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Show r- CwM I ft t( A h V : Gabbler Patch's VjjUUi ViVVl U j: Burled Treasure Pro- I, : tected by Uncanny 'Tis not : every one who travels over , the Albany road leading west from .Greenwood, Me., that is aware of the immense fortune buried near the roadside, road-side, about two miles from this places '' $100,000 in gold within a stone's throw. Here is the story. In the" early part of this century there lived a professional profes-sional gambler named Patch, who, after af-ter wandering all over the face of the earth, finally settled here on what is now known as the Patch homestead. With a iarge accumulation of ready money, Patch became' a money lender, and one could secure any amount by giving him good security. '"Uncle" Ben Bacon of West Paris rememoers him and says: "Yes, I : remember Isaac. Wanted some money once and went tOhlm to get it' Paten put for the woods, and in a. shor time he returned with the money. He went through the same operation with every one who wanted to hire money of him." Patch died suddenly. In his will he left to his son George all treasures hidden in the ground. It staged in the will that should anyone save the legal heirs try to get the fortune he (Patch) would appear in the form of some animal ani-mal and drive.him away. Georee never found his father's money and at his death willed everything to lis son. Frank. Frank Patch lives on the same old-farm old-farm that his grandfather bought, but has never been able to find the treasure, treas-ure, i , Not only have the legal heirs trie to find it, but other persons have hunted secretly at night for it Solon Ryerson, with another man. was chased away from the plaee by a strange animal only a year ago. Mr. Ryerson says: "Yes, we came near finding it AH was well nntll one of the most' terrible looking animals imaginable im-aginable appeared. We found a rock which was cut out of Paten's ledge and fitted in just as even as a stem to a pipe. It was just large enough to let a man's body down. When this creature crea-ture appeared and drove us away." "Have you never been there since?" the reporter asked. "No, nor I never will go there, either'. eith-er'. I got all I wanted of It that night. I would not go there again for 200,-000. 200,-000. I have got all I want of trying to find his money." Acres and acres of ground has been dug over in search of the money.. New York Journal. |