laid one of his hands on his father's, holding it firmly down. ' Listen to me." be said, in a low versa t ion lie rose presently, and told voice. " I have reconsidered every- us that he wa going to find out how bis father was now. When he return- ed to the room. I was telling Lumsden Lynwood." thing. I alter my determination not to marry. I swear now, before Heav- en, that if I live I will marry Helen of one or two interesting cases which I had lately come across in my hospital practice. " I am certain." I said, "that inocu- lation with attenuated virus is to 1* the future treatment of many of our great diseases. " Captain Gaacoigne had come across the room. When I said these " Do you Rol>ert mean It. Dick?" said Sir "On my honour, yes. father; I have spoken." " Good Ixjy good boy ; this U a re- lief. That queer scruple alut your health is laid to rent, then I" "Quite, father. If I live. Helen j shall lie my wife." ) ia lf " \ ou never told me a lie yet. Dick you are speaking the truth now I" " On my honour." said the soldier. words be stood as motionless as if some- j He looked his father full in the eyes. thing had turned him into stone. I rais- | The sick man gave a pleased smile and ed my head, and our eyes suddenly met. "* i ^"^'y'ou^IMek b, ^a ; I I observed a startled, interested ex- am qui(e aatisfied-w hen can the tnar- pression on his face. Quick aa lightning riage take place f" an idea came to me. I turned my eyes l nee<) XVe v n .^ d a" 1 (l * <Ute -nigbt. away and continued, with vigour:- "MaTa*; I trust you. Dick." "Such inoculation is. without doubt. Perhaps, sir. you will try and sleep the future treatment for consumption, i now your mind Iwing at rest." Even granted that Dr. Koch's theory .." Vea. my mind is quite at rest." said has failed, there is every reason to hope that in that direction the real cure lies. The new antitoxin treatment of diph- theria p'roves the same thing ; even now there are not unknown cases where certain forms of cancer have len com- pletely eradicated in short, the poison eliminated from the body by means of inoculation." " We medical men accept such theor- ies very slowly." said Dr. Luuisden. "It will lie many years before we can con- fidently employ them." "Why not. if by so doing you can cure di.seise?" said Captain Gascoigne, abruptly. We hoth looked at him when he spoke. " Why not if you can cure disease I" he repeated. " Why not f" repeated Dr. Lumsden " because we doctors dare not run risks. Why. sir. we Mhould lie respon- sible for the deaths of our patients if we attempted to use means of cure which were not proven, in short, es- tablished by lung precedent." " Well, gentlemen," he said. " I can't attempt to argue with you. It is my firm belief, however, that the general run of medical practitioners are over- cautious. I allude, of course, to oases which are supposed under the ordin- ary treatment to lie hopeless. Hurely If the patient wishes to try the chance of a comparatively immature discovery. it is allowable for him to do sof" " Such a case is unmnimon." I re- plied ; "as a rule, the sick man prefers to go upon the lieatnn track in other words, does not trouble himself alxiut the treatment of his disease, leaving it entirely to his doctor." " How have you found the patient. captain f interrupted Dr. Lumsden. " Asleep, but rest lens the nurse thinks there U an increase of fever." " I will go and see for myself," I said. rising . My conversation with Lumsden was broken up, End was not again resumed We lath spent an anxious night with 4 lie patient, whose case was the reverse of satisfactory. A.% I he hours flew on. the restless wanderings of mind seem- ed to increase rather thin diminish The fird idea of an immediate marriage for his son was again and again alluded tr> In the sick man. He was restless when Captain (iascoigne went out of the room. When he wan present he was even more restless, calling him to his side many times, and asking him in ? trained, irritable tones if the .special icense. had lieen applied for. snd if Hel- en as he called her wax m t he house. Towards morning the delirious and excited state of the patient became ao alarming that I fell cert >in that if nothing were, done to relieve him. fresh hemorrhage of the brain would set in I went out of the room motion- ing Captain (iascoigne l<> follow me. "1 fear," I said, "that tho evident anxieiy from which your father is -.uf femur in acting prejudicially, In short. unless something can Iw done, to re liev- him, I most n>dif\ I he favorable opinion which I have already given \.m of his case. I n less his mind is imme- diately relieved, be may have nnoibi-i attack lie fore many hours have uiie t'\ Such an attack will lie, in all prob- the baronet " Dick never told me a He in his life thank the Almighty for His goodness. 