BLACK BARTLEMY'S TREASURE

BLACK BARTLEMY'S TREASUREBYJEFFREY FARNOLIt was a night of tempest with rain and wind, a great wild wind that shouted mightily near and far, filling the world with halloo; while, ever and anon, thunder crashed and lightning flamed athwart the muddy road that wound steeply up betwixt grassy banks topped by swaying trees.