Blount Tempest . dy BLOUNT TEMPEST. 53 culled, to Mr Probyn and Mr Braxstead. Thisresolution was carried into effect the same even- Through the long years the shepherds feettrod the Bolivian hills, and often on his mountainway must have struck the boulders, which, withthe slightest movement, would have discovered thesilver treasures of Potosi. A bramble accidentallytorn by its roots from the stones to which it clung,revealed the prize that from century to centuryhad been lying close to the hand of man, andman had known it not. The treasure-trove of two lives had been un-der the touch of Mr Tri
Blount Tempest . dy BLOUNT TEMPEST. 53 culled, to Mr Probyn and Mr Braxstead. Thisresolution was carried into effect the same even- Through the long years the shepherds feettrod the Bolivian hills, and often on his mountainway must have struck the boulders, which, withthe slightest movement, would have discovered thesilver treasures of Potosi. A bramble accidentallytorn by its roots from the stones to which it clung,revealed the prize that from century to centuryhad been lying close to the hand of man, andman had known it not. The treasure-trove of two lives had been un-der the touch of Mr Trigg. He had been tread-ing upon the heels of iniquity. In pursuit, hehad been pursuing the right track to overtake theculprit. He had actually come up with him;overtaken him ; laid his hands upon his garment;read with his own eyes the sign-post pointinghim to the place where conclusive evidence ofcrime would have been unearthed; and» yetTrigg walked over the priceless discovery, passedby, and never suspected,
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