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WEDNESDAY, JUNE 6, 1900. THE MORNING ASTOMAN, ASTORIA, OREGON. 3 A Miser's Hoard 0w ALLEN 5 ( uiyrtKtit, 1MH, liy llmlrli Itl. 5 Jacob Van uirten had boon known M n miner for thirty years, and at hit death people looked for a largo turn ol money to turn up. Jake, as bo wai Iwaya referred to, lived on a farm bout thrw in l Ion from tun village ol Castile. It wan n farm of oluhty acres ftd yet It rtMlueed few crop. Asltl from hii nere or two if corn mid pota toes for hi own um bu plunted uoth tn. Ho liojtun with a little money on" In th course of fifteen years hi Vita the eiijiltiillst of tint county, ll nyiiiHiy wax willing to my hi usttrl ou rate of Interest, lm could borrow from $5 to f.i.oM without trouble Foi many year ho iiui business with tlx bunk hi tln village hut Dimity boeauu auspicious mill took care of til owe fund, It llnnlly bet-muo a mailer of tfosslj for leagues iirouiiil tlmi MIhit Vug Olrb'ii kept tliouaaiula of dollars In lib old furitihouHi, ami for once gol(; was right, of course there wen? wm who told hi in of tun rink bo rau and dvlniHl Mill MgllllINt It, bill 111 Sllllled at their aollcltudtt and made uo change, It win predicted that robl-r would c-oiuo and Uiat ho would be found mur dered. Ami lu dm tlmo robber came They came more than once, lind they tried aoveral aorta of tricks on the old man. The llrt pair of robbers almply kicked the old door open lu the dark' ui'wa of midnight and rushed In tc e in ih the miser lu bfil. He wasu't to bed, however, 11 was up utid dressed and untied with a shotgun, ami he pep perwl the fellow an thoroughly thai ttiero wita no trouble lu arresting them when the countable waa notified. The net man who came along wai In the guise of au old woman. He uiiide a call Just at dark, hobbling ou a cnue and hlllng a story of wimt and destitution, but when ho got reudy to take the old man by the neck Jukt waiin't there.- He dodged him and got hold of that old slmtgnu nnd gave the atraugiT a i!oe that kept hint In the hospital for four month before he could be taken to jnll to await arraign ment. When the in liter hsd rem lied what might be called uld uge, the auihorltle of the county Insisted that he take bet 1 r0sS& HI tOOKKD IN TO FIND TRS OLD BIBBS'! BTHONU BOX. ter steps to protect himself. While they could not legally compel him to do auythlng, the cuae waa put to him mo strongly that be Dually consented to pay a sturdy young man a hum 1 1 aum weekly for alccplng In the houae with htm at night and acting aa a guard and defender, Thla aerviee continued for two yeura, and then the end came. The guard waa not there In the daytime, and one evening when ho made hla ap pearance at the uaual hour he found the old man dead In hla rocking chair. He seemed to have passed away while aleeplug. The proper authorities wcro notlflod at once and took charge, and the curi osity of a whole county waa excited over the question of how much money would be found In the houae. When It came to that, the guard, whoae name waa Henry Darla and who was known to be honeat and truthful, stated that during the two years lie hud been there bo had not aeeu the uld man handle more than $10 In cash. He knew that In that time he had loaned and receiv ed thousands, but where be kept hla hoard waa a matter that could not even be fathomed. All money transactions had been made In the daytime, when the young man waa absent. People who borrowed and repaid bad alwaya to give two hours', notice. Tbey then found the old man ready to lend or receive. It waa judged from this rule of hla that be wanted time to dig hla money up or to produce it from Nome secret hiding place outside the houae. This theory, which seemed quite planalhlu, led to some funny results. Kvery farmer for two miles around be gan searching hla barn rfnd abeda, thinking they might bare been uiada the depository, and scores of men look fi. In hollow., trees, sod stumps and went digging In whsT tbey thougut were likely places. In the meantime the old houxe wai submitted to tie most careful and tttorough search. It waa a cottage with parlor, bedroom and kitchen be low and a hulf garret upstair. The miser occupied