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About Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 10, 1929)
TUESDAY. DECEMBER 10, 1929 PACE SIX LITTLE ORPHAN ANNIF A Wartime Messenger By Harold Gray THE CAPITAL JOURNAL. SALEM. OREGON Chapter 20 I TREASURE TROVE Shadows crept Into the living room u darkness descended and reminded Peggy she was hungry. 6he heard the tinkle o( silverware In the dining room and soon Julia's figure emerged through the door way, wheeling a tea-table dinner. As she drew the wagon up to the couch on which Peggy reclined, Ju lia rested her hand and weight on Peggy's foot accidentally. At Peg gy's Involuntary cry as the weight caused her pain, Julia lifted her hand and. tipping her body back wards slid' oft the edge of the couch, carrying the light comfort and a heavy book at the end. of the couch to the floor with her. Much mortified, Julia scrambled to her feet. "I'm JeV a clumsy fool." she ejac ulated restoring the comfort and Bible the one that Peggy had found in the basement first dlsen. tangling the pocket of her own ap ron which had caught In corner to the large heavy .volume. "I hope I dldnt hurt yo" bad honey?" ' "No, only for a second,' and then turned to satisfy her appetite which was amazingly good despite her In activity and worried state of mina Peeirv Dressed her hand warmly, and as she bade Julia good night "Don't wait up for me; 1 11 read for awhile." "Best not stay too long," advised Julia. "I'll leave mah do' open; leu' call ef yo' wants me." For awhile there drifted to Peggy the familiar hymns of her child. hood, sung by the negro soldiers in her father's regiment, as Julia's voire was UDllfled in song. The singing ceased abruptly and Pa-rev concluded that Julia had eilmbed Into bed. but all lnclina tlon to close her own eyes and court slumber had been banished Swlnelng her feet to the ground she nulled the comtort toward her, Intending to fold it, and In so doing dragged the family Bible up on her lap. She had carried It over to the couch earlier in the evening, thlnk- lnir she might enjoy looking it over, not having done so since taking the Bible out of the chest of drawers In th locked basement bedroom. Becoming absorbed In a novel, she had forgotten to examine the old book. Pcaav looked down at the calf skin binding; It appeared both old and interesting, bearing in faded gold lettering the words "Holy Bi ble," and further down the Initials "P. O. P." Evidently It had belonged to her great-grandfather, for she recalled his name Peter Orme Prescott. She turned the tlme-stiined leaves and passed over the entries of births and marriages and acains, wherein was recorded, In faded Ink, the names of representative genera tions of the Prescotts. She was about to close the book when she noticed that a page fur ther on was slightly separated from the next, evidently by some object wedged between them. Opening the Bible at that point she saw a gold coin lyln gthere at the bottom of the pages. Peggy took up the coin and turned It over a 20 gold piece lay In her hand. Holding it up to the light, he read the date 1841. An old coin then, although the gold was not tarnished In the slightest, not even a speck of dust lay on 1U bright surface, even though the edges of the book were black. The girl frowned, then smiled Why worry over the coin's shiny appearance? It was treasure trove and she was 20 the richer by her find. And $20 was a considerable aum when she considered her de pleted funds, with the first of the - --- month at hand and her bills In Litchfield coming due. She had only the traveler's checks, taken out of her contem plated trip to Join her parents in the Philippines, with which to meet current expenses, as pnnanaer Chase had told her he could not furnish her with money until her claims for her inheritance were fully established. Perhaps there were other coins In the Bible? Peggy held it face down and shook the leaves, but nothing fell out, and disappointed. she again laid It down In her lap and turned Its pages; some were stuck together from dampness and perhaps paper money, not gold. might be accidentally concealed within the Bible. She laughed aloud at the fantastic Idea as she carefully turned one page after another. The size of the type was far larger than that used In modern Bibles and she paused now and then to read some of the text. As cold water to a thirsty soul. so Is good news from a far country." Good news from a far country," Peggy repeated the words under her breath; no sentiment could be more In accord with her most ar dent wishes; how she longed for letters from the Philippines. 8he knew they would breathe love, hope and encouragement. Peggy paused In turning another page, strangely elated. Out of the whole Bible she had picked out casually a sentence partlculary ap ollcable to her own situation; it must be an omen but had sne picked It out so casually; Instead had her eye not been caught by the black pencil mark under the six words of that particular verse? As she lowered the Bible, sne noticed a (mall arrow on the wide margin. It was small, neat and In perfect drawing. Her eyes shifted from It to the verse to which It pointed and she read the words un derscored by a black pencil; Fret not thyself because of evil men' " her eyes strayed across the page to the other underscored words the first she had noticed there at the margin was the self same perfectly drawn arrow. Swiftly her eyes traveled back to the left hand page; at its foot ap peared a third arrow pointing un mistakably to the verse with other underscored words, and she read them : " 'When thou hast found it. then there shall be a reward, and thy expectation shall not be cut off.' " Again and yet again. Peggy rend the words, aloud and to herself, struggling to solve the puzzle. She glanced at the top of the page of Proverbs and at the chapter num bers 24 and 25 Perhaps the answer was further forward or further back. 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