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Show Odon s Cave of Gold. " m which has been nccumuhted the treasure, of on of th. 0 0 , ,u.l. was the nJn,o ot the n.r of ,. ca,e , , bbrilorn.i.doirtb.efiB,tall. Slnw ,, ,. , mtlnual search lu. tan mad, for the treasure he ,v.s know,, e " men h.g been attracted Horn the ,ll,,nt Atlantic nd fro," ( , 0ftheountiylnhnp,ofnmllnli HI, vve.lth w. reputed (,u h m -lS nlue "8 ,n rlvffll Aladdin. Ircasures ,nt b ' ut Ihcie l miyuiiu n..w living who , ,,, (1 ,.,, .II. Ita great quantity ot gold dust and heavy chunk, of )nf l , metal It l known that one white man tow It, eonl-i, , , Hut one day, many yen, s, ho niJllter,ourt , ,, tl Ufcft violence, mid the setiet died with hlm-except a , ,0 left l r ,h dr wit on the smooth side of a deerakln tv, '. P en I"a """J'"1 '"! "Urmlsed until the belief prev lied that Uf.u. i er dlcovcied It would In thto,i, accident for the on-to on-to th ' " dMloss sealed and nothing but the ih.tn.-j blow of a rl(.ht i ii tho opening. lid i l,nr" '" tl,e Han inni'iln valley, twenty mile, north of Ln t, n f t , r Hist saw the light on the TO,c rni,ohoii, ,,r.l,l,l did (jl, r h i fillier' grandfather before him The secret of the location M , , lis yellow store, for which the white men have ilsked their , . , li '1 down for generation, from father to cie,t M, un,n the .c.me no son remained to whom tho secict eoul 1 be divulged IK. itm ' n'Iful that oio now occasionally cen near the Sjn lVrnanda M tt re few of tho old tribe now nllve n, t in of the lilbo of Sail Ternando In linn, account, for the revc ,, ,- et to Odnn'n son-in-law, a white man The dnwlng he made ., i c I r e of the location of the great deposit of golj ,,, , .1 leur 1815 tint I'lo l'leo, tho first Ciovemor of Callfomli under nan r- anted to Odon and hl two brothers, Uibano and Manuel, one ,-erJf i i arc leagues of land-about COOO nucs In the Sun Fernando ,j Th r "t wis called the i:,carplon, and thit fertile tract retiln, the TftothL sent diy. Had any golden coinpcnsitlon been required Odon jkl lu" ' amply nble to meet such requirement, If there is any truth 4, itorl r lited of bis fabulous wealth Hut In thoe dajs buter was fut th moan, of carrying on bu,ncM trinsaitlons llxchanses of Ki ant 'tl weic made, and those were consldend the unit, of value, Illicit Ill-icit P)' I nd silver. Illskn a that gold was discovered In the Kin IVanclsqulto cannn Jx ,it i long before the excitement of 181 and that placer mines were kd tl & early nt 135 'ihl, became known to a limited cxtnt and tt ' merleans to seek their fortune, In tho earth. DM of thr n " ou"g fellow named Uoger Willi inn, who bad enlisted HfTn ni eompiny of puthllnders After engnRlng In piospcctlng for a ulth rjlns success, he settled n-ar the San l'eriiiiido mission A, time .tdthe f ling of distrust held b the Indian, for strangers diminished and .in lllhii tol one ot Odon's daughter, a, his wife H! gr j ll drifted Into the Indolent life of the Indian,, and. a, the hiu-lof hiu-lof th old chief, rlauglitei. all opposition to him anlshed Having heard It ae nf pieclou, metal, William Judiciously set obout to ascertain Its ill n Nh irver the subject wus bioached the Indian evadeil a reply No .ctitipnli f the most awful persuasion produced the slightest Impression llonMa the joung fellow saved the Indian from being trampled and gored Inlh by a hand of wild steers The girth of old Odon a saldlo had binkcn, hn -,. hid run nwn mid thrown him T"o!l in appreciated tho favor. Williams hided hi, time, and month, rard i n tlntroduceil the