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	“Uncle Dave bid the keg and during the next twenty years refused to tell his wife, children or anyone else where it was. It is obvio~is that all the money he received for hie crops, except a small sum, was surplus. Julia often asked Uncle Dave to tell her where the keg was, and. told. my father that Uncle Dave had not been well and she feared the possibility of his dying with-. out died os ing the secret . ~ot long aft er ‚ Uncle Dave was found dead. one morning. Money was needed for funeral expenees, but the keg could not be found and Julia had to borrow the required amount.

	“The family searched first in the more likely locations, then made a aitnut e s earch of the whol e pi ace ‚ but the keg was never f~nd. On Uncle Dave ~ s fars a fortune is cached. The keg muet have lone ago‘ disintegrated, but the gold and s liver money ‚ the savings of t wenty years ‚ remain in their hiding place.