he very hole whence I had taken it. He then
returned to the house, and went to bed.

I again removed the stone, and while Mr. McGregor handled the pick-axe,
I plied the shovel vigorously. In a very few minutes, we struck a piece
of wood which gave back a hollow sound. This encouraged us to renewed
activity, and we were richly rewarded by unearthing a large cheese-box,
whose weight gave ample proof of the value of its contents. Having
replaced the flat stone where we first found it, we put the box on the
wheelbarrow, and took turns in wheeling it to the bank, where we soon
broke it open and discovered, as we had expected, that it was full of
gold coin in rouleaux. The counting of this large sum of money was
rather tedious, but it was finally accomplished satisfactorily, and the
result showed that only eighty dollars were missing.

The officers of the bank were in high glee, and they asked me whether I
had any hope of recovering the paper money.

"If I am not mistaken," I replied, "I shall find the paper money also,
within twenty-four hours. I shall go to Drysdale's plantation to-morrow
night, and shall search the ground in that group of trees of which you
have already heard so much. I think we shall find there all the paper
money."

The next day, Drysdale and Andrews remained together constantly; indeed,
Drysdale did not seem willing to let Andrews leave his sight for a
moment. He was perfectly helpless and inert. In the evening, I met my
companions of the night previous, and we drove out to Drysdale's
plantation, taking along the necessary tools. We secured our horses in
the grove, and then Green led the way toward the spot where Drysdale had
examined the ground. On making a close examination with our dark
lanterns, we discovered a piece of sod which had evidently been taken
up, for the edges had not yet joined with the surrounding turf. We
quickly pulled it up and began to dig beneath it; as before, our search
was rewarded after a few minutes of labor. At the depth of two feet, we
came upon a large candle-box, which we carefully dug up and placed in
one of our buggies. There was apparently, nothing more concealed in this
spot, and so we replaced the earth, packed it down, and put the piece of
sod back into its place. We then returned to Atkinson, where we arrived
just before daylight. The bank officers immediately opened the box, and
counted the paper money contained therein; it was found to agree
exactly, with the