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Show BOY FINDS BURIED TREASURE IN SAND SAN FRANCISCO, July 17 Wheu little Lois Osborne, tho son of Lloyd Osborne, novelist, and stepson of tho late Robert Louis Stevenson, armed himself with his midget 6hovel and went out on a sandhill near his home to dig yesterday, ho had visions of finding a treasure, This Is not an Lnusual thing for the lad for he has not heard his father's Illustrious stepfather step-father talked about without getting some of tho spirit of adventure of the author of "Treasure Island," fixed In his mind. So while Louis dug ho hummed: "Sixteen men on a deadman's chest; "Yo, ho, ho, and a bottle of rum; "Drink and " The lad stopped digging because hie shovel had encountered an obstruction. ob-struction. Tested carefully, the thing that resisted proved to be metal. Then Louis dug more furiously than even. In a few moments he unearthed a metal box. And sure enough. It contained con-tained treasure. Opening It hastily, the lad found 2,600 shares of valuable mining stocks, deeds to local properly, prop-erly, other valuable papers and several sev-eral empty ring boxes. Of course the boy did not realize the value of the property, but he knew the papers must be worth a great deal or they would not have been placed In such a secure box. So he hastily carried his find to his mother, who turned the property over to the police. The papers belong to Augustus F. Iiobrie, a wealthy man whose hou6e is closed and who Is out of the city. The police think robbers have ransacked ran-sacked .the Imbrle residence and after taking money and Jewelry from tho Lox, burled It. In the meantime young Osborne Is developing into one of tho most enthusiastic en-thusiastic sand hill explorers In his neighborhood. |