1 shall live to see my frandcbildren alxiut the old place yes. am sleepy I don't want a compos- ing draught keep at my side. Dick, until I drop off. We'll have Helen here early in the morning how happy she will lie. poor little girl I should like to see Helen as soon as I awake." The patient kept on mumbling in a ' mi tented, soothed voice all trace of irritation had left his voice and man- ner. In less than half an hour he waa sound asleep. He slept well during the night, and in the morning was decid- edly lietter the anxious symptom- had abated, and I had every hope of hi.s making a quick recovery. One of nis first inquiries were for Miss Lynwood. " I am going to fetch her," said the captain. I saw him drive off in the dog-cart. In aliout an hour and a half be return- ed with the young lady. I was stand- ing by the patient's side when she came in. She was dressed in furs, and wore a small fur cap over her bright hair. The drive had brought a fresh colour to her cheeks her eyes spark- led. She entered the room in the alert way which I had observed about her when I HSW her for a moment on the previous day. She went straight up to the sick man and knelt down by his side " Well, dad." she said, " you see. it is all right." " 1 marvelled at her tone it was full of joy. Had Captain Gaacoigne told her the truth? Or had he, by any chance, tried to deceive this lieautiful girl, in order more effectually to aid his father's recovery! Watching her more closely, however, I saw that she was brave enough to play a difficult part. "Yes. Helen, it is all right." said the Dick is well, and has come That illness of his turn- false alarm he had an to his senxea. nd out to ti- aa 1 and said, ability, fatal." I looked hard at the captain poke He had folded la> arms, stood very erect facing HIP " What do yon propose?" he abruptly. " Viu have evidently given him dis- tress." I said. "Can you not recon- sider the position .'" He gave a short irritable laugh "('iKxl heaven*, do lot," he etrl^imed " don't you suppose I am man enough to accede to my father's wish, if it were attack of neive.s. nothing more. We'll have a gay wedding in a few daya. lit- tle girl." " You n.ust get well." she answered, palling hi.s cheek " Heinenilier. noth- ing can lie done until you are well." Ulesx you, child, 1 shall be well fast enough make you To mr face mil Dick's wool, I man well. Where is that nur.se ? U hv doesn't she bring me food I declare I'm as hungry as a hawk Ah. doctor, you I here f" continued the baronet, raising his eyes and fixing i I. in on my face. "Remember, you didn't cure me It wan Dick's doing, not yours Dirk, bless him. has set the old man right." I left t lie r.xim abruptly. Captain Gascoigne met me on the landing. " You play your put well." I said "but what about the denonment t" "I have considered everything." said I he captain " I shall knap my word. II I live I will marry." I looked at him in astonishment. A glance -.lii.wed me that he did not mear i o confide further in me then, and 1 SIM. n afterwards returned to town Lumsden promised to write to repoit i be patient's progress; ami. much pu/ xled as to the intimate issue of tln> ?ueer -t,n\. I resumed my town work arrived in London i"ii l\ in the after- noon, and wenl immediately to visit some patients. When I returned to my own bouse it was dinner-time. The in ,i peis4.ii I met in the hall was Cap i mi ua.scoigne. " Have you bail new.s /" I cried, in astonishment " Is there a change for "No. no. nothing of the sort." was 1 1..- ir|d\ " My father mends rapidly The fact ia. I have come to see you on my own account . In short . I have made up my mind to consult you." " I am right glad to hear it." I an- swered, heartily. " You must join me inner now. and afterwards we will go carefully into your case." " I am anxious to catch the night mail liack to Wolverton," said the cap- lain ; " but. doubtless, you can spare an hour to me after dinner, and that, I am sure, will lie quite sufficient " During the meal which followed. Cap- tain Gascoigne was silent and distrait. I diil not interrupt him with many re- marks, but as soon aa it was over we went ntraight to the point " Now," he said. " I will tell you what is up. I had made up my mind to car- ry my secret to the gr-ive. The strange stain of affairs at 'The Priory,' howe\.