Fame And Fortune Weekly (no. 960) (1924 02 22)
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INO. JOU FEDRUARY 22, lycée Price & Cents b i ir of nT) “aR ICHE ST AY INTHE WORLD At that moment they were startled by the report of a gun close by. Then came a crashing sound among the bushes and a boy of fifteen, followed by two burly negroes, burst into sight and came running toward the wreck.
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‘Are You A Radio F an? ¥ Read Pages 24 and 25° te FAME AND FORTUNE WEEKLY West 23d Street, New York, N. Y. NEW aie se CHAPTER I.—The Disadvantages of Having a Step-father. a “T tell you what it is, Dick, I won’t put up with this sort of thing much longer,” exclaimed Will ‘Newton, a good-looking, stalwart boy of fifteen, to his chum, Dick Bumstead, one year his junior. “Mr. Bacon is going a little too far.” _ “What’s your step-father been doing to you now?” asked Dick, curiously, in a tone that was - ¢learly sympathetic. : “What’s he always doing but trying to make life miserable for me?” ps “In what particular way this time?” “His son Moses had the cheek to take my pony out of the stable this morning, without saying a _ word to me of his intention, and ride him half to death. When he brought Dandy back I gave him a dressing down, for I have warned him not to ake my horse without my permission. He rushed nto the house and told his father that I had half- killed him, and Mr.-Bacon came out to the stable “in a great rage, and after talking to me like a Dutch uncle, gave me to understand that Moses had the same right to use the pony as I had, and that if I interfered with that right he would make Tike. *But the pony is yours, isn’t he?” said Dick. “He is. My father gave him to me a few months before he died, as a birthday gift, and Moses has no right at all to use him unless I say 7 / “What are you going to do about it, Will?” lms oing . paatete I told Mr. Bacon that he “had‘no business to interfere with my rights to ‘Dandy, and that ‘I wouldn’t stand for it. If Mose treated the animal decently I wouldn’t object to using him occasionally, but he seems to take delight in abusing the pony, just to make me 7 ” “He's a mean little rascal,” replied Dick Bum- d. “I’ve never liked him for a cent, nor do iss Fntered as Second-Class Matter, Issued weekly—Subscription price, $4.00 per year; Canada, $4.50; Foreign, $5.00. Har: a the Post-Office at New York, N. Y., under the Act of Ma’ YORK, FEBRUARY 22, things unpleasant for me in a way I wouldn’t © s ” before he committed himself,” olff, Publisher, Inc., 166 1911, at’ : Cy te Up y OR, THE RICHEST BOY IN THE WORLD % % 7%, % : Te pe CS a Op. eo: By A SELF-MADE MAN yy By, hin * yy Ny 25 “T’ puess that’s what troubles Mr. Bacon,” Said Will, his face relaxing into a slight grin. “I wouldn’t be surprised that the reason why he married mother was because he thought the property had been left to her. In that case he could manage it without being expected to give an accounting.” ty “Tf he did he got beautifully left, didn’t he?” laughed Dick. 5 “That’s what he did. Mother is my legal guard- ian, but the trouble is she allows Mr. Bacon to do as he chooses. However, there’s one thing he can’t do, and that is to do me out of my rights. Even mother can’t sell this property at any price, It’s got to remain as it is until I come at ager ag when she must turn it over to me.” ie “Suppose you should happen to die, Will, before you reached twenty-one, what then?” “In that case it would become mother’s abso- llutely, to dispose of as she thought fit.” > as “Which means'that your step-father would then get control of it in the way that would suit him best, “Ym afraid so. However, I’m pretty healthy, and I don’t think Mr. Bacon’s chances of getting hold of it that way are very good.” : “How came your mother to marry Mr. Bacon, ~ anyway?” p “He’s an old friend of hers. She knew him : long before she met my father. He was living in New York when my father died. He had-just. lost his wife, and when he heard of mother’s loss - he wrote her a sympathetic letter. Then she didn’t hear from him for nearly a year, for he went out West to look after some mining prop- erty in which he had invested most of the money he got from his wife. He had no use for mother then, as he expected to make all kinds of money out in Nevada. However, the mine turned out 4 failure, and he lost all he had. Then I guess it eceurred to him that if he could marry mother he could get on his feet again. So he came down. here, opened a law office in the village and began to call on us regularly.” ; 5 “And in a year he did marry your mother, If he really married her for what father calls mer- cenary purposes it’s a wonder that he didn’t find out all about the provisions of your father’s will
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2 A YOUNG MONTE CRISTO “He took things for granted, I guess, for I won’t deny but he really does seem to think a lot of mother. to his presence here—he treats her all right, but he does put it all over me. If he treated me decent, and Moses was the right kind of a boy, things would run along all right.” “By the way, Will, I was down at-the creek this morning, and what do you suppose I saw there?” “Water,” grinned Will Newton. “You didn’t catch me that time.” “T wasn’t trying to catch you. Of course I saw water—lost of it, but I also saw something else. It was a large brig lying at anchor there. Must have come in during the night, for she wasn’t there yesterday afternoon when we were down there.” “A large brig lying at anchor in the creek!” ejaculated Will, in surprise. a “Vas.” “That’s rather unusual, I never heard of a big craft putting in there before.” ° “Nor I, either.” “There hasn’t been any storm that would cause her to seek shelter in that lonesome spot. The mouth of the creek is not visible from the ocean, ‘anyway. No stranger would be able to tell there was a creek in this vicinity. I wonder what she’s doing there?” “Give it up. She seemed to be just lying there.” “T’d like to go.down and take a look at her,” said Will. “All right. Ul go with you,” replied Dick Bum- stead. The two boys, who had been standing close to ' the thick hedge which divided the garden from the orchard of a well-kept country home in New _ Jersey, not very far from the ocean, started for the rustic gate which communicated with a lane ~ eading to a broad expanse of meadow-land that terminated in that direction with the shore. ~ Hardly had they left the spot when the head and shoulders of a handsome man of perhaps forty-five was thrust over the hedge, behind which he had been crouching for some time, and his eyes followed the two boys till they passed through the gate. “So, Master Will, you intend to ride the high horse with me, do you?” and a disagreeable smile curled the corners of his lips. “You forget that when I wedded your mother I became master of “-your actions. You think that J married your mother for her property, and that I got beauti- fully left, eh? It is a satisfaction for you to feel . that it is quite out of my power to do you out of ‘this estate willed to you by your father. We shall see, Master Will, we shall see. You are a long “way from your majority yet, my fine lad, and “many things may happen before six years roll by. Oh, yes, no one is sure of anything in this world. - However, it is the long head that wins, and I flatter myself that I can handle both you and your property. You don’t like my son Moses. You think that one of these days Moses will be a ‘eomparative pauper, a pensioner on your bounty, you'll find out that the boot will be on the other lee. Moses’ little finger is more to me than your whole body. You've tried to queer Moses with uence with her is stronge: That’s the only thing that reconciles me~ _ when you are rolling in your patrimony. Perhaps | don’t think you’ve succeeded an yeurs, Master Newton—much stronger. I can wind her around my fingers, for her will is as weak as water. At any rate, she believes I liv only to please her, and she appreciates my regard for her. Why shouldn’t she? If you were out of the way for good, Master Will, this property would revert to your mother. And if anything happened to her it would naturally ‘come to me, — her husband, and then my son Moses would be — far from the pauper he now appears to be. But Fy I should not wish anything to happen to her for many a day yet. With you removed, the property would be practically in my control without t disagreeable prospect ahead of having to rend to any court an account of my management as — exists at present. Moses can ‘wait. He’s young. He could enjoy all the advantages in the meantime of a property which would then eventually be his. I’m thinking,'Master Will, now that you mean to kick in your traces, that it is time to smother you in the bud. Yes, yes, it is high time I attended to your case.” : Ralph Bacon turned around and walked to the — gate which communicated with the garden, paeied yy through and took the graveled path leading to the — front.vyeranda. As he approached the house a tall, bearded, sun-burned stranger appeared at the road. gate, entered the grounds and strode up to th house. Mr. Bacon observed him as he came the driveway, and, curious to know what he wan’ ed, waited for him to reach the porch. As h drew near, the lawyer thought there was some- thing familiar about him. te “Are you the ” began the stranger. Then he stopped and stared. “Why, you are Lawy Bacon, are you not?” : aes “My name is Bacon, Ralph Bacon, and I am lawyer, sir. May I ask your name?” Sar “My name is Peter Finley. I think we have me: before.” 1 Saeed : CHAPTER II.—A Villainous paren 2 y - pie § “Captain Peter Finley, of the’brig Lone Sta said Mr. Bacon, in some surprise. ie “You've got it right, Mr. Bacon,” chuckled skipper, thrusting his mahogany-hued hands his trousers pockets. se “You are the man, I believe, who called on me to help straighten out a little tangle withthe government?” ; “Precisely. You straighened it out. all and I paid you well for your services, Is your country residence?” a : Mr. Bacon nodded. seg oe “A handsome place, upon my word,” repli Captain Finley, looking about him. “I wo t mind owning such a place myself. Perhaps I wi after one or two more trips to the coast of Cuba.” “Do you mean to say that after getting ontat that other mess you’ve mixed yourself up i “Another. Well, Mr. Bacon,” said the ca with a wink, “you know there’s a heap of mone in the filibustering business. The Cubans nee stuff and have got the money to pay for Ae can buy it in this country easily enough. _ trouble is to get it out of the coun being detected.” eer erent “I should say so.
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Nes _ ean you hope to hoodwink the Secret Service men, who, no doubt, are watching every move you -make?” “Tt is one of the advantages of genius to over- ~ come obstacles,” grinned Captain Finley. Lawyer Bacon shook his head deprecatingly. -, “You have to be mighty slick to deceive the agents of this government. They are ~inder _ -strict orders to let no contrabahd goods get out- side of the three-mile limit.” ; “T am fully aware of the risks I face, Mr. Bacon, and so is Juan Balmaceda, the Cuban agent; but _ just the same, we both expect to run a full cargo of arms and ammunition away from these shores _ to-night.” : - “Well, it’s none of my business whether you do or do not make the attempt you so confidently as- .sert, but I may say that if you do I am not very sanguine of your success. You know what the ~ commissioner said when he discharged you after -I had succeeded it showing the government that it had-no case against you—he was by no means -eonvinced in his own mind that you were guilt- Jess, and he warned you that if you were ever brought before him again.on a similar charge, and it could be proved, -he would*give you the ex- treme limit of the law.” : “Remember it well endugh,” chuckled the cap- Weg tain. : - “Then Jet me say that I think you are taking desperate chances 2 ; _ “or a remuneration that is proportionate to _ the risk involved.” “Well, you know your own business,” replied the lawyer, shrugging his shoulders. “May I ask to * “what I am indebted for this visit?” “Certainly, Mr. Bacon. I was not aware you ere the owner of this property. My object in yming here was to obtain permission to use the ne running from the road through the orchard and meadows to the creek beyond.” ; “Use my lane!. Pray, sir, for what purpose?” “The Lone Star is at his moment anchored as far up the creek as she can go. Yesterday I cleared for Key West with a small miscellaneous eargo—not at all contraband, | may say; ’m no ‘such fool, for the goods were watched and ex- amined by government agents who, as you have z id, take a great interest in the movements of myself and my brig—and sailed with last night’s 24 ood. However, I didn’t get any further than the creek yonder.” ~ “And why should you put in at the creek? Did 1y aecident happen to your vessel ?” nents at the lawyer before replying. - “Mr. Bacon, I’m thinking, that Pll have to trust u. JI am sure after our confidential relations which your services were duly appreciated you will be willing to do me a favor without being ‘too inquisitive as to the reasons involved. I ex- ect a number of wagons will arrive here in this eighborhood about midnight, the contents of rhich are to be transferred to the Lone Star. The only way they can reach the brig is through our lane. You need not know anything about the circumstance at all, and five $20 banknotes ought to make you sleep with a quiet conscience.” The captain took out his wallet and displayed a ad of money. The lawyer received the tion with some uneasiness, ts egos A YOUNG MONTE CRISTO 3 oe Captain Finley looked intently for some mo-- Saar ‘ “I think I understand the situation,” he replied, pointedly. “You intend to take a cargo of contra- band goods on board at. the creek. A pretty scheme, I must say, and I hardly approve of you. making a cat’s-paw of me—for that is what it amounts to. The news is bound to leak out some day, especially if the watchful Spaniards should happen to ¢atch you off the Cuban coast, and then | I shall be called upon for an explanation.” “You will be in no way involved,” replied Cap- tain Finley, persuasively. “Your lane might easily be used without your knowledge or con- sent. I have not said that the wagons I expect © contain goods whose export to Cuba has been declared illegal. As you will probably be in bed- and asleep by midnight, like all good country people, you: will have no knowledge that any wagons whatever have passed down your lane. You will be able to swear.to that fact with an easy conscience.” ? “And if I refuse my consent to this proposition of yours?” said the lawyer, watching the captain intently. . The skipper of the Lone Star shrugged his shoulders. “You might do so as a matter of form,” he said, with a queer look. “In any case, I ask you to accept the $100 as a present and token of ap-- preciation for your valuable legal assistance of the past,” and the captain tendered the lawyer five brand-new banknotes, which Mr.-Bacon, with . some reluctance, accepted and put in his pocket. “Remember, Captain Finley, that if you use my lane to-night you do so without my consent. It will be a case of trespass, do you understand?” ; “Certainly, Mr. Bacon, I. understand,” replied. the skipper of the Lone Star, with a.wink. “If — any wagons pass down your lane to-night it will be against your wishes. Quite proper, sir; quite proper, indeed,” and Captain Finley chuckled and - rubbed his horny hands together as if he was pondering over an excellent joke. as * As Mr. Bacon looked at the tall, bewhiskered stranger, whose character he had summed up — months before, an idea suddenly struck him—an ; idea that seemed to round out a purpose he was already forming in his mind, ee. “Captain Finley, will you step inside and have a glass of wine with me in my library?” he said, — in a friendly tone. : : The captain regarded him a moment in sur- prise, and then said: es “Thank you. I willif you make it- whisky. Wine doesn’t agree with my constitution.” rea 1s “I can give you whisky, or even gin, if you — prefer that.” “Whisky is good enough for me, Mr. Bacon,”* — he replied, as he followed the lawyer up the steps into the house. as The lawyer produced a decanter of whisky and 3 another of sherry, with glasses and a plate of fancy biscuits, from a wall-closet. ‘Captain Finley . helped himself to a stiff glass of the whisky, while an Bacon poured out a glass of wine for him- — self. ‘ “My regards,” liquor off. : : The lawyer nodded and sipped his wine. - + — “You have a fine place here,” said Captain Fin- _ ley, gazing around the elegantly furnished room. said the skipper, tossing the —
