Fame And Fortune Weekly (no. 827) (1921 08 05)

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Pee | : ‘orn ae 4377 AUGUST hye FS Hews ‘- No. 827 7 Cents ila SPORE WEEN. sTORIES OF _ BOYS THAT MAKE MONEY. | SUN TING FOR TREASURE @buE PIRATES CHEST OF GOLD By A Self-Made Man dig , LARS % a eR STORIES r t= . Pieter mers Pmt SA sty pth ate o: * The concealed ruffian suddenly sprang upon th’ boy and bore him to the-ground. “By gar! You make free wiz my money, eh? I 4eex you!”-h®é criedy riiising one arm to strike Jack. At that mojnent Dick and Bessie appeared. “1 a F. ly, \ i, Sie? 7 oo od Ps

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as Second-Class Matter, FAME AND FORTUNE WEEKLY ss Jggued eekly—Subseription price, $3.50 r; Canada, $4.00;- Foreign, $4.50. Harry E. Wolff, Publisher, 160 Fe = fat 23d Street. Rew ‘York, R.'Y, “Entered ii, at -Office at New York, N. Y., under the Act of March 3, - __,. Hunting For Treasure NEW YORK, AUGUST s, October 4, 1911, 1879. 1921 + ‘ room to him?” *“'’Cause she needs the money. We've been 3 kind of pinched since my father died, two years ago, I don’t earn a whole lot myself as a fisher- : man, except in the summer, when the mackerel ‘run up this way.: Last winter, you know, I worked in old Flint’s store and stood it as long as I could, for he’s the meanest man in Fair- _ haven. I was glad to quit as soon as the fishing season opened. Another reason why my mother took a chance on our boarder is because our cot- tage is somewhat out of the way. She has been - trying for a year to get somebody to take the room, but nobody would come to our place, for they could find plenty of rooms right in the vil- HD =' Paes ; 2 ~ “So you board him, too?” : oe “Sure. He’s got to eat, and he couldn’t tramp back and forth to the village for his grub, par- ticularly as he’s got the rheumatism bad and _ walks lame, even with the help of a stick. He’s , to please—most sailors are. This fellow looks as if he’s been used to salt junk and such fare all his life. At any rate, he takes to our - Vietuals like a duck i wale es “What did you say his name was? We n the room f : ; Indefinitely.. He told mother that he doesn’t »w when he'll be able to go to sea again on of his rheumatism, and he wants a snug , all right, as long as he , es change it into American money. I don’t know where you're going to do it in this village,” “Oh, Blizzard has a wad of our bills besides the foreign gold. He told my mother that the goldpieces were worth $10.50 in our money.” “What foreign coin are they?” “T don’t know.. He didn’t Say. . He paid mother two weeks in advance with a $10 bill.” The foregoing conversation took place between the two boys as they walked from the Barnstable cottage to the litthe cove where Jack’s fishing boat, formerly the property of his father, was anchored. The cottage was built on the top of a short promontory, forming the northerly end of Fairhaven roadstead, and was partly sheltered by a background of rock and cedar trees. It was open toward the ocean and caught the full blunt of all storms that came from the northeast, east and southeast, but the two-story edifice left to Mrs. Barnstable by her husband, who had been a successful fisherman, was built to withstand all kinds of weather. Jack had secured all the schooling the village afforded, but his friend Dick was now attending a high school in a neighbor- ing town, riding to and fro on horseback. Dick’s father was captain and owner of a schooner in the lumber trade, and he was. onl home a small part of his time. He was ponside ered ‘well-to-do in the village, for his family lived in one of the best cottages in the suburbs and always had money to spend in good clothes and anything else thay wanted. Spring was now well advanced and Jack looked forward to a good fishing seaSon, for young mackerel were reported , in great numbers to the south and would be fit i, to catch by the time they had worked well up the s2 coast. : 7. : It was Sergi morning, and Dick was goit out with him to help him fish, They were bo e clad in their roughest suits, for handling fish is — not clean work. It was a clond = “We ought to make a Dick, as e boat skimmed sea

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2 HUNTING FOR THEASURE ~ “I wouldn’t be surprised, but if it comes at all it won’t be along before dark. The wind is from the northwest, and is just the slant we need to carry us out to the Sisters.” _ “Ever hear why the islands were called the Seven Sisters?” “No. There are seven of them, and whoever named them called them Sisters.” “He might have called them brothers just as - well.” : “Or the Seven Old Women, for I guess they’re old enough.” : “I'd have called them the Seven Old Maids.” — “You know old John Stark, don’t you?” “Yes.” “That’s his boat yonder, coming out of the har- bor.” “How do you recognize it?” “By that dark, crescent patch on his sail. That’s his son with him.” “Is he going to the Sisters, too?” “That’s where he usually, hangs out.” “I don’t faney Pixey Stark. He’s a tough nut.” “There’s no love lost between him and me. I licked him the other day for annoying Bessie Gale.” : “That isn’t the first thrashing you've given him, They don’t seem to do him any good.” 3 “He’s used to being ‘knocked about. His old man is always pounding him for one thing or another.” “John Stark doesn’t bear a very good reputa- tion. ‘They say he had a hand in the _ liquor smuggling that was carried on in this neighbor- hood a year or so ago.” “IT guess he did. At any rate, he escaped trouble by giving evidence against the smugglers when the Government proceeded against them and broke the game up.” ast 5 “T was in court at the examination of Captain Caderousse and his crew, and° the Frenchman swore he would get square with him. I wouldn’t like to. have a chap after me, for he’s a ect picture of an old-time pirate. He and is men were convicted at their trial. He was fined $1,000 and got a year in the peniteutiary. The men got a year each. Caderousse also lost the vessel, which was confiscated by the Govern- ment, together with the cargo of cognac, which was discovered through Stark, but it was said the schooner and brandy were owned by Halifax ; le in the background, so, I suppose he didn’t teen anything on them. Maybe his friends paid the fine, too, to prevent him from giving them away.” ; “I remember the facts, but I didn’t see the smugglers. I heard they were a hard lot all around.” essly. > } fishing ground. and threw out his anchor. fishing. The fish bit eagerly spot on the shoals. Stark and his son were out of sight behind one of the islands, but other fishing boats which had come out after them were in sight at different spots. The wind had -dropped almost to a calm, and the great ocean looked as quiet as a mill pond. The haze in the southeast had spread out some, but appeared to be as far off as ever, The fish ran better at - the new anchorage, and by five o’clock all the sons were filled and all the spare space in the oat. “T guess we’ve got all we can accommodate,”. said Dick. z > ' They now set to work to clean their fish, as the wind was light. When they had finished the breeze freshened and they started for home.’ In- side of ten minutes a light breeze was propelling the -boat softly shoreward, The breeze grew stronger, and by that time the fishing fleet 6f six craft was well under way. An hour later Jack ran his boat into the cove and came to anchor. Dick helped him carry the tubs of. fish up to the cottage where they were placed in an outhouse. One of the tubs was emptied into a washtub and they went back for t’ > loose fish! It was eight. o’clock by the time all the fish was in the outhouse. Then they went in to supper. The sailor boarder was not in evidence, as he had gone to his room.. After the meal the fish was dumped into a hand cart, with tall sides, and putting the tub of cleaned fish on top, the boys pushed the cart to the packing house, which was open to receive the day’s catch from the fisher- men. CHAPTER II.—The Stranger on the Shore.’ It was late when Jack reached home with his cart. The sky was as black as an ink pot, and the wind was blowing a stiff gale from the south- east. The’ next morning a strong bre@éze was driving the sea mist in. wisps across the land- seape, giving the young fisherman but in indis- tinct view of the near-by village of Fairhaven, and its smal! fleet of fore-and-afters lying close inshore. f Jack didn’t like the idea of turning out of his warm bed on such a morning, but he felt that his traps had to be looked after, so he dressed himself and left the cottage by the kitchen door. He wore his long fishing boots, for the grass was soaking wet and curled around his legs like tentacles. The first trap he had seton the edge of the marsh nearest the promontory. There was nothing in it, nor in the next three. The th produced a rabbit and, tying its legs to- ether, Jack proceeded with his prize. The rest of the traps were all among the sandy ridges between the marsh and the shore, and as he tramped toward chem, peering through the mist, he sighted a man on the beach. He was close upon him before he was aware of his presence, seemed a dark blot in the sea revealed and obscured by the | “T wonder. who: that is?” Jack asked himself. _ ‘

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‘HUNTING FOR THEASURE ; " “What in ‘thunder is he looking for?” said Jack to himself. “One would think he was look- tog for something that the waves brought ashore during the night, or might bring ashore at any moment. He looks damp enough to have been _ washed up himself.” ' Jack became so interested in him that he for- got al! about his traps and followed him to the rocks that glistened at the foot of the promon- tory. The stranger peered sharply among the rocks and ventured among them as far as he dared go, but whatever the nature of his quest, the results were disappointing to him. It was growing lighter every moment, the rain had ceased, and Jack could hardly hope to remain unobserved much longer. Knowing that, he took his attention off the stranger and returned to wer as mped in the sand in front of h Something ju in the sand in front of him se amtiine rown and furry, but all dragged and rubbed the wrong way. It was another rabbit. Jack knelt on one knee, opened the jaws of the trap, put the little creature out its misery started for the next trap. He was kneeling in a hollow, sheltered from the wind by a mound of sand, adding a third rabbit to his “string, when a piece of paper, green on one side and yellow on the other, came whirling over the . top of the mound and lodged against Jack’s chest. As it was no uncommon thing for paper and other light things to be whirled about on the shore by the wind, Jack was about to shake it Joose from his ojlskin jacket when-a second look showed it to be a $50 bill. Full of aston- ishment that such a valuable piece of paper should come his way, the young fisherman turned it over in his fingers to make sure that it really was money. As he did so the figure of a man rose and looked over the mound. With an im- tion he reached down and snatched the bill out of Jack’s hand. : : - “By gar!” he cried, in a foreign tone. “What for you hide yourse’f down here, eh? You watch me? -{ feex you!” - Jack stared* up at him, and recognized the stranger of the shore. As he uttered the last words he flashed a revolver from his pocket and pointed it full at the aor: b ~ “fold on!” cried Jack, jumping up. “What's the matter with you?” © “Give an account of yourse’f.” Ae “Whatll I do that for? Who are you, any- 3 te see Sy ee catching ze rabbit, oui?” said the _ Frenchman, whose sharp eyes had by this time ‘observed the boy’s occupation. ~ ~~ “4 fes. [ have a dozen. traps along the shore, Lam visiting them to see what luck I have morning.” 4 e - comprends. How long you been on, ze you see me before along ze edge of ze eS o. “A you s Re tpee tL daw «cnet the beach. So that oe ee 3 “{ should think you’d have waited» till the weather cleared. ou are a stranger around here. Where are you hanging out?” “Hanging out! What you mean by dat?” “Where are you stopping?” “Ah! J see ze drift of vat you say. I look like ze sponge vat you put in ze water, oui?” “Yes, you look pretty damp.” “You see ze shape I am in—like ze drowned rat. You vill take me to your house and let me stand by. ze fire a leetle vile, ovi? S"pose you do dat, I make you von little gratification—I gif you dees for yourse’f.” The Frenchman pulled out a dollar bill and offered it to the boy. “T don’t want your money. You can come to our cottage and dry yourself for nothing, but I think you ought to apologize for pulling that gun on me.” “Ket vas all von grande meestake, mon gar- song. I make ze apology wiz. all ze satisfaction in ze world. You shake-han’s wiz me?” Jack wasn’t anxious to do so, but he thought eg to accept the Frenchman’s hand, and he id. : “Well, come on,” said Jack, taking up his three rabbits and starting for the cottage. Smoke was issuing from the kitchen chimney so that the youn, om knew that his moth- er was up. By this time the gray mist had near- ly vanished from the surface of the ocean, while patches of -blue sky showed here and there. When they reached the top of the point the village and Surrounding country was clearly visible. Jack led the Frenchman into the kitchen. : “Mother, here is a man I met on the shore," — said the boy, laying the rabbits on the table. “He is wet to the skin. I will take him up to my © room where he can. take his things off so they can be dried around the stove.” “Madame, Je suis carme de vous voir” (ma-— dame, I am veny. glad to see you), said the stran- ger, with a low bow, forgetting he was speaking - in his native tongue. Mrs. Barnstable’ nodded politely, though she didn’t understand a word of “ed Brera but judged that it was oe complimentary. . “Follow me, monsoo,” said Jack, leading the way. “By the time your clothes are dried break- fast will be ready.” The stranger from the shore kept close at his heels and Jack took him to his room. Strip, blanket,” monsoo, and wrap yourself in this said the boy, who then doffed his own oilskins and hung them outside his window, where | the sun was beginning to shine. “By the way, — you haven't told me your name. Mine is Jack — Barnstable.” - ; ; “I keep dateze secret for von leetle vile. You — can call me ze captaine.” Zt “The captain! All righ go at that,” said Jack. sateay ~ When the stranger divested himself of | clothes the boy took them downstairs and them up back of the stove. He then w t, monsoo, we'll let it _ ae

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j clothes and found they were dry enough for him to put on, so he carried them up to him. “Here you are, captain. Get into your duds and come down to breakfast.” “Breakfas’! Dat is ze sound pleasant. J’ai faim” (I am hungry). “I go wiz you at once, mon garcon.” 3 When they entered the living room the sailor boarder was already at the table. “Take this seat, captain,” said Jack, pulling out a chair. ; As the Frenchman was about to seat himself, his eyes met those of the sailor, who was staring at him. ° “Ha!” he cried, straightening up. Ket ees you, Blizzard? So I haf found you at las’, eh? Bon. I speak wiz you after breakfas’.” With a fierce look, he sat down, while the sailor was taken with a fit of choking. As for Jack and his mother, they regarded their guests with some wonder.” : CHAPTER III.—Captain Jean Caderousse. t After that the breakfast proceeded in silence. The sailor was clearly ill at ease, while the Frenchman appeared in no humor to say any- thing. At last the meal was finished and then g the hman rose abruptly. “Come,” he said to Blizzard, “ve vill go out in ze air and haf ze leetle talk. Eet ees a long time since you give me ze sleep, but, by gar, you vill now make ze reparation honorable, or zere vill be vat you call somesing doing. Comprenez ; vous?” ~The sailor, who was’clearly afraid of him, rose, muttered something under his breath, and allow- ed the Frenchman to lead him to the door. At that moment Dick Swift appeared. He stared at the stranger with open mouth, but the French- man, ing no attention to him, pushed Blizzard ‘out of the door and followed. F » “My. gracious!” exclaimed Dick. “How did he come here?” 3 ce “He! Who do you mean—the Frenchman?” SY¥es"* “J picked him up on the beach this wet as if he’d come out of the sea. He was pok- ing around the shore, looking for something that he didn’t find. He invited himself here to break- fast, and as he seemed determined to come, and looked ugly enough to enforce his request with the revolver he has in his pocket, I brought him ~ along.” - 13 “De you know who he is?” “No, he wouldn’t. tell me his name.” : - “Well, I know him. He’s the smuggler skip- per, Captain Jean Caderousse.” “The dickens he is!” cried Jackg much aston- ‘ished. “He’s out of prison, then?” - “If he wasn’t, he wouldn’t be here.” Jack then told Dick about the incident of the $50 bill, and how it led to the Frenchman dis- bs covering him behind the mound of sand. : oh aoe owt pe ma hanging aro ; <FAL* you t house. to put hi pie guard,” said e 2% me!) 42-508 rears ss se heze te morning, as HUNTING FOR THEASURE asse_ the ' and Blizzard were standing near the end of the promontory. The Frenchman was gesticulating violently, while the sailor, who was supporting his game leg with his stick, appeared to be tak ing things quite meekly. ‘You’d better go and see Stark and the con- stable yourself, Dick,” said Jack. ,“I don’t like to leave those men together and nobody but mother about.” YH do it. I'll be back as soon as “All right. I can.” With those words, Dick started for the village. At that moment the Frenchman and the sailor started back to the cottage. They entered the house and went to Blizzard’s room. Jack went up to his room, which adjoined the sailor’s, and stood at the door listening to the Frenchman’s excited jabber. Whianever Hiizcard spoke it was in a tone of protest. Jack finally ventured to eer through the keyhole of the boarder’s door. e saw the sailor’s sea chest open and Cader- ousse on his knees beside it, tossing its contents out on the floor while he kept up a running vol- ley of talk, sometimes pausing to shake his fist at Blizzard, who seemed to have recovered some- what from his uneasiness, and was smoking his pipe while he watched the Frenchman work havoe with his personal belongings. Jack noticed that the smuggler captain exam-. ined most everything he turned out. Finally he reached the bottom of the chest without having found what he was after. ) “T told. ydu you’ wouldn’t zard. “By gar! You haf hid heem somev’ere else in ze room,” snarled the captain. “T have told you it’s at the bank, and I'll get it for you to-morrow.” “You vill get nossing to-morrow, You vill get heem to-day, or I blow ze roof off your head. find it,” said Bliz- You sink I am ze fool to vait and gif you ze chance to make ze skeep again? on, non! Parbleu! J vas not born yesterday.” “Me skip, with my rheumatism! I couldn’t do it nohow, cap’n.” = * “Vat, you could not do eet? You would find ze vay somehow eef I give you von leetle chance. You know ze value of dat chart. You nevaire give heem up if you‘help yourse’f. Now I got my fingaire on you at las’ I keep heem zaire till you cough up.” “But the Sank isn’t open on Sunday, cap’n. You’ll have to wait.” / “By gar! I vill not wait, sare!” roared Cader- ousse, bringing his og fist down on the window sill with considerable force. “You will take me to ze house of ze president of ze bank and I vill ask heem eef you put ze paper in hees charge. a Eef I find you tell me not ze truth, I shoot you | on ze spot eef I hang for heem!” Whether the smuggler captain was in earnest or not, he looked fierce enough. ; “Come, we wasté time here. We make ze start at once,” said Caderousse. “Where did I put my chapeau?” F ; Blizzard_rose halfway and, pointing, said: . “There it is, cap’n.” ». The Frenchman wheeled around. That broug the pocket in which he had his révolver close to sailor. the ae pe «i ae izzard deftly abstracted

