Lieber

This is a funny section of the country.

We're almost completely isolated here in this little valley, Blackstone.

Most of us have lived here for years and our fathers before us.

We know all about each other's business.

That's why I asked you to come here, Mr. Blackstone.

Up in the hills behind the village, there used to live a funny old miser.

Had a great deal of money in his time, but then he... Went daffy?

No, I wouldn't say that.

He just didn't trust people, that's all.

He lived in a funny old shack with all his money.

Reputed to be several thousand dollars in gold.

And we all let him alone.

What happened?

Well, a year or so ago, a man named Arthur Claverick moved here.

He'd heard an old story, a legend, that there was a buried treasure in these parts.

Gold hidden by some wealthy Tory families during the Revolution.

Yeah, so it seems.

Well, he hunted and hunted for months, and as far as we know, found nothing.

Then the hermit I was telling you about, old Adam Winslow, was found drowned in a mountain stream.

It was never found.