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fe 7 4 YOUNG MONTE CRISTO: “You lawyers generally manage to live on the fat of the land.” “It is very comforting to = ek that one is not in danger of going to the podrhouse in one’s old age,” replied Mr. Bacon complacently. “That’s true,” replied the skipper. “I’m looking - - forward to the pleasures that an abundance of the “goin of this republic will enable me to enjoy.” . “I hope you will realize your desires, Captain = Finley, Dut V’m afraid you are playing with fire.” “Oh,” answered the skipper, with a shrug, “it’s all in one’s life. Many daily risk a fortune in Wall Street in order to gain wealth. The chances are ‘all against them, I understand. Well, I’m risking ‘my life and my liberty for what to me represents a fortune, with the chances, I take it, about even.” ,. “If your vessel should happen to be taken by a -°. Spanish cruiser in Cuban waters and contraband ' goods were found on board, or if you and your erew should be caught landing the stuff on the shore of that island, what would happen to you?” . aed “We should be imprisoned and probably shot,” replied the. skipper, coolly. “I depend on the swiftness of the brig to avoid the former, and upon the activity of the insurgents to provide against the latter.” , “How would you like to take a recruit?” “4K yecruit! What do you mean?” asked Cap- tain Finley, looking hard at the imperturbable --- eountenance of the lawyer. ; «J should like to have my step-son see a little of -the world.” : . ae “Your step-son!” exclaimed the skipper, raising his eyé-brows. 3 ' “My step-son. He is getting a little beyond my ~~ eontrol. I think a voyage in the Lone Star to the ~~ eoast of Cuba would do him a world of good.” “How old is this young man?” “Fifteen years.” “No you thoroughly understand the risk he - would have to face on such a trip?” replied the skipper, in some astonishment. «J think I do,” answered Mr. Bacon, calmly. - “Does he understand it himself, and is anxious to go?” ; “That has nothing to do with the matter.” “Oh, it hasn’t!” said the captain, drawing a long breath and studying the features of his host -eritically. : Z “Let us understand each other,” said the lawyer, ‘coming right to the point. “You have trusted me creek, if not in so many words, at least I can see through a millstone when there’s a hole init. At “any rate you know I have my suspicions. Now, Captain Finley, I think I can be just as frank with * you. My step-son is in my way. If yon would - take him over to Cuba and anything happened to him there it would not greatly distress me, do you ‘understand ?” “You might set a’ figure on this business, Mr. * Tt would be more business-like, and I ‘should know what I can depend’on. How much is this little job worth to you?” ; “Tf vou will undertake to insure that this boy ill never return$ to annoy me again I will guar- antee to pay you the sum of $5,000.” ¥ “When?” r ; “On presentation of proof of his death that 5 Wii @tand “in eourts? 2k a ba ee ee -"awith the object of the Lone Star’s presence in the S “T must have some guarantee that you mea business,” said the skipper. ee “Suppose I also were to ask you to furnis guarantee that you would earry out the terms this agreement, could you furnish it?” eres “T’m afraid not.” ot Ses “Well, you see, we'll have to trust each other a certain extent.” Reins “Well, give me $1,000 down, and I'll go into t scheme—the balance to be paid as soon as I fu nish you the evidence you require.” IRS The lawyer agreed to this arrangement, an then the pair put their heads together to conside the best way Will Newton could be spirited board the Lone Star without any one else bei the wiser of the fact. ee CHAPTER III.—The Tall Man With the Bla Whiskers. Ves That evening at supper Mr. bacon was.unusual ly gracious to his step-son. A short time after th meal Mr. Bacon asked Will if he would go to the village on an errand. : “Yes, sir,” replied the boy, cheerfully. is it you want me to get for you?” ies The lawyer wanted some writing-paper and a few other things. Will put on his hat and started for the village on foot. He had about half to.go before he struck the head of Main_ and another half mile before he reached the | of the business section where the stationery drug store stood. The stillness of the night the solitude of the road did not bother Wil but he concluded to stop at the Bumstead hom and get Dick to go along with him. Dick was reading a story-book when his friend called He immediately agreed to walk to the and back with Will. specs pet “T was telling father at supper about.that brig that is anchored in the creek,” said Dick. “What did he say about her?” F “He thought it was kind of singular for to put in there, unless she had met with serious damage and hauled in to make repairs.” “T didn’t notice that there was anyth matter with her,-did you?” eee “No,” replied Dick, shaking his head. seemed to be all right.” “You didn’t notice the vessel’s name, did y: Dick?” (2a a “No. A piece of sail hung over the stern, whe the name is usually painted, and hid it.” “Craft of her size also have the name in ra gilt letters at the bows. I looked there for the end of a sail was hanging over from the f castle and covered it up.” (eae nS 2 “Tf they had tried to keep the name hidd purpose they couldn’t have adopted better 1 for doing it; but, of course, are could be reason for such a thing as that.” a “T should think not. Suppose we go down the morning and take another look at her “T’m willing,” replied Dick. det et Will made his purchases, and when - the store the boys almost ran into a complexioned man, whose fac ican 5 ‘black his
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. “Hello, my lads! where bound in such a hurry?” the asked, looking keenly into their faces. “Home,” answered Will, shortly. aay “Live in the village?” he queried, detaining Will with a grasp on his jacket sleeve. - “No, sir. We live down the road, in the sub- - “Down the road, eh? Perhaps you boys would- ~-n’t object to me going along with you. I’m rather out of my bearings in this locality. I belong to - a brig that’s anchored in a creek somewhere along shore. Perhaps you could pilot me to the neigh- borhood ?” : “Sure -we could,” spoke up Dick, unsuspiciously. “All you'll have to do is to go down a lane along- _ gide my friend’s apple orchard, and it will land ’-you right at the head of the creek where your 3 i We were down there this afternoon ‘ooking at her.” _ there?” the stranger said, looking hard at Bum- stead. : ; “Yes. This is the first time I can remember that a vessel of her size ever put in there.” The man kept up a ceaseless flow of talk as ey plodded along the road. At length they reached Dick’s home, which was only a short dis- tance from Will’s. eae “Do you see that white gate yonder?” said Dick, ‘The man nodded. ‘ _ “That’s the entrance to the lane. Keep right down it and you'll come to the creek.” “That’s where you live, I s’pose?” said the ariner to Will, pointing to the roof of a house which appeared above the trees. ; “Yes, sir,” replied the boy. fs he stranger hesitated a moment, as if he ex- ected Will would accompany him the rest of the Way, but as he made’no move to go on, the man ally wished them both good-night and walked lowly toward the white gate to which he had becn eferred. ‘They saw him open the gate, pass ough and then lost sight of him. Ten minutes x Will parted from Dick Bumstead, CHAPTER IV.—Kidnaped. As Will approached the white gate, whistling one of the popular airs of the day, a pair of piercing black eyes watched his every move. Sud- ly, as he passed the gate, something descended on his head. A hand with a big stick had been ice over the gate, and Will saw a myriad of ed and white stars, felt an excruciating pain in is brain, and then pitched forward, ynconscious, upon the side of the road. The arm and stick e withdrawn, the gate was cautiously opened ‘the figure of the tall mariner with the bushy hiskers stepped up beside the boy and looked at him. guess that clip has settled his hash for a hile,” said. the man, who was no other than x Finley, of the brig Lone Star. p and down the road and making sure » in. sight, th urbs,” he replied, politely, but a bit impatiently. - “J s’pose you wondered what she was doing skipper grasped — aist with one of A YOUNG MONTE CRISTO 5 through the gate again, took his way down the ~— lane. In this way he reached the creek and con- tinued on till he came to the vessel, which was now drawn close up to the bank. j “Ts that you, eap’n?” asked a man who sprang out of the bushes in front of him. “Aye, aye, Ford. I see you are keeping your weather eye open for stragglers.” “That’s your orders, sir,” looking curiously at the burden the captain carried. : “T’ve a stout boy here who is going to take atrip ~ to the coast of Cuba,” said the skipper, with a * laugh. “Something fell on his head insthe road and I had to carry him the rest of the way. I'll take him aboard, and*to-morrow, when we’re in blue water, you can teach him his duty.” Thus speaking, Captain Finley walked up the gangplank and disappeared over the brig’s side. ‘Ford fell back among the bushes, and once more the stillness of the creek remained unbroken. Two hours crept away when a horseman suddenly ap- peared coming toward the brig. A signal issued —— between his lips: and instantly the chief mate, ~ Ford, confronted him. = ee ailage “That you, senor?” he asked, in a confidant tone. - Bhi Foe “Balmaceda,” replied the horseman. Soe “Good. I suppose the wagons are coming now.” “They are already in the Jane,” replied the new- : comer. _ “T will call Captain Finley, then,” replied the mate, hastening up the gangway. ieee The captain soon appeared and entered into a brief conversation with the stranger, after which © the horseman turned his animal around and dis- appeared slowly in the direction he had come. In _ the meantime the mate was arounsing the crew, which soon swarmed on deck, a portion coming ashore. eas ‘The main hatchway was opened, a hoist and sling rigged, and everything appeared to be ready for business by the time the first of a train of loaded wagons came into sight. The eargo with which the brig had left New York was battened down in the lower hold, leaving the space between _ decks to receive the contraband cases and kegs the wagons had brought from the railroad in the neighboring town, eight miles away, where they — had loaded up that afternoon. : He cou in the -
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_ 6- who were washing the planks. The morning sun- shine -was filtering through the scuttle opening, from which descended a short ship’s ladder. Al- together the scene was new and strange to the . dazed boy, through whose head the curious heavy pain came and went in throbs as regular as the beating of any clock, and as he lay looking about him he felt certain that he must be experiencing some horrid dream, By and by a man’s legs pro- jected down through the scuttle, his thick-set ‘body followed and he landed on the deck of the forecastle. He came directly to the bunk where _ Will lay,.and perceiving the boy’s big, staring eyes fixed upon him, he said: “Well, youngster, I see you’re awake. You’d better come on deck now and take a whiff of the sea breeze. That’ll liven you up, and I'll give you something to do.” _ “What does this all mean?” cried Will, starting -up on his elbow. “Where am I?” “Where are you?” replied the mate. “Why, ‘you're aboard the, brig Lone Star, bound for the’ coast of Cuba.” P “But I don’t understand why I’m on board a vessel, if, as you say, I really am.” “Tt makes no difference whether you understand it or not. You're one of the brig’s crew, and ~ you’ve got to do your share of duty. So put a clapper on that jaw of yours and get up. I’ve wasted ‘more time with you than I usually lose over greenhorns.” : He grabbed Will by the collar of his jacket and yanked him out on the deck. Will’s first thought ' was to fly at the man with both fists, which he unconsciously clinched, but he decided not to do so, fortunately for himself, for the mate had noted his belligerent attitude, and raised the rope’s end to strike him. The boy eluded any such pun- Yshment by running to the ladder and climbing _ to the deck above. Here he found himself in the sunshine, on the deck of the brig, which was under full sail, with the boundless, smiling ocean on watch had just finished washing down, and were taking up other duties that lay at hand. “Good gracious!” exclaimed Will, aghast. “I really am at sea and no mistake,” ; CHAPTER V.—Dead to the World. We will pass over the days and nights which intervened before the Lone Star arrived in Cuban waters. Will found them hideous enough in good ‘truth. He had to work like a slave, received many a curse and blow, and not a sympathetic thought from one of the crew, who were a pretty reckless set, as befiitted the enterprise in which they were engaged. At sunset on the seventh day the shores of Cuba hove in sight. As soon as he was close enough in Finley began to flash a bright signal at regular intervals. This was presently answered y.a similar signal from the shore indicating that all was clear, apparently. The brig then sailed nearer the land, as close as it was safe to go, while the crew were busily engaged in breaking ‘the cases that were to be sent ashore in the ts. At length the brig was hove to, several ts arrived at her gangway, and as fa as. ye rowed ashore. 1 A YOUNG MONTE CRISTO every side, and not a sign of land anywhere. The was sent in the first boat, by the captain’s orders, and he made several trips in her before all th stuff was on the beach, and whisked out of sig! by the. insurgents, who had mules and hors waiting to carry it off to one of their strongholds not far away. The last load to leave the brig went in Will’s boat and the captain accompanied — her to the beach, where he met the Cuban leader of the detachment, and received from him a receipt for the stuff. By this time all the men were back in their places except Will, whom the captain de- tained on the shore. Suddenly a warning cry rose from the last bunch of insurgents, and almost instantly several rifles cracked in the. shrubbery a hundred yards away. a) eae “The Spaniards!” cried the officer, pushing Cay a tain Finley toward his boat, and taking to h . heels, et Will made-a dive for the boat, but was seized = by the skipper. eset “Go with that officer!” he ing the boy from him. ‘cried, roughly push- — ness, the Cuban officer had vanished, and Will w: left alone on the beach. taken prisoner. The firing was still going on, receding toward the interior of the island. At length the sergeant turned upon Will and flash ‘the lantern in his face. . “Who are you?” he demanded, roughly — Spanish. i ; He might have asked the question in Chinese for all the boy understood him. ¥ ; “Why don’t you answer me?” he demand furiously shaking Will by the shoulder. es The boy shook his head. ~ dee The sergeant glared at his prisoner and th spoke a command to his detachment. They forn about the boy and the whole party moved off to- ward the bushes. Tramp, tramp, tramp, the — squad and the prisoner marched through the lux- — uriant vegetation until after more than thr miles had been covered they came to a halt b fore a block-house on a bit of rising ground whi commanded a kind of valley roundabout. He they were met by the officer in.charge, and to him the sergeant proceeded to make his report, which he emphasized by pointing to his prisoner. The officer first addressed Will in Spanish, and findin' that he did not appear to ‘understand him, he co) tinued in bad English. In this way, after much difficulty, the boy gave his name, age, his natio ality, and in response to his occupation replie that he had been kidnaped aboard the vessel w had landed the contraband goods. The bo then led into-the block-house, his arms bound b hind him, and a soldier placed where he could kee him in sight. A blanket was brought to him, and — after. ruminating a while (on the vicissitudes | fortune he fell asleep and did not wake un was aroused by a soldier at sunrise. A tin of black coffee, a slice of bread and some co meat were handed to him for his breakfast, aft which the officer told him he was to be te . 4 town in the interior, where his fa - decided. A corporal and fou of land the ma egar rill