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~ HUNTING FOR THEASURE and dropped it in his own pocket. The smuggler eaptain picked up his hat and said “Come,” once more. e sailor, who had dropped back in his chair, didn’t move. 7 “Are you goin’ to leave my dunnase on the floor?” “Bah! Vat I eare for your sings? back yourse’f aftair you come back.” “You took them out. Put them back.” “Vat ees dat, sare? You talk to me like dat?” roared the Frenchman. “You’ve been doing all the talking, you-.old, shellback. It’s about time I uncoiled a few fath- oms of gab myself. Put my traps back in the chest and get a move on, for I’m gettin’ kinder nervous, and when [’m nervous I’m a bad sub- ject to monkey with.” Captain Caderousse stared at Blizzard, speech- less with rage. Finally he found,his tongue. “You dare give me ze insult to my face!” he cried furiously. “I vill blow ze roof. e. He shoved his hand into his pocket for his re- volver, but it was not there. e tried the other 2. but in vain. Then a light broke over his min “Ha! You pick my pocket. You take my pis- tol. Give heem up at once} or. n ‘He made a move to throw himself on the sail- _or, when Blizzard, who was looking for such a move, pulled out the weapon and pointed it at Put zem “Take it cool, cap’n. If you come a foot nearer I'll pull the trigger and [ll swear I shot you in, self-defense, which would be the truth.” “Ver’ good!” hissed Captain Caderousse. “You hold ze uppair hand on me, but I feex you. I am not ze man to take ze water. Nex’ time we come togezzaire—pouf! Ze world vill be less one common sailor. I vill haf ze life of you -whezzaire I get ze chart or not. Dat ees all now, sare. Make ze best of ze time you haf left— eet ees short.” Captain Caderousse started for the door, whereupon Jack, who had been an interested ob- server of the foregoing, beat a hasty retreat to his own room. The captain went downstairs and into the kitchen, where Mrs. Barnstable was fin-~ - ishing her dishes. ; - “Madame,” he said, with a bow, “I am under ze grand obligation for ze dejeuner to vich your fils (son) invite me. I nevair take somesing for nossifig. I make you dees small present,” laying a doliar bill on the table. “Bon jour.” Then he took his departure, but not in the’ direction of the village. ag - CHAPTER IV.—Jack Has a Talk With the _ os: Sailor. “ ‘Ten ininutes later Dick turned up. Jack had edme downstairs and was waiting for him. 2” he asked. ° out who he <f SEs. 5 and said he was going to call on the constable. He asked me to go with him. I did so, and the constable heard my story. He said he could do nething unless the ex-smuggler broke the law in some way. He could not be interfered with sim- ply because, after serving his time, he had chosen to return to this neighborhood. Stark reminded him that Caderousse had threatened him at his examination. He said if he and the captain came together there was likely to be trouble. He said he knew from experience that Caderousse was a dangerous man, and if he had to shoot him in self-defense he hoped he wouldn’t be held for it. Then he went home and I came on here,” said Dick. “Is the captain still around here?” “No. He’s gone away.” He told Dick of the interview between Cader- ousse and Blizzard, in the boarder’s room, and how the sailor had turned the tables on the Frenchman, who then went away after promis- ing to do up the mariner in short order. “ “You say he has a chart that Captain Cader- ousse wants?” “Yes. I judge that he stole it from the Frenchman. It seems to be a chart to a pirate’s chest of gold.” “A pirate’s chest of gold! Where?” - couldn’t tell you, except it’s on some is- and.” “In the Caribbean sea, likely, for that was where the pirates used to ply their trade. It must have been buried a long time, for there ‘hasn’t been any pirates that I know of for fifty or sixty years back.” “T heard Blizzard a he was on the island and took away a pocketful of the gold. He showed several samples to the Frenchman to prove it. It was the same gold he showed my mother when he applied for the room and board.” ; “If the sailor discovered the chest of gold, why didn’t he fetch it away from the island?” “Something prevented him from doing it.” “It was fated they should come ingen acci- dentally, and now the question is what will that meeting lead to? If I were Blizzard, I think I’d hunt up a new hiding place, for that French- man looks wicked enough to do anything to ac- complish his purpose.” ae Jack and Dick went down into the cove to see how things fared with the, little fishing smack, and found her all right. The young fisherman cleaned her out with buckets of water, and other- wise put her in shape for his next day’s trip. When he and Dick returned to the cottage they found Blizzard sitting near the back door smok- ing his pipe without any apparent worry in the _ world, As dinner was nearly ready, Dick left for home, declining an invitation te remain and eat with his friend. When Dick walked-away, — the sailor beckoned Jack to his side. : “I reckon you and your mother are surprised at what took place this mornin’ between me and —~ the frog eater,” he said, squinting up into the boy’s face. - or Be “Somewhat,” replied Jack. “It seemed strz that D comer he should know each other of old, at your relations should be rather strain-— ain’t so stra it, for the

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been to sea mvself, man and. boy, over. forty. rs.” ; “As long as that?” , a “Yes, as long as that, my hearty,” nodded the mariner. = “You must have visited many parts of the world.” : “Pye been pretty nigh all over.” “Did you sail with Captain Caderousse at one time?” : “J reckon I did, shipmate. the West Injees.” , . “] thought he went away mad. “Yes, he was mad, and he threatened to do me Several v’yages in up.” Pa shouldn’t like to have him tel] me that. He looks bad enough to keep his word.” “He'll keep it if he gets the chance.” “If you believe he will, why didn’t you try and settle things with him?” - “He wanted too much.” “Too much!” Blizzard nodded. : “Did he want you'to hand over yeur money to him to square things?” asked Jack, with an in- nocent look. : “You mean the money I’ve got about me? No. ‘ What he wanted was——” - At that point Mrs. Barnstable appeared at the door and called them to dinner. The sailor got up, knocked the ashes out of his-pipe, put it in his pocket, and-started for the living room. Jack was disappointed. He felt that the interruption had spoiled what might have been an interesting disclosure on the part of the boarder. Jt couldn't be helped, however, so the young fishersnan fol- lowed him to the table. HAPTER V.—The Story of the Pirate’s Chest se of Gold. ‘The sailor had very little to say during din- ner. He app to-be thoughtful and preoc- eupied. After the meal was over he walked out- ide again, lit his pipe and smoked away. Jack, see if he could induce him to continue : conversation, joined him after a tle while. “You were going to tell me what Captain va Saltet ne to give up when my er called us to dinner,” he said. ok here, my | ‘en “ ~ eurious to the interrupted yarn “ inter- : alked upstairs and entered the sail- 1 Asatte : ‘look out af | 6 HUNTING FOR THEASURE atween me and the cap’n, and I get the worst of it, he won’t gain nothin’ through the trick.” : The sailor paused, dumped his pipe out of the wintiow, vefilled it, and after applying a light to the tobacco, leaned back-2nd looked at the young fisherman through the smoke that curled- “This here yarn deals with a pirate’s chest of his head. gold,” he began. He paused, as if expecting Jack to utter an exclamation of some kind, but as the boy had an idea of what was coming he showed no sur- prise. “I know where such a thing is hidden,” con- tinued Blizzard. “Where?” said Jack, feeling that some remark was-expected of him. ~ “On a small key or island in the Caribbean Sea.” “That’s a long way from here.” “] reckon it is, measured by miles; but it doesn’t take long in these days of steam, naviga- tion to reach the West Injees from any port on the east coast of these here United States.” “That's right,” nodded Jack. “The island in question, shipmate, is low and sandy for the most part, with a few cocoanut trees and banana bushes on it, and uninhabited. It is visited in the season by turtle catchers, and when I sailed with Cap’n Caderousse he was in the turtle-catchin’ business part of the time, and during the rest of the time he ‘was—but that doesn’t figger in this yarn.” : The sailor paused to take a few extra whiffs. “How long have you known that a box of gold was hidden on that island?” asked Jack. “T'll allow I’ve known it more’n ten rs.” The sailor got up, took another look out of the window, and, reseating himself, proceeded as follows: ; j -“It was all of ten years or moré ago that I sailed with Cap’n Caderousse aboard his schoon- er, who, as I said before, went after turtles part of the time, and the rest of the year carried car- goes from one island to another,” said Blizzard, “The end of the last trip I made with him found us at Cardenas, in Cuba.. We had fetched.over a cargo from Kingston and we hauled into the wharf late in the afternoon to begin unloadin’ next morning. After supper all hands went ashore to make a night of it, ‘ceptin’ me. Iwas called upon to remain aboard watch the ves- sel till somebody turned 5, Se relieve me, which I knew wasn’t likely to happen for hours. It was a fine night, and-] amused myself as best I , ecould—which means I smoked my pipe, looked at the lights in the houses along the water front | and thought how — I was to be the only chap who was prevented, by duty, from joinin’ * the rest of the crew at the inn on the quay. In- stead of bein’ unlucky, it was just the contrary, but I didn’t know it at the time—not till later.” ~ The sailor got up and took another leok from the window. - bony 3 ‘ Mis “It was along about eleven o'clock when Cap'n — came | with

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- = Malay, and there hain’t much to choose for ras- -eality between the two. They went down into the cabin, and the skipper turned up the swingin’ ‘lamp, which was burnin’ low while was ashore. As it happened, I was leanin’ ’gainst the sky- light, instead of for’ard, where it was my place to be. I could easily peer down into the smoky cabin, and as one side of the skylight was open for ventilation I could hear every word that passed between the cap’n and the strange French- man, though they didn’t talk over loud at any ote of the proceedin’s.” aa The sailor having exhausted his pipe, stopped to refill and lighted it again. “The visitor aboard told the skipper a tale that caused my ears to tingle. It was about that there chest of gold which he said a notorious pi- rate by the name of Latrobe buried on the Isla de Lobo, in the Caribbean Sea, in the year 1808.” “Fighteen-eight! That’s a long time ago,” said ack. . “JT reckon it is; but what difference does that make, as long as the chest of gold hain’t never been found and carried away? The visitor said that owing to the watchfulness of the warships cruising about the Caribbean, piracy was getting a black eye when Latrobe and two or three others like himself preyed upon the coast cities of the West Injees, and burnt and scuttled vessels wherever they found them. He said that Bonita and another rascal named mpson finally aban- doned the West Injees, sailed ’round the Horn, and continved to pillage the west coast of South America for many years, till at last they were eaught, but-that hain’t got nothin’ to do with ‘the chest of gold in question.” “J heard that Thompson escaped and buried his plunder on Cocos Island,” said Jack. “I believe he did, but I hain’t interested nohow in Thompson,” continued the sailor. “The visitor told the captain that he possessed the secret of the chest of gold buried by Latrobe, and to prove it he showed the skipper the original chart made by the pirate himself, which he had obtained from an ignorant old sailor who had been cap- tured by Latrobe when a boy.” “Well?” said Jack eagerly. “You have that chart.” : : “How do you know I have?” cried Blizzard sharply. “I haven’t said so.” 5 Jack looked a bit confused. fe “] judged that was what uae Caderousse wanted you to give up,” he said. - “*T'll allow the inference is natural,” admitted the sailor. “The long and short of the matter was the visitor offered to divide the contents of the treasure chest with the skipper if Cap’n derousse would take him aboard and sail for = ae is!and.” “t suppose Captain Caderousse agreed to do ‘prisoners, ine HUNTING FOR THEASURE 7 lookin’ at‘them as dry as a salted cod, the visi- tor told the skipper the yarn he got from the old sailor about how the gold came to be buried on that there island.” “What's the story?” asked the interested young fisherman. “When only a mere boy, in 1808, the old sailor, with many others, was captured by Latrobe when he pursued and seized the vessel they were aboard of. For a long time Latrobe’s ship, flying the ‘jolly roger,’ had been chased by English, Amer- ican and Spanish warships, but being very fast, she had managed to avoid capture while preyin’ on merchant vessels. Though Latrobe was lucky enough to escape the cruisers and still carry on his business, he found no safe opportunity to land any of his booty, which by that time, you see, was very large.” “It must have been,” said Jack. “At length Latrobe, the wind favoring, sent his ship south through the Caribbean as though makin’ for Trinidad. The cruisers which had sighted him were left far astern, and night com- in’ on, he hauled around on a new course, and when mornin’ came none of them were in sight. A small island appeared on the horizon, and,to- ward it the pirate steered. Swingin’ around the western end, the ship came to anchor close in- shore. Then Latrobe ordered out one of his boats, had the chest of gold put into her, and pulled for the beach. He intended to bury not only that chest but many more, burstin’ with riches, but, as it happened, Fate was ag’in him, and that- there chest was the only one Latrobe had time to put under cover.” “What interfered with him—a hurricane or the warships?” “l’m comin’ to that. From the deck of the pirate ship the boy captive had a good view of the whole proceedin’s. He saw the boat beached, the chest dragged up the sandy slope, and one of the men set at work burying it, while the others were sent back to the ship for more treasure chests. While awaiting them, Latrobe paced the ~ beach at different angles, with the view of mak- ing a chart of the spot where he proposed to put all the plunder for the time bein’. The boat with a second chest of treasure started for the shore when the lookout gave notice of a sail to the wind’ard. On ‘teaching the beach, Latrobe was told about the strange sail. Fearin’ it was a cruiser, he ordered the boat back and returried in her, He hoisted sail and made for the open sea. Next mornin’ he ran into an American war- ship and was captured without a shot being fired.” ; : : “And that was the end of him, I. suppose?” said Jack. - ; “It was. The pirate prizervas taken to Kings- ton, Jarisieny, where Latrobe, his crew and his ee en ee ee 7