the bedroom and till guard the parlor, both aleeplng on tin floor on atraw bed, The kitchen wui furnished with an old rusty stove and a meager supply of dishes, and Jaks cooked what be ate. lieulniitug at the cellar bottom, th searchers worked up, The bottom oi the cellar was dug over to a depth of two feet, hut nothing waa found. Thea the baaclniards wore torn off the rooini above, the walls pierced here and there, and before the senrcli censed the vtiry shingles were taken from the roof. one ruiisoii wuy tint seurcit was at keen and thorough was IxN ituse of the number of belts who came forward. I'leniy of peoplo had heard old Jake duels ro that be waa the lust of bis race and If he had any blood relatives at all they were aw-ond cousins living lu some province lit Uermauy, but ng sooner hud news of his death traveled about Until kinsmen beutiii showing U; and tiling their clnlins. tun Olrlcii was (i-i until born, hut Kujfllsuuieu, l-'rencliniett uml Itulliiim cniiie forward, to suy nothing of Amer Icuus, and tioiie of them, ueconliiitf a hla ttccouut, wuh anything less than urst cousin. All Insisted ou (ho most rigid search, and, although not allowed to participate In It, the sheriff did hi whole duly. When he had finished with the bouse It waa a wreck, and all agreed that a dollar bill could not have been hidden away and escaped the seurch. As nothing wna found In the bouse. the '-hells'! Insisted ou the grounds be Iuk seiirelied. luggers throw up the earth at the foot of every tree, rockn were rolled over and mounds burrowed Into, and another two weeks were wasted In vain. The searchers butcd to let go, but they had to, and then the only thing remaining was to sell the old mini's personal properly at auction and turn over his real estate to the law and let the heirs prove their claims. The term "Mrsonal goods and chattels" made everybody smile. The straw beds and dirty blanket, the two or threw old chairs, the rusty ttnd broken old stove and the few cracked dishes were val tied at fl at a libera! estimate, and when a fanner unmed Kobinsou bid tliem in for 70 cents be was made the butt for many Jokes. He loaded up bis "bargain" and carted It off, and the case was considered closed. Many people continued to search for a year, taking In woods and hills four inltoa away, but at last It was a dead subject and waa not heard of again foi ten years. Then a very atngular thing happened. Robinson, who bad removed to another atate, met with a fatal accident, hut before dying made a confession. He passed fur and really was a wealthy man, and aa to how he had made bis money no one knew. In his confession he said that after getting the old stove home he found the oven doors wired up. Loosening one of them, he looked In to find the old miser's strong box resting there. IJy the use of brick and mortar the oven had been so abut off that a Are in the front of the stove would not warm It. While the stove was the most conspicuous object In the kitchen, It was at the same time the safest hiding place for miles around. There was over $30.0(10 In the box, and the tinder simply kept quiet until be could nrrougo to move nway nnd enjoy It. At trm auction sale, when that old atove was bid In, there were at least 200 men in attendance, any one of whom could have got the fortune by rntalug Iloblnaon's bid 10 or 15 cents, and now, after twenty yeurs have elaisied, none of them still living baa forgiven himself. by prejudice, he realized that hla work must carry a premium of value In or der to reach parity In the open market As the problem grew more difficult his capacities Increased proportionately, for nature responda unfailingly to ev er demand of necessity, Walter Hurt in Oultudet Curse Old Sons. Westmoreland, Kani., May 6, 1002; Ballard, Snow Liniment Co., your Snow Liniment cured an old sore on the side of my chin that was supposed to be a cancer, The sore was stubborn and would not yield to treatment, until 1 tried Snow Liniment, which did the work In short order. My sister, Mrs. Sophia J. Carson, Allenivllle, Miffin Co., Pa., has a sore and mistrusts that It is a can cer. please send her a Mo bottle. 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