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Show TREASURE HIDDEN IN EARTH. Priceless Relict 80 Concealed Must Some Day Be Restored to the Light of Day. Tho actual prosaic Instances of treasure trove and tho Old World ceremonial Involving "crowner's quest law" to dccldo tho legal rights aro to be found In any text book on tho subject. More Interesting, with a cor-tain cor-tain fascination of romance, Is tho reflection re-flection that ovon In our own country, there are probably numerous burled boards, says' tho London Chronicle. One cannot always Ignore tradition, and throughout the length and breadth of tho land are to be found old legends of hidden treasure, sometimes some-times guarded by a curse, sometimes by. a spoclal warder. Thoro Is probability prob-ability almost amounting to certainty that valuables wore hlddon by the Romans, and ovon more probably by the Romano Britons. The treasures of tho Incas and of pirates such as Kldd are still existent In theory; tho burled wealth of India Is among tho rudimentary facts known to all students stu-dents of tho oast. But porhaps most startling and alluring al-luring of all Is tho theory that among the treasure trove to bo at some tlmo rocovorod from Persian sands or ruins ire tho Sacred Breastplato and tho mysterious Urlm and Thummlm of tho Jewish priesthood. |