subject of gold It wa, then that the prom-iit prom-iit eh'" 1 envoy latin to the place, on condition that he shoul I permit If to be blindfolded before reaching the Immediate locallt In tho dusk ltd r - he was Inkcn Into the old mission chapel and before the Image he Holy rRn vowed that lie would never divulge the aetrct. Deuth was te th Kit '! Ih next d ly the two men act out on horses, rode across the nllej toward ccean over th" crest or the mountain, dividing the ullcy from tho sea, ' far down the slope, to within half a mile of the blue water. At a high ton the r' Ige they were following the Indian halted rioth dismounted and 'iMrh i In the brush A Inndnge was produced and 1111 mis pcrmlt-fclnrolf pcrmlt-fclnrolf lt be securelj blindfolded From IV point William, had looked down the mouth of the canon and 'in In hold lellef the counterpart ot a huge head faring seaward. It was fly the work of the elements, but to him It wn, u striking resemblance to a rjnfi I Tit Am rlran wn, led down the mountnlnslde Into the cinjon, through bruh rmd over the rtigged surface for half a mile or more, when a stop made an 1 the blindfold removed He wa, In utter durkneas, A torch itrd h) Ills compuiiloii illsclosml the Inlcilor of an Inclined tunnel which rfolloivol down Into the mountain until the floor became level 1'iesently irah In place where the tunnel enlarged, and on turning n point nf rock, rwldenly stepped Into nn Immense cavern. The Indian stopped und holding ' t Ihe tc li t ild Look Th re are jellow rocks" "Hllairi looked and siw what seemed to be an extensive body nf pure gold it hu Vi gleamed dully n, far a, he could see In the dlmlj-llghted cavern, e the ei th door wns covered with a cirpetlng of , mallei grains There (unto1 1 ri he, under foot' Pllci of mrie and fine gold dust, which during age, had slid down from n grain hy gnln formed pyramidal heap, against the wall He stooped 'thrnl h h ind, Into one of the heaps, gathering the pieclou, dust In don-ta-lfij ml letting It run thiough bis linger, n, a child plaj. In the sand ''"lb i pocket, Apparently there wns gold In unlimited quantities Afl r ni had feasted hi- ee, on tho stupendous treasure, the Indlin Hup i) tone hammer, tin 1 breaking oft n large nugget from the wall, I It 1 m Tl i ' i I raced their step, Tlefnre reaching tho entrance the blindfold "J 1 1 light Into use A tedious wnlk In the open, down the canon an 1 'k r in hide roltnwed-n more devious loule than before and when t Mi-o removed the were ut the place where the horse, were tied I Will i-lanred tovvird the mouth of tho rnnyoii and saw tho Hphnx- 1 I He- seinnrd r i mis wa, n Yankee boy of comddcrablo native shrewdness When o I "tip hidden wealth nf old O Ion he decided to view the treasure , of finding the place again hn before starling on the Journey II I i iiiitr pockets with flaxseed On dismounting on tho ridge he " ' onceallng nn open knife Into the pocket and punctured tho 11 i top n few tln seeds slipped to the ground llefore leaving the I n I hi. puneturid tho olhei pocket In the same manner. 