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aoe : ~ Isla de Lobo. On the followin’ day Latrobe and his men were hanged.” ’ ““He only et what the fisherman. sehen Pe “the boy became a sailor, but never found the means or the chance to secure the chest of gold. Ale always kept the chart in remembrance of his experience with the pirates. He grew to be’ an ola 1 man, and when dying he gave the chart ‘to Cap'n. Caderousse’s visitor,;in payment for some was coming to him,” said you.”. of “That's the chart. you have? Libs = @ 5 5 S & = 5 E 5 = & “¥ e-% ° & a with him around the diggin’s, so I’m goin’ = to any one, so it’ ver get hold of that share of it. leave you the chart to get the pirate’s slight service, and related the story I’ve just spun ; for me. He'll never _be _ -Mr. Blizzar _contemptuously, while his black _ before. You vil HUNTING. FOR THEASURE. - shore was marked to conform with Latrobe’s view from the spot where he stood when making the Measurements. The next most important feature was aheavy triangle, with a line running from - the center of the base, pointing E and W to the point S, which ended at a blot marked “rock— low tide.” 3 Midway on the perpendicular line and approx- imately in the center of the triangle, was a small cross mark, with the words, “Dig here—three feet.” To make the matter clear, we will say that the old parchment showed the chest of gold “to be buried in the center of an equilateral tri- angle, the three angles of which were: First, a large rock at the water’s edge, whose top was uncovered only at low tide; second, a spring bub- bling up at the foot of a ridge of rocks: third, a solitary rock, resembling a coffin on end. “Well, my lad;‘what do you think of it?” said Blizzard. —. Sc : io Before Jack could answer, the door ovete4 and in walked Captain Caderousse. CHAPTER VI.—'The Finish of Bill-s.tuced, The unexpected appearance of the smuggler captain carried’ consternation to both Jack and the sailor. It was like a policeman walking in on @ couple of thieves and catching them with the goods. Instead of a menacing attitude, the Frenchman’s rastally countenance bore a look of malicious satisfaction. ; “J vish you good afternoon, my friends,” he said. . “Pardon me dat I make so free as to come in wizout knocking. J] haf been outside dees goot vhile, listening to ze.interesting conversation I hear going on wizin, Jaraais! nevair ] haf heard .Somesing dat make me feel so tickle. To sink dat teh year ago you play me dat leetle trick, mon ami Blizzard, and now ze tables are quite turn.on you. By gar! Eet is to laugh, yet your face eet do not Jook funnee at all. But to busi- ness. I yill trouble you for dat chart; mon gar- con.’ ‘ Captain Caderousse made a mistake by indulging in. so, long a preamble before making his demand. time to regain their self-possession. The Frenchman held out his hand, evidently expecting his request to be instantly complied with. Jack, instead of, handing it to him, deliberately refold- ed it and put it in his pocket. “Ha!” cried the smuggler captain. fuse to gif dat up?” ~ “T ean’t give. it to ,” returned Jack. “Mistaire Blizzard!” exclaimed the Frenchman It gave both Jack and the sailor ~ “You re-. you without orders from

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‘HUNTING FOR THEASURE 9 . Yang out in the room. The sailor half yose in his “ehair,‘dropped back and fell over on the floor. * Captain Caderousse dropped his weapon with an imprecation, and Jack saw the blood streaming from his hand. The boy, instead of losing his presence. of mind, sprang forward, picked up the weapon and, stepping back, pointed it at the cap- “Make a move, Captain Caderousse, and [ll fire,” he said resolutely. The ex-smuggier hurled an oath and a threat in French at Jack, but he might as well have saved his breath. Then he attempted to leave ‘the room in defiance of the young fisherman’s command. “Stop!” cried Jack,-“or I swear I’ll shoot!” There was something in the ring of the. boy’s voice that brought the raseal to a stop. He wheeled about and glared at Jack. At that mo- ment there was a pounding on the door. “Jacki Jack! What has happened?” cried his mother, in a tremulous voice. “Run to our nearest neighbor, mother, and tell him to go find the constable at once and bring him here. Captain Caderousse, whom you let in the house, has shot and, I fear, killed our boarder,” replied the boy. Mrs. Barnstable uttered an exclamation. “Go at once, mother. I am holding the cap- tain at the point of a revolver. If he tried to leave the room I shall shoot him, and I don't care whether I kill him or not.” ‘Mrs. Barnsiable hurried away, in fear and trepidation. Perceiving that threats had no ef- fect on the plucky boy, the “Frenchman altered - *¥ou are ze brave garcon,” he said, with a treacherous Tag “Ket would be a pittee dat we haf ze bad blood between us. I make you von ition. Let me go about my business wiz ze chart, vich eet ees of no use to you, and v’en I Bet ze gold [ vill»send you ze sum of dix mille aire—dat ees $10,000. You agree?” “No. You can’t buy me for a million; You'll go to jail—or to the hospital,” replied Jack. _ Captain Caderousse shrugged his shoulders and coclly sat dowm, while he bandaged his wounded hand with his handkerchief. Jack also sat down again on the chest with the revolver pointed at the ex-smuggler. After binding up his wounded -hand, Captain Caderousse began ming some rollicking French- air, apparently giving no. fur- ther attention to the boy. Not for a moment was his brain idle, however. He was a man of infi- nite resource, and accustomed to dealing with ticklish ‘situations. At length came the sound of footsteps below. 3 pee he Mrs. Barnstable had not only sent her nearest whose name was Parker, stepping inside, fol- ‘lowed by his two companions, who remained at the door. “Murder has been done, Parker,” replied Jack. “This ex-convict, just out of the penitentiary, has shot and killed our boarder, Bill Blizzard. See where the poor fellow lies.” “Ze garcon tells vat ees not so,” protested the captain. “You see my han’? Ze bullet. from ze pistol of ze sailor done dat, I shoot to safe my life. Eef I kee] heem I cannot help,” shrugging his shoulders, “Am I to let myse’f be shot like ze cochon—peeg? Non, non; 1 defend myse’f. Bet ees my right. You take me to ze officaire of ze police; I explain pared y= “Take him rei said Jack. “You better tie his hands behind him first, for he’s a dangerous customer.” One of the fishermen went downstairs to get a piece of line, the other two and Jack kept their eye on the prisoner. The captain had sprung on his feet when Jack ordered him tied, and he re- mained standing, with his right hand on the chair. They soon heard the fishermen coming back. Captain Caderousse suddenly lifted the chair and flung it at Jack. Then he shot out his ponderous fist at the nearest fisherman, sending him backward on the bed. Springing on the other man, he shook him as a deg might a rat and fairly fiung him against the man who was in the act of entering with the line, upsetting both. That left the way clear for his eseape, and he took instant advantage of it. The whole thing happened so quickly that before Jack could eatch and throw the chair aside, Captain Cader- ousse was out of the door. “The rascal!” cried Jack. “He'll get away un- less something is done. After him, you chaps. I'l drep eut of the window and try to wing him.” Jack swung out of the window and dropped to ~ the ground. He ran around to the back of the house just as the ex-smuggier was issuing from the kitchen door. “Stop orI'll shoot!” cried the boy. With a chance to run, the captain was willing | to take a change of a shot. He dashed across the yard, intending to leap the white paling. The young fisherman took careful aim at his burly . form and fired. The distance was so short tha! Captain Caderousse would have received the ball in his back but that Old Nick came to the aid of his follower. The captain’s foot’ caught in a piece of rope stretched to protect some young plants and he pitehed forward as Jack pulled the trigger. Supposing he*had hit the raseal; Jack lowered his weapon and called to the fishermen. - Captain Caderousse sprang up, vaulted the fence and been down the hillside toward the edge of th ma : CHAPTER Vil.—After the Tragedy. ~ “My, [believe I missed him, after all!*-efacu- a. x lated Jack, much chagrined. . ; Sobel is shld him again. - ‘re ion oe eee eS _fugitive again, but without re-

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10 constable .and .one of his assistants approached, with a bunch of men. Jack hurriedly explained the situation and the two constables started af- ter the ex-smuggler.. The crowd was anxious to learn all that had happened, and the young fish- ‘erman satisfied their curiosity, omitting, however, all reference to the treasure chart. “We must attend to Blizzard now, poor fel- low,” said Jack. “We’ll lay him out on his bed m readiness for the coroner to inspect. I wish one of the people would go after that official and bring him here right away.” One of the crowd agreed to do it, and started off on his errand. Inside of an hour the coroner arrived, and by that time the news of the tragedy d spread around the village and a big crowd was congregated about the cottage. The coroner looked at the body and decided to hold his in- quest at once and get the matter over with, as Mrs. Barnstable wanted the body taken away. A jury was’ impaneled from among the spectators, aa | was called\te order in the living room. The only witnesses were Jack and his mother. They told the details of the affair. Upon being asked if he knew the nature of the ill-feeling Captain Caderousse entertained against the sailor, he admitted that the sailor had told him all about it, but he didn’t think it would be; of any value to repeat it, as the jury would have to take his word for its truth. In any event, it ‘was second-hand testimony and not. legally ad- missible. Jack managed to keep the matter of the chart in the background. He knew if he mentioned it the coroner would require him to produce it, and doubtless would take charge of it as a piece of evidence. He didn’t want to part with it, or let anybody in the neighborhood know that he possessed a clue to a chest of gold. It would arouse specula- tion and some excitement, and in the end he _.. would lose all chance of benefiting by what he i regarded as the sailor’s lezacy to him. The jury : deliberated after the coroner made his speech, _.and they finally came to a verdict of homicide _, against the captain. That ended the proceedings, ~ and Jack accompanied the coroner to the village - to call on the undertaker. When Jack got back - he found a small crowd still about the cottage. He asked the people, all of whom he knew, to disperse, and they did. ~ : “Now, mother,” he said.on going into the house where supper was under way, “as Blizzard has _ money on his person, and maybe in his chest, ~ too, I’m going to take charge of it and expend it 4 If I find more than is necessary he cou sa = — * that the recovery o in Fairhaven. That gave h “HUNTING FOR THEASURE . would be a difficult matter to lay the sum out, anyway. To erect a costly monument and tomb for a common seaman, who really was, in his way, a big rascal, would create too much com- ment in the village. The finest grave in the lit- tle cemetery had not cost over $1,000 all told, if as much as that, and as Fairhaven’s most prom- inent and respectable inhabitant was buried in that plot it would not do to cause a sailor-stran- ger to outshine him. Accordingly, when the undertaker came Jack told him the sailor had left $300 behind him, and as his heirs, if he had any, were involved in ob- scurity, he preposed to expend the money on a small tomb and the funeral. The undertaker gave his estimate that included a fine coffin, and Jack accepted it. ‘The body was taken to the under- taker’s store and there prepared for burial. Jack didn’t go on his fishing trip next day, but devoted his time to securing a nice spot in the chureh- yard, from which a clear view of the sea could be had. Then he arranged with a mason to build the tomb. While it was under way the sailor’s body, after being embalmed, was placed in the church vault temporarily. When the tomb was ready the coffin was re- moved to it and sealed up in presence of the min- ister, who recited the usual prayers, and Jack and his mother. A plain stone was then placed at the head of the grave, on which the following inscription was cut: ~ “Sacred to the memory of William Blizzard, able seaman, who departed this life on May 13, 189—. May he rest in peace.” In the meanwhile Jack had been doing a lot of thinking. He had $2,000 of the late sailor’s money, and he figured that he could not spend it to better advantage than hiring a sehooner, visit- ing the Isla de Lobo and hunting for the pirate’s chest of gold. He had no idea of the size of the chest, but imagining it to be a seaman’s chest, he figured that it must contain a lot of money, possibly a quarter of a million dollars. That was a prize worth going after, and he did not wonder that. Captain. Caderousse was hot on its trail. Without the chart, however, it would be utterly out of the question for him to find the chest. With the chart to point the way, Jack judged f the pirate’s treasure would be easy. He forgot, however, that all of eighty years had eiapsed since it was buried, and that perhaps the spring had dried up, or the coffin- shaped rock had been displaced, or that the key- stone, visible only at low tide, might have sunk into the ccean. Still, it was a fact that Blizzard had found the treasure a few years since, though he had been, prevented from taking it away. That encouraged him to believe that the chest of gold could easily be Idcated. He talked the matter over with his mother, and though she did not like to have him leave her, still the prize was a golden one, and if secured by Jack would place them forever beyond want and, in fact, make them the a ind ease richest le - vision of sille .

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‘HUNTING FOR THEASURE _ CHAPTER: VIIIl—Beginning of the Treasure aa Hunt. Jack, having decided to go, proceeded to make his arrangements to that end. He had neither seen nor heard of Captain Caderousse since he ~ lost sight of him that Sunday morning in the marsh. For a while he had been afraid would have a visit from the Frenchman on the quiet and a demand made upon him for the chart. In order to avoid such a reg. am if possible, he bought a watchdog and let him loose around the house every night. He adopted various other precautions, also, and always slept with the cap- tain’s revolver under his pillow, while his mother had Blizzard’s. If the ex-smuggler made any attempt to reach him Jack never became the wiser of it. - Jack visited the city of Rockport and inspected several schooners that were for hire there. He picked out one, a stanch craft, made arrange- ments with the owner, and returned to Fair- haven to make suitable provision for his mother’s support during his absence. He found her broke up over the death of her only sister who had died -in Boston, leaving her daughter, a girl of sixteen, te her care. Jack was. very to learn. of his aunt’s denrise, but he felt that his cousin would be just the company his mother needed while he was away. He wrote to the girl and told her to come on to Fairhaven as soon as she could, as he was going away, to be absent some _ _ “Where have you been for the last few days, ~ Jack?” asked Dick, when he came to the cottage ‘that evening: “I’ve been around here looking for sou two or three times. Your mother said “you'd gone somewhere on special business, but ~ she wouldn’t tell me where. She said you had “told her to keep it a secret.” * “Well, I don’t mind telling you, old chap. I was in Rockport.” “What were you doifig there?” “Making arrangements to go to sea.” ~ “Go to sea!” cried Dick, in surprise. “And the mackerel season just opening?” : ~ “I'm after bi fish than mackerel. “Are you thinking of shipping in a whaler? I never heard that whalers came to Rockport, and J never heard you express a desire to go to sea at all. ¢ What put the idea into your head so suddenly? And what does your mother say to ~ Buch a thing?” . : “Pm not thinking of Shipping in a whaler or F id you went to Rockport to make : x : Pers going to sea, all right, but ad ston givin _ ‘able to go to the island himself 1 was to ha’ il ‘and where did you get the money that it costs to put such a’ plan in execution?” “Can you keep a secret?” “Sure [ can.” < “Y’ve got the chart Blizzard had. relating to the buried chest of pirate gold, and I’m going to the island where it les hidden, dig it up and bring it home.” “Great Scott! You don’t mean it!” “I certainly do mean it.” “The sailor has been dead nearly a month, and — is the first time you've mentioned that chart me.” “I didn’t care to say a word on the subject’ until I had figured out my course.” “Does the chart really show where the chest of gold is buried?” : “Tf it didn’t, what would be the use of my go- ing after it?” “That’s true. And you actually intend going after it?” “Most decidedly.” “But it costs a wad of money to lease a vessel of the kind you want, hire a navigator and crew and fit her out with supplies for the cruise. Have you got somebody with money to go in with you on the deal?” “No. Tm going it alone.” “Then where did you get the money?” “That's one of my business secrets.” “Which means you won’t tell me?” “Not at present.” ae “When are you going to start on this expe- dition? [ wish I-were going with you.” % “If your folks will give you permission to go, T'li take you along, and it won’t cost you a cent,” “I’m with you, old man. My vacation has just begun, and I guess my folks-won’t object if you expect to be back within two months.” : “I hope to be back within six weeks.” “That'll suit me first rate. I'd like nothing better than to go on a treasure hunt. If you find that pirate’s chest of gold you'll be a sec- ond. Monte Cristo.” “Hardly that, but it ought to put mother and ~ I on Easy street.” a ae - “Tt should say so.. What’s the size of the chest?” ; - 7 “T haven’t the least idea.” ; = an “Tf it’s the size of the sailor’s sea chest,.and — full of money, it ought to pan out a million.” 3 _“Nonsense! I don’t imagine there’s half that amount in the pirate’s chest.” ; : chart in Blizzard’s ~~ “I suppose you found the chest?” : “No. He gave it to me to keep for him just before he was shot. He told me if he never wai chart so I could 2 oe own luck.” = “Did he tell you how he got hold of the “He did Ss: See “How + og _