-r has induced me to l.reak this resolve. I have a double reason for confiding in you. Dr Halifax Kirst. lcause of what occurred last night second, in conse- quence of some words which you let drop in conversation with Dr. Lumsdn These words seemed very strange to me at the time, but the more I think over them, the more anxious I am to talk further with you on tthe subject In short, they have inspired me with the ghost of a hope " "What is the matter with you T" I said, abruptly. " W hat ia your ma- lady f" The captain bad been seated he now stood up. IKB off with this coat, doctor, if you will," he said. I removed it carefully, but notwith- standing all my precautions I saw him wince ax I touched his right arm. " You notice t his hand," he said. hold- ing out his right hand as he spoke : "you noticed it the other day when I as driving t" " Yes," I replied ; " it is much swol- en. It Is. That could be set down to gout or rheumatism, could it not f" " It could." I answered ; " it has, doubtless, another cause." It has, Dr. Halifax. You shall ex- amine my terrible disnase for yourself Imt first let me tell you what ails ne." He leant against the mantelpiece as he spoke his face waa very white )ne or two beads of perspiration ston! irominently out on his forehead. When le began to speak he looked straight it me with a frown Iwtween his eyes. "liod knows I never meant to whine about this to anyone," he said ; "I meant take it as a man it was the state if the old governer and Helen's grief and her wonderful bravery that upset me. Well, here's the case. You must mow that my mother died of cancer- he thing was hushed up. but the fact remains she suffered horribly. I re- collect her last days even now. I was oy at the time. The dread of 1 m ei of having inherited such a fear- ul disease ban haunted me more or all my life Two or three years igo in India I had a had fall from my jorse I came down with great weight upon my right -.boulder. The stiffness nd soreness remained for some time. and then they paaaed away. A year alar the stiff is* and soreness began o return my *houlder-l>one liegan to o thicken I could only move it with lifficulty. I consulted some doctors who set dewn the whole affection to rheumatism, and , we me ordinary lini- ne.nis The (isin did not aliale. but grew worse. The shoulder liegan to swell and soon afterwards the arm. right dow n. as you see, to my finger- ips. These painful symptoms set in aliout sit months ago. I was e\- lected home, and all the arrangements 'or my wedding were complete. I was wixed. however, with forelwdings. As SIN. n ss ever I lauded in Kngland. I went (o see the veil-known specialist for tumors. Sir Jehn Parkes. He waa not long in giving his verdict. It was oncisive and conclusive. lie said I waa suffering from oateoaarcoma of the shoulder that the disease waa advanc- ed, that the removal of the entire arm ind shoulder-hone might aave my life. "it the disea.se waa in such a position nvolving the liones of the shoulder gir- dle, and having already invaded the glands, that the probabilities were al- nost certain that it would return, lad a bad quarter of an hour with the surgqon. I went away, spent the night n town, and quickly made up my mind how to act. I would break off mjr en- gagement and go from home to die. shrank inexpressibly from my father or Miss Lynwood knowing the exact nature of my sufferings. It would be nere.ssary to tell them that the state of my health forbads matrimony, but I firmly resolved that they should never know by what horrible disease I was to die. That is the case in brief, doctor." (To be Continued.) IS THE MOON INHABITED? TBM rr.bahiunr. sr Thai It Is >.i-u a* Me 4lmpbrr. It U impossible, of course, for us to know anything positively concerning the question whether the moon is or is not inhabited. However, the astron- omers long sinon generally agreed that ill.