How had it been with the old man? 1
have always lielievtxl that after a few •
weeks of *»is isolated life he could stand it
no longer and so made ready to set out on
his return to civilization. lie had cached 1
bls money, expecting to return for it, and '
be had wisely left marks by which it could 1
lie found in case he sent others. Before he '
could get away he had been attacked. He i
was killed, but where or how has never 1
been ascertained. Whn got his money? Not
the Indians, as no gold was in circulation
among them when |M.*ace came, and their
finding it without a clew could hardly be 1
considered. White men, then; but who* 1
No ex|*editions had been organized any- i '
where along the Ixirder, nor was hunter or
trapper ever subsequently discovered to be
flush with money. It would have required
at least three pack animals to carry the
coin; but at what point had they struck
civilization on their return? Also, bow
could they have kept the find so quiet?
1 ask you these questions. 1 have askeel
them of myself until weary. Some one got
that golden treasure, but no further facts
will evei be known. Hundreds of Indians
have been consulted as to the fate of old
man Swinton, but not one has ever fur
nished any information.
A Scholar of the Thirteenth Century.