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12 dered the man who had possession of it. That explains why the captain was sore on him.” “Well, well!” “The shooting grew out of the efforts of the captain to get it away from Blizzard.” “T see. It’s a good thing for you, I guess, that the smuggler doesn’t know youve got it.” _“But he does know I’ve got it.” “How does he?” “The rascal, before: the shooting, listened out- pide the door of the sailor’s room and heard ev- ery word Blizzard said to me. Then he came in and saw the parchment in my hand. His at- tempt to get it from me precipitated the tra- “And you never told me this before.” “For the reason I have already mentioned.” “Well, I’ll rush home and put the trip be 4 to my folks. I'll let you know in the morning how things pan out.” z s “All right,” said Jack, and they parted. Dick was over first thing in the morning with word that he could go on the trip. “Good!” said Jack. , “I suppose you'll put into some of the tropic ports before you go to the island where the pi- Tate’s chest is?” “I think it’s likely I'll have to stop at one or 4wo.7— . ¢ “Wouldn’t it be great if we ran across Bessie Gale and her father?” “Tt would be fine,” said Jack, “but I hardly think we will.” “We might. Captain Gale said he would take a cargo from Boston to Kingston, in Jamaica, and he told me he expected to stop at one or two of the Cuban ports before he got back.” “There’s about one chance in a thousand of our meeting with the Gales, which means there are 999 chances of our not running across them. It is quite possible they may be on their way back by the time we reach the Caribbean. The schooner has “been gone a full month.” “You’re going to Rockport in a day or two to get things in shape for the trip?” : “I’m going to-morrow in Jackson’s sloop, which is bound there, and will leave at the first flood, around five in the morning.” ~ “Am I to join you there?” ; “No. I intend to drop anchor here to bid mether good-by. Then you can come aboard with your dunnage.” , : “What shall I fetch along?” “Your very lightest clothes, for one thing.” “How would a suit of underclothes, a colla - and a necktie do?” grinned Dick. -. “First rate, only you’d need something else to go over the underclothes when you went ashore a civilized town.” f* HUNTING FOR THEASURE haven harbor and anchored just inside the curve of the promontory on which the Barnstable cot- tage stood. She was the Polly Perkins, rented for a trip to the tropics by Jack Barnstable. A boat was lowered and Jack was rowed to the beach by a sailor, who then went back. Jack walked up to the cottage and found that his Cousin Sarah had arrived the day before, bag and baggage, froni Boston, and had taken pos- + session of the room formerly occupied by the ~ sailor. “Sarah, you’re as welcome as the flowers in May,” he said, giving her a kiss. “I’m going on a sea trip that will take me from four to six weeks, so you won’t see much of me till I get back. Mother, I expect to start this afternoon, for everything is ready. Has Dick been here?” “He was here yesterday afternoon. He’s ail ready to go with you.” “Good! J’ll run around to his house now and tell him to get his duds aboard at once.” Dick was not at home when he reached his house, as he went out to bid some of his par- ticular friends good-by. Mrs. Swift asked Jack for such additional information about the trip as her son had not communicated to her. Dick, act- ing under orders form Jack; had said nothing about the object of the voyage to the tropics and, of course, Jack did not mention it, but al- lowed Mrs. Swift to suppose that he was carry- ing a cargo from Rockport to the West Indies. Jack left word for Dick to send his things aboard the Polly Perkins without delay, and be on hand himself, for the schooner would sail about five o’clock. Dick got the message when he returned to lunch and he lost no time in com- plying with his friend’s request. He reported at the Barnstable cottage at four, prepared to go. By five he and Jack were on board the schooner. The tide was at its flood and, sai] being hoisted, the Polly Perkins began her voyage to the trop- ics. Ps CHAPTER IX.—Hunting for the Treasure . Island. : Jack had secured an up-to-date chart of the West Indies and had studied it carefully. Though every island and key in that region was supposed to be down on the chart, the boy could find no sign of the Isla de Lobo. This had al his caleulations at the start, since whi use of fitting out a vessel to make the trip to the Caribbean if his destination was involved in ob- security? On consulting the captain, from whom ‘he got the loan of the chart, he tearned that the earlier names of, many of the smaller islands had been changed. - “That’s a Spanish name and means Wolf Is- rie said the old captain, who had sailed in Caribbean waters many years of his long life and was now on the retired list.. “I judge it has acquired that name through seme resemb the island bore to a wolf. Now, in order to strike the island you’re in search of, you'll have __ to stop at some port in the West Indies and | pas inquiries about a small island that has — likeness to a wolf. That’s the only way be able to pick it out. Now, I have a st upset was the eo Sg toe + om O C0 4 re ees ee Aol As Fe ee

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A ‘HUNTING FOR THEASURE tion of such an island somewhere to the north of Trinidad——” ; “That must be it!” cried Jack. “Then you must have a clue that the island is in the neighborhood of Trinidad?” “From the information I possess it lies about two or three days’ sail north of Trinidad and some distance to the east of Kingston, Jamaica.” “Well, I’m sorry I can’t locate the island I have in mind. [| passed it one morning all of twenty years ago, and I remember-the mate call- ed my attention to the island on account of its resemblance at that distance to the head of a wolf. Now, a closer view of the island might destroy that resemblance. Such resemblances are mostly fancy, anyway. I know that most. people will find no likeness in a rock say to something in nature until his attention is called to the fact. Then his imagination will get busy and he'll admit the likeness and wonder why he did not notice it right away,” said the captain. “That’s right,” nodded Jack. “Tf it were possible for me to recall the par- ticular trip an which I saw this island that had seme faint likeness to a wolf’s head I might, per- haps, find it noted down in my logbook, a full set of which [ have in the house. In that event I would be able to furnish you with the latitude and longitude of the island, and we could doubt- less find its present name on the chart. We might take a look at the chart, anyway, and look up the islands within say 300 miles of Trinidad to the north.” “Directly to the north of Trinidad the Wind- ward and Leeward Islands, in great number, were traced in the form of a crescent a!l the way to the eastern end of Porto Rico, for a mat- ter of 700 miles, beginning-at a point something less than 100 miles north of Trinidad. The lar- ger islands, all well known and inhabited, were as plain as a pikestaff, but the small islands and keys were as numerous, apparently, as the sands of the shore, and to pick out any particular is- land as the Isla de Lobe when that name was not inseribed on the chart was a clear impossibility. They had to give it up. ‘ “Tf you are fairly certain that the island you are in search of lies between 300 and 500 miles to the north of Trinidad, which would bring it within either the Windward or Leeward groups, the best thing for you to do will be to put in at the larger islands after passing Porto Rico and make your inquiries among the native éailors. If any one can furnish the information you want, y can,” said the captain. : j “] will take your advice, captain. In fact, your suggestion is the only thing I can follow, Other- wise it would be like hunting for a needle in a haystack to discover the Isla de Lobo,” said Jack. — ; Ten days after the Polly Perkins left Fair- hayen she was off Porto Rico, at that time in the possession of the Spaniards. The island being P lagher from east to west.by a range of moun- s 1,500 feet in average height, one cao: ak over 3,600 feet, it was first seer-at @igtence Off. "fh 55 Sei = 13 As their course had been laid direct for this island, as their starting point in the treasure hunt, it was the first land they had sighted since leaving the coast of Maine.. Thus far they Had had an uncommonly fine voyage. The ten days at sea had been a summer jaunt on a summer sea, and neither of the boys had been seasick. Dick had more than once declared that he was having the time of his life. “TI guess I’ve got my sea-legs on by this time,” he said, as they watched the deep blue cloud on the distant horizon develop into real land. “You only imagine so, Dick,” laughed Jack. “The first good blow would take your pins from> | under you so quick that you wouldn’t know or care what had struck you.” “Then I hope we won’t run into a blow.” “You'll catch one ‘or more gales before you get back home, you can take it from me,” said Jack. “You'd lose half the experience if you wasn’t sea-sick.” “Oh, gracious, don’t mention it! I’d be satis¢ fied to get along without the experience.” “We are now in the region of hurricanes, and they’re the worst kind of blows in this part of the globe.” “If the captain sees one coming he'll run for port, won’t he?” “If we’re near enough to a port to escape the hurricane; otherwise, we’d be safer out on the open sea. A hurricane, I’ve heard, is something fierce while it lasts. Blizzard told me that he had been through more than he could keep track of. He said one he was in blew all the hair off the cook’s head and left him as bald as an egg.” “Oh, come off! Don’t give me any yarn Tike that.” ~ “You don’t believe it, eh?” grinned Jack. “J should say not. Let's talk sense. We're go- © ing to put in at San Juan, aren’t we?” “That’s my intention.” “To begin our ineeiry about/an island that wee like a wolf’s head?” “Yes.” “To tell you the truth, I'll be glad to shake my feet on shore again. Though I’ve enjoyed every minute of this trip, still ten days of constant sea, and sky has a tendency to become monotonous.” “Tf 2 took to the sea as a steady thin you’d find yourself pretty often out of sight o land for a good deal longer time than that.” “Oh, I’m not going to sea! I was only joking.” “T knew that. Your foiks are educating you for something better.” suppose San Juan is a curious kind of place ?” ‘ “I judge it is. Not at all like any American town. Anything Spanish is generally of the back-number variety.” \ : ’ ing to make your inquiries : py reiks Going to get an interpreter?” | “No. he’s going to make the rounds with me.” “You're all right, : “then.” “ Island.” “As you can’t speak Spanish, how are you > qairi the pale Captain Somers speaks Spanish, and _ > = “Tl be all right if I can get a line on Wolf.

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4 course was laid in that direction. Early next morning they entered the harbor and cast an- chor. Jack and Captain Somers went on shore to report their arrival to the authorities and, of course, Dick went along. Jack began his inqui- ries without delay, but the only thing he elicited wherever he applied was curiosity as to the ob- ject of his quest. = They remained two days in port, using up €v- ery minute of the time, and then sailed for the Virgin Islands, to the eastward. Inquiries there brought them no information and they continued on, islands constantly cropping up around them. Finally they struck Guadeloupe, a large island of odd shape as viewed on the chart, and put in at a town on the west coast. By this time Jack was beginning to fear that his outlay of time and money would result.in nothing more profitable than a pleasant cruise. Three weeks had passed since the Polly Perkins sailed from Fairhaven, and Jack knew no more about the location of Wolf Island than before he left home. There was no reason why he should all the way to Trin- idad, though both he to see the island. ; His plan was to sail as far as Grenada, the =~ most southern of the Windward group, round it and retrace his course along the Antilles on the eastern side, for he was going down on the west, or Caribbean side. On the way up he would prob- ably take in more islands, for certainly did not intend to return home without making every effort to find the treasure island. Coming to anchor close inshore at the fair-sized town of Guadeloupe, Captain Somers and the two boys were rowed ashore and went to a picturesque inn » on the water front. The ground floor, like all -_-places-in the tropics, was open to admit the bre Ligeees coming in from the sea. Nevertheless, though it was well aleng toward evening, the visitors found it awfully hot. And no wonder, for they were only sixteen degrees above the equator. : The three took possession of a table beside a wide window, whence they had a fine view of the terfront in their neighborhood and the sea, with their schooner at anchor a short distance _ off. The room was fairly full of native inhabi- tants; drinking and smo cheroots and cig- -arettes, and fabbering away to one another at a great rate. Captain Somers ordered wine. and » some light refreshments. The boys were greatly interested in all that was going on aro them, and for the time forgot the object of their pres- - ence in that ae clime. Sudde ddenly Dick ut- tered an ejaculation. agate the matter?” asked Jack. said yonder and see who's coming this way,” id, in some excitement. Jack looked and gave a gasp, It was impos- 2 the burly form and raseally the Jast man he cared to run across Dick had a curiosity © HUNTING - FOR THEASURE rig, like many of the habitues of the water front. His costume consisted of very light duck trou- sers, secured by a leather belt; a striped shirt in bright colors, cut low in the neck; a red bandana handkerchief wound around his head, and a soft, wide-brimmed Spanish hat set rakishly on top of it. Truly, he presented a picturesque appear- “ance and looked for all the world like a half- brigand, half sea-rover, in a comic opera. “Great Scott!” cried Dick. “I believe he’s com- ing here. In that case he’s certain to see and recognize us. He'll guess at once what is bring- ing us to this neighborhood, and he’ll make a hot attempt to recover the treasure chart. We'd better skip out the back way if there is one.” Captain Somers wanted to know what interest- ed them so much. Jack pointed out the French- man, who had stopped to talk with an acquaint- ance, and hurriedly explained who he was and how trouble was sure to come if he spotted them, particularly himself. “Then we'd betier go somewhere else,” said Captain Somers. : “He'll see us if we go out by the front en- trance.” : “Then we'll go by the back way.” “There may not be a back way,” said Jack. “Yl risk that. Follow me,” said the captain. They got up and started for the rear door. Passing through it, they entered a kitchen and then a garden. Skirting a house behind, they emerged into the next street. On the other side of the way was another wine shop. They entered it, sat down at a table and the captain again ordered wine. Only three or four persons were in this place, and the pe was not as lively and open as at the shop they had left. They felt safe from an encouwater with the smuggler captain, however, and the boys breathed easier. “That was a narrow escape,” said Dick. “It was,” nodded Jack. “Tf he had seen you, 1 don’t know what would have happened.” . “He’d have made a try for the chart.” “That wouldn’t have done him any good, for it’s aboard the schooner.” “He’d have followed me aboard the schooner.” “With several villains like himself and then there would have been a fight, for you could. count on Captain Somers and the crew, smaii as it is, to defend vou.” “A determined scoundrel! like him would leave no stone uaturned to accomplish his object. I wonder what he is doing down here?” “Maybe Wolf Island is somewhere in this yi- cinity, and he is thinking of going there and searching for the chest of gold without the chart.” ; “It is possible you are right. If anybody should know where the island i he does. He’s sailed the Caribbean for a number of years, and Blizzard was with him a part of the time... He was both a turtler and a trader.” - : “There seems to be no doubt that he’s been here before now. He acts like a man perfectly familiar with this town and its inhabitants.” _ find out why he is on this is- “I wish I could don’t see how you're going: to do it.”

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4 a HUNTING FOR THEASURE . going to have a talk with the proprietor of the inn, who was waiting on a couple of newcomers. The captain found that the proprietor could talk English as well as Spanish, so he adopted it. ’ “Have you ever heard of an island in this group, a small island, that bears a likeness to a wolf’s head?” he asked, after-a brief preliminary “No, senor; but there is a small island about twenty leagues to the west. of this—a solitary key, all sand and rock, and only visited in the ‘turtle season by vessels in the turtle catching trade—which was once upon a time called Isla de Lobo, or Wolf Island, on account of some re- semblance to a wolf’s head.” “Indeed!” said Captain Somers, satisfied that this was the island Jack Barnstable was in search of. “Twenty leagues to the west, you say—that would be 120 miles.” : “About that. It might be ten miles more.” “Ts it due west of this island?” “No; it’s a little to the south.” “You say it’s a good turtle ground?” “Si, senor. “They come ashore nights in large numbers and lay their eggs in the sand, and the turtle catchers hide in different spots and cut off as many as possible of them from returning * into the sea—the method being to turn them over on their backs, in which position a turtle is help- less.” “Ts the turtle season on at present?” “No; but it will open shortly.” “What is the name of this island—I mean its nt name?” i “Santa Clara, senor.” : -That was the important point Captain Somers ‘aiming at. He would_now be able to locate the island on the chart of the West Indies that Jack had brought along. Once its latitude and longitude were determined it would be a simple matter to reach it. After changing the conversa- tion to other matters, Captain Somers rejoined the boys. . ¢ “I bring you good news,” he said to Jack. “Yes? “J have spotted your island at last.” “Good!” cried the | boy eagerly. “Let’s hear rh ou’ye learned. e wt ts miei eiied the island of Santa Clara, "but its original title was the Island of the Wolf;_ nish, Isla de Lobo.” roe arog it, for a fact!” cried Jack excitedly. “Whereabouts is it?” * “Between 120 and 130 miles from here to the west» and south. A solitary key of sand and rock, uninhabited and only visited by turtle 15 “We can sail this evening. We need a few fresh supplies, which I will purchase at once and order sent aboard right away.” “Come, then, let us be going.” They left the wine shop and made their way to a shop that dealt in such things as they needed. The purchases were made and ordered sent to a certain part of the water front in an hour, where a boat from the schooner would receive them. They then made their way to the water and hired a boatman to carry them to the schooner. Short- ly after theier arrival the captain sent a boat, with two men; to get the goods he had bought, » and these were duly brought off. As soon as they got on board, Captain Somers and the boys went to the cabin and the chart of the West Indies was unfolded on the table. Running his finger in a westerly direction out into the Carib- bean, the captain came to a lone island which bore the name of Santa Clara. “Here it is,” he said. ‘ In a few minutes he had ascertained that the island was situated in latitude 15 deg. 40 min. north and longitude 62 deg, 38 min. west. “I couldn’t make any calculation till we got underway and ascertained our speed by the log. The present direction of the wind will not favor us. Nevertheless, on a rough estimate I should say if we leave by.sundown we ought to be close to the island about sunrise if the breeze Holds.” “Then by to-morrow night we will have the chest of gold on board.” “Probably, if the chart proves a true index to, its location, and the natural guide-marks are still in their place. As a matter of eighty years have elapsed since the gold was buried by the pirate, you must not be over-sanguine that speedy success will crown your efforts.” “As the man from whom I got the chart was on the island not so very long ago and found the chest by the indications, I judge that we. ought not to have any great trouble in putting our hands on it,” said Jack. “If he found the treasure, how came it that he did not take it away with him?” “ “T judge that he wanted to remove its con- tents secretly. He did not want to divide his secret with others. Before he could accomplish his purpose a hurricane came on and the turtle | catcher he was aboard of had to put out to sea to avoid the possibility of going ashore on the is- land.” ape “That was the explanation he made to you?” “Yes. He brought awhy about $3,000 worth of the gold in his pockets, and that was as much of the treasure as he ever got hold of.” | Sa ss “Did hé cover up the chest securely again?” © _ eatchers.” ; . .. “Pm satisfied Pes hit it. It must be down on the chart as “Undoubtedly, as it has borne that name for §“Presumedly he did.” ; ve many -proprieto “that its - ~ Tf he failed to do it some turtle catchers are oa pontigneation, The = ikeem pageake likely 4 have found the chest in the meantime, head.” * mI leg’ seid Capealn’ Somersis : Captain Somers. 2 Via /S“The chart was aw. Ay “sat ~

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16 on deck to let the cook, who also officiated as steward, set the table for tea. Sundown bringing no change in the direction ~ of the wind, the anchor was got on board, sail made and the captain gave the steersman his course, whieh was west by south. CHAPTER xI—Isla De Lobo—A Surprise. lt was a brilliant, tropical night and one could see for a considerable distance in all directions. The breeze, the direction of which compelled the captain to make a leg to the southwest and by ag thet ws aete Ges thar 23 greatly ing nee ad to ~ eover, which, on an air-line; was 125 miles, made 3 the warmth of the night quite bearable to the boys, who were accustomed to a coo] climate, even in the summer. The boys remained up until midnight and then jot ae leck for their bunks. did not wake till the cook called them to ee ast at half- pat seven, Captain Somers at the <table, when. they vp Mg Little else than the treasure was talked about that morning, and as seen as the mea} was over the. boys. rushed on deck and going forward _ strained their eyes “ the west. _. An unbroken surface of water and an un- Ne Fakekcrs alone met their gaze. eating, beh) ¢ yet,” said coke se ly “re ve all day before us,” replied ae Dick, gt aces take the matter philosophically. Se “And all Peace and the next day for that + imatter,” said Jack. : ae “We must have covered jover 100 miles since we jeft Guadeloupe Island 2 “We've been fourteen hours on the way, and __. with the wind in our favor and blowing strong enough this vessel can easily make her ten knots, and that would mean bo miles.” eee hours passed, and the cabin clock pointed ten, when the lookout shouted: pe on the bow!” Sas the island!” cried Dick delighted. ie there is no other land about sree acts iat cb foc tow: dark object on the horizon line. said that it was the island beyond doubt. be aye veered around to a more fav- that morning the schooner made destination cmt fer: hess wolt’s head,” said HUNTING FOR THEASURE concluded that the likeness was more pronounced when approaching from some other direction. “Well, it wouldn’t have been named after the. wolf unless it looked like one,” said “Dick. “J don’t care what it was named after as long as I find the chest of gold on it,” said Jack. “Some vessel has lately been wrecked on the island,” said Captain Somers, as they opened a cove. “Take a look through the glass and you see the stern of a small craft lying up on the: beach.” ‘ The boys took turns with the telescope and easily saw the craft lying over on her beam ends, the bows out of sight in the water. Apparently, she was a schooner of about the same build as their own, for they could see the stamps of two masts, : Within half an hour they came ‘to anchor a quarter of a mile from the shore. Not a human being was in sight. “T guess there’s no one on the island, or we = have seen signals from the shore,” said ac “There might be two or three castaways on the other side of the island who have not seen us yet,” said Dick. It was eleven o’clock when the anchor was dropped and the schooner swung around, stern to the a which showed that the tide was makin, , As b at were eager to go ashore, a boat was lowered at once, and with the captain and one sailor to do the rowing, the boat was pulled in to the beach. : The first thing they did was to look at the wreck, Jack and Dick tumbled aboard of her at the low side, where there was a great gash that ex- H tist + ry at thir degrees and er list was about thirty to port, she had the ine bulwarks of a pola ie craft. The roof of her cabin rose above the Hae of the bulwarks, and the door opening on the deck was. ajar. . Five brass-bound steps led down into the short entry, which had two side doors, one to ‘star- board and one to port, One proved to connect with a little pentry; and the other possessed a berth and a sea with ea apparel of its late oecupant and other The, door leading from the entry into the cabin _ was also open. Jack, eh in the lead, entered first. Every _—s movable in the cabin lay to the Suroaied side and bunched at-the lower corner. - There were two small staterooms on either side, the doors of which were shut. Jack tried the first ‘stateroom door and found - rit ae Fhe ire er to the we second and found that tight, e key lock. ~ tte unlocked the di doer and looked inside. - Boas ie on bunk was the figure of a “man: staring at him. For" the moment Jack was too surprised te 8

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e Poe _ the craft, which went ashore in a short night gale seven days ago, and alJl hands, except my- self and my daughter, were lest. -1 am an American. I hail-from Fairhaven, State of Maine, and my name is Edward Gale.” “What!” gasped Jack, hardly believing the ears. “Are you Captain Gale, f And is ‘your daughter Bessie toot : sazt “Ay, ay, you seem. to know us. What are you? I can't make out your face, but I can see you're a bey-” . “Ym Jack. Barnstable, of Fairhaven.” “What! Why, why—how comes it you are here? I'm tickled to death to see you, and Bes- sie, poor child, will be, too. Ske’s asleep in the “next stateroom.” ‘ § Captain Gale held out his hand, eagerly, and Jack slid up 20 the berth and grasped it. : : “Here’s some one. else you know, Captain - Gale,” said Jack, as. Dick took his place at the door. “Who is it?” asked the skipper, looking. “Dick Swift.” : = “Well, you’re the last chap I would expect to ‘ ar down here in the tropics. What in creation ught you boys to the Caribbean?” ~ —.~ “It’s a long and ¢ story, Captain Gale, -- and we'll have to for a better opportunity. ~~ You're not comfortable here, that’s easy to see. ‘“ Yl have you carried aboard my schooner, which is anehored close imshore.” “Your schooner?” : -“Yes, the Polly Perkins, of Rockport, which’ I chartered to come here.” ~ - At that moment Bessie, aroused by the talk in hey father’s stateroom, came out and made hér way to the door. : : Jack ~ aang and — ; Weare ak “Bessie, ow your old friends, Jac le and Dick Swift?” “s , Jack!” she cried, springing towards + He caught her in his arms and gave her a hug - and a kiss, for they were sweethearts, and some ~ day expected to be married, of "eo lee = —_——— CHAPTER XII.—Bessie- and the Boys. __ “Dear, dear Jack, is it really you?” eried Bes- rapturously. = Looks - doesn’t it?’ laughed Jack. img too. Dear me, what brought ” . ee Ta HUNTING FOR THEASURE 17 The. captain explained that he had sailed ten days before from the port of Spain; Trinidad with a cargo for Boston, and that a!l went well until the evening of the third day, when a short but terrific ‘gale from the west caught the schooner and carried her along with it for several ae and fmally dumped her on the island a wreck. Just then Dick returned with Captain Somers, Somers knew -Captain Gale in a general way and shock hands-with him-and Bessie. After a short talk he said he-would send for two hands eboard the schooner and have Captain Gale removed from his room and taken on board, Captain Somers left to give the necessary or- ders, and the boys helped Bessie to the shore. “I suppese you and your father have beep liv~ ing-on what you could pick up in the pantry?” said Jack. “Yes, and bananas from the grove on the istand.” 3 : “There is. nebody on jt but yourselves?” “Nobody.” “You haye spent most of your time in the cabin with your father, 1 suppose?” “Yes,” r “You must have found it red-het under ¢over.” “J did, but that could not be helped’ We slept-a good part of oar time.” — “While we're waiting for the boat to come back I'll tell you that 1 chartered the Polly Per- kins especially to come to this island.” “What for?” asked Bessie, looking her aston- ishment. ; “To hunt for a buried chest of gold.” “Fs there such a thing here?” Jack then told her al! the circumstances of his’ being there, and how it came about. “You certainly astonish me, money do you suppose is-in the chest “How. could I te!] you? I don’t even know the size of the chest. It may be a-small one, holding about $50,000, or jt_mmght be a big one, bending. a whole lot more. In any ease, it’s beast h unting: for. “The quest will cost me about 000. : “I didn’t know you were so well off, Jack, ear. s at “The money belonged to the sailor who gave me the chart. He's dead, shot by that French scoundrel, Captain Caderousse. I have quite.a story to tell you about beth @2 them, but it will keep for the present. The treasure is the im- portant og or: By ne aay) ae tou notice an-upright stone or rock along the shore that looked hike a coffin?” * - “Yes, There is such a rock on the other side of the island.” ; “Good! near it?” ; “Yes. There is a from it, I should j Ht snes i: Jack. The east Jack. How much ~ And did- you see a spring of water. spring about twenty-five feet J 5 Cae Rae “Fine!” chipped in Dick. “There’s two of your _ of the : - of the with the water at the edge of the beach at a 2 4

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18 Captain Somers took two sailors, with an im-. provised stretcher, aboard the Nancy and, after some trouble, brought Captain Gale to the beach. He was able to sit up in the boat and was rowed off and carried on board. The boat then came back for Bessie and the ~ boys. They went off in her and found dinner await- ing them, with Captain Gale propped up at the table. During the meaj Jack told his story about the sailor, Captain Caderousse and the pirate’s chest of gold, so that Bessie and her father would fully understand the facts of the case. Captain Gale listened attentively; and then said he thought Jack had embarked on a wild- goose chase. ae “T’ve heard about buried pirate treasure in these seas ever since I was a boy, but I’ve never known of one authentic case where such treasure had been ‘found,” he said. “I’m afraid you’ve wasted your money, my boy.” “T don’t think so, captain. down on the chart, are all here.” “Have you seen them?” “No, but Bessie has.” “How would she know them?” “The chest is buried in the center of a trt- angle, the points of which are formed first by a rock at the water’s edge, visible only at low tide; the second, by a spring of fresh water, and the third, by an upright rock that resembles a coffin. Bessie has seen the spring and ‘the coffin- rock, in line with each other, twenty-five feet art, but she did not see the rock at the water’s edge, because she didn’t look that way, I guess.” ‘Let me see the chart,” said Captain Gale, somewhat impressed. - Jack handed it to him. “It certainly looks old enough to be genyine,” he said, “and it looks as if it was made by a sailor. There may be something in this thing, “after all. It would be a fine thing if you found the chest, with its contents of gold. It would probably make you rich. Those old piratical rascals certainly did a wholesale plundering busi- ness. I heard that Lafitte at one time had sev- eral millions worth of money and jewels in his _- . possession, but nobody ever knew what became of it. Doubtless somebody got their flukes on it soon after-his death. It has always been my ‘opinion that what the pirates didn’t spend in The landmarks, as \ a carousing ashore was taken possession ot and di- © sy vided up among the officers and crews of the - warships which eaught them. What they did not secure was grabbed by Spanish officials, who have ever been a greedy lot for graft. They seem to have fingers like pothooks, that hold on to everything that comes within their reach.“ ~The meal ‘hia over, Captain Gale, who pro- nownced himself much better since getting a E e meal, under his waistband, the first in a week, was carried on deck and placed in a chair, As soon as the crew had finished their dinner th ras calledespon to row the three was calle the beach iere he entered into a conversation with Cap- - ~ the water. + — - HUNTING FOR THEASURE the points of the triangle shown on the treasure chart. CHAPTER XIII.—The Pirate’s Chest of Gold. They rounded to the end of the island and turned to the east. ™ It wasn’t tong before Bessie pointed: to the peculiar-looking reck which bore a striking re- semblance to an old-time coffin, such as were used before caskets became the fashion. “There’s the spring at the foot of the ledge,” said the girl. They walked over to it and saw the water bubbling up in a rocky basin from a hole in the bottom, Jack took a steel tape-measure out of his pocket. “Hold the end at the side of the spring, Dick, ane T’ll measure the distance to the rock,” he said. - ; > It proved to be thirty feet and two or three inches... He mentioned the distance. : “Then we want to mark the center of it,” said Dick. ‘Wait till I find a piece of wood and (ll drive it into the sand at the fifteen-foot mark.” There was: no tyouble in finding a bit of wood | that filled the bill, and Dick soon had the center of the base of the triangle marked. “If the triangle is an exact one it ought to be thirty feet to the rock which is under water, for the tide is up,” said Jack. . They waited an hour for the tide to recede, but it had only gone down a little in that time. ° ‘They walked to the water’s edge to see if they ~ could make out the rock, but could not, for the green water was quite opaque. “Let’s measure fifteen feet, anyway: We can alter the distance when we get a line on the rock,” said Dick. Dick went down to the water and when Jacek. thought he stood about in line with the stake, he | and Bessie measured off fifteen feet and the spot was the center of the bushes. “A bit awkward,-meaning more labor, but that - won’t matter,” said Jack. “Get another stake, Diek, and jam it down here. . We'll come: back later on,.when the tide is low- and rectify any mistake we have made.” They then went to the banana grove and ate their fill of the luscioous fruit. sk They returned to the schooner and Jack re- ported what they had done. ne “The tide will be low about five. We'll return then, with shovels, and get all ready to begin digging in the morning,” said Jack. The young people amused themselves as best. they could, conversing together, till five o’clock came, when they got into the boat with a pick and two shovels, and Jack rowed to the : Going down to the water’s edge at the point. “The tide isn’t all out yet,” said Jack; have to wait.” .