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i rolling logs, rough stones and wild, climbing weeds, up hill and down dale, till at last they - came in sight, after many hours of weary travel, of #] Christo. : The little detachment with its prisoner marched to the office of the commandant, and the corporal presented a lengthy document in writing to the official in charge.-~ After a long delay, during which Will was permitted to rest himself on a ._ stone seat, he was admitted before the com- -mandant and questioned by an interpreter. His answers coincided practically with the report brought by the corporal, and after a consultation with an aide the commandant ordered him taken to the military prison, and a full report was for- warded to the Spanish general of that department at Santiago de Cuba. After a wait of five days Will received marching orders again. This time his destination was Santiago, and he was forth- with desratched to that city under a suitable escort. On their arrival the party marched through the narrow, badly paved streets to the military headquarters—a rambling, one-story building, without windows, without chimneys, and without any elevation above the street. On the ‘following afternoon he was brought before a military tribunal and formally tried. He was convicted of aiding and bringing comfort to the ‘enemy, the insurgents, and on account of his ine the officers voted for imprisonment for life aes 4 n the dungeons of Morro Castle, a formidable fortification which, crowned the heights of the _ narrow, tortuous entrance to Santiago Bay. CHAPTER VI.—The Mysterious Ticking on ; a the Dungeon Wall. Imprisoned for life—just imagine what that ~gentence meant to a healthy, vigorous boy of fifteen, fresh from the untrammeled freedom of - American schoolboy life! Will Newton. at first _-hardly realized the hopeless character of his con- ‘finement. Boy-like, he was full of hope that - after a few months at the furthest he would be _ released and sent back to America. He could not believe that he was really entombed for the ee rse of his natural life. ; - One night he was listlessly leaning against the wall of his dungeon, wondering whether it was night or day in the great world outside, when he heard a peculiar rhythmic tapping in the masonry jehind him. He listened, and after a short time the sound stopped, only to be resumed presently, with variations, as though some one was scrap- ing with a hard instrument on the rocks. _ “What can that be?” mused Will, for the first time in many months taking an interest in what as going on around him. _' The sound went on at intervals for hours, then it suddenly ceased, After listening for a long a ‘in yain for it to recommence again, Will went ae in this dungeon ten years,” “Ten years!” cried Will. A YOUNG MONTE CRISTO oo however, he noticed that it was louder than usual. A first he thought this was mere fancy on his part, but when he placed his ear close to the wall he was certain he was not deceived—it was much nearer, apparently only a few inches away, as if the thing, whatever it was, was working its way toward him. He was rather startled at this idea, ‘and on the impulse of the moment he yelled out: “Hello, there!” The noise stopped like magic and did not go on again for ‘what Will judged to be several days, then he heard it again. Suddenly a great light seemed to flood his mind, The noise must be the ~ result of the effort of a prisoner in the adjoining cell to break his way through the wall, fancying maybe ‘it would lead him to the freedom he craved, It didn’t oceur to him at the moment that the prisoner on the other side of the wall was probably a Spaniard, and that neither would be able to understand the other, f “T wonder how I could help him get through faster? Ah! my iron spoon! I’ll use that on the. mortar this side. It will furnish me with an oc- cupation that will keep my thoughts off. this eternal monotonous idleness.” So he got the spoon and began to dig at the mortar. Hardly had he began before the noise on the other side ceased. He kept on, however, with unflagging zeal, gradually loosening good-sized. , chunks of the mortar all about the particular stone he had selected to work up, whose size he could only tell by feeling around it. Suddenly a long piece of steel broke through - the mortar and struck Will on the hand. It was withdrawn and then came through in another place. Will stopped work and waited with great eagerness for further developments, At length a hole an inch in width almost and three in height had been made, and through it the boy saw the faint, flickering light of a candle. Then came a pause, the light disappeared and he heard a voice accost him jn Spanish. “I don’t-understand you,” Will answered, slowly and distinctly, with his lips close to the opening. He heard the person utter an exclamation, ‘and then came in perfect English: “Who are you?” . “I’m an American boy, sentenced to this dun- geon for life.” i ; “An American boy! “Will Newton.” “What crime were you accused of ?” a “Helping to land contraband goods on the coast of this island.” : “Then the .Cubans have risen against the Spaniards again?” : pe were fighting the Spaniards at that “How. long ago was that?” asked the voice, which had the quaver of age. ; “I don’ tknow; but it must have been several years ago.” : ene coe have ‘been in that cell ever since?” es. “And you’ have lost all trace of time?” ~“Thave.” “Poor boy! What’s your name?” Poor boy! I, myself, have bee egy Ae aeT
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8 A YOUNG MONTE CRISTO “CHAPTER VII.—The Prisoner in the Other Dungeon. 2 “Are you an American?” asked Will, when, the other came to a pause. “Yes. A downeaster. I hail from Salem, Mas- sachusetts, and my name is Phineas Dodge. I will tell you all about myself and how I came to be . buried in this place after we have removed the 5 stone on your side. Talking will then be much easier on your part. Then, too, we’ll be able to clasp the hand of fellowship and see each other. I’ve only seen two human countenances in the last ten years—my jailer’s and Pasqual Martinez’s. The latter is as great a villain as remains un- hung, and he is the cause of my being in this dungeon. But it will do him no good. I swear to that. I have thwarted him so far, and I shall do so to the end, even if I have to rot here.” “Phineas Dodge ceased speaking and resumed work on the stone, with Will helping on the other side. After two hours of labor the stone was loosened sufficiently for a push on Dodge’s part to move it ‘outward, and Will, exerting his strength, soon drew it out and laid it down on the floor. The downeaster thrust his arm through the hole and the boy clasped him by the hand. Then / Phineas Dodge got the small piece of candle which, through the orders of Pasqual Martinez, had been - allowed him, and held it so the boy could see his face. : 7 was fifty-four when I was imprisoned in this cell,” he said. “I dare say I have aged more than ten years in appearance. My hair and beard have grown wild and both have turned white. My -_ @lothes are little better than rags. But-my spirit has not changed, and Pasqual Martinez will never bend it to his purpose.” : _. * He thrust the candle forward so as to examime Will's face. : : “You are indeed a boy—a boy of eighteen, ; though you look to be all of twenty, but I make « allowances for the trouble you have been through. ~~ How old were you when you were brought here?” fe eat teen.” =% “Then you have easily lost three years out of ' your life—three precious years.” “Well, I shouldn’t kick if I could get away from ‘this place now and go back to New Jersey where I came from.” ~ “So you hail from New Jersey, do you?” “Yes; from near the coast, though I was born in Trenton.” “Well, I shall want you to tell me all about the - eause which led you into this terrible scrape in which you are now placed. We will postpone fur- _ ther confidences for the present, as I know it is nearly time for the jailer to visit us. Return the - stone to its niche, and I will do the same on this side. Then’when we are once more safe from interception for the night we will renew our talk.” _ The candle was withdrawn and Dodge proceeded to block up his end“of the hole. Will followed his example, and was not a moment too soon, for hardly had he accomplished ~it before he heard the ponderous key rattle in the lock of his cell oor, the door was opened a little way and a plate read and jug of water were thrust inside. me the other plate and jug,” said the Spaniard, gruffly, in‘’bad English,-and Will assed” them out to him as he had been accustomed to do ever since he had been in the dungeon. R Then the door was slammed to and locked and the man went on to the Yankee’s cell, where thi same programme was gone through with. “Afte that he took his departure for the regions above, and silence once more reigned in that solitary co: ridcr. Half an hour passed away, which both the prisoners employed to leisurely eat their frug repast, and then Dodge once more opened up com- munication with his young neighbor. Will to! him that his father was dead, but that his moth married again. Will told Phineas Dodge of his abduction aboar the vessel and of -his experiences since that time up to his imprisonment. Will then rehearse his subsequent: experience as a prisoner, ending in his conviction before a court-martial and his sen: tence to solitary confinement for life. “IT was brought here,” he concluded, “and tha the whole story.” : : For some minutes after the boy had ceasec speaking, Phineas Dodge pondered over his sho: but strange story. hg “It is evident that you were kidnaped from your home for some purpose,” he said at length. oT cannot see what Captain Finley’s object. was, a: you, being a greenhorn at sea, could have been little use to him. Why should he take all th trouble of carrying you off merely to abando you to almost certain death on the Cuban coast seven days later?” : rite “That’s what I can’t understand,” replied “Many and many a time I’ve tried to think matter out, but can’t make head or tail of it.” : Then Phineas Dodge proceeded to tell. Will” something about himself. : a CHAPTER VIIIL—The Story Told by Capt Phineas Dodge. = “For years I was captain of a fast schooner the fruit trade, sailing between New York an Matanzas, Cuba, On my last trip, while lyin at anchor in the bay, a singular incident happened, which has been the cause of my subsequent mis- fortunes. I remember it was about eight o’cloc in the evening. I was seated on the deck en joying the cool breeze that came in from the s when shots were heard on shore. I noticed there seemed to be some confusion on one o: wharves, but it soon died out, and I was. begi ning to forget all about the matter, when suddenly I heard a call for help directly under the ste I looked over the rail and plainly saw in the moon light a dark face in the water. “The swimme seemed to be exhausted, so I threw him a rop which he seized and held on to until I had a bo lowered and the: man taken aboard the schoo He was a’ Spanish seaman, and was desperat wounded in the side. He said he had been s could save his life. — his words. I had him tak q uarters, for I did not believe h the night. He didn’t, but
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\ fided to me a secret, the possession of which cost him his life.” Phineas Dodge paused to take breath. 5 “JT haven’t talked so much as I have to-day since Twas put in this cell, and I suppose it’s a sur- _ prise to my lungs,” he said, with a weak smile. _ “J don’t see how you could have stood ten years down here,” said Will, sympathetically. “I shall be dead long before that-if I don’t get. out.” _ “No one knows what he can stand until he is secret from me at any cost.” ~~“Who was that man?” asked Will, curiously. _ *Pasqual Martinez, an officer in the Spanish “army. He is now commandant of this fortress.” The secret you speak of must be an important one.” 4 =p “Jt is the key to a fabulous fortune.” ~~ “4 fabulous fortune!” cried Will. - “Yes, A fortune so great that its possessor might well be considered a multi-millonaire.” “Good gracious! Is it all money?” “No, though there are probably several mil- ions in coined gold and silver, chiefly the latter. ‘he most important part consists of priceless gems, whose value is beyond ordinary calcula- ion.” \ “And you know where this treasure is to be nd?” : I do. The Spaniard who died aboard my ves- el furnished me with the clue to its location. He ad visited the place himself and brought away _ small quantity of the money, but nothing to speak of. His purpose was to interest some per- son he could trust, charter a small -vessel, visit the island and recover the treasure by degrees. ‘Unfortunately, he got hold of the wrong man, for was to Pasqual Martinez he broached his plan he offered an even half of all that was obtained. e rascal eagerly accepted the proposition, but efore he moved in thé matter he demanded to be ut in possession of all the particulars. This the anish sailor refused to accede to, for his sus- ion had been aroused that the officer’s inten- ons were treacherous and that he was not to be ‘trusted. Martinez, finding the sailor stubborn on the point he wished to arrive at, and suspecting that the man.meant to seek another partner in the enterprise, as was true, had him clapped into ail on a trial charge and threatened.to keep him ve indefinitely unless he agreed to give up his A YOUNG MONTE CRISTO ~ 8 ae after two years or more of solitary confin nos kling 0 think he had outwitted Pasqual Mar- tinez. } “Well?” said Will, who was listening eagerly to the captain’s story. < “But Captain’ Martinez was not so. easily out- generaled as might be supposed. Next morning I sent the Spaniard’s body ashore with the report. to the proper official that the man had been res- cued in a wounded condition the night before and had died aboard my schooner before morning. This information reached Pasqual Martinez’s™ ears, and he hastened to pay me a visit. He wished to learn all the particulars of the man’s death, and [ told him as much as I thought prop- er. He was not satisfied. Men of his caliber are always suspicious. He interviewed some of my crew and learned that I was with the sailor for a long time before he died. This led him to sus- — pect the truth. On the following day I received . an invitation from him to dinner at a noted res- _ taurant, and, foolishly, accepted. He drugged me, then called a carriage and had me conveyed to a building on the outskirts of Matanzas. When I regained consciousness I found myself a prisoner. Pasqual then presented himself before me in his true character. He demanded I should tell him the sailor’s secret. I denied all knowledge of the ~ treasure, but he would not believe me. He threatened to keep me a prisoner until I con-~ féssed. I believed such a threat to be beyond his ~ ‘power to make good, and laughed at his words, telling him that unless I was immediately set free I would, at the earliest opportunity, make it hot for him through the American consulate.” . sand what was the result?” asked Will, breath- essly. “You see the result—I am here. By some means he secured my transportation to this prison, the commandant of which was a friend of his. Five — years later-he became commandant of this for- tress himself, and since that time he visits me — regularly once a month, with his mouth full of promises he does not mean to keep, in the ever vain attempt to learn the secret he is sure I possess.” é a ee “But unless you can get free the secret is valueless to you,” said Will. “Why did you not make a bargain with him for a division of the _ treasure?” i a =F “Because he demands to know all before he will open my dungeon door. But once that knowledge is in his possession, do you think he would keep his word? Not at all. Though I believe there is more treasure on that island than he could ever spend, were he to live to reach a hundred, still the scoundrel hungers for every penny of it, and would divide with no man. I would be left to die ~ and rot here, while he enjoyed all the fruits of the sailor’s secret. I am no fool. I can read Pasqual Martinez like a book. He is a treacherous rascal, without one redeeming, quality. I-may stay here during the few remaining years of my life, but at least-he shall not have the sdtisfac- tion of learning where that treasure lies buried. That ended the conversation that night: Th stones were returned to their places and the twe prisoners lay down to rest. It was a long time, however, before Will got to sleep. The excite- — ment of meeting with and talking to a fell creature, especially one of his own countrym ’
