Beadle's Dime Novels, No. 91: The Lost Cache — page 55: what you’re looking at

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A NIGHT-WALKER. : BT he so longed ‘to prosectite. He was now certain that’ the tréas- Ure was there, and that it was to be found by whoever should be skillful or lucky enough to strike the right place. He was hot avaricious, ind was moved by the novelty, the strangeness of the adventure, more than by the thought of the’ gain that he would derive from the discovery of the gold. * He looked “Upon it as a good thing for his friend Myers; whose affection for his sister Madéline he more than suspected, rathér than as & source of profit to himseif. » He was fully convinced that the treasure was there, and fully resolved to find it, if it was to We found. They had discovered the ‘right starting-point; at the Uistance of forty miles in’ a ‘westerly direction they had found ‘the spring ; at the distance of a hundred und'twenty-four paces. In another Course they had found the square buried stone; and lt only remained ‘to strike the circle of XX, and to drop down the mysterious perpendicular—whatever that might be—and the wealth would be forthcoming. — ih i ho Bsa G Filled with these thoughts, he tossed ‘and turned abotit until he was convinced that he could-not possibly sleep. His wake- fulness grew upon him; he wondered -whether“it Was not all's team ‘or a hallucination; and he ‘was irresistibly impelled to 80 and see whether the square stone with a cross upon it was Teally there, was there still, or whether he had dreamed about t, or it’had'been placed there by fairies, and had vanishéd’as ‘the san rosé the next morning. bo — oie ‘He got up, shook off the night dews and his blanket together, ‘nd walked out under the trees. He met Myers, who’ was ‘Sanding his watch rather ‘sleepily, and who asked him what ‘ras the matter. i baa, tsdeid . ; “ Nothing, my dear fellow; only I can’t sleep, and am going ‘O'take a little walk” 9 sik. *.900 ste . “If you are so wakeful; I will let-you stand my watch, for T would not have the least: objection to turning in.” 3 “Thank you, but I wouldn’t forthe world deprive you of the pleasure of watching over this beautiful fort of yours. I “tn only going to take'a little walk, for your good and mine, "nd will return soon. Don’t shoot me for an Indian when You see me sneaking back.” = “If you don’t get shot by an Indian, I will think you in luck, “Go along, though, and I will promise you as good a 3 comlicbooks.conn