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Jack ~ her advantage if he came out ahead. - re = = ) intensely disappointed r ~~ $2,600 would also be sunk in a losing investment. = The center stake was moved one foot further Sethio-the bushes anda little te the right. _ The shovels and pick were left in the bushes and went back to the schooner, where they found tea ready. was not a little excited over what the _ Morrow would bring forth, and small wonder, for he had invested $2,000 in the enterprise, and sheuld it turn out a failure he would not only be in his hopes, but his _ As for Bessie, she was interested in-the treas- ure for Jack’s sake, and it would be greatly to He would then be rich, and when she and _ Jack were married she would be able to live in _ @ grand house, have swell clothes, and put on as - much style as anybody in Fairhaven, perhaps ‘ual ~ $e if she and Jack lay awake some time that night after they retired the reader will under- stand that it was quite natural. _. And while they lay thinking in their berths a peetems-nailing sloop, with a single occupant, was a approaching the island from the east. Serer the certainty Jack dreamed that Captain Caderousse : in a few miles of the island, ith the certainty of reaching it, before morning, - ‘we venture to say he would have had a fit. Ww But he had no suspicion’ of the fact, and so the smuggler-captain, who himself had no idea that he would find people at the island ahead of him, _€ame on like a flying gull close to the sea. He did not see the Polly Perkins when he drew Ly _ im, and finally janded on the south shore and pulled ay boat into a recess in the rocks that id it. : Then ‘he turned in for a much-needed sleep. ’ Thus a surprise awaited all parties concerned ‘the hunt for the pirate’s chest of gold. _ brilliant tropical morning was in full swing hen they cppeared in the cabin ready for break- et next morning. ~ : position of the schooner showed them that _tide was on the eos een _ The ye people not waste any time over i breakfs ’ 3 May well believe. The young folks went ashore alone, crossed island and prepared to begin the digging. We'll give -you the honor of turning up the ist sod, Bessie,” said Jack, “As you can’t very well do it with a shovel, here’s the pick.” he girl raised the pick and brought it down the bushes at the marked spot. ~ : She dislodged a bit of bush and some of the " = - 4 Th - Jack took the pick and cleared away a low, Dic u can make a start with one of sole, wah Stake we io it first they dug alternately, and then to- r, and at the end of half an hour they en- : an C eo a - £ ; = 3 HUNTING FOR THEASURE then they returned to the north shore and. 19 - “Bureka!” exclaimed Jack, triumphantly ard greatiy excited. It took another half hour of laber to land it on the surface and drag it clear of the bushes. A curious, large antique lock of brass héld the cover to the body of the chest: : “Now let’s take a rest before we open it and gaze on the Spanish gold,” said Jack. They walked over to the spring and took a drink of water. They little thought that a pair of glittering eyes were fastened upon them, _Captain Caderousse, coming that way had, to his amazement and consternation, d scovered the two boys at work and the girl looking on. So occupied were they at the time that they did not obserye his approach. ; He immediately teek to the bushes and crawled close to-them, like a snake in the grass. Whien Jack and Dick landed the treasure-chest on the sand he. pistes furiously at them and was on the point of springing out and confronting them when Jack proposed the spell of rest. The captain watehed them go to the spring and drink, rapidly turning over in his mind his plan of action. * Dick and Bessie started slowly for the banana _grove and Jack returned to the box. His curiosity to see the contents of the chest overcame his promise to wait for the return of his friends, and raising the pick he struck the lock a heavy-blow. Time and moisture had rotted the rust around the lock and that one blow did the business. Throwing the pick aside, Jack threw open the cover, revealing a large quantity of loose gold coin, similar to money Bill Blizzard had brought with him to Fairhaven. Then something happened that staggered the young treasure-hunter. The concealed ruffian suddenly sprang upon the boy and bore him to the ground. “By gar! You make free wiz my monee, eh ?_ : ae you!” he cried, raising his arm to strike ack. ¢ At that moment Dick and Bessie appeared. Dick and Bessie were thrown into a state of great excitement by the scene that met their “It’s Captain Caderousse!” cried Dick. “Good- gracious, he’ll a me: : z : up a t stick he rushed forwa undeterred by the ex-smuggler’s desperate ee : tation, and t it down on the rascal’s head. - Jack did not recognize his assailant until he heard the Frenchman’s voice, then he realized that he was in the clutches of Captain Cad- He tried to shout for help, kno that Dick and Bessie were not far off, but the Frenchman’ hand was at is thront, © eae ive ze gold or keel f ve up or I vill k _ > yi aA you!" hissed | i "But the rascal had reached the

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20 Jack mechanically took it and raised himself. “The captain!” he said, huskily. “Is done for at present,” replied Dick. “I ve him a lick that sent hisywits wool-gather- ng. He must be secured at once before be can work further mischief.” But they had nothing to tie him with. Jack looked at him. “lll hurrys to the schooner, get a line and bring back two of the sailors with me,” he said. “We'll imprison him in the hold and drop him at the first port we come to.” Leaving Dick to keep guard over the ruffian, - Jack hastened to the schooner. “We've found the treasure!” he cried to the two captains, “but Captain Caderousse is on the island and I had a run-in with him. He would have done me up but for Dick, who laid him out. I’m going to take a couple of the men, back with me to tie him and fetch him on board. “We'll have to keep him prisoner in the hold till we can get rid of him at the nearest port.” Leaving the captains in a state of surprise, Jack got a line and called on two of the sailors to come with him. Captain Somers decided that he had better go along, tor. The pasty rowed ashore and hastened across to the south side of the island, where they found matters the same as when Jack left. The Frenchman was still senseless, and in that condition he was bound and conveyed aboard the schooner and put in the hold+where he subse- quently regained his senses and made Rome howl, but it did him no good. In*the meantime, arrangements were made to get the chest of gold to the Polly Perkins. As it was too heavy to move easily, the con- tents were taken out in buckets and carried to the boat, and thence to the schooner. As soon as lightened, it was carried aboard, and what had been taken out returned to it. It was decided to count the gold right away, and Captain Somers, with the help of the young people, took a hand at the work. It took some time for the four to make the count, and the result showed that the chest had contained 18,000 gold coins. “J sold the sailor’s gold pieces in Portland for $10.50 each. the chest had been sufficiently © On that basis this treasure ~ HUNTING FOR THEASURE foots up $189,000,” said Jack. “Ll promised you $1,000, Captain Somers, in the event of success, but you’ve done so well by me, and the amount is so large, that I will raise it to $5,000. Help yourself to that sum.” Each of the sailors was presented with $1,000 worth of the money, and the cook got the same sum, which took $5,000 more. “Here’s $10,009 for you, Captain Gale, to make up to you for the loss of your vessel,” said Jack, “Oh, she’s insured,” said. Bessie’s father, “though, of course, I’m sure to lose something.” “Take the money for you and Bessie. And now, Dick, this $10,000 goes to you for coming with me.” The object of the cruise having been accom- plished, there was no*further need of them re- maining at the Isle de Lobo, and after dinner . they set sail. They laid their course for Kingston, Jamaica, where they duly arrived. Here Jack made a charge of murderous as- sault against Captain Caderousse, and he was locked up in jail. As Jack did not care to stay to prosecute the man, he, Dick and Bessie made depositions before a notary and lefi them with the public prose- cutor. Then they set sail once more, and -after visit- ing. seyeral other places, turned the schooner’s nose homeward. They duly arrived in Fairhaven, and there the story, of the treasure hunt became public, and got into all the papers of New England, and many elsewhere. : My story being ended, there is no need to fol- low my hero further. He went into. the coast trade with Captain Gale for a partner, and established his mother and cousin,in the finest house he could build in that town, One year later he married Bessie, and rapidly grew in wealth and importance through tha start he got with the pirate’s chest of gold. : Next week’s issué will contain “$10,000 RE- WARD; OR, THE FORTUNE OF A BANK CLERK.” oa <8 LOOK HERE | | e<YfOvING PICTURE STORIES” is constantly trying to please its readers. We have therefore arranged to print to be issued next week.- Perhaps we should explain what we If you care to find out, get a copy of Moving — bh so meena : Pak, = ° * ~ : “ » ‘ 3 “= 4 ¢ ’ ; 4 interesting account of the affairs of Anatole in the number _

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TAKES BONE FROM OWN HIP. © George Edward Blanchette, of Middletown, N. Y., who spent nine months overseas and was wounded, has succeéded: in removing from his ___ hip a piece of bone which has troubled him for some time. Blanchette, who was in Company I, 107th Infantry, has been in fourteen hospitals overseas and in this country, and yet the piece of bone eluded all surgeons. The wound, caused by bullets, has healed several times, only to _ break out again. The troublesome hone, as it __ moved about, pricked him like a pin. ‘s Finally, as he lay in bed, Blanchette determ- ined he would get that bone. His brother, John, ' who served in the 106th Field Artillery, was with him and with his assistance it was soon done. The bone was a small jagged piece, with pin- “Tike points, and Blanchette is keeping it as a * souvenir. rn AIRPLANE AS CABLE LAYER. A six-mile streteh of land telegraph cables _ ‘was laid and put in service in eight minutes by ~ a plane that came from its station 40 miles;away - in Sweden recently. Of the eight minutes, six ‘were spent in flight and the other two in making connections, according to Electrical Review. are seen by air service officers in this new enter- prise. Equipment of planes for cable laying is simple and inexpensive. The cable is unreeled from the machine in flight with a flag marker at _ the end to guide signalmen on the ground to it. When over the point at the other end of the stretch of ground to be covered the wire is cut rom the reel the free end weighted, marked dropped. men below a have to ck it up and connect it to begin talking with e forces at the other end. 2 = ALL, ENGAGED GETTING ELDERBERRY . " BLOSSOMS. It is elderberry blossom/time throughout the iddle West. Farmers and scores of au bil- 's from the cities can be seen daily scouring ¢ whole countryside gatheri their yearly tupply of blossoms for a beve which they claim to be a little more than one-half of 1 per cent. It is the real elderberry blossom wine, mn : known as “elderberry. blo.” lossoms will make approximately Non of wine, the farmers. say. they ct a “wet year’ from the bumper crop of S- ira f eae 2 G rs have, so far as known, four ways lay aa the thirst. caused by the well-known ent: During the early part of the spring a beverage from call “sugar-water | ee FAME AND. FORTUNE. WEEKLY : He cs 5 SoCURRENT.NEWS-- ' - Great possibilities, both military and commercial, maple: sap which |. beer,” but which is far. on being water; late spring is the time. for hering dandelion blos aoe 4 2 pc ; ng t ) the i 21 apples for cider, let the cider freeze for a couple of months, add some raisins and other flavoring and they get a beverage which would make a good country cousin to Paris champagne. The per cent. of “kick” fn each of these four drinks varies with age. ENVELOPES MADE OF BAMBOO. Some years ago American soldiers in the Phil- ippine Islands learned a lesson from the natives that appeared in their correspondence with the folks at home. Now, during the Spanish occu- pation every native inhabitant was compelled to carry a paper that was nominally a tax receipt, but really was a means of identification and con- trol on the part of the Spanish. Any native who could not at any moment pro- duce this receipt showing that he had paid his taxes for the last or current year was subject to arrest and imprisonment, and it was very easy to deny the receipt to men whom the authorities thought they had reason to suspect. The Filipino native rarely had a safe means of carrying papers. Any paper not well pro- tected is likely to be devoured by ants in a very short time. And yet the man must-have his tax receipt with him in order to travel from village to village or go about his business safely. So the Filipinos devised a means of protect- ing their receipts. They took a slender piece of bamboo, say half or three-quarters of an inch in diameter, hollowing it out to the joint, which they left. to stop one end. Then they took an- othet piece of the same size and from the end which included another joint whittled a cover for the tube, which fitted snugly on. Then they rolled up the tax receipt, inserted it within the bamboo tube, put on the cover, and so closed it against the ants and against dampness. : The ends of the bamboo were rounded and it ocket in the

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A Gace At Nineteen FIGHTING AGAINST A FRAUD By GASTON GARNE (A Serial Story) CHAPTER XVI. ttempt on the Life of the Prisoner In the “AS . Station House.. “{ thought so,” she said, “but I only wanted to itt sure. Now read this note and you will un- derstand what I was trying to find out. She handed the open note back through the bars to Lew, who read the following with inter- est: : “My Fair Prisoner: . a look: to me like a girl who has lived well, and I do not want to subject you to the distress _ of eating such food as they: would serve to you ~ gn the station house, so, with the idea that it . you feel more kindly toward me, and a “Respectfully, 2 = “What do think of that?” cried the girl. “There is the dthner in the tray at the back of the cell, and it is my good luck that the little dog and made friends with me, or by this dead woman. The then straightened out in my hands and “a few mouthfuls of the me! to “?p m -the ‘brains’ of was fhe im FAME AND FORTUNE WEEKLY time, and then that you went away with some policemen. “Then followed —_— raid on the house where I told you Madge Morehouse was confined. “Tt was like putting two and two together to reason out the idea that I had told you enough put you on the track of the girl, and it was ro se feared that I would tell more to save yse “T am not that kind, and you know it, for I refused to do more than to tell you where the girl was, but the gang evidently thought that I was going to tell all I knew, and they put this clever job to poison me with a dinner that I would believe came from you, sent in to win ma over ‘to your side.” “eee ee ee — “You've got it all straight enough, without a | doubt,” said Lew, who had the Bint “The little dog saved you from being murdered, and the people you have stood by and refused to name would have taken.your life with- out the slightest hesitation. Now, what are you going to do about it?” : The girl was silent and seemed unable to make up her mirfd. Lew thought he saw his oportunity and spoke up. ; “The question has really been decided for you,” he said. “You can only get out of this present difficulty by talking plainly to me, and while you listened intently to — remain a prisoner you will be under suspicion and— your late companions will.use every opportunity to murder you. If you do what's right I will pro- tect you and see that no harm comes to you, and, moreover, I will see that you have a chance to lead. an honest life and become a worthy member of society.” 5 A tear roiled down the girl’s cheek, and when Lew saw that he began to talk to-her about the sufferings of the innocent young girl, who had been decoyed from her home to-give a =e music iesson, and drew such a picture of her horror at her surroundings that the prisoner broke down. “You. promise you'll stand by me?” she asked. “On my word-as a lawyer and a gentleman,” said Lew. ; “Then I'll tell you all you want to know. That girl is captive to an organized gang of pick- pockets and store thieves; what you would call petty criminals, who also furnish witnesses in any sort of case for crooked lawyers. You are going to try the Winslow case, in which some the gang are witnesses, and they feared you on ac- count of your eyes, which I n fuses a man uniess he’s telling the truth, and it -was with the idea of bringing you to terms in that ~ matter that they got you and then got the girl, — knowing that you were soft on her and would not be able to do yourself justice if you had to worry - ~ about her.” ; : ee “Which is true enough,” admitted Lew. “Who’s © the gang?” = “Morgan “T thought them say con-— eh” Te ay ee we

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RESTLESS PLYMOUTH ROCK. _ For the second time in four months, Plymouth - Rock has been moved. On December 21, after the canopy over the rock was torn down the boulder was moved about fifty feet. Three ds have watched over it night and day since. o do away with these guards the rock was . again moved and placed in.a brick building. The | windows have been barred and the door securely locked. Of course the end of the perambula- ' tions is not yet. ONE-THIRD OF AMERICAN CREWS NATIVE. : A recent report of the Department of Com- * merce, giving a list of the nationalities of the erews of American merchant vessels, ‘discloses * the gratifying fact that nearly one-third of the crews of erican ships are native-born. Thus out of 25,264 officers, 16,803 are native-born, and 6,985 are naturalized citizens. Of 155,024 men, 50,966 are native-born and 10,898 are naturalized citizens. Of foreigners, the British account for NR RN og IE eed ee, 2 " v ie ba _ 518 officers and 21,261 men; the Norwegians for "263 officers and 5,938 men; and 43 officers and _ = 16,528 men are Spanish. LAD GETS DEGREE. To have the privilege of writing B.A. or the "equivalent ‘after your name before the age of twenty im these days of long preparatory school courses and stiff entrance examinations is quite an achievement. Benjamin F. Michtom, the 8 pace member of the graduating class at the _ University of Pennsylvania, boasts this distinc- -~ Mi who hails from Brooklyn, was twenty years old July 13, and he received his degree as a Wharton School graduate June 15. - Coming from the Boys’ High School of Brook- iyn, pe seatseeat at the university in Septem- “s i Tv AP IN HOTEL PLUMBING SOLVES ee : ~ MYSTER L£ ‘Mrs, C. C. Coddington of Charlotte, N. C., put -o diamond rings’ in a glass near a washstand nm a room she and her husband occupy in’ the Vanderbilt Hotel the other night. Half an hour later she missed her rings. ag Soe was made by hotel employees in vain. _ In the morning M. C. Scaffer. of the insurance = rwriters made an investigation, and with “John F, Keegan, chief engineer of the hotel, ex- -_ amined the plumbin leading from Mrs. Cod- ygton’s sixteenth floor suite. Opening a trap “basement leading into a large main under “sidewalk they found one of the rings, valued $4,500. The other ring has not yet been re- _ -Mr. Coddington is said to be a cotton ¥ = 00 FAME AND FORTUNE WEEKLY — ° 23 ITEMS OF GENERAL INTEREST both is necessary to give the pa t consistency. es nipid ints gx os In making the ground wood pulp the wood blocks are forced against the face 2 een aee volving grindstone with, a pressure of 125 pounas - the square inch. The wood fibres are broken up -and separated, and the resulting product is known as ground wood pulp. The blocks are fed into the stone grinders from magazines’ on the floor above. The magazines are kept full of wood, and as one block is disposed of another, settles into place in the grinders by the natural law of gravity. As it leaves the grindstones the pulp is extremely hot, owing to the vast amount of friction generated in the grinding. In order to keep down this heat, as well as to bring the ae aga a Boge state so that if can be easily mped, water is cons Bumped tantly showered ppon the This hot mass of pulp is next pum i the screen room, where the eetion of = oe ture which is fine enough passes through a fine- ly perforated copper cylinder. That portion which is rejected is either reground or used for cardboard or heavy paper. Upon removal, of the surplus water the pulp is ready to be mixed with the other ingredients to be turned into the news print. Approximately one cord of wood is re- quired to produce one ton of ground wood pulp G6VqNV{N{C{2{0p023>20232320808DaoaoaoaoaoaaeeeeTDoeOl: “Mystery Magazine” SEMI-MONTHLY 10 CENTS A COPY c LATEST ISSUES 71, THE ADMIRAL’S SPOONS, by W y _ Osborne. atten Hamilton 75 -ON THE WRONG TRA FRE TEE, WH tlogy Sonate ie 3 TE ROOM, by XI E STOLEN YEAR. by Eamu 79) THE AFVAIR AT HOLLY WOon Bets ae ee eee TEE WOOD HOUBE, by Wit: num Mereesh"Hlegand “Hatctone Secnes ion

