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Show A TALE OF BURIED MONEY, - A Spaalih rri.it Stays a Million Francs are) Hit! In Pennsylvania. Wilkf.sbakhe, Pa., March 9. Tt)8 First National bank of Pittaton has received re-ceived a letter from Spain, signed by a priest staling, that a vast sum of money was buried somewhere in thia vicinity. The letter says one of the most favored of the courtiers of thelato Alphonso was given a large sum of money, said to be a million francs, while the king was on his death bed, in return for the performance of a dying wish. The queen was jealous of tha courtier, and at the king's death instructed in-structed her ambassador to arrest the courtier for stealing a casket containing jewels from the palace. lie tied to ' America and buried the treasure, bnt returned to Spain, was arrested and put in prison where be died. Plans of the place where the treasure was hid wero taken by the tribunal, who, not knowing the contents, offered to dismiss dis-miss the suit on paying costs. The priest asks for money to pay the costi and obtain the satehol and plans. |