- probabilities are altogether against such a supposition. In coming to this unanimous conclusion the astronomers did nnt express themselves thus posi- tively without making provisions for extraordinary conditions that might ex- ist on the faue of fair Luna So in recording their disbelief in the idea that the shining planet is inhabited, they did so by saying : " If inhabited at all, it is certainly not peopled by beings similar to those existing on the sun f id- of MIII globe " The strongest pie sumption against (he existence of ani- lual life on the moon is found in the fact that "our silvery sister world" has no atmosphere. If she has an atmosphere at all, and Much is hardly likely, it is not of sufficient density to support animal life even in its lowest forms. The proof of the nonexiatence of a lunar atmosphere is found in the fact that the planet viewed through a telescope shows no haxe or dimness on the edge of its dink. and. sivindly. when the mo. m intervenes ltween us and the more distant heivcnly I ...dies there is not the least trace of refraction vis- ible. The. conclusion, therefore, is that i lie moon is without either an atmo- sphere or annual inhabitants. wmmjammp.] A COMPANY WIT.. <30,000 CAPITAL ORGANIZED Aa onuh.n. 1.1. i, ,.rh <' Trea>nrfe-l.rr< Have > rvw- * for lh*vc a ICsalarr. Is w I* " It seems odd that just at the dawn of the twentieth century a regularly in- corporated company with a capital of 960.000 should be working night and day to recover the buried treasures of Capt. Kidd. Yet that is what the Oak Island Treasure Company is doing at Oak Island in Mahone Bay on the south- east coast of Nova Scotia. A score of men are digging away under the direc- t i' n of a superintendent . The company does not claim that the treasure it is striving for was buried necessarily by Capt. Kidd. but that it was buried years ago by pirates. Oak Island U scarcely a mile long and perhaps half a mile wide. It rises gradually from the water's edge until Uie centre, at the highest point, it ~" t above the sea level. There is rather a sparse growth of scrubby oak at the eastern end. The formation of the island U hard clay. The only build- <n|^fcu be seen are an old farmhouse and a li>tle shanty occupied by the sup- erintendent of tlje works. The "works" comprise three or four pits and a queer rig suggestive of the Southern cotton gin. A horse walks around in a circle harnessed to a pole. This pole connects with a primitive windlass. Thus are the barrels of dirt and mud. but so far no money, brought from the pits to the surface. Here is the story of the bid- den treasure as told by Adam Tupper. the superintendent : " Much fiction has been written con- cerning great sums of money and vast quantities of jewels buried by pirates some 200 years ago somewhere along the Atlantic coast. I deal only with facts as stated by men now living who hod a hand in them or as told to them by men now dead. " About the close of the last century this part of the country was very spar- sely populated, and Oak Island was without an inhabitant. In 1795 three men Smith. McGinnis. and Vaughn- visited the island, and while rambling over the eastern part of it. came to a spot of which the unusual and strange conditions at once attracted their at- tention. Vaughn himself, who waa ONLY A LAD OF 18 at this tima. subsequently related these facts to Robert Creelman. who still lives at I'pper Stcwiacke. Nova Scotia, and who was afterward the manager of a company formed to recover the treas- ure This spot had every appearance of having been cleared many years before. Red clover and other plants altogether foreign to the soil in its natural state were growing. Near the centre stood a large oak tree with marks and figure* on its trunk. One of the lower and larger branches of this, the outer end of which bad been sawed off. projected dir- ectly over the centre of a deep circular depression in the land about thirteen feet in diameter. These and other signs shortly after led the three men named to commence work. After an interval of six or seven years, accounts of the wonderful dis- coveries had spread over the province. and Dr Lynds. a young physician of Truro. Nova Scotia, visited the island and interviewed Smith. Vaughn. anl McCinnis. On his return to Truro a iumpanT waa formed for the purpose of continuing the search. Work was at once resumed by this company, and the through eight inches of oak. which t bought to be the bottom of the first I box and the top of the next ; then BIX inches nf spruce; then into clay sevea without striking anything elae. "In next boring the plat/arm waa struck as before at ninety-eight feet; passing through this, the auger fell about eighteen inches and came ia con- tact with, as supposed, the 8IDK Of A CASK. The 1 1 : revolving close to the side of the csk give it a jerky and ir- regular motion. On withdrawing the auger several splinters of oak. such aa might come from the side of an oak stave, and a small quantity of a brown fibrous substance closely resembling the busk of a cocoanut were brought up. The distance between the upper and lower platforms was found to be six feet. "Not satisfied with the result of the last boring, another crew, of which James I'lthla.lo was foreman, was sent to make further investigations, with line result as before. of IpiH-r Stewiacke. 