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e = 0c . _- doctor. must at least have discovered soup and fish were poisoned. ‘ It is certain death to- “sipeen us,’ gasped the doctor; ‘ - anxiety. Thirteen At Table. - By KIT CLYDE. I am well aware the subject I am taking up is a well-worn one. Inai-d, it seems almost im- pertinent to appruacn it at all. However, the in- terest of “trenching on the boundaries, of an- other world” still seems adequate to the inex- haustible supply of ghost stories at most per- sons’ command, so i will venture to add to the list of these which have already appeared. in these pages, by relating two-or three strange facts which have come within the range of my own personal experience. The first was related to mé net long ago by a captain in the navy. It will, perhaps, be more forcible if given in the narrator’s own words. : “When L was sub-lieutenant on board the , stationed at Marseilles, an event happened which made a remarkable impression upon me. The ~ doctor of our ship was a great friend of mine. He was a clever, and thoroughly estimable man, but he had one failing. He was extremely super- stitions. No old woman ever gave more credence to signs and omens than he did, and he was an almost abject fatalist. “One evening we had all sat down to dinner in the wardroom, the doctor presiding at the head of the table. We were as usual a very merry party, and jones were circulating freely. The soup and fish had just been removed, when we observed the doctor’s face suddenly change, while he looked around with an expression of ‘great _ Falloo, doctor! one or two of us exclaimed, ‘what’s'the matter?’ _ A “His face eg whiter and whiter, and rising up, he said, 2 voice trembling with emotion: “Stop the dinner. For mercy sake, stop the dinner!” fon $ : __ “ ‘Why?’ was the simultaneous query. z SPs i thirteen at weed ; “A loud la greete is reply. ~ “9s that all?’ we. asked, for we thought the '__¢ We must not gooon. he di > * we-must send some one else directly to make up fourteén.’ -vain we laughed and protested. In_ yain endeavored to-point out that the harm, if any, Bray Bag Nothing would satisfy the but that a fourteenth should be procured, ohn “resembled the fi at the ing | that her. husk _ Wiesbaden on the prec FAME AND FORTUNE WEEKLY John May’s trun to sing, he curiously enough se- lected the old rhyme: ~ ‘For who can tell where we may be, To be happy another year?’ “We: all seized the idea as appropriate after the doctor’s croaking, and we shouted out the chorus with joud laughter and many sidelong hits at his superstition. He still seemed very uneasy, and when dinner was over, he said to me: ‘I wish I. had made that discovery before.’ “‘Before t= soup came round?’ I answered, laughing. ‘Ne, aon’t wish that, sir, or it would have grown cold while we were waiting for num- ber. fourteen.’ “The doctor groaned and turned away. “It may scarcely be believed, but it is an actual fact, that before two months had passed, 1 and several others who had been present at the din- ner, assisted in dragging the corpse of poor John May out of the harbor. He had fallen into the water while stepping over some barges to reach the ship’s boat which was lying beyond them, and was almost instantly drowned.” : The second incident I have to relate happened to a young married lady. She was a gentile, Madonna-like creature, the very last person in the world who would seem a likely subject for supernatural experiences. “She lived with her husband in a country rectory some miles from a town. At the time I speak of, she was confined to her bed, recovering from an ‘illness, the na- ture of which rendered it necessary that she spi be carefully guarded from any kind of s = } One day, on awakening from-a long sleep, she ~ said to, her husband, ae was sitting fie ine: “William, I have had such a curious dream. I ‘thought I saw your mother, Lady ——, lying on _ a bed in the middle of the room, quite stiff, with a sheet thrown over her as if she were dead. Has anything happened?” mats Her husband soothed her, and assured her that it was but imagination, as he had heard no bad news. However, shortly afterward, she said again: 3 = “I am sure something has happened. I was half alseep just now, and I thought 1 saw aman on horseback come to the back kitchen window and dediver a telegram written on black-edged rr.” ee Her husband endeavored to calm her fears, but _ d’s On preceding day! A of that lady was taken after her which Mrs, —— declared that e she had beheld. i ‘he bao ah n come under —

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FAME AND FORTUNE . WEEKLY 25 done with governess who had long been in deli- frequently lodge they collect rain water and be- _¢ate health. One summer’s evening this lady come! most luxuriant breeding places for flies and was long lying on the sofa in the schoolroom, near 2 mosquitoes. All this could be readily avoided by French window which opened on to the simply “firing” the cans into the furnace along - lawn. My mother was sitting opposite to her, with the ether fuel. The burning of a tin can, reading, when, happening to look up from ker as any other combustible, is a process of oxida- ‘book, she saw: entering through the window 4 tion. Oxidation takes place Slowly in the space omc eeerea said man, whose outline was not above the fuel bed because then if the fire is in- “arly distinguishable in the twilight, and who telligently handled and there is a maximum of Saag to the sofa where the governess was. “air dilution” there will be no great amount of ~ Tying, seemed to clasp her in his arms, and then free oxygen. As the cans are allowed to sink -_-as suddenly disappear. My mother uttered a deeper and deeper into the fuel bed, and, finally, ery, and the governess asked her what was the into the underlying bed of ashes, they encounter Fi. ; more and more free oxygen which, at a compar- “Did you not see that man?” cried my mother, atively high temperature, soon results in. their who was almost fainting with terror. “Did you almost complete disappearance. not feel him clasp you in his.arms? .What could In order that they may be got rid of as quickly he want? Was he a robber? Oh, he looked so as possible, it is best to put them into the fur- 1 Daal Sad ye hati kt a ses ‘ie, 4 dreadful!” , nace before firing on fresh coal. They should As usual in Ireland, there were a great many not be “poked” (neither*should burning coal for ' tramps about the place, and therg were frequent that matter, except in very rare incidents), but disturbances among the peasantry. The govern- left alone to sink gredually down to, and finally ‘ess. though she had. seen and felt nothing, was through, the grates, in which there will be noth- seriously alarmed. The whole house was aroused, ing left of them but a few scattered fragments and the servants, armed with pitchfolks, fire- of brittle oxide. It may be remarked that prac- , irons, sticks and every weapon they could lay tically gJl other refuse from the hovse can be | their hands upon;-went outeto search the grounds disrosed.of in the same way. for the mysterious stranger my mother, “Miss Fanny,” had seen. ba Btooe at - — However, no trace of any one—no footsteps ~ could be discovered, and at last the search was MADE 1 CENT INTO 25. abandoned, and “Miss Fanny” was sent to bed, nthfet: Suancial een ho discovered rather im disgrace for having given so much 4 youthful financia! genius, who discovere robb that the diameter. cf a penny placed on a sur- See ee Serguinmtinn. re face. car track ‘was slasasud to approximately rget i : . that cf a quarter by the pressure cf the car 3 ae, se soot ae oe 5 at Ray cba ee wheels, and that the piece of flattened bronze + upon that day month the governess died. passed current for the larger coin in a slot ma- ~ Some time afterward # portion of the house in ma osiigh are wr gms pgp Four boys, one of Seay nother lived) wae pulled down, end a them believed to be the originator of the scheme, 3 ee wine was added, which oceasioned various ‘Were arrested in the Grand Central Terminal by ‘ ara al to be rade. During these a quan- eae Matlinsky, ‘an agent for a stamp vending uf human remains were discovered, which gave Machine, with offices at 522 Fifth Avenue. They ume were taken to the Bast Pifty-first Street Station ef Ree oti i Ef Yise Fe Bg sage ag gree — and paroled ae Pamtods st ee parents Zor ay been . 4 an- appearance in the Chitdrents Court. | “Mhediately under the window of the schoolroom, “me ¢our boys were Vincent and Joseph Zeb- a lee > —_ Fe ay ronsky, 10 and 12 years old, Leonard Bishop, 10 Siw this may in ay. way account for. the years old, and George Barrett, 12 years old. : aowaelee pF figure which my None of them admitted the distinction of think- — this day apc va can only be con- 22 UP the plan to use the malleability of cop- to remem fs per to increase the purchasing power of a cent jectured. twenty-four fold. a: =a +o atom — oo E : beng td told pie Bide that the stamp-vend- ; ing machines in the Grand Central Terminal had “TIN CANS AS FUEL; BURN IN FURNACE. jeep almost filled of late with flattened cents and ' __ it might be left to the expert metallurgist to that a calculation, based on the number of ‘y whether or not there is any material quan- stamps missing and the number of enlarged coins tity of heat evolved in the burning of tin cans, received, indicated that each of the latter had re- and if so just what their “fuel value” is, says leased twelve two-cent ‘stamps, or twenty-four can be While on guard the other day, Matinsky Sia : he saw four boys come to a machine and one ‘iass:Sr0p tna. coin, Ths: Bal ng twelye times, — 1. dndient . te twcwe dane Matinsky followed the boys to Vanderbilt Ave- nue and saw them place pennies on the tracks of = - the Madison Avenue car line and pick up the

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26 Fame and Fortune Weekly NEW YORK, AUGUST 5, 1921. TERMS. TO SUBSCRIBERS Bingle Copies. :........4..... Postuge Free.... 07 Cents Oue Copy Three Months... % wwe +90 Cents One Copy Six Months...... = $1.75 “ “ One Copy One Year....... sess HOW TC SEND MONEY—At our risk send P. O. Money Order, Check or Registered Letter; remittances in any other way are at your risk. We accept Postage Stamps the same as cash. When sending silver wrap the Cola in a separate plece of paper to avoid cutting the envelope. Write your name and address plainly. Ad- uress ietters to HARRY E. WOLFF, Publisher ivo6 West 23d St., New York ITEMS OF INTEREST CROW, AFLAME, BURNS HAY. A crow alighted on a heavily charged electric wire of the Niagara Power Company fecently and was instantly electrocuted, falling a blazing mass into a field of uncut hay near Spencerport, eight miles from Rochester, N. Y The field caught fire, causing a loss of several hundred dollars, FISH BY AIR DELIVERY. ‘ Madrid’s daily supply of fish may be brought from the seashore by means of airplanes if a plan under discussion is adopted. Fresh sea food is extremely scarce in the cap- ital at present, and it is to remedy this condi- tion that the airplane plan has been suggested. The journey from the coast would take about three hours instead of the twenty-four required by railroad freight trains. : ‘ 4,000-POUND AIR BOMB PLANNED BY U.S. ARMY. Plans are being drawn by army ordnance de- signers for an areal bomb to weigh 4,000 pounds, far in excess of: any before conceived in the United States. It is to contain i te 60 per cent., or 2,400 pounds, of TNT, and will be one of the most deadly of all missiles known in modern warfare. Up to the present fhe largest bombs designed sate 2,000 pounds. These alrealy have n adopted as standard armament, although with bombs weighing 1,100 pounds, 600 pounds, 300. 400 pounds respectively, all of which contain about 60 per cent. TNT- ENTIRE TOWN TO BE REMOVED TWO eet MILES Removal of the entire town of American Falls, Idaho, with its population of 2,000, two or three to ‘of my thrift. “ter?” FAME AND FORTUNE WEEKLY Engineers say the project is one of the largest ever attempted. The big dam itself will have an abutment of one mile in length, will be 66 feet high and will have a base sufficiently strong to stand an-additional 30 feet should it ever be deemed necessary to.add to its height. : The big reservoir to-be filled by the waters backing up from the dam, will cover some 76 square miles and will have an impound of 3,- 000,000 square feet. Its waters will extend from American Falls to Blackfoot, a distance of about 20 miles. The reservoir will have a. shore line of nearly 100 miles and at its widest point it will be four miles across and, in "pe 90 feet deep. Besides moving the town of American Falls, it will be necessary to tear up the Oregon Short Line Railroad and move it to higher bench land.’ A railroad bridge will be razed and a new one constructed farther up the Snake River. The Idaho Power Company’s plant furnishing light and power to the southeastern section of the State will be removed. The dam site has been surveyed and prelim- inary work in the form of drilling for a solid rock foundation has-been started. ‘ LAUGHS “Yes,” boasted an overdressed individual: “f make my clothes last. This hat is an example Bought it three years ago, had it blocked twice, and exchanged it once for a new one at a cafe.” A reporter was interviewing Thomas A. Edi- son. “And you, sir,” he said to the inventor, “made the first talking machine?” “No,” Mr. Edison replied, “the first one was made long be- fore my time—out. of a rib.” It was a broiling hot day, and the woman who came rushing up to the railway station all out of breath, was obviously anxious. “Oh,” she ex- claimed, excitedly, to the station master, “has the next train gone yet?” “Jones is not looking very prosperous, I thengee his wife oe ot “She had.” “Then ow do you account for Jones’ look of erty?” “She still has it.” ae S = - + “What is your idea of economhy?” asked one. statesman. “Making everybody except my con- stituents get along with as little money rs oe sible,” replied the other, Millionaire (to a beggar)—Be off with you this minute! Beggar—tLook ’ere, mister, the only difference between you and me is that you are makin’ your second million, while I am still work- ~ in’ at my first. Little Willowdean, walking with her mother, Her mother said: “What is the matter, daugh- “Nothing’s the matter with < me,” she in- dign ntly replied. _ “It’s the ground is too a he ee a a ee Pp A ae a ric _ stumbled several times over the rough pavement. x

