Indiana University - Arbutus Yearbook (Bloomington, IN)

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Ti Er I T -A Ta.:QXJ ' rxj s liis fell In his l v. 1 suns. jiie and Ueni d, incl iiicd 1(1 l e sui: icrstiticiUS, ht ■tunic( 1 UVCTV imw a nd iJKMi t(. c Slosson. intnu The of Old Alan SI. is gold. To Joe and Henry it had lieen a question of ettinj;- rid of the land, . o far each attempt had failed, Inil now at last, joe had hit upon an excellent idea from the reading- of a maga .ine article, ' i ' his was his plan; They would make a visit to the cit} ' and bu}- up skeletons, pottery, weapons — everything that had ever belonged to a ca e man. These they would bury in various places over the Gulch. Then after the discovery had been noised abroad, the - would lie able to sell the land to some museum as a field for archaeological research. They had lost no time in going up to the city, where they had pro- cured at no little expense and trouble, the greater number of the specimens. A great many they had manufactured themselves, down in their liasemenl workshop, and night after night had taken the da}- s output, and concealed it in the Gulch. hich JIangman ' s Gulch was to become tlK ' ' wiiuld often picture to themselves he entire world would be centered on this ' es. the day was not far distant, which was to mark the unearthing of Kleetan, for so Henry had named the largest of the skeletons. And also, Haije, the once beautiful queen of the cave dwellers would make her debut to the world. The two young men had man- aged to conceal in the three acres about exerything that a ca -e man ever owned, from the bone needle with which Haije was accustomed to mend her lord ' s girdle, to the skeleton of old Kleetan himself, resting there amid his weapons and his curiously carved clay pipes — his comrades of the ne.xt world. They had not long to wait. . few days later a farmer boy, wandering over the Gulch in search of a fallen kite, discovered a sword. The news of the find spread rapidly. As if by magic, men appeared with picks and shovels, eagerly digging out whatever of the specimens they were able to find. Joe and Henry appeared as if astounded w lien the} were acquainted of the discov- ery. They immediately statinned guards around the Gulch, and engaged a So this was the manner in famous! Working there at night the near future, when the eyes of i small, insignificent ' piece of land. r-jsnt tJS T US XJ]Sri :E R ia Y

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TPC: XOXC3 Jf T TJ XJyS H a n g m a n s G U 1 c Tin; lu.. v.aiiii; iiKii liad w..ikc.l liani h.i s. cal ucck-aii.l n..u a.- iIkv L;azc(l an iiiul ilu- dimly iis lnod hascmcnt Idr liio last tiiiu-. lacli hicallicd a dec|) sijili ni satislaitiim. Jnc. ilie nldcr of the l v... icaclu-d u|) and uiiiicd the c ial-nil liijlit a little hijilier. A wmk bench cuveied with all sorts of tools extended the entire length of one side, while all ahout lay heaps of riih- hish an I refuse, in one corner stood several lar e chests containin.y; ancient and crude weapons of warfare. I lere and there. Iian iiit; on the wall and stand- } i on the floor, one could see many ])ieces of pottery and imi)lenients of do- mestic u c. I ' .xerythin-; lay strewn about in !.;rcal confu ioii. ( ' |o e l)y in another corner stood several strange objects, which u])on clo cr insiiectii ii, I)rovcd to be skeletons, standinj; there in uncanny relief ai ainst the l)lack wall i the basement. Joe step|)cd over to one of the tii ures. laid his hand upon the shoulder, and addressed it semi-seriously : Well, old man, a short journey. Tiun our work will l.c cloiu-. ' . ' ayin.!, ' which he turiicd down tjic li.L;iu. i)ickc(l ui tiie skeleton and carried it out and ])laccd it in a w.ii oii which stood near the walk. Hastily then each passed in and out many times until all the articles which the room contained, had been loaded, liotli then climbed upon the seat, spoke to the horse, and the wai ' on rattled off down the dark street toward llanL man ' s Culch. llan!,Miian s ( iulch had derived its name from a curious episode. . few years after the Civil War. Jonathan . ' -ilossou had sold his estate in the east and had come west, where he had iinested his fortune in a tract of land with the hope of dcvcloi)in), ' a .LCold mine. It had been a hi).; s ' amble and he had lost, l- ' acli attempt to tind t old had been but a sore disapjxiintment. His son had been killed in an accident at the mine, and the followinji year his wife had died. Overwhelmed by one calamity after another he had souj, ' ht to tind relief by his f)wn hanil. )ne mornin;, ' his body ha l been found danj.;- lin ; from a tree flown near a new mine shaft, . monj, ' his elTects a will had been found j.;rantinu ' the land to his youn!.;er brother. .Mthouyh his brother never .ijipeareil to claim his pro|)erly. he still retained jiosse-sion of the deed. ITS ' r lAl A. T T jnP ' BfT TT '

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TKEr X O X C3 J .T .BZJa: ' ZJ S notary tu work for tliein by the hour, lie was to remain near them at all iime . so in event of a i oocl price heint, ' olTered. iluy would sell immediately .111(1 lose no time in leavinj; the town. The newspapers tpf the country were all lilled with ne i the liscovery. l.on!.j histories of the (iulch, jiiclures ol the two linithers. and cross-marked illustrations, showin , ' the exact s])ot where the sword had heen found. Never liad advertisintr hmujiht surer results than this. . s early as the ne.xt day -e eral professors had arrived from the nei. hhorinii city, and by the next, the number had so increased that the hotels of the town were comi elle(l lo turn away a ijreat number. It was late in the afternoon. The visitors, who had l een v.au-liiiii; tin- exca atini;. were betiinniny; to leave. Joe and ilenry were .i ixiuL; the lin.il •lirections of the day to the workmen. . shrewd-lookiiif youiii, ' man saun- tered o er to where ihey were standin; . They saw by the card that he handed them, that he was from Los . n.treles. and also that he had a line of dei rees after his name a foot Ions.;, . fter talkiii!.; ou matters relatini, ' to the work, he finally asked them if the land was for sale. Joe told them that it was. . fter a moment ' s hesitation the stran jer made them an olTer of $2.(XX1 . hasty ijlance passed between the two youny; men. and then |oe told him rs and his ro n the rs lati ivecti that he i uessed they would sell. The notary drew u] lli strani cr pocketed the deed. The three then walked back to stran).;er left them at his hotel. Knterinj; the hotel he hurridly passed tc was seen ti leave aj ' ain. and slowly walk di the (ailch. I- ' arly next niornini, ' |oe ;m l I kiiry (|nielly -lipi)ed oui of ilie town. Takini; the short cut to the city to catch their train, they had to ])ass the (iulch. r.oth sto])pe(l a moment to take a farewell look. Nearby a laborer was work- ini;. . ' suddenly they saw him shovel aside an object which yleamed yellow in the mornin;, ' sunli- ' ht. joe stoo])ed. picke«l it ii)) and l)rusliin!, ' olT the dirt. examined it closely. Suddenly he looke l around him. The laborer was bu-.y. No one else was in sii ht. lie slipjied it in hi- |.iK-ket. caught his brother by the arm. and started runnini; back to town. IT I UaWNA. x:JP XVErX2. S ' IT