5 radically the oim Gammell , ___ .. __ . who was present at the boring and who was a large shareholder, stated that he saw Pitblado take something ouV of the auger, wash, and examine it close- ly. then put it in his pocket Whn - by it.-iniiiiell to show what it was. he declined, and said he wuuld show it at the rueetinif of directors on their return, but Pitblado failed to appear at the meeting. It was subsequently re- ported that Pilblado had made some revelations to the then manager of the Acadia Iron Works at Londonderry. Nova Scotia, which revelations led the manager to make a determined but un- iu<v.j(ful effort to get possession of that part of the island where the trea- sure is believed to be. But as he was a few yean later called to England, and Pitblado mean time bad been accident- ally killed in a gold mine, nothing fur- ther came of it. "Work was not resumed until the following summer, 1830. when a new shaft was sunk at the west side of the ' money pit.' and about ten feet from it. This shaft was 109 feet deep, and was through the hardest kind of red clay. A tunnel wait driven from the bottom in the direction of the ' money pit.' Just before reaching that point the water burst in and the workmen fled for their lives. In twenty minutes there was forty-five feet of -water in the new pit. The sole object in view in sinking this shaft was to increase the bailing facilities, for which purpose pre- parations bad been made, and bailin was resumed in both the new and "Insult to injury. I run LI stand all his ill treatment, in" in- 1 I the bruised and beaten wife I would say nothing about this awful bump he has raised on my head. Hut \ii.l In- n- she, sobbed as though her heart would break He has not got it on straight) She signed the complaint. shaft was excavated to a depth of ninety-five feet. Marks were found every ten feet as before, and an iron bar was frequently .:sed in taking sound- ing*. The ninety-foot mark was a flat stone about three feet long and sixteen inches wide. On it marks or charac- ters had been cut Afterward it was placed in the jamb of a fireplace that Mr. Smith was building in his house. and while there was viewed by many people. Years afterward it was taken out of the chimney and removed to Hali- fax to have, if possible, the characters deciphered. One expert gave his read- inn of the inscription to be: "Ten feet below are two million pounds buried." I give his statement for what it is worth. It is not claimed that this is the correct interpretation, but it has never been disputed I'ntil the depth of ninety-five feet was reached no water had been encountered, neither had sand or (travel through which water could pnxsihly filter been met. It waa Saturday evening when thh depth had been reached, and it was at this point that A WOODEN PLATFORM waa struck, extending over the entire surface of the shaft, as revealed by the soundings. " I mil 1819 nothing was done in the direction of recovering the treasure, but in that year a new company was formed, and operations were resumed at the old stand. At this time two of the olil diggers, namely. Dr. Lynds of Truro and Mr Vaughn of We.stern Shore, were still alive, and gave the managers much valuable information regarding the old working*. Mr. Vaughn quick- ly located the site of the 'money pit.' which in the mean time had been fill eil np. Diairintf was commenced ami went on without interruption until the depth of eighty-six feet lrd been reach- ed, when the water again put in ap- pearanc" and the men were driven out of the pit. " After an unsuccessful attempt to bail the water out work was suspen.'ei! the men returned to their homes Shortly after. men wit h boring apparatus of primitive description, used in pros- lied ing for coal, were sent to the island. J. B. McCully of Truro. who is .still living and can vouch for the.se facts, was manager. A platform was rigged in the money pit' thirty feet below the surface and just above the water. The boring started, the platform was struck at ninety-eight feet, just as the