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FAME AND THE NEWS IN _ BUILDS FUNERAL PYRE, BURNS SELF i= TO DEATH. i eting a funeral.pyre of a kerosene soaked brush pile, Henry Papper, a seventy-year-old farmer, after saturating his clothing with oil, crawled into the pile and, lighting it, burned him- self to death at his home at West Oshtemo, near _ Kalamazoo, Mich., June 25. __ His body was found ten minutes later by his “aged wife, who saw the smoke and believed the barn was afire. Papper had been despondent - becaume of ill heath. > STUCK TO FARM HOME. _ As a home-loving woman Mrs. J. B. Henning- _ ton, who lives on a farm about nine miles from _ Belton, Tex., is believed to have no compeer. For forty-seven years she was contented to make her “home upon the farm without ever visiting Bel- ton, the county seat. ___ It was only when summoned to appear in court there as a witness in a case a few days ago that she broke her long record of isolation, and went to town. She said that she always found her household duties interesting and that she never had any desire to visit around. Even with the _ adoption of the motor car by most éf the farmers 48 a means of traveling, Mrs. Hennington was content to remain at home. LEFT HER JEWELS WORTH $25,000 UNDER = ~- MATTRESS IN A HOTEL. Jewels worth $25,000 were found in a chamois under a mattress in the Ritz-Carlton Hotel, Atiantie City, July 8, after the police of three _ eit had institvted a search for them. They _ consisted of a string of pearls and some dia- - mond rings, the property of Mrs. Thomas Lewis, _ wife of a Wilkes-Barre a ey, who spent the i SAvcrtges there. Mrs. Lewis did not miss them robbed > ; GOLD ON IOWA FARM. Gold and silver have been discovered on the ard Smith farm, seven miles north of Em- holes noted he sent sam- FORTUNE WEEKLY na~ SHORT ARTICLES mink. The tree is about 40 feet in height.cnd 18 inches in circumference when iui}-grown, and the natives use its juice as we do milk, it being iF fectly harmless and mixing wel! with water. e Cingalese have a tree they call “Kiriaghuma, whieh yields a fluid in all respects like milk, while in the forest of Para grows a tree called the “Massenodendron,” which gives a milk-like juice. It can be kept for an indefinite time and shows no tendency to become sour. On the other hand, certain trees in the valleys of Aragua and in Canagua yield a similar fluid, which, when ex- posed to the air, begins to form a kind of cheese which yery soon becomes sour. In the Canary Islands there is a tree called “Tabaya Dolce,” of which the milk, thickened in a jeliy, is considered a delicacy. PROSPECTORS SEEK LOST RIVER OF GOLD. earching for a lost river—a river of gold—will be undertaken this year by several prospectors, including oldtimers from the Yukon and Alaska, _ who are now here outfitting for the long journe into the North country. The lost river bed, where the Peace River once fiowed, is some- where in the big bend of the Peace, bisected b a line drawn from Fort St. John to the mout of the Battle River. Some years ago an Indian brought into Fort St. John a fair-sized gold nugget which, accord- ing to the tale told by oldtimers of the North, he discovered in a stream in the country to the northeast of the post. Soon after this an old trapper, a white man, who made Fort St. John his headquarters, came into the fort with a quantity of coarse gold which he had washed from some stream in a similar direction to that from which the Indian hailed. He never visited his trap lines after this, liv- away for a few days, always returning with a- fresh supply of gold. . This aged trapper lived in this manner for a number of years. apper. Northmen, who tell the story of the mystic El- dorado north of the Peace, declare that the gold was only available after a heavy fall of snow, with which the old fellow sppavehtly washed his Seen eee ores eee money to test the truth of the theory that the af Clear Hills in large quantities. ae ‘Z = story is 2

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23 FAME AND FORTUNE THE NEWS IN BIG COYOTE. EEGLED. A-imammoth coyote, which had been killing sheep and goats in the upper Yaqui and Big Elk districts, Oregon, was killed by Marion Hunt of Eddyville recently. The coyote was started on the old Castle place, near Elk City, and after circling several times in the territory, and cross- ing Little Elk River time after time in an at- tempt to evade the dogs, was cornered. Some of the Theat dogs in the country were in the chase. WOMAN KILLED SNAKES. When Mrs. Harry T. Smith of Crawford Township, Pa., was looking after a hen that had been haiching some eggs and wondering why “hiddy” did not go back to her nest, she dis- covered the nest was occupied by blacksnakes. One of the snakes reared its head and Mrs. Smith killed it with a piece of board. When she saw another coiled over the eggs she killed that also. One measured sixty-one inches and the other’ fifty-five. FINDS AMUNDSEN’S SHIP. Captain Roald Amundsen’s exploring schooner Maud has been found in the Arctic Ocean by the coast guard cutter Bear and is now safe at Wha- len, Siberia. The Coast Guard Service was ad- vised of this on July ff by radio from the Bear. The message said that as soon as the weather moderated the Maud would be towed to Nome, Alaska. The Bear was dispatched from Nome some time ago to search for the Maud, which Captain Amundsen reported on his arrival at the Alaskan ort was stuck in the ice off the Siberian coast. So far as was reported the Maud was undam- aged GENERAL PERSHING CHIEF OF STAFF. General Pershing took over the office of Chief of Staff on July 1, without ceremony, and Major Gen. J. G. Harbord also took up his duties as Executive Assistant. Among early callers to pay respects were Major Gen. John A. Lejeune, S.53E"6,, and members of his staff at Marine and we will mail you a handsome - \CRIPTION—A little red pump-handle fills the ie any ot ag ig | ink is positive. : 80. $e Sire te FREE TO EVERYBODY-FREE Send us $10.50 for 3 one-year subscriptions t6 this magazine, at $3.50 each, or the same amount for 6 six-months subscriptions at $1.75 each DUNN FOUNTAIN PEN as het ever floods or clogs. Pen —. of 14 a gold, tipped with native Tasmantan. h est metal known. Points cannot lap, spread or scratch. FR ASK YOUR FRIENDS TO SUBSCRIBE. GET ONE OF THESE $1.00 PENS FREE | “HARRY E. WOLFF, 166 West Twenty-third St, New York City — WEEKLY - SHORT ARTICLES Corps Headquarters. One of Genara!l Harbord’s earliest acts was to make inquiry of the Quarter- master General as to the supply of Sam Bronwe belts available for issue, which would indicate that an order authorizing the belt will probably be issued shortly. Another uniform change looked for in the near future is a change in the uniform coat by the adoption of the roll collar; although should this change be adopted the pres- ent coat would be authorized for wear for some time to come. 12-TON CHEESE FOR N. Y..STATE FAIR. Commissioner of Agriculture George E. Hogue announced July 9 that the largest single cheese ever manufactured will be made at Lowville for exhibition at the New York State Fair, Sept. 12-17, at Syracuse. The cheese will weigh twelve tons and wiil require 150,000 pounds of milk, the miik from 7,500 cows for one day, for its man- ufacture. The cheese is being made under the supervision of H. A. Rees, cheese expert of the Division of Agriculture. Four barrels of salt are required for this cheese, and the cheese bandage alone will cost $100. The cheese has to be turned, to be prop- ery cured, every three days. For this purpose a heavy framework has been erected in a spe- cial building in which the cheese.is being made, and a windlass arrangement is provided to ac- complish this. The milk which is supplied comes from a territory within a radius of twenty miles from Lowyille, and is supplied by members of the Dairymen’s League who are co-operating in carrying out plans for the cheese display. ; Commissioner Berné A. Pyrke, newly ap- pointed Commissioner of Farms and Markets, and many other State officials were expected to go to Lowville July 12, to be present when the iant cheese is “poured.” Lieut. Gov. Jeremiah . Wood will speak. ‘ The cheese will be transported from Lowville to the State.Fair grounds at Syracuse a day or two prior to the opening of the State Fair and od be cut on Syracuse Day by Gov. Nathan L. iller. Mrs. Susie Seott of > Buffalo, N. Y., became tired of profiteering landlords, two months . ago, and decided to build a home. As she has several children to support she decided to construct the house herself. Mrs. Scott drew the plan& for a six-room, _story-and-a half bangalow. She ac- -complished all the car- penter and masonry Holds twice as mueb ium— 7 out material assistance’ apparatus. . 2

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FIRST MISSIGNARIES TO CHINA. The first gen- eral attempt to introduce Chris- tianity into Chi- na dates from April 24, 1845, when the Chin- ese Governmen’, following the dis- astrous war with Great granted permis- sion to foreign- ers to teach the Christian — relig- ion. Missionaries from many coun- tries began im- mediately to flock to China, but in Britain, | LITTLE ADS Write to Riker & King, Advertising Offices, 118 East 28th Street, New York City, or 8 Souta Wabash Avenue, Chicago, for particulars about advertising in this magazine. - AIDS TO EFFICIENCY WRITE THE WORDS FOR-A SONG. We revise poems, write muse and yuarauive to secure publication, Sub- mit poems on any subject, Broadway Studios, 1b5C, Vizgeraid- Dullding. New York. AGENTS BiG MONEY AND FAST SALES. Every owner buys Gotd Initdala far his auto. You chergs $1.50, make $1.35. Ten orders daily easy. Write for particulars and frye sampies, ARELICAN MONOGRAM CO., Dept, 171, Bast Orange, New Jersey. AGENTS _Wa offer you $8 a day setling new concen- tiated soft drinks; great suramer hit; 30c hottie maskes 32 glasses; ail flavors; juct add water; lightuing Seller; small packages; cacry in pocket; outfit furnished free; send poseei toigy. American Preducts Co., 4897 American Bldg., Cincinnati, Ohio. BOYS AND GiRLS MAKE 75c IN ONE HOUR. Boll ten Ucamiel Gummed Pruit Jar Labels Books for 15¢ each, Keep 0c and send us $1.00. Every House- keeper will buy two or nioro of the books, Send name and adilvess for ten pooks. Ucantel Co., 2577 A Mymaud Place, Maspeth, N. ¥. ART AND DEN PICTURES PHOTO'S GINL MODELS Daring Poses. Samples 25c. Dozen $1.50, Wish Lure Mako Wish Bite Fast. Box She. Vive $1.00. Sports Own Book Contains Jazzy Reading, Daring Pictures, ote Z5e. Catalogue 10c, Hamiiton’s Co.. Barnes City, lowa. COINS AND STAMPS most places the! cAsH PAID for cancelled stamps as high es $10 per “white devils” were received with hostility. The Emperor}. Taou - Kwang, who in the latter part of his reign ‘favored the in- troduction of Eu- ropean arts and 1000. Yes. Wayne Supply, 2306 Kwvaline, Hastravick, FOR SALE BIG MONEY fo sure and profitable crops of Cloverland. Qnr free booklet tela. you ali about Sf, Writs SWIGART, T-1272, Ist Natl Bank Bidg., Chicago. 1F You | WANT | to sei or prion your property write me. JOHN J. BLACK, 173rd St, Chippewa Wis. HELP WANTED Falts, WANTED—1,500 Railway Traffic Inspectors; no expe- rience; train for this profession thru spare time home- sitidy; easy terms: $110 io $200 monthly and expenses dt. or money back. Outdoors; local or travel- we buy colms. Send 0c for price ust Mirh. religion, died in| ing; € men who reward ability. Get Bree 1850, and his son, poy ee 1, Standard Business Training lost., Hieng- Fung, MEN WARTED for Detective Work. _ Expertenca un- adopted a reac- Write J. Ganor, or, Former U. Gort. De- tionary policy, One of the odd results of the in- troduction of. Christianity China was appearance in 1851 of a rebel} leader who called himself Tien-teh, and owho an- nounced — himself | Row vot as the restorer of worship 9, oe called aS a mself the oe 1 er of Jesus, } quernans WRITERS send today for Free Copy, “the Cama Sort of | «stories. ms, Songs. és. Wa show you _ how. in School ot rt Criminology, Dept. necessary. fective, 132. St. Louis, Blo. Dpectiualty for men and women Write C. T. BE A DETECTIVE. for secret investigation in your district. Ludwig. 521 Westover Buig-; Kansag City, Mo. DETECT VES earn big mossy. Travel and good op- Ww Sox eclae ch M,_ Detroit, the tapies wal 5 WANTED: ‘and MEN, 00, (0, addrew eilvel> - Rigger ar maticor at at home for large at ager “ts or whole Ume. Cee make Be aS os capital or experience. required. explains everything; gend 10 cts. io cover postage, ote. Ward Pub. Co., Tilton, N. H. DETECTIVES RAR Re MONEY. Greet seman for 7 mee aml w ‘ascbpating work. Pa jars free. Arericss Detective Se 1968 Broadway, ~ MANUSCRIPTS WANTED STONES, POEMS, PLAYS, atc.. are wanted for publi- Submit MSS. ov write eased Bureau, 515 MISCELi.ANEOUS rect aye pon eter = SECRETS, amazing information, magazines ; makes ete, Send MAIL SERVIC 5 iC Ta , 290 W. GD. BE sapE Nae and | GENTLEMEN ¥ who wish marry. Confidential ane satisfaction, Box 73, Arcade Siation, Los Angeles, Calif. = SCIENTIFIC ee YOUR FUTURE FORETOLD; Send dime, truthful, reliable convincing tial weiding. Hoel Hause, Box 215, Los Angeles, Cal. birth date. snd YOUR LIFE STORY in the stars. ree for tria! reading. Shermea, Rapid City, & Dax. “Sena Jefferson, Kansas City, Ra =~“ SONGWRITERS ee Write THe owes FOR A SONG—We ate fo gree, 20 petormery and re heaton 8d ght sale bse tt MILIJONS of a i aid. . i aging. 1490 3 "Brotiney

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jor Wases BIGELOW, the Finger Print Detective, was Weaey his usual review in the morning newspapers. just — reading the press reports of the daring robbery of the offices of the T— O— Company Se the telephone on hisdesk rang. Central Office wascalling, asking him to come immediately to the scene of the robbery. Although he drove his high powered roadster rapidly and arrived very shortly at his destination, he had plenty of time to consider the main features of the case as reported by the press. The job had undoubtedly been done by skilled cracks- men and robbers of uncommon nerve. Sixty-five hundred dollafs in currency—the company pay-roll—were gone. Not a single, apparent clew had been found by the police. Finger Print Expert Solves Mystery Ow his arrival, Bigelow was ona by Nick Austin, Chief of Detectives, who had gone over the ground thoroughly. “Hello, iphones oF Hore ‘sajob that has us stumped Thope you can unravel it for us.’ By this time, the district « offi- cers and the operatives from Centra! Office had almost ae up the investigation. After fy ours a, of fruitless efforts, their work was at a standstill. completely With lively interest and a feeling of relief they stepped back to await the’ fae cw. of the Finger Print Detective’s findin, They were =~p4 awed at his quiet, assured manner. The adroit old ae Limself was manifestly impressed at the quick, sure way in which Bigelow made his investigation. Almost immediately Bigelow turned his attention to a heavy ? ee nla nntnies had been tipped up on its side. Examination of : gany showed an excellent set of finger prints. = The Pe sey mane might erat as well — left his calling card. i 3 ~ ke. make a | story short his prints were photograph and taken to tal Office, where they were matched with Ss a of “Big Joe’ Moran, a safe blower well known to the Bigelow ~ Moran was subsequentiy caught and convicted on were low’s testimony and finger-print proof. ‘Most of the Pep eyred Geo 00 cement hich was gh to: Bigelow=— a r wi was given w— his pay for two houra’ work, Why dont You be a inger Print Expert? Learn At Home in Spare Time Could you imagine more fascinating work thanthis? Often life and death depend upon decisions of finger-print evidence —and big rewards go to the Expert. Thousands of trained men-are now needed in this great ficld. The finger print work of governments, corporations, police depart- ments, detective agencies and individuals has created a new profession. Many experts regularly earn from $3,000 to $10,000 a year in this fascinating game.. And now you can easily learn the secrets of this new Science in your spare time — at home. Any man with common school education and av erage ability can become a Finger Print Detective in a surprisingly short time. Free Course in Secret Service For a limited time we are malig a special offer of 2 Professional Finger Print Outfit, absolutely Free, and Free Course in Secret Service Intelli- gence. Mastery of these two kindred professions will open a brilliant career for you. Write ms eo fully itlus- trated free book on which explains thi training in detail. Dore til this offer has ex the coupon now. You m see this announcement again! You assume no a Be: you haye everything to gain and nothing to lose. Fo UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCE — Dept. C109, 1920 Sunnyside Avenue, SCNSCOUUSALLOGSDEREEDORS ADO NSAOSERETERE TT ASAEeA STOTT EAI UNIVERSITY of APPLIED SCIENCE, Dept.C109, 1920 Sunnyside Av., Chicago w folly lusteatcd, FREE beckon Fe er ints and your oar alee new just on ‘ints an of a FREF. course in Secret Service In tho Fees Peo fessional Finger Print Outfit. SOA ReOReT RETRO e EEE EEE TEREST EREEEEED THUEREEEEEEES OEE E EEE EEE EE Address...... Setenecebeeeesees e4eeeeereseecscecesecsscrersenesdeeencen SUN VSUEPEENEORECHOSECNEsteenentE Present Occupation ..creccerssavecssrersecssrseversseser AQOencaseveew 00 REWARD TWO HOURS WORK Chicago, lisnais

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