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Show r t A tOST MINE, Murh Tims Prnl In Keeking for KTI Trrskure. An usual feature Is that n particular Indian (sometimes with a compan'on or two) used to return from the west overy ear at a certain moon, ostensibly for the purpose of honoring Iho grave ol his fathers and to use again his ancestral ances-tral right of hunting tho deer and bear among the wild but verdurous hills, says Llpplncott'; yet gossiping tar-heels tar-heels hold thst really the visits were for tbo purpose of opening again the concealed mlno of lead or silver, whose rich spoil tho sons ot the forest havo been seen bearing off In the packs. Another form of tbo story relates that a certain hunter (always "won't tell," or now "dead," or "moved west") got all the lead for his bullets from tbo foot of n mountain above a cove on a certain creek; or an old counterfeiter (now "In tho penitentiary" or "ned" Into parts unknown) used to coin quarters and halves of good silver (still seen In circulation), cir-culation), yet was never known to buy silver In any form. Weeks and months wcro spent eaih jear In searching for these secret treasures. Occasionally tho enthusiasm would mount to the height of sending far oft somowbero to fetch back tho "old hunter." Moro than once such a one has boon persuaded per-suaded that thero was moro richness In hi bullet than be had uppoied; and, regretting vainly the many pounds ot good silver lead that be had shot away at deer, coons, geese and other game, ho has been brought back lo his old haunts. Thru, with many a keen eye tracking hi goings with his persuading friend, weeks would be spent In bush-beating, bush-beating, cliff climbing and laborious search along rocky shores, about cavernous caver-nous hills In fens, bogs, and dismal dens In the deep woods, but only to tho utter disappointment of nil their fond anticipations, Tbo "old hunter" flndi that time has obliterated bis way-marks, way-marks, bush and tree and rock and rill lack the familiar aspect, and he whoso contused recollections formed the basil of vast schemes of gain returns to hi. distant homo dispirited and dlshon orcd. u |