'm in do or die, mother," he wrote on Christina, day to hi, aged I" I i not heaid from him for so long, 'and when I come back It " i b unn, with load, of gold, u sample of which I send " Til ii r btiither he mote of hi, ptobnble home-coming and Inclosed 1 i piece of deerskin, which Ind been softened without leninv. M the letter stilled tint .lis islet might befall him. but that the 1 " r ihe cave of piild The letter was written nfter the tln bl idea "i i p i.p uncivil tho giniind, for erne- l,y William, lole to the high 'i Ice i l.eie he could see the bphnx-llko head looking lovv.iid the '" luntmcted eeiieh he dlsiovcied n slender, "Igng mw of joung ,M ' " -r lb glow fillcnllj mid laboriously this slianga trail wa, 1 l men It had to hi tinced on bund, and knees, for It wns lr- I i i on now a slender tine id nnd uijnln srot, where the seel t I i l, n,ekly spilnkled Moie thnn once It was lost entliel, II oiind th slight lino of green wn, ngnln picked up After '"' uied In Cie senieh. through thlcketH of chnpinnl and over 1 i trail led In nn almost Impenetrable tingle of brush. Into t nine I nnd presently saw the opnilnr of the tunml r n never appeared nt tho Ohio home He ellsuppeared as memo had foiin.I him In the rnvi of gold and eni,hel his skull i.l nic !,lBt Fcon ,)t ,n) wns one day when be left hiiii I ernnniln i r" ml dilvlnir u buno with roomy pannikins nf rawhide on both r f; ' ."ufleivvnrd some vnqucios riding over the hills after slia ' ' lend burin near Carbone canjon It had peilshed for want of ' ' The hair wn, worn off the neck In Its repeated cfTo is to "" le ,op which held It to a joung oik tiee 1, le It had pawed ii nd Into which It had fallen and f.om which It wa, loo weak o In The) horse n nun role had found Its way hick to It, lr irP!Ti.'iiiio Willi ims'ii jnunrcr brother now consldeinbl) past ' 'e looking tluough some, old and fo.gi.Uci pilars '"'""'"'''"; !' n lluslncHH took him from his homo In the .nst In a llfo inln. Y mii-n nf his tl In to iienuh fm tho lost mine Months were n. r 'bo liensiiio house, .,. ....nn V"" n miles noilhwest of Finti Monl.n n '";"" 7" he moun. ,h "i ne shorn of tho nrlflc, extends for seveiul miles Into the nioun- P",'1" S Alarsb of I os Angele, and I' Itenry of Santa Monica I f a., illty ofUw"?., ., pan.mnCb.se In l.io canyon " ' -' ', "' a re, nf land for exploration 1 hey caused 'f ''' "XtHnnl, " feet at one spot, when n workman", phk drove 11 rough an i oh ,lr ' " n old tunnel filled with water Willi twenU feet of It stool n hlneiy wis hurriedly taken to ,0 .. i,".;: a ,'" ' " ' lemoved Ihe fnrtunale.flnders ot n mu i V: , "me. fiom the bottom of Marsh and Henry . .1 fl l , - nnrrniv mil not moie thm five '"""" . ' h,,ude mln- ' ' " ' I del, nnd wns loughly llmbend aecmdlng to the c.u.ie mm !,. ' r ''", MexliniiH und Indliiv .auct. floor of the '"." hands ,1 knee, lh.rn.ito "' "llm"." i "f,,1, 0OPJn g Ihe.c ," ' 'mane,! but sill, confide,,, .hat VXXZV ii, , rc-her, returned the next das " 'J "' ", n, of ,e lunnel lie , ,". ' ' led to Wllhlt, firieen feet of the '!' fj"',,, All of J b' Hi bii-est accident a sutplclous olnlns ot the mine timucis. TnWn "h""'?;.,""' ",,,h', "" "" " 'I examination lie tin... h ,1 ' M '". ,unnd tt"" '' ""lilHiited bs 11, , Mv"v i,.!h' ""or like limbers , 1 to hi, dcllgh th- henv, gratliig "S the fB ",",?" ,hlnJr!! ot V"",1 un', ,l!,cl0!,t,1 " m" t-laek .men! miners l.m,. h rrll bUl '""" "" "" "8ht 0f ,nc Vt" i''LV" hl.' O,,"t,"n,on and together they entered. At last they had foun 1 the cave of eidon' fre-n ,we,7y,rf.vT,,rth'irt''rll,m.,,,.r0r ""T ,h" 'V. ,h" h"" ,"wl feet high Tllv i. ... . cli.umfereme nnd from twelve In fourteen Iheli.ht . 7 ' '."" ,lme ,n "amuilng the lloor of the eave mid even hv nel lV..Vinl . ,11ln,r"11 ,h explorers ot the mve foiin.1 n liriwcl ami high tun. ft whi?..ih0rt,on,"" frn", tne ,p t'hy followed this lr ,e, ,t si" 0 ?? ZTx w .""li: "' 'T".'," "Vbf.1"rt '" ,"r,h -"-'""nes" Tne" ...e tu:iat?K,,hj:.i,;::,er0";ilr,,l,.rn pm '" ,h oM o,"nl,": of i-CTiMnilner'0'" "'""' lHr,m '-' "- rxeVnt'of'thrlr |