of the pile of mash, and disposed of all I dug out. I was so eager and on the alert to hear the fork strike on the prize, I paid no atten- tion to how much I was eating. I did not get the prize, but I was congratulated on my engineering skill in tunnelling, and my ability to dispose of the material I dug out. We were all so full we could scarcely laugh at one another. We were too full for playing games. We were much like a little girl who came to our house to dinner. She ate so much that after dinner she said her apron string was too tight. She was told to loosen it, but after loosening it said that it did not relieve the tight feeling.
Searching for Hidden Treasures
There was a headland on a farm, near where the early Scotch settlers landed in 1808-1810, that possessed both local and historic in- terest. There were many indications that this locality was, at one time, occupied by a French fishing village. The surrounding waters abounded in fish of many varieties, and during the fishing season, and .while Prince Edward Island, or Isle St. Jean, as it was originally called, was in possession of the French, French fishing folk were ac- customed to spend the spring and summer on this Point, bringing their families with them. Evidences of this occupation were numer- ous in my boyhood, such as pieces of pottery, rust-eaten implements, fragments ofcooking utensils, and perhaps, most convincing of all, traces could be seen of the old ridges that separated the garden plots of each family. On the fall of Louisburgh in 1759 the French colony hastily departed, burying some of their most valuable belongings, which in later years they stealthily recovered, leaving as evidence of their visits large excavations in different places. The owner of the land told that he saw a French schooner anchor one night off his own place, and send a group of men ashore who began digging on a hill- side below his home. In the morning he examined the spot and found a large excavation and a rusty pot badly broken. He was quite satis- fied they had come for concealed treasure, and having found it, trans- fered it to the vessel and sailed away.
We were always on the look out for hidden treasures. One day I was plowing on this farm when suddenly the plow ran into some-
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