Cobwebs hung from the walls, and it was empty save for many old barrels that stood in the corner.

Ned looked casually into the barrels and then he uttered a shout of joy.

A score of so of them were full of shelled Indian corn in perfect condition, a hundred bushels at least.

This was truly treasure trove, more valuable than if the barrels had been filled with coined gold.
He ran out of the house and the first man he met was Davy Crockett.
"Now what has disturbed you ?" asked Crockett, in his drawling tone.
"Haven't you seen Mexicans enough for one day?
This ain't the time to see double." "I wish I could see double in this case, Mr.Crockett," replied Ned, "because then the twenty barrels of corn that I've found would be forty." He took Crockett triumphantly into the building and showed him the treasure, which was soon transferred to one of the arched rooms beside the entrance of the church.

It was in truth one of the luckiest finds ever made.