stant at Leechtown. Let Mr. Lubbe take the tale again: “Where Ralph got it | only knows. The gold dust was posed to be buried in a knee-high leather : covered with an inverted frying pan, bottom of the frying pan 18 inches yw ground surface. All perfectly reason- _ as the robber could have buried it ler the earth floor of his tent, without acting attention. No mention is made yim having a pack animal, but he must e had one, as the gold would weigh ut 170 pounds. The description fixing location is very ambiguous. The bearing thwest from the northwest corner” ; it magnetic or true—a matter of 25 rees.” \nd how did Ralph learn of the sure’s location? That is more mys- ous. As Mr. Lubbe remembers him, he ; a very reserved man as regards speech, he was a very good listener. He had a ibined office and living room in Victoria r the saloon run by Tolmie & Stewart Yates Street and when he had nothing 1o he would sit down by the hour in the on, saying nothing and drinking nothing less invited, says Lubbe) but always on alert to catch a few scraps of conversa- 1 at the bar. Vhen Ralph was surveying for the uimalt and Nanaimo Railway he made headquarters at Goldstream House, m where the trail started through the ods to Leechtown. It was there the rden and his party arrived one morning their way to Leechtown. There, every , one of the party went for mail. Lubbe explains it this way: “If Ralph nt his evenings wall-flowering—as was wont—in the bar-room—where the only place in the house was—he would have n these treasure hunters and if they had - ome at all liquored up, he would prob- y have heard interesting scraps of con- sation about treasure location.” Ralph, in talk at the Lubbe house, had en said he did not believe the warden ind the treasure. “Ralph never believed t the warden got it, and I know that Iph did not get it, because my father, in npany with Duncan Stewart was a co- cutor of Ralph’s will and the affairs of - estate showed no such sudden burst of sperity. Old man Martin did not get it and I know that Paddy Dineen and myself did not get it.” Ralph must have seen the California party departing from the Island, after their week's visit to Leechtown. Evidently he did not think they had found the treasure, because for years afterwards, as Lubbe re- members, he made trips to Leechtown with his instruments in search of it. Could be that there is gold dust buried in a knee-high boot covered with an in- verted frying pan at Leechtown? Stranger things have happened. “Darling,” exclaimed the girl-friend, “whatever is the matter?” “Tve just done a hole-in-one, just done a hole-in-one,” he sang joyously. “Did you dear?” she cooed. “Be a love and do it again; I wasn’t looking the first time.” A MOTORIST, having killed a cat, called to tell its owner. “T am awfully sorry madam,” he said, “but I will gladly replace the animal.” “Thanks,” she said, “but wouldn’t you look rather silly drinking milk out of a saucer? And, besides, can you catch mice?” Telephone 604 GRAY MOTOR COMPANY AUTOMOBILE SALES AND SERVICE DODGE TRUCKS DODGE AND DE SOTO CARS INDUSTRIAL MOTORS Government St. Duncan, B.C. Phone 431 P.O. Box 234 HIGHMOOR'S Electric Pumps, Electric Motors, Water Systems, Lighting Plants, Coal Stokers, Plumbing Supplies, Water Located Agents for Rockgas 427 CANADA AVE. DUNCAN, B.C. W. T. CORBISHLEY Dealer in COAL AND BUILDERS’ SUPPLIES P.O. BOX 61 DUNCAN B.C. AL Rite * : (Pos Ae ‘ 5 LRUORS * Bae vane LESUONS © Ye wel Stores on Kennedy Flat, Leech River ARS 5 a —Courtesy B. C. Archives. HILLCREST LUMBER COMPANY LIMITED Manufacturers of British Columbia Lumber MESACHIE LAKE B.C. Phone Lake Cowichan Victoria Lumber Company | Compliments of Limited Chemainus, B.C. JURTEENTH EDITION Page Twenty-one