After a while these things were succeeded by affairs of more recent
interest, and faded from the public mind.
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Sharp died two years ago, respected and regretted. The last two years of
his life were clouded with a settled melancholy for which his friends
could assign no reason. The bulk of his comfortable fortune was made
from the land he obtained by fraud and crime.
The disappearance of the file was a mystery that created some commotion
in the Land Office, but he got his patent.
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It is a well-known tradition in Austin and vicinity that there is a
buried treasure of great value somewhere on the banks of Shoal Creek,
about a mile west of the city.
Three young men living in Austin recently became possessed of what they
thought was a clue of the whereabouts of the treasure, and Thursday
night they repaired to the place after dark and plied the pickaxe and
shovel with great diligence for about three hours.
At the end of that time their efforts were rewarded by the finding of
a box buried about four feet below the surface, which they hastened to
open.
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