"
"Then you did not come alone?"
"No; it would have been bold and improper."
"Please!"
"And to think it _was_ the ring, after all, that pointed to this," she
said.
"The ring that _you_ returned to me."
"What did you say?"
"Nothing."
"Don't, please, the wagon is coming."
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In the next morning's edition of the "Red Chief Chronicle" appeared the
following startling intelligence:
EXTRAORDINARY DISCOVERY!
FINDING OF THE STOLEN TREASURE OF WELLS, FARGO & CO. OVER $300,000
RECOVERED.
Our readers will remember the notorious robbery of Wells, Fargo & Co.'s
treasure from the Sacramento and Red Chief Pioneer Coach on the night
of September 1. Although most of the gang were arrested, it is known
that two escaped, who, it was presumed, _cached_ the treasure,
amounting to nearly $500,000 in gold, drafts, and jewelry, as no trace
of the property was found. Yesterday our esteemed fellow citizen, Mr.
Cass Beard, long and favorably known in this county, succeeded in
exhuming the treasure in a copse of hazel near the Red Chief
turnpike,--adjacent to the spot where an unknown body was lately
discovered.
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