old diggers found it when sounding with the iron bar \ft.r Roinir, through this platform which was five inches thick, and i>n> veil to be spruce, the auger droppei twelve inches and then went thr four inches of oak ; I h>Mi il wenl through twenty-two inch's of metl ii ing old Pits, each being equipped with two- horse gins. Work was carried on NIGHT AND DAY for about a week, but all in vain, the only difference being that with the doubled appliances the water could be kept at a lower level that formerly. About this time the discovery was made that the water was salt, and that it rose and fell in both shafts about eigh- teen inches, corresponding with the tides. " It was considered extremely impro- bable that the flow of water came through a natural, it must be through an artificial one. having its inlet some- where on the shore. In support of the i theory that the water did not enter the money pit' through a natural channel, it waa argued that had it done so the original diggers must have struck it. ind. if they did. it ia certain that the workmen would have been driven from the pit by the great flow of water, and the shaft would necessarily have been abandoned. This evident ly was not the case, as there ia ample evidence from the fact that the wooden platforms were carefully placed in position at the bot- tom of the shaft, as well a* the fact that the abaft had been systematical- ly filled up. with marks placed at every ten feet. Acting on this theory, a search was at once begun in order tc find such an inlet. "Smith's Cove, on the eastern end of the island and about thirty rods from the 'money pit,' was first examined by reason of its many natural advantages as) a starting point for work of this :ind. and from the fact that at about he centre of this cove it had always been noticed that at low tide water was running out of the sand. Investi- gations were begun at this point, and he result of a tew minutes' shovelling proved beyond a doubt that they had struck the place they were looking for. After removing the sand and gravel covering the beach, they came to a cov- ering or bed of a brown, fibrous plant the fibre very much resembling th husk of a cocoanut. and when compared no difference in t he iwever. it was subsequently proved to be A TROPICAL PLANT in former times used as ' dunnage in stowing ship's cargo. The surface cov- ered by this plant extended 145 feet pieces. Imt tin' fill.- I 1,1 tak . of ii in except three links. le-u'inhling i an ancient watch chain. U then wenl with the plant that was bored out the 'money pit,' no differenc- two could be detected. Ha along the shore line, anil from a little above low to high witter mark, and about two inches in thickness. Under- lying this and to the same extent was about four or five inches of decayed eel grass, and under this was a compact mas* of beach rocks free from sand or gravel. " It was found impracticable to re- move these rocks and make further in- vestigations unless the tide was kept back. Accordingly a coffer dam was built around this" part of the cove, in- cluding the boundaries, but an unusual- ly high tide overflowed the top of the dam. and as it ha-1 not been construct- ed to resist pressure from the inside. when the tide receded it waa carried away. Other pits were dug. but they. too. soon filled with water. and for the time the work was given up. " Not long ago n \ oun.; man found on the island a copper i-oin weighing an ounce and a half, dated 1317, on which were various strange devices. Some years ago a b<t swain's stone whistle was also foun I on t he island, of a very ancient pattern, but ii was accidentally broken by the finder and was thrown away. " It is perfectly evident that the great mistake thus far has been in attempt- ing to 'bail out' the ocean through the us pits. Our company uses uuxl- ern appliances for cutting off the flow of water through the tunnel at a point near the shore. \\ r are getting on finely with the work, and from Ih? pre sent out look it won't be many month* before the secret of the 'money pit is solved " III it is the .siorv of Oak Island side of it. There U another side. a story of clairvoyants and divining h called in play to locate the my- thic 1 1 treasure. It's a story, too. of ironic*! Hinih-s, ci' f finK. me. in hints about some men making a goo 1 thing i mud. hut it** just as well n ! to t.-ll it Only it Is ,, think thai '.' "i'le 10 hold this pessimistic. n-irrow view re. among t ue old residents of Ch,