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10 ‘kept his nerves for a long time on a tingle. Then the strange story of the wonder treasure, the secret of which had cost one man his life and an- other an tmprisonment of over ten years, worked upon his imagination and kept him guessing as to its real value’ and the spot where it lay con- cealed from human eyes. When at last he did fall asleep he had grotesque dreams about the _ treasure, with all of which he himself was identi- fied, together with a dark, wicked-looking man whom he seemed instinctively to recognize as Pasqual Martinez. And it was from one of these grewsome phantasies that he awoke to find the jailer at the door with his morning supply of bread and water, and a piece of meat, for it was a great Church feast-day. * CHAPTER IX.—The Dead Spanish Sailor’s : Secret. ‘ _ Every day thenceforth Will Newton and Cap- tain Phineas Dodge conversed through the hole in the wall which separated their dungeons. Nor were their hands ‘idle, for they worked steadily to enlarge the opening by removing stones enough -. to enable the boy to craw] through into the adjoin- ; ing cell. It took all of two weeks to accomplish : this. Phineas Dodge explained to Will that his idea of penetrating the wall was for the purpose of ascertaining if he could reach the corridor through what he believed to be an empty cell. Had his plan been successful, he thought he might possibly be able to make his way by night out of the dungeon to a window through which he might _ cfawl and thus perhaps escape from the fortress altogether to an American or English vessel in the harbor, where he could claim protection. Every day now, between the visits of the jailer, Will spent in the society of the white-haired and . -white-bearded old sea captain. Their compan- -.jonship proved a great consolation and pleasure to each other. It wasn’t long before Phineas Dodge “confided the secret of the buried treasure to his young friend. ; “Tam satisfied it will neyer do me any good,” he -. said, with a weary sigh. “My days are numbered. I shall die here, and my body will probably be tossed to the fishes by the enraged and disap- pointed Martinez. It is different with you. You are young. Some day the insurgents will over- power the Spaniards and take possession of the island. Then at least your prison doors will fly open and you can walk out a free man—for you _ will in all probability be a man by then. Keep up your courage and hope for the best. Remem- ber that the secret I am now going to confide to you will put you in possession of more wealth than you could ever earn in a thousand years. ‘That all you will have to do is to get it and then - settle. down to the enjoyment of it—a pleasure that comes to but the most privileged in this world.” Will began to feel encouraged by the old cap- . tain’s words. “Now listen,” continued Phineas Dodge. “I suppose you’ve heard of the buccaneers of the Spanish Main, my lad?” : “Yes, captain. I read a bo mswered Will > £ = ok about them once,” Pai A YOUNG MONTE CRISTO “Those rascals originated from the French set- tlers in the small West India islands, whom the — Spaniards, impelled by that jealousy of oth nations which so often led them: to acts of gr cruelty, drove out of St. Christophers and othe islands in almost destitute state. Many of th took refuge in St. Domingo, which then swarmed with wild cattle. These they hunted, dried th flesh in the fashion of the Carib’s ‘boucan,’ a: these natives called it, and from the habit the northwest coast of Hayti, erected fortificati and made jt their headquarters. One of their greatest commanders was a man named Morg: and he made things mighty warm for the Sp trade and Spanish seacoast towns, even extend: his lawless operations to the ships and settlemen’ of other nations—in other words, he was a pira’ pure and simple, like Bluebeard, Captain Kidd a: others of their class. The treasure ships or g% leons then sailed only in fleets, well guarded men-of-war; but the buccaneers hung around th like wolves, and pounced upon any that straggled or were driven off their course. In this way the rascals amassed untold wealth in gold and silver money, bars of precious metal and jewels and church ornaments of great value.” ek : “What did they do with it all?” asked Will. “They spent a good deal of it one way o other in riotous living, gambling and such li but the greater part they buried in different pla among the islands.” x ’ “And was it ever recovered?” woo “Much of it was, doubtless; but Morgan’s st age trove never came to light, and it is with the Spanish sailor’s secret is connected.” “Is it possible!” exclaimed Will, opening eyes very wide indeed. ® sae “He assured me that he had seen this tre’ trove with his own eyes, and that the accum tion of gold. silver and gems. which he actu handled fairly dazzled him. But even that v store did not represent all of the wealth that within reach. He said that within a short tance of Morgan’s cache lay the buried hulks. most side by side, of three Spanish galleons must have gone ashore on the island during storm. The upper works of one of thes showed above the sand, but the others were co pletely buried, and it was only by mere accid that he discovered their existence.” “Do you mean to say that Morgan’s tr trove and those three wrecked galleons hav. for a matter of two hundred years witho human being other than this Spanish sailo: coming aware of the fact?” cried Will, in ame ment. : 2 ¥ “That’s what I mean to. say, if ther any truth in the man’s story, and hi pte
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that that vast treasure lies exactly where it was placed by Morgan’s men, and I do not doubt but that the buried galleons are there, too.” - “And where is this remarkable island?” asked the boy. “It must be uninhabited and probably out of the track of most vessels.” ~ “It is a small island due east of Turk Island, which is on the extreme end of the Bahama group. Its exact distance from Turk Island is between ten and twelve miles, and agcording to the Spanish sailor’s reckoning its latitude is about 21 dee. 35 min. N., and longitude 70 deg. 19 min. W. Make a mental note of that fact, my lad. It is a long, low, sandy key, and but for a fringe of anana trees, which seem to rise right out of the sea, might easily be passed unnoticed at a short distance away.” ~ “On what part of it is the treasure hidden?” “J have said there is a fringe of banana trees onthis key. They run from near the western edge _. to the center, where they end in a little grove of plantain trees, noticeable for their thickness and age. In the center of this grove is a depression in the soil. Here, underneath‘a thin layer of sand, east over it by the Spanish sailor, is the entrance to an underground cave, excavated, fenced-in and roofed over by the buccaneers to receive their ill- gotten booty. Fifteen paces away on the beach Tee the wreck of one of the galleons, almost, but not quite, covered with sand.” ~ “Tt seems a simple enough matter to find both the island and treasure if it really is there,” re- ‘plied Will. “In fact, the whole matter seems so ‘simple as to cause one to wonder how such a treasure trove could remain there for se many years undiscovered.” : “Perhaps the very simplicity of the thing has een the real cause why it never came to light. ou must bear in mind one thing, sich an island would be but rarely visited, for there is nothing ‘there to attract one ashore. There are hundreds ‘of such’ keys scattered about among the greater slands of the Caribbean. The only reason they ‘are ever visited is for the salt which accumulates on their shores. The sailor told me that there is le if any salt on this particular key.” How did this Spanish sailor come to find out at Morgan’s treasure was hidden on this key?” “By mere accident. He was one of the crew ard a small schooner, which sailed from San ‘uan, Porto Rico, to the Caicos Islands, a group ast of Turk Island. The schooner went ashore this key in a storm, and every soul but the > (‘Spaniard was lost. He was three weeks there ‘before he was fortunate enough to be taken off y a native craft of turtle catchers. During that me he subsisted on bananas and the rain-water A YOUNG MONTE 's ladder leading Naturally, he CRISTO went down to see what was below, and he found hintself in the midst of an untold collection of wealth such as only could have been brought. to- gether by a gang of pirates.” E “How could he know that it had-been hidden away there by Morgan, who has been dead these two hundred years?” asked Will. 3 “By a ship’s log-book, written in Spanish, ~ which he found there, and which contained a rough record of the contents of the cache signed by Morgan himself, and countersigned by one of his officers. . This list showed that there was a tremendous treasure there.” “And what about the stranded Spanish gal- leons? Did he also find a way to investigate the contents of their holds?” asked Will, in astonish- ment. “He reached ‘the cabin of the one not wholly buried and found the ship’s books, which told the story of how the three had gone ashore in a storm and how the survivors were perishing of starvation on the key. ‘The book stated that each of the vessels carried many valuable silver bars, while the flagship had on board, in addition to her — share of ingots, a treasure-chest containing many golden moidores. The three galleons were bound from Panama to Cadiz, Spain, in convoy, but had evidently been separated from the main fleet by the storm which wrecked them.” Se “My gracious!” exclaimed Will. “This sounds. like the wildest kind of pipe-dream. If there is truth in that Spanish sailor’s story there must be | : regular Monte Cristo treasure on that little ey. 3 “Every dollar of that, and more,” replied Cap- tain Dodge, nodding his white head as if per-— fectly assured of the fact. “Millions! My Soodness! That’s an awful lot of money.” At-that interesting moment from far above _ their heads came the thunderous reverberation of a heavy gun. It was followed by'a second, and — then a third report. The very rocks seemed to shake under the discharges. “What can that be?” asked Will. “It’s the first time I’ve heard shooting from the ramparts of this fortress.” = “Tt is impossible for me to say,” replied Phineas Dodge, shaking his head. “ The two prisoners did not know that war been declared between the United States and Spain six weeks previous. They did not know that this was the night of the momentous June 8, _ 1898, which marked one of the most daring and _ sensational achievements of the war, the attempt of Naval Constructor Hobson to close the mouth | of Santiago harbor, under the frowning guns of Morro Castle, in which they were confined, the . water battery below and the fortress of Santa~ Catalina on Canones Paint opposite, so that the Spanish fleet, which had taken shelter in the inner harbor, could not get out. ; They did not know anything about what had taken place in the outside world since Will New- ton was sent into those dungeons, and they lis- tened wonderingly to the firing, which kept up fe some time. If they had known, how differe; ‘would have been their feelingss = ™ te ‘tea LV PRA ae had y
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', should:he have waited so many years. cae 5: V4 CHAPTER X.—A Break for Freedom. - The attempt made by Naval Constructor Hob- son that night, or rather early morning, to effectu- ally obstruct the- narrow entrance to Santiago harbor was not wholly successful, but that fact does not detract from the glory of the eight men who went to almost certain death. They were captured and taken aboard the cruiser Reina Mercedes, and from there were confined in the upper cells of Morro Castle, and later in the city of Santiago. No hint of this gallant deed on the part of their countryman, or that war was actual. ly in progress between the two countries reached the ears of Will Newton and Captain Phineas Dodge. Later on they heard more heavy can- nonading at times, but its import was like Greek to them. The captain did question the jailer about the matter, but he was unusually surly and made no answer to the questions. Exactly one month from the morning when Will learned the secret of the treasure hidden on. the sandy key, the Spanish Admiral Cervera’s fleet of fine, swift cruisers were entirely destroyed by the American blockading squadron. while at- tempting to leave the harbor of Santiago. That night, after the jailer had made his cus- tomary round, Will crawled through the hole in the wall into Captain Dodge’s cell, and with the lighted candle struck into a fissure of the rocky year wall of the dungeon, the two resumed a con- versation broken off an hour previous. The cap- tain was in an unusually gloomy frame of mind for him. A singular dream he had the previous night impressed him deeply, and he could not get the idea out of his mind that he was going to die shortly. ; “Dreams don’t amount to anything,” said Wil, » ’ striving to brighten up the old man’s spirits. “My lad, I’ve lived longer than you, and I be- * eve differently,” replied. Phineas’ Dodge, in a solemn tone. “Coming events often cast their shadows before, and the literature of the world is full of instances where dreams have foreshad- - owed what has afterwards come to pass.” “You don’t feel as if you were going to be ill, do you?” asked Will, anxiously. “No; it isn’t that,” replied the old> captain, mournfully. “I am oppressed by a presentiment of coming danger.” “Goming danger!” cried the boy. “You don’t imagine the roof of this dungeon will fall in and erush you?” The captain shook his head. “The danger is coming from another source.” “What other source can it come from?. You have been here ten years and a half, and in all that time nothing has happened. Nothing ever - does seem to happen down in this gloomy vault.” “Something is going to happen now, I am afraid, ‘The peril that seems to hedge me about is coming from Pasqual Martinez.” . “What makes you think so?” ‘My dream indicated it.” “Tf he intended to work you an injury why e dare not kill you, for his only chance to. learn the Spanish sailor’s secret is in preserving your life. With, your “death the chance is lost to him for- Over . ‘ ‘ A YOUNG MONTE CRISTO ~Lhave longed for years to possess.” e “That is quite true, my lad; but nevertheless he is contemplating some new move to bring m@ to terms, and that move, whatever it is, will — settle me for good.” . s “T should hate to have anything happen to you, — Captain Dodge,” said Will, earnestly. “I have been an entirely new boy since we came together, I have ceased to brood over my confinement, and — for the first time in many weary months have ~~ been buoyed up with a hope of ultimate freedom. T really don’t know what I should do if you were ~ removed from here and I did not see you any more. I believe I’d feel like throwing up my — hands.” ‘ = "You must not think of doing anything like that, my dear lad. You have youth and life, and while life lasts there is hope. I am sure itis only a question of time when you will be released. — Keep up your courage. Do not let it be said that an American boy cannot sustain himself under the heaviest of trials. And remember your reward ~ will come when you are out of. this dungeon. You possess a golden secret—a secret that wil] place | you beyond the dreams of avarice.” aes Will was about to reply to this comforting ~ speech when suddenly, without the slightest warn- — ing, a key was softly turned in the lock. of the iron door, it swung open on its hinges, and a swarthy Spaniard in undress uniform, .whose evil soul was mirroved in his eyes, stepped quietly into —~ the cell. His alert eyes took in the presence of — Will Newton, and uttering a furious oath-he ad- vanced toward the two prisoners. : Set Say’ © “Pasqual Martinez!” gasped Phineas Dodge, starting to his feet, an example immediately fol- ~ lowed by Will. - W.- “What does this mean?” demanded the Span- — iard, in excellent English. “How came you here, boy?” Bars He swung aloft the lantern he carried in his hand and gazed around the cell. His eyes lighted on the hole in the dividing wall. Sie “Caramba! JI see!” he cried, furiously. “You, — have been at work, eh? And I did not suspect —_ such a contingency! I will fix you both, never fear. There is a hole below where you shall and rot!” he cried to Will. The terrible threat came hissing from the yilesoeg lain’s lips, and the prisoners instinctively felt that he meant every word he had spoken. s oe “My heavens!” cried Phineas Dodge, in a tone of horror, “you would not treat this boy so ~ cruelly.” : pa i A smile of infernal malice curled the Spaniard’s ips. Ses “You think I will not, eh? You do not know me, senor captain.” ato nt Then, like a flash, an idea seemed to strike him, and a crafty grin spread over his evil features. — “Perhaps you would like to save this boy? Am *~ I right?” Se ee “T would save him at the cost of my life!” re- plied the captain, nobly. : _ “Ah! Say you so!” purred the scoundrel, *Your life is no value to me. You are nearly dead as it ~ is. But-I will make a bargain with you. A bar- gain—do you understand? He shall have his life yes, his freedom also, if you will tell me the secret PES mew Prete
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-- “T agree,” replied Phineas Dodge. “But I must have some proof that you will keep your word.” “What proof do you require?” answered the _ Spaniard eagerly. “There must be an American vessel in the har- bor. Send him aboard of her, and when a_ note __ from him tells me that he is in safety I will tell you all you want to know, and then you may do - with me as you please.” I agree,” replied the wily Spaniard. - He knew his prisoners had no knowledge of the state of affairs in and around Santiago. How ‘could they guess that the city was in a state of siege? That an American army hedged the city in by land, while a big American fleet was lying off and on outside the entrance to the harbor? ‘That there was no American vessel in the harbor aboard of which he could deliver Will. The crafty Spaniard was willing to promise anything that would achieve his ends, but his mind was full of treachery toward his victims. : ~ “You swear by your Virgin that you will deal fairly by us both, do you?” said the captain. - “Yes, yes. The boy’s life for your secret. It agreed, then?” : Seah “There was a shifty gleam in the Spaniard’s eye that Will did not like. Then his gaze shifted to the open door behind the officer, with the key dn the lock, and his heart gave a great bound. Satisfied that the rascal could not be trusted, he determined to make a desperate attempt to escape from the cell. Whether the Spaniard read his ‘purpose in his face, or was prepared for every ‘contingency, it is hard to say, but the moment he made his break forward, the officer’s hand was on his revolver. In an instant he had drawn it and pointed it at the fleeing boy. Phineas Dodge saw Will’s danger and, springing forward, seized the Spaniard’s arm, thus deranging his aim. The bullet went wild, and the rascal endeavored to reach the door and cut Will off. This purpose ‘was defeated by the captain, who clung to Mar- tinez with all his strength. ite: - Turning around, the maddened Spaniard dis- charged his revolver into the captain’s breast just as Will banged the door to and turned the key in ‘the lock. Captain Dodge released his grasp on the officer, clapped his hand over his heart and dropped dead to the floor. Of this unhappy fact Will was ignorant. His purpose was to sneak out of the fortress if he could, reach the American consulate, and have the captain rescued from the lungeon, while he trusted that he himself would e safe. under the folds of the American flag. ‘With this idea in view he passed to an upper cor- ridor, which was deserted, and thence to a sec- nd, which brought him to the ground floor of the fortress. He heard many voices in a room ie through which he had meant to pass, and he knew he could not escape if he went on. There was a ‘narrow corridor, however, which led to one of the gun embrasures. He took this as his only chance, and two minutes later was looking out through the opening upon the rocks below and __ the darkness which covered the sea beyond. Snail CHAPTER XI.—Free Once More. A YOUNG MONTE CRISTO fee searchlights over the water rather astonished him. On account of the confinement in the dun- geon below he could make out objects around him in the darkness much more readily than he other- wise would have been able to do. He could see the rocks underneath the frowning embrasure, and down those rocks or over them he judged he would have to go in order to get away from the fortress. | “It’s a tough proposition,’ he muttered, “but not so tough as the fate in store for me if Iam caught trying to make my escape. Pasqual Mar- - tinez won't do a thing to me after what I’ve done — to-night if he should get his clutches on me. The most desperate chance is better than meeting him - again.” Having made up his mind what he had to do, . he lowered himself out of the embrasure on to the rocks, and with the utmost caution commenced to pick his way over them, hugging the wall of the Castle as closely 4s he could. His course, however, gradually led him downward toward the sea. ; Slowly and labotiously Will made his way down _ the rocks in A diagonal direction to the beach, and in the course of an hour from the time of leaving Morro Castle he reached the water’s edge. He then trudged rapid!y along the shore, for he:s> was extremely anxious to get as far away from — the Castle as he could before the sun should over- take him. He didn’t cover many miles before the’ daylight came on all at once, with tropical sud- denness. He dived into the rank vegetation that fringed theshore, but before he had gone a hun- dred yards he was held up by a Cuban picket, who addressed him in’Spanish. Although the man was armed with a Mauser rifle, there was ~ little of the regulation soldier about him, and — the boy instantly surmised that he must be one of the insurgents. He answered the hail in Eng- lish, which the Cuban seemed to understand, and ~ he was told to advance. As soon as he was sure _ the fellow belonged to the insurgent army, Will explained that he had just eseaped from Morro — Castle, and asked to be taken before an officer. . .His wish was complied with. The officer could converse in English, and after the boy had told~ his story, which was received with some surprise _ and sympathy, Will in turn was enlightened as to the present state of affairs. ee When Will learned that war was actually on _ between Spain and the United States he was astonished sbeyond measure, and naturally asked ‘Many questions which the officer obligingly an- swered as well as he could. After Will had eaten some breakfast he was taken before General. Garcia, who was in command of the Cuban army = ‘in the vicinity of Santiago. He went over his story again and dwelt largely on the peril which hung over Captain Dodge, of whose death he was ignorant. The Cuban commander decided to — send the boy under escort to the headquarters of General Shafter, and he was accordingly con- ducted thither. Here for the third time he re- hearsed the misfortune he had undergone since he was spirited away from home, nearly two years and a half before. Will had now recovered track of time, and when he was told:that this day wa: July 4, 1898, he knew exactly how much time had slipped out of his young life, and that he was nearly eighteen years of age. eneral Shafte athized wi
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14 trials he had passed through, and with respect to his anxiety for the fate of Captain Dodge he assured the lad that the Spaniards would soon be compelled to surrender Santiago, and then the rescue of his friend would be certain, if he was not in the meantime made away with. Will asked and was accorded permission to remain with the army until that happy. event came to pass. A - truce was agreed on between the belligerents on July 8th, and was extended to the 10th, during _ which the Spainiard general, ‘Toral, offered. to evacuate Santiago if permitted to depart un- molested with all his troops. General Shafter replied that the United States would accept no terms but unconditional surrender. The attack on the city was resumed at six o’clock, July 11th, the fleet throwing, shells into the twon. i On the 12th, General Miles arrived and took command of the American army, and on the fol- - lowing day another truce was established. The * Spanish general surrendered his troops on the - 14th, and on the 17th at noon the American flag was raised over the house of *the civil govern- ment. Will accompanied the detachment which _ took possession of Morro Castle, and the: first thing he did was to have the underground dun- geons searched. To his intense disappointment there was no trace to be found of Captain Dodge, and Will never obtained a clew as to what had become of him. He also failed to locate Pasqual Martinez among the prisoners. As a matter of fact, though he did not know it, the Spaniard had taken refuge in the house of a friend, and after the Americans occupied the city he appeared abroad in disguise, and for reasons of his own,, to keep track of the lads’ movements. -__ Will was very anxious to return at once to the -. United States to see his mother, and he was also intensely desirous of visiting the small key to the - east of Turk Island, which was supposed to con- tain the fabulous treasure accumulated by the - notorious pirate Morgan, as well as the burie wrecks of the old Spanish galleons, with their alleged cargo of silver bars and a treasure chest - filled with Portuguese gold coin. While: Will was cudgeling his brain to arrive at sone solution of the difficulty an opportuyity pre- sented itself by which he could work his passage - to Key West and thus get home. He decided to accept the chance, and next day he sailed out of the harbor of Santiago on a schooner flying the American flag, the vessel taking the wind- ward passage between Cuba and Hayti. < CHAPTER XII—Wrecked on the Sandy Key. - The name of the schooner was the Effie Dean, of about 800 tons burden, and the skipper’s name was Obediah Cobb. His daughter, Zaidee Cobb, -a.pretty miss of nearly sixteen, was with him, and ‘was nearly as good a sailor as the oldyman. There - as a mate named Jansen, and three seamen be- sides Will Newton anda colored cook. It was a/ gusty afternoon when the schooner left. Santia- man, and very ordinary at tha ses'he was to get didn’t cut He we expecte etree t any 7 A YOUNG MONTE CRISTO ’ duty at the wheel, bowled them over like a. ro, and night overtook them while they wore still . the windward passage. Will had shipped as an — ‘ re trick at the wheel, but Zaidee, who had taken ¢ great fancy to the good-looking boy, induced her father to allow Will to stand at the wheel under her supervision, and she showed him more points about steering in thirty minutes than he would otherwise have learned in a month, : After he got so he could hold the schooner up _to her course all by himself in the stiff wind then blowing, she continued her instructions in general seamanship, so that by the time Will was relieved by one of the regular seamen he knew consider. able about handling a fore-and-aft craft like th Effie Dean. Soon after dark it came on te blow hard, and by nine o’clock there was a hea sea running and the schooner was close-reef with her nose pointed as.close to the wind as shi could go. At four in the morning she was Cape Maysi trying to round the point in the teeth of a terrific gale, which kept all hands aliv to the emergency. By daylight the gale was its height, and the schooner was being blown far out of her course toward the northeast. The se were running mountain high, and two men at the wheel had all they could do to keep her from broaching to and foundering To make matters worse, Captain Cobb was caught by an inru: of water, flung against the bulwarks and narr ly escaped going overboard. g As jt was, one of his legs was twisted so b: that he couldn’t stand on it, and he received othe injuries’ that put him out of business. A sho time afterward another wave came aboard and carried the mate and one of the sailors over- board to their doom. Then Zaidee showed thi stuff she was made of by taking charge of t vessel. Will had to. go to the wheel to rel one of the sailors, who was thoroughly exhau and he decided, from the looks of things, that t jig would soon be up, and that they would be food for fishes in a few hours unless the stor: moderated. By nine o’clock the schooner w well to the north of Tortugas Island and dr ing under bare poles to the eastward. Tons~ water came over her stern and sides, carryi away a portion of her bulwarks, and ‘she shipp big seas forward every time she rolled to 1) windward. Zaidee herself let the other seam off for a spell of rest, while she and Will clung to the wheel desperately. shige The climax of their misfortune came an hi latew when one of the water-barrels on deck bri away from its fastenings, and catching in its path _the two sailors who were coming aft to resume of nine-pins, and staving in a portion of the bulwarks, bounded over into the sea. The which followed close upon the heels of the carried the dead seamen with it leaving only girl, Will, the cook and the injured skippe’ the storm-tossed Effie Dean. As though sa with the damage it had wrought, the gal began to sensibly diminish, and by noon expressed some hope of saving the schoone was still blowing quite hard when night cams once more. ee Serre 7 “Where do you suppose ‘we are no ~Will, who was eating a piece of h drinking a cup of coffee the cook had ith some difficulty. Se to make wi
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ae ie eee EA ee ‘The name had a magical sound for Will, since - the treasure key was only about a dozen miles east of it. The wind continued to drop steadily, and the sky to clear much to the relief of Zaidee and her green assistant. No doubt they would _ have come out all right had the sea been clear all around then, or, had it been daylight. As it - happened, however, two hours later the schooner slid upon a sandy shoal and fetched up all stand- ing. She did not appear to have suffered any material injury, but for all that she was ashore on what seemed to be a small island, and there she was likely to stick indefinitely unless something back into the sea again. “Pm afraid we’re in a bad fix now,” remarked Will to the girl. “I suppose it’s my fault, as I eae ~ was at the wheel; but I couldn’t see anything BA ahead from here. In fact, I don’t see anything ? ‘ now, and we seem to be fast ashore.’ : —. Pm not blaming you, Will,” replied Zaidee. “We seem to have run on one-of those small keys so numerous in these seas. It may be a mere sand bank almost on a level with the water. I ean’t make out much of anything myself.. We are in no immediate danger of our lives, as the sea is growing calmer every hour, Whether the » schooner can be got off into deep water once more - ~will depend on circumstances. ; Nothing can be _ done until morning, so as we’re all pretty well ex- hausted by our late hard work we had better turn in without delay.” -_ Will didn’t need a second invitation, for he was thoroughly fagged out. As for Zeb, the colored ~ cook, he curled himself up on the floor of the gal- Jey and was asleep in no time.- Zaidee went. into the cabin and explained the situation to her help- ~ less father. : _ - Captain Cobb, agreed that nothing could be done for the present, and so Zaidee retired to her stateroom for much-needed rest. Morning broke - in all the glory of a cloudless sky and a compara- tively calm sea, but the sun was up many hours before there was any sign of life aboard the stranded schooner. Zeb was the first to awake, ‘and he started the galley fire right away and be- gan to prepare breakfast. Half an hour later Will ame from his bunk in the forecastle which was oy a stuffy little hole in the eyes of the schooner, the first thing he did was to look over the essel’s side to see where they were. The bow of he Effie Dean had plowed its way into a kind of sandy inlet of a long, low island, while about two-thirds of the vessel seemed to be afloat. The island rose toward its center in a kind of gentle levation, the top of which-was crowned with a grove of tropical trees, and thence eastward ran a fringe of a different variety of trees in a wide _ semi-circle, following the conformation of the ze. ; The bulk of the island appeared to be formed of white sand, which glimmered in the morning mshine. As Will looked upon this tropical scene . he description of the treasure key, as he had heard it from the lips of old Captain Phineas ~ Dodge, recurred to him with startling vividness. “Can it be possible that this is the island where Morgan’s treasure is hidden in the center of ae otive. and where the three stranded gal s lie buried in the sands on the shore?” he “himself excitedly. Sa ee, A YOUNG MONTE CRISTO out of the usual happened to cause her to slide - “Last night when I _ ibe asked Zaidee where she thought we were she said — somewhere in the vicinity of Turk Island. A little while afterward we ran ashore here. The treasure key is only about a dozen miles to the east of Turk Island, and I know we were drifting in that direction at the time. I’m going ashore to see if I can find any sign of that wreck which the Spanish sailor said was partially exposed. If I fail to find any trace of it J’ll believe that the Spaniard told Captain Dodge a ghost story.” Just then Zeb stuck his head out of the galley. “Does yer want a cup of coffee, boss?” he asked the boy. “J don’t mind,” replied Will, suddenly becoming conscious of the fact that he was very hungry indeed. ; “Yo’ kin: eat yer breakfas’ now if yer wants ter,” replied Zeb. ‘I’se got sum fried bacon an’ taters dat’ll melt in you’ mout’.” Before he had, finished speaking Will was mak- ing tracks for the galley door, and the way he disposed of the supply of eatables that the cook placed before him was a caution. while the darky watched him with a broad grin of satisfaction. ~ “Say, Zeb,” said Will, after finishing his second cup of coffee, ‘can you tell me what kind of trees those are on this island?” “TL ’spect dat I kin. Jess wait till [look at dem.” ~ Zeb walked to. the schooner’s side, and Will pointed out the grove which rose from the center™ of the ridge. : “Dem trees am plantains, boss, and dose others dat string away to de end ob de island, am de banana tree. Ef yo’ climb dem yo’ oughter get some ripe fruit ’bout dis time.” So the grove was composed of plantain and the fringe of banana trees. This coincided exactly with the Spanish sailor’s story. : “I’m going ashore to take a look around.’ said Will, with a tinge of excitement in his voice. “You can tell Miss Zaidee when she comes out of the cabin.” “All right, boss,” replied Zeb, returning to the galley. Will sprang from the schooner’s deck to the shore and started at once for the grove. “Fifteen paces from the grove along the beach is where I should see the remains of the lost galleon,” said Will to himself as he-hurried to- ward the center of the island. ; But when he drew near the grove, the sandy shore as far as he could see was as smooth an unbroken as a billard table. é “ts “There’s no sign of a wreck on this side of the _ island at any rate. of the grove.” He mounted the ridge close to the plar‘ain trees, which grew close together is a thick bunch. From this point he had a clear view of a section Now to try the other side of the shore on the northern side of the island, oa with the boundless, sparkling sea “beyond. His heart gave a great jump, for about a dozen yards away there rose a few feet out of the sand the — rude outlines of. an old-fashioned vessel’s high poop. He ran down and laid his hands upon the: weather-scarred wood. “By gracious!” he exclaimed.
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16 | really is there, and if its value is anythling like ~ that mentioned by the dead Spaniard, I’ll be the richest boy in the world.” CHAPTER XIII.—The Pirate Treasure Trove. “How am it ever going to make my way into - the interior of that wreck?” mused Will, thinking of the tons of sand which covered her. “The : Spaniard seems to have got as far as her cabin ' . at any rate and he had only his hands to work with. Surely with the help of a good shovel and the assistance of Zaidee Cobb, who I think I can trust with this secret, together with a Jift from, Zeb, I ought to be able to do something. Still there is no hurry. I must first investigate _» the pirate treasure trove. That ought to be more - valuable of the two, and the easiest to be got at.” So Will ehtered the grove of plantain trees and made his way to the center of it. Here he found the hallow stone the Spanish sailor had referred to, and it was full of rain water. The open space - in the heart of the plantain grove was almost circular in form, and not over three yards-in dia- meter. Eager to learn whether this part of the 'Spaniard’s story was true or not, Will began to toss aside the sand, using his hands as a scoop: He began in the very middle of the space, and he had not proceeded far before he struck something hard, and clearing away the sand, saw that it was the iron ring that was imbedded in the hatch ; cover. : There was only a thin layer of sand on the “Watch cover, and in half an hour Will had re- moved it all so that the hatch could be lifted. The cover was pretty heavy, but the young Ameri- ean was strong in spite of his two years and a half confinement in Morro Castle, and with the incentive of wealth before him he soon had it ly- ing bottom upward on the sand close by. A dark hole lay below with-a ship’s forecastle ladder pointing the way to the depths. Will lost not a moment in descending, and found himself at « the entrance to an underground cave of some kind. Naturally it was pitch dark, and until the * Jad’s eyes got accustomed to the gloom he couldn’t make out a single object. : - “T wish I had brought a lantern,” he said to himself. “It would be very convenient at this moment.” By degrees the darkness grew less opaque, and° he advanced. He stumbled and fell over a small iron-bound chest on top of which lay a book. This was evidently Morgan’s log-book which the Span- ish sailor had looked over and found the memor- andumi of the stuff stored in the cave. Will knew - that it was written’in Spanish, and that he could not read a line, so he lost no time with it. Grop- _ ing around the cave he came upon a great stock _. of bars of metal, which he guessed must be silver ingots, all arranged in piles from the floor up as high as he was able to reach. Near them was another chest, a good-sized one, that wouldn’t --* budge an inch when Will tried to move it. \ “YT wonder if that’s full of money?” thought the boy, catching his breath. There was still a third chest further on, and another big stack of metal bars near it.. eS “My gracious! If aie ak er “, A YOUNG MONTE CRISTO — _tell you,” he. began. T can only get this stuff fo safely away from this island I'll be lucky. Bu’ I never could do that alone. I must take Zaidee into my confidence. I am sure she is to be trusted. She’s the finest girl I ever met. The best and only practical plan at present will be to get the lighter and more valuable stuff on board the schooner—such as the gold money which I be- lieve is in one or two of those chests, and the gems, which are probably all in one chest. The silver bars can remain until I have realized enough cash to charter a vessel especially to carry them off. I’ll return to the schooner now and ha a talk with Zadie. . I'll bet she’ll have better ide: on this subject than I have. Her father won need to go to sea any more to make a living afte this. I could hand him over enough wealth to make him rich and never miss it.” “7 So Will went back to the schooner and found Zaidee in the cabin, eating her breakfast, with her father propped up in his bunk nearby drinking a cup of coffee and munching some ship’s bisc “How do you feel this morning, Captain Cobb?” asked Will, with a cheerful smile, “So, so, my lad,” replied the skipper, “ thankful that I’m in the land of the living. — all had a narrow shave in that gale—one of worst I’ve ever seen—and it’s a wonder, unde the circumstances, that the schooner and the four of us survived, when we think that poor Jan and three seamen went to their death in th midst of it.” ee “Zaidee saved the vessel, sir,’ said Will, wi a glance of admiration at the lithe form of a brave young girl, who had stepped into the breach under such trying circumstances. pees a “Oh, come now, Will, do you want to spoil m bs compliments?” Zaidee asked, laughing mer. rily. é os For ten minutes they had quite ‘a lively inter- change of words, and then Zaidee and Will wen on deck. She looked over the stern for the sec- ond time that morning to see if there was any greater depth of water than before, but was rather disappointed to find that there was not. _ “I'm afraid we’re not going to have an easy — time getting off this bank,” she said. “We'll have to lighten the vessel forward and put some ex weight aft.” cb “T think I can furnish the extra weight,” sate Will, sparring for an opening. 1 ered _ “Furnish the extra weight,” she exclaimed, look- ing at him in a puzzled way. ‘What do you mear Will?” t Sb “Look here, Zaidee, I’ve got a great secret “A secret! Oh, do tell me! If there’s anything I like to hear it’s a secret.” : eae He had already told her how he had been naped from his home nearly three years before and the misadventures he had met with in Cuba, including his imprisonment in the dungeons at down to the story of the Spanish sailor’s sec “And where is this wonderful islan speak of where all this great treas id?” she ask er eyes sparkl ot
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_ citement. “What a pity that we are ashore here “when we might hunt up the island and help you to take possession of the treasure.” : “The island,” said Will, with a grin, “is in lati- tude 21 deg., 35 min. North, and longitude 70 deg., 19 min. West—about twelve miles east of one Island.” ; “Then it can’t be so very far from here.” she answered. “I’m going to take a sight as soon as - it is noon, and then work out our exact position.” “Well, I think I can save you the trouble of doing that to-day.” a “Why, can you take a sight with the sextant -and then work out the calculations?” she asked, ' opening her eyes very wide. “No,” he replied, shaking his head. “I wish I could. But I happen to know the latitude and longitude of this sandy key.” } “You do? Were you ever here before?” ae “No.” ~~ “Then I don’t see——” “TJ just mentioned the latitude -@ moment ago. Don’t drop over on. Zaidee, when I tell you, but this island is the ‘treasure key I have been telling you about.” f and longitude CHAPTER XIV.—A Morning Surprise. ~ “You don’t mean it, Will Newton!” she ex- - claimed, astonished beyond measure. - “JT do mean it.” ~ “Why, how do you know that it is?” “T recognized it first by that grove of plantain trees which you see yonder on the center of the ridge, and beneath which the pirate treasure cave was constructed, and the fringe of banana trees which circle around to the further end of the shore. But that was no proof, of course, that the treasure was really here, so I went ashore to investigate.” “And what did you see?” she asked, eagerly. - gether. “J did. But what of that? I coudn’t swear the silver is still in her hold, though I believe it eT “Why, of course ‘it is,” she said, nodding her head, positively. : “But listen. I did get proof that the pirates’ treasure is here, for I found way into the eave, and saw every evidence of the fact.” “Ts it possible!” : Age now I want you to go there with me and ee, too. I could only form a general idea_as to what’s down in the cave, as I had no light. We will take a lantern and some tools to try to break open the chests, and then we will know, past all ubt what the treasure really consists of.” ~ Naturally, Zaidee was eager’to accompany Will, and having secured a lantern, and such tools as they thought would answer the purpose in view, 2 ‘left the schooner together in a state of high ctation and excitement. ; minutes later they both stoo 2 holding the lantern above his head so that a A YOUNG MONTE CRISTO the deck,’ “gold and jewels to the forecastle and secure the . din the cave, in. : _which the Spanish sailor had managed to vantage. The — Pin 5a Sage 17 ingots of metal had long since turned black in that damp recess, but their true character was shown when the boy scraped one of them with the blade of a knife. Then the bright, silvery hue appeared. f “There must be several tons of silver here,” said Zaidee, with dilated eyes. “There’s enough to make you a rich man, Will.” “T guess there is; and to provide for you and& you, father and Zeb, too, for he’s one of us, for ae a “And do you>really mean to give father and I some of this?” ee: “And why not? I depend on your schooner — to get this stuff away from the island. Such a rich cargo is worth a high freight. Ill make it high enough to satisfy both of you, don’t you fear, I can well afford it.” Zaidee offered no further objection, as she guessed Will had enough here and to spare. : They then turned their attention to the chests. The first chest Will tackled was the big one, — and the wood yielded to his implements like so ~- much punk, It was full of bags of coin. : untied one and poured some of the contents out, It was Spanish gold of the seventeenth century. | The smaller chest. also contained gold bags. The third chest, which was clamped with great brass corner pieces and braces, was filled with a mis- cellaneous collection of jewelry, with boxes of — magnificent diamonds, rubies, onyxes, emeralds, in fact every precious stone under the sun—most of them of great value, for in the seventeenth century precious stones were in greatdemand and in universal use among all who could afford such __ a luxury. To make the faintest guess as to the value of the contents of that trunk was utterly — impossible for either Will or Zaidee. ‘iain It figured up ‘among the millions, for there were many stones worth all of $5,000 apiece, and probably a fistful that couldn’t be duplicated at half that price. Will and Zaidee, after they ha@ grown accustomed to the contemplation of so much wealth, began to consider where they should store it aboard the schooner. x “T guess there’s room in the forecastle for the contents of these three trunks,” said Will. “We'll carry it to the vessel in that half-bushel basket I saw in the galley, making as many trips as may be necessary. I'll nail the jewelry and gems up | in boxes, while I'll be able to find bags enough, a guess, to hold twenty of these small bags of gold _ each. That will make as heavy a load as one man — will want to lift.” Will went to the schooner and borrowed the basket from Zeb and then he and Zaidee made their first trip with a portion of the treasure. It took them the entire afternoon to transfer the stuff in a handy and safe shape for subsequent eS handling. Next day Zeh was pressed into service _ = help transfer the discolored bars of metal from aed i
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rs *T don’t see how he ever did it without a shovel,” thought the boy, after he and the darky had worked the best part of a day without finding an_ opening. : 2 Zeb didn’t fancy this kind of work much, but the knowledge that he was going to participate in a share of the treasure encouraged him to pro- ceed. Will and Zeb worked two days before the poop entrance to the cabin was found. Zaidee accompanied the boy on his first trip below. It parents a curious sight, that antiquated cabin, buried from human eyesight more than two hun- dred years, but everything of a perishable nature, ‘including the bones of those who had died there, had long since crumbled away to dust, and noth- ing remained but the bare woodwork. ‘The treas- wre-chest mentioned by the Spanish sailor was found in the largest stateroom, persumably that “which had been occupied by the captain of the - galleon. Will smashed it open and found that - %t was loaded to the brim with lose gold. “Gee whiz!” exclaimed the young American. “Jt seems to be raining gold on this island, doesn’t it, Zaidee?” Pi: - The girl made no reply, for she was struck dumb with the magnitude of the riches which -- had come into Will’s possession. 3 “Tf it’s like this all through the chest there must be several million dollars here. There were loads of coin in those days. Seems strange it ‘should be thrown into this chest in such a loose _ fashion. The Spaniards must have sacked some - big town, and had no bags handy to put it in.” “TJ never dreamed there was so much money in - the world,” said Zaidee. “Hal” It’s been out of circulation these two _ hundred years and the world doesn’t seem to have missed it much, It'll be a fine addition to the “gold supply of the United States when I turn it into the Sub-Treasury at New York to be re- ¢oined into five, ten and.twenty-dollar pieces. We can’t do anything with this until to-morrow -. morning, as it’s time to go to supper. Besides, -_-we’ll need some bags to pack it in. You and Zeb will have to make some to-night out’ of sail- cloth.” As it was now the period of the full moon the tides rose higher than usual. That night the schooner’s nose was lifted out of the sand, and at ~ gunrise next morning when Will came on deck he found the vessel floating tranquilly on the placid Bosom of the little cove. It was no longer possible to slip over ‘the side and land on the shore as _ they had been accustomed to do, but owing to the ‘the fact that schooner had shifted her position -ground to the other side of the island, it was ‘more convenient to reach the wreck of the old -galleon, which now lay in full sight. Will was presently joined by Zeb. : : “Golly, boss!” exclaimed the delighted negro, “swe am afloat at last, ain’t we?” “Captain Cobb was right when he said we’d probably slip off the bank at full moon,” said Will. “We'll be able to sail away from this spot just as Se } A YOUNG MONTE CRISTO ee _ hand. -_ and ’side, yo’ll need,um to fotch de stuff off in.” “All right, Zeb,” agreed Will, and between them they lowered the boat, and secured her by — her long painter. : oR Then Will took the half-bushel basket and the Jantern and went ashore. He dived down into the galleon’s cabin and began the delightful task of filling the dozen bags he had brought along with > the yellow coin. After that he scooped as much of the coin into the basket as he could lift, car ried it up and dumped it onto the beach. He re- peated this method until he had quite a pile of the — shiny gold on the hard sand. During one of the intervals while Will was below’ in the galleon’s” cabin refilling his basket, Zaidee came out on the schooner’s deck and took her customery morning survey about. Of course, she noticed at once that the vessel had changed her position, and was further from the shore than she had been here- tofore, and that fact told her that the Effie Dean — was afloat once more. “ es -“Ain’t I glad!” she cried, looking over the side into the shining, transparent water. “There’s nothing to hinder us from leaving this key just sd soon as we get the rest of the treasure on ard.” : Looking toward the beach she spied Will com- ing into view with his basket load of glittering coin which he dumped on the growing pile close by. Then without glancing at the vessel, he ~— turned around and dived once more into the open- _ ing leading to the interior of the wréck. fare “Will isn’t losing any time, I see,” she said to. herself. : pee ees At that moment she happened to look toward the grove of plantain trees. F . 4 “My gracious! .What’s that?” she exclaimed. Her gaze rested on the mast and rigging of a small vessel that must have come some time dur- ing the night and dropped anchor. ie She immediately called Zeb’s attention to the strange craft. Eee “Golly!” cried the negro. “When dem feller see all dat money .yonder I ’spect dere’s gwine ter be trubble. I’d better wade ashore and tol dat boy what’s in de wind; don’ yo’ t’ink, Miss Zaidee ?” : Be “Pll go myself,” said the girl resolutely. é “Ef yo’ is bent on gwin dere’s de boat ‘long+ side dat yo’ kin take, but yo’ oughter carry one ob dem guns wid yo’, and fotch anudder one u for me ter help skeer dem strangers off wid ef dey should happen to make demselves disagree- hile: ew aes The hint was not lost on Zaidee. She ran into the cabin, got her father’s rifle and pistol, anda shotgun also, which she handed to Zeb, and then — quickly descending to the boat rowed ti beach. coming up with another load of coin. “Will,” she exclaimed, excitedly, as she dropped the rike near the pile of money, “I’m afraid we’r going to have trouble.” ; meas “Trouble!”’ he replied, surprised at her agita manner and the sight of the revolver in | “What do you mean?” =
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* _. a finger in the pie. That’s why I’m here, and _ I brought father’s rifle for you to use if neces- * sary.” _,.. At that moment they were startled by the re- port of a gun close by. Then came a crashing sound among the bushes and-a boy of fifteen, followed by two burly negroes, bust into sight and came running toward the wreck. : - CHAPTER XV.—Pasqual Martinez Turns Up- as Again. o Will dropped the basket of loose coin, snatched up the rifle and stood on the defensive, while - Yaidee courageously backed him up with her revolver. The fleeing lad had a shotgun in nis hand, and one of his pursuers was similarly armed. The two negroes stopped in surprise when they saw Will Newton and Zaidee Cobb, but the ‘poy, whose face was the picture of terror, kept _ right on until he reached the wreck, when he threw himself on his knees before Will and begged him to save him. : : “What’s the trouble?” asked Will, keeping one eye on the negroes, who appeared to be unde- cided’what to do. - “They want to catch me and carry me back to the sloop,” replied the lad. “What sloop is it?” “The Zingari, from Santiago.” “What is she doing at this key?” ; “J don’t know. We anchored on the other side of the cme early this morning.” -.“Who’s aboard! of her besides those two ) negroes?” e “4 Spaniard named Pasqual Martinez.” Who?” cried Will, aghast. _ *Pasqual Martinez.” ; “Great Scott! To think that rascal has, dis- covered the treasure island at last,” muttered ill, very much disturbed. “I wonder how he id it? I see lots of trouble ahead. What’s your e?” he added aloud to the boy. Maleolm Merry.” e “How came you to be aboard the sloop, and y are you running away from her?” _ _ “Martinez carried me off from San Nicholas, yti. I came from England on my unele’s yacht hflyer, and we had just put in at San Nicho- My uncle had some business to transact ere. I met Martinez on the mole, and we got king together. He asked me if I’d like to go Ok ess sloop which was lying outside our yacht. I agreed to go, and we stepped into a + and was rowed alongside. He took me into ‘little stuffy cabin and treated me to some eé and lemonade. The next think I knew it was morning and we were at sea. I started to raise a racket, when Martinez told me if I didn’t shut .e’'d throw me overboard. Then I asked him hy he had carried me off. He said he wanted > to wait on him aboard the sloop, and help him ut on some scheme he was engaged in, the nature fy ch ‘he. 4 I couldn’t help ae ; A YOUNG MONTE CRISTO out on deck. I determined to run away at the first land we struck. A little while ago I saw my chance. I took a gun I saw in the cabin and started ashore. The darkies saw me and gave chase. One of them had a gun and fired at me. _That’s the whole story.” = While the boy was talking the two negroes turned back and disappeared over the ridge. ~ “J know Martinez to be a big rascal,” said Will. “He came here to hunt for a buried treas- ure, but I’ye got ahead of him and propose to carry it away.” Merry’s eyes now lighted on the heap of gold coin and they nearly started from his head. “Is that real money?” he asked, in a tone of astonishment. +H “That’s what it is.” . “Where did you find it?” = “In this old wreck. Now, Merry, I’m going to, stand by you so that Martinez shan’t touch you ‘ any more. In return I shall expect you to help us beat him and his negroes off.” ’ “They’ve only got that one gun, though Mar- tinez may have a revolver,” said the English boy. . When the pile of coin he had dumped on the sand had been removed to the Effie Dean, he ~ noticed that Zaidee was making signs for him to — return, < “You'd better get something to eat now,” she - said, when he drew near. “We can go on with the work afterward,” é : = When the three had eaten as much as they wanted, Will told Zeb to hasten his own breakfast, wait on Captain Cobb and then get ready to re- — ceive the gold as’ fast as it was sent out to the schooner. Will, Zaidee and Merry then re- turned to the beach with the guns. Will was in the wreck™loading up the basket, when he heard Zaidee’s voice calling to him, and he ran up at — once, p : : ; “They're watching us from the ridge,” said — the girl. w= Will looked and saw Martinez and his two negroes standing among the plantain trees gaz- — ing at them. Finally, Martinez motioned one of his men toward the trees, and then he and ;the other stepped into the boat and went off to the — sloop. “Tt’s clear that chap has been set to watch our movements. T’ll just lay for him, give him a clip on the head and drop him down into the pirates’ cave.” . oc The negro advanced among the trees without the least suspicion that he was walking into a trap, and selecting a spot where he could over- look the wreck without being seen, he sat down, Will came up behind him and a single sweep with _ the butt of his rifle stretched him out uncon- scious. Then he dragged him into the center J ‘of the grove, let him down easy into the hole, pulled up the ladder and ,;put the hatch cover on, “He’s safe for a while, I guess,” muttered the boy, grimly. Will concluded that the Spaniard would not)
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20 wreck. In this way they made rapid progress ‘during the next hour. Then Will marched over to the plantain grove in time to see the Span- jard and the negro start for the shore. At length they found their way to the center of the grove, ~ and saw the ladder and the hatch cover. Natural- _. ly, they turned the cover over to see what was under it and found the hole. Looking down into if Martinez recognized the insensible form of the man he was hunting for. Between them, with _the aid of the ladder, they got him out, and then the Spaniard uttered a few more oaths, and ex- pressed his astonishment at the condition and predicament he had found the man in. They -. ¢arried him down to the beach and tried to re- vive him by throwing water in his face, but it did no good, so they took him out to the sloop. Will returned to his frierids, who were awaiting his return on the beach. ' “J reckon dat we better cover up dat entrance » to de cabin and let dem pussoms find it for dem- ~. selves. What yo’ t’ink, boss?” said Zeb. -. Will had already meant to do that when they were ready to leave the key, so, sending Merry over ‘to the grove to see what the Spaniard was doing, he and Zeb took hold of the shovels and _ closing the cabin door began to return the sand they had removed. Before they had made much o progress they saw Merry running back and stopped to heaf what he had to say. ie “Martinez and his two men are rowing around _.. into the cove,” said Merry, excitedly. “They look as if they were bent.on a scrap with us.” ~ Will dropped his shovel. They made at once for the schooner. “Keep off!’ shouted Will as the other boat drew near. They paid not attention to this command _ “What do you want?” demanded the young American, covering Martinez with his rifle. “7 want half the treasure you’ve taken from - this key,” he replied, insolently, as the boat ~ dashed up. _ Will saw there was no use talking further. The Spaniard, backed by his two burly negroes, ' meant to try and carry the schooner by board- ing. On an even footing they were more than -@ match for those aboard the Effie Dean. Will realized the fact, so he fired at Martinez intend- ing only to wound him. The Spaniard was watch- _ ing for something of this kind, threw himself for- - ward and escaped the ball, then he drew a re- volver and discharged it at the boy. The bullet - elipped a curl from Will’s head. Zeb fired his ‘shotgun at the foremost darky in the boat and slightly wounded him. The boat, however, touched the side of the schooner at that moment and Martinez and the-other negro both made a leap for the vessel’s deck. Will made a swing at him with the butt of the rifle, and the Spaniard in trying to dodge lost his hold and fell into the - water. Suddenly something long and white darted through the water like a flash. Martinez ttered a terrible shriek as the shark caught him 3 Seen his ponderous jaws and dragged him der, leaving a trail of blood behind to mark the A YOUNG MONTE CRISTO . found his mother alive, but in deep mourning for copper plate, 10 inches square and w a half pounds. It value of again. He had heard all about the treasure, and was prepared to help Will get it to New York. The Effie Dean reached New York ten days later and Will had the stuff removed to a big safe de- — posite vault, He disposed of a part of the silver bars right away, out of the proceeds of which he gave Malcolm Merry $1,000. and a first-clas ticket_to Liverpool; Zeb, the cook, $5,000; and — Captain Obediah Cobb $50,000. To Zaidee he pre- sented. gems easily worth $100,000. Then he started for New Jersey and his old home. He her second husband, Mr. Bacon, who had died ‘un-- expectedly a month previous. ae oe Shortly afterward, in company with Captain — Cobb and Zaidee, Will arranged to revisit th treasure key in order to search for and recover the many million dollars’ worth of silver, bars he believed the three wrecked galleons held. For this purpose he chartered a fine big schooner, hired a select crew, and provided suifable machin- ery to make quick and effective work of the job, Nothing had been disturbed since the Effie Dean left the key, and work was first begun on the Spanish wreck which had contained the treasur chest. All of five hundred tons of silver ba were found in her hold. The other wrecks we after some considerable trouble, located a pumila amount of silver found in the ho each. The schooner then sailed for New York, where Will disposed of his cargo partly to the gove ment and partly to large manufacturers of s silver goods. The most valuable gems in his collection he made no effort to dispose of. T ey are to-day stored in the private steel vault of his New Jersey home, a palatial structure erecte on the site of the old family residence. ct which is the wonder of the neighborhood, and magnificence has earned for its owner the tit of ‘he Young Monte Cristo, Next week’s issue will contain “WON PLUCK; or, THE BOYS WHO RAN A ROAD.” uae WORLD’S. LARGEST COIN. ‘Probably the largest coin in the world property of Farren Zerbo, internationally expert on rare coins. It is a piece of
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Jost 3 games. rae. FAME AND FORTUNE WEEKLY CURRENT NEWS — oe WINS GAMES BLINDFOLDED Alexander Alekhine, Russian’ chess champion, played thirty-four games in his simultaneous ex- libition at the Franklin Chess Club of Phila- delphia. Two of the games were conducted blind- folded,.and he won both. He won 24, drew 7 and The winners were S. D. Lehman, A. S. Gibson and S. T. Sharp. int WOLVES BACK AFTER 60 YEARS Wolves, which more than sixty years are in- fested the woods at the head of Lincoln Pond, Elizabethtown, N. Y., appear to have returned. “Several times recently residents h ‘ing the trail of deer. / ave reported seeing what apparently were wolf tracks follow- Not since January, 1861, have the animals been known to visit this region. W. H. VANDERBILT AS AN OFFICE BOY William H, Vanderbilt, son of the last Alfred G. Vanderbilt and heir to $20,000,000, likes the ~ banking business so well that he has determined> — to learn it from the ground up. To do this he has hired out as office boy to Lee, Higginson & Co., State street bankers, Boston. In this move he has the full sanction of his bride of last No- vember, the former Emily O’Neil Davis. Vandirbilt and his bride are living at 8 Louis- burg Square, Beason Hill, where the new State me street office boy ha ‘sfice servants. Vanderbilt arrives on the dot, takes hig place z: on the bench with the other boys, answers tele- phone calls, runs errands and does anything and everything expected of a biy in a big banking ~ house. “THE ONE By THOMAS RIPLEY ~~ ios There is also a wonderful two-part story written by the greatest authors of detective fiction in the world— =~ BOYS! BOYS! ag MYSTERY MAGAZINE, No. 151 Is On the Newsstands, Containing ' The Rousing Detective Novelette entitled Arthur B. Reeve and Margaret Wilson Reeve Their Story Is “BY THE BREADTH OF A HAIR” CHANCE” -Among the short stories you will find the very best detective sketches ever written. The authors are nationally known and each story has a - good plot. Here are the titles: ree % _ “Masks of Midnight,’ by James W. Egan 1 ‘|. “Sawbones Smashes a Record,” by Edgar at _ “Hidden Death,” by Arthur Seymour Witt |. “A Bit of Psychology,” by Charles C. Watson There is also a special article entitled “THE LONG-FINGERED HAND E “UNSANITARY JAILS.” OF SCIENCE,” by BENJAMIN CALL, and such as “A WONDERFUL CONSCIENCE,” : THE CRIMINAL,” “THE PRISON RAT,” “HOW CROOKS WORK” and GET A COPY—PRICE 10 CENTS Ae i Daniel Kramer i) ies a number of shorter items, |. og “ASTROLOGER GUIDED. — Pee
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‘Wrecked On The Desert mon OR “THE ADVENTURES OF TWO BOY PROSPECTORS By GASTON GARNE (A Serial Story.) CHAPTER XXII. Dr. Furman’s Story. Peieekivately for Arthur, his fall aie the car “had been so sudden that he went flat on his side, “with his game leg uppermost. He was not in the least injured, but the shock, of course, was great; so much so that, when he tried to rise, he gank back half dazed. Pedro ran to his aid, calling out: “Oh, he’s run away ‘with the ear! He’s run ‘awa with the car! Are you killed, senor? » Are » _ you hurt?” “Hush,” replied Arthur, sitting up. “I’m not hurt, and we can’t catch the car. Worst of it is, he has carried away my cane. I don’t see how I am ever going to get anywhere, except on my hands and knees.” . “You can lean on me,’ said Pedro. * Yes, to have you shin out at the first sign of trouble.” : “Oh, I’m not like that,” cried the boy, with a ; “pained look on his face. “There, there, never mind. We must get for-: 3 lward somehow. Help me up, Pedro, and we will - ‘make the best of it.” : The best was pretty tough, but Arthur bore up bravely, and hobbled towards the range, which though now very near, seemed to poor Arthur | an endless distance away. “Oh, oh! Look who’s coming!” Pedro suddenly _ eried. It was Jack. With a rifle over his shoulder, he had just come down off the rock. : “Well!” cried Arthur, with a gasp of relief, ‘and he removed his cap. : Jack saw him, and started on the. run. = “My dear boy, whatever made you attempt it?” che eried, as he drew near, “I was just coming after you. Have you hobbled all this long way?” ; “No, indeed,” replied Arthur. “Didn’t you see “ ‘| the. tae Prk W hy, 3 “Dr. eit has run off with it. He has been i and is just as crazy as he can ; nearly strangled me and then threw me out of the car. Oh, I tell you, we have had our pr oe full—Pedro and I; but what of Edna and her father?” po “They ‘are all right, -Arthur,” replied’ Jack, - vely. “Matters have taken an entirely new im. You and Pedro are to come with me. Dr man will. explain for bonesite. 4 FAME AND FORTUNE WEEKLY “And now you are getting sce Ms “Oh, not so very., I’ll begin by telling my end of the story as we go along. Here, use this rifle for a cane. What’s become of your own? But. say, tell your story first.” a4 Arthur’s stery was quickly told, ae by the te time Jack had told his up to the point where the doctor locked the door, they found themselves: ata the foot of the range. “How did you get out?” demanded pee “Chopped my way out with an axe provided by Dr. Furman,” replied Jack. “And what about Tony’s bunch? © they now?” “Arthur,” answered Jack, “it is very strange but death seems to follow me. Juan is dead Manuel and I went to the other cave and foun that he had been stabbed in the breast. Ramon_ and Tony have disappeared. You have seen age ing of them; I suppose?” “Nothing.” “T suppose they are lying drank comeiienn = But now the question is how to get you up to th cave,’ “It’s a tough proposition. I think I can do be on my hands and knees.” “i And this was the way he went up. It qian) v a tough job, indeed, but at last they got there. © The dopr was a wreck. Arthur produced et en Glick gave him, and found that it fitted the : oc “The loss of the car seems to me a very sees ous matter,’} he said, “but perhaps Dr. Furman | has mules. Glick spoke of them.” : “He formerly had,” answered Jack, “but es are now all dead. The loss of the car is ni serious as you may imagine.. You’ll find out ently. Look here.” ; They were now in the cave, and J gene bendin down, pulled up a flat stone, to which. an. ir ring was attached. Beneath it a ladder was re- vealed. “There is a vast cavern below here,” he “Edna and her father are down there with Mar uel. Do you think you can get down that ladder, old man?” “I might manage to get down, but I don’ how I am ever going to get up ac re. Arthur, dubiously. “IT doubt if you ever have to.” “What do you mear by that?” : “Let Dr. Furman explain, I have yet to Hae his full story, but I know some of it, and he ha promised to tell us all. Wait till I light this le tern, and [’ll go ahead. Don’t you think 3 could bear your weight on your game foot enoug to help you down?” (oe “Oh, I think so. I must manage somehow. f isn’t a long ladder, I hope.” i “About a hundred fet. shakes a bit. safe. “Hello up there! Who's talking?” Dr. man’s voice now shouted from below. : “Te is 7 sie? answered Jack, ‘and Arthu a “Pedro are with me.’ g “Good! Can Arthur get down thi da Where are Don’t be afai It is firmly braced,. and pe
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A FISH THAT SHOUTS Before the Federation of American. Societies - for Experimental Biology Dr. C. W. Greene of the - University of Missouri told of a newly discovered jluminated fish which shouts as it swims. i The fish was discovered in the waters of Mon- " terey Bay, California, and has been named “Porie thysnotatus.” Because of the peculiar construc- tion of its swim bladder, it is able to shout, he said. The bladder is U-shaped, each leg about the size of a man’s finger. Between the two legs is a membrane having a small hole. - When the shouter bears down upon a smaller fish it drives some of thé gaseous contents of the -* bladder from one end to the other, producing the - noise. The swim bladder contains a gas with a larger percentage of oxygen than atmospheric air, sometimes as high as 50 to 80 per cent. oxy- en. : fhat fact, Dr. Greene said. ‘ ~The fish bears 350 gleaming phosphorescent jights, he said. etal = CHESSMEN FIT FOR KING Deep down in a cellar of the Wisconsin His- torical Library, in the blackness and oblivion of a small trunk, lie a strange company, almost for- fotten by the few who have known them.. Kings, queens, turreted castles, bishops, knights on spirited steeds in lonely royal splendor await the day when some chess devotee will rescue them Frc scurity. 3 ie ak sheecmen: the largest in the world, are the work of Peter G. Toepfer, formerly of “Milwaukee. The king, the largest piece, is 3 feet 6 inches high. There are 32 pieces, all of which re of aluminum and packed into a trunk four feet high and two feet in diameter. The game is played on a black and white canvas board, 16 feet square. ; - They were made in 1901 by Mr, Toepfer. After his death his sister-in-law, Mrs. Emilie C. Horn, resented them to the museum in 1918, together rith his extensive chess library. _ ; Tn a pamphlet, Mr. Toepfer himself explains that the chessmen are to be used for exhibition ‘purposes so that a large audience of people in- ‘terested in the scientific plays of chess might have an opportunity to watch and profit by the slays as they could not with a small set of men. The former chess champion of the world, Dr. anuel Lasker, lectured twice with them, once m Milwaukee and once at the international chess ongress. at Cambridge Springs,-Pa. _ For a time they were on exhibition in the State . torical museum, but they were too cumbersome and took up too much space. CK TAKEN OUT OF BABY’S LUNG» rpet tack was removed recently from the FAME AND FORTUNE WEEKLY GOOD READING Hundreds of tests were taken to determine turned on in the electric bulb, revealing to the -eight-months-old Cletus Moore, of St. nie is every indication that the baby Dr. Chevalier Jackson, who performed the op-° eration at the University of Pennsylvania Hus- pital, said that, unless unexpected complications. developed, the baby would be restored hale and_ hearty to its parents, Mr. and Mrs. Lucius Moore. : Doctor Jackson, whose fame in such cases is~ — ‘ nationwide, used’a bronchoscope of his own in- vention to remove the foreign body. d The operation required exactly four and one- half minutes.. After the tack, which was three- quarters of an inch long, had been removed, a suction tube was inserted and the lung drained of pus. Five minutes later the baby was sleep- “ ing peacefully, and appears cheerful and takes its bottle regularly. A ved The instrument used is a tube about the size of a-straw. fitted with lenses and with an elec- tric light bulb at the end. Inside the bronsco- — scope were placed a pair of tack foreeps, de« signed by Dr. G. F. Tusker, who assisted Doctor Jackson. After being inserted through the bronchial tubes into the lungs the light was “ surgeons the exact location of the tack. It re- — quired only a moment to fasten the forceps around it and gently lift it out.- : Little Cletus swallowed the tack while at play nearly a month ago. His father took him to sev- ‘ eral physicians in. St. Louis and finally to the — City Hospital there, where an X-ray photograph revealed the tack in the right lung. ; A wi : “Mystery Magazine” SEMI-MONTHLY 10 CENTS A COPY ‘ —— LATEST ISSUES —— : a PHANTOM FINGERS, by George Bronson-Howar@, _ ON THE YELLOWS, ty Frank Blighton. 4 radt 2K ARGENTINE RUBY, by Beulah and Shirley oynter. oe si BARRINGTON ARMS CASE, by Jack Bech- doit. S HOULDED, by Frank Blighton., DIRECT ACTION. by Dr. Harry Enton. ; ‘ THE FOOTPRINTS ON THE CEILING, by Chas, F. Oursler. 144 145 146 147 148 149 150 The Famous Detective Story Ont Today in 151 Is ; ‘THE ONE, CHANCE By THOMAS RIPLEY “HARRY E. WOLFF, Publisher, Inc. - 166 West 23d Street, New Yerk Clty “Moving Picture Stories” ret A Weekly Magasine Devoted to Photoplays and. Players os: PRICE EIGHT CENTS PER copy Fach number contains Three Stories of the Best Filme on the Screen—Elegant Half-tone Seenes from the Play ~-Interesting Articles About Prominent People in Films—Doings of Actors and Actresses in the Studie and Lessons in Scenario Writing. : er: HARRY E. WOLFF, Publisher, In
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24 \ GOOD TIPS Tungsten filament tubes burn brighter than those having oxide coated filaments. _ A water pipe makes a good ground. Scrape or sandpaper the pipe before putting on the : ground clamp. j * i: SS oe SoS - Yf your hand near the dial of a condenser brings in noises connect the movable plates of the condenser to the ground. Ti.e only reason variometers and a variocoupler ar? used is on account of the small amount of space required when placed in a cabinet. : A one-wire antenna about 100 to 150 feet long is appropriate for receiving while a 4 or 6 wire “~’ cage antenna is ideal for transmitting. The antenna can either be bare or insulated, put it is not advisable to have it any less than 400 feet. Ordinary electric light wire can be used. ee, When winding coils, bakelite, kiln-dried good, hard rubber or composition winding forms should be used, rather than those made of treated card- foard. The initial cost is greater, but the in- ~ erease in efficiency will recompense. ; Use in winding a tuning coil either No. 22 or __- 24 silk or cotton covered wire. After winding the eoil shellac it and let it dry. When it is tho- roughly dry scrape the insulation off with a sharp knife where the sliders move. It is not practical to make a very good home- made receiver. A loud speaker may be made by coupling a single sensitive receiver, such as the Baldwin or Browne, to a horn or to a phonograph. - A honeycomb coil set can be tuned closely, but - not as closely as with the two variometer and ' yariocoupler makeup. Number twenty-two single ' cotton covered magnet wire should be used for + both the primary and secondary windings. ; It is not advisable to shellae tubes after the windings are on. This does what the electric engineers call “increasing their capacity” and makes the tuning less sharp. Tubes may.be shel- laced before winding if desired, but it is not necessary. No one can give a drawing of a set with a | uarantee that the set will work 400 miles. Such ‘factors as the skill of the builder and the char- acter as well as local conditions under which the station must work have too much to do with the matter. 'A variable condenser, or any type of con- or, f © FAME AND FORTUNE WEEKLY INTERESTING RADIO NEWS AND HINTS | liquid, so it is with condensers. A certain con= denser has an electrical capacity of, say, 1 “micro- fared.” ‘ Ve The fixed crystal is sometimes very good, and — then, on the other hand, it is quite possible to _ get one that is defective. In some types of de- — tectors it is possible to take them apart and e a better adjustment, but in those of the cartridge © form this cannot be done. <i rere The grid condenser to be inserted in th Superdyne receiving set should average between .00018 and .00025 mfd. capacity. The number of — turns on the rotor should average about 36, o No. 22 wire. Reversing the tickler coil simpl means when connecting up the rotor, place the connections across’ each other. If poor results are obtained reverse the rotor connections. . A regenerative receiver is one that uses th vacuum tube with the plate circuit of the tul fed back to the primary coil. It is not possibl to get regeneration without a vacuum tube. Honeycomb coils are regenerative if you use th of them at once. They are the tuning unit with the excepton of the necessary variable con- densers. oe : A capacity finder has been introduced by manufacturer of radio condensers. This consi of two strips of metal across which are brid five fixed condensers of different capacities. Th two strips are connected with the grid circuit, and it then becomes possible to try various capacit until the best results are obtained. The device then removed and a fixed condenser of the desired capacity is put in its place. a eet EES BI se rp Variable resistance and capacity for grid con: trol are provided in a single device which has 1 cently appeared on the market. The resistanc may be varied in a gradual and positive mann from one-fifth to twelve megohms, while the c pacity may be gradually varied from .0000: .005 mfd., according to the manufacturer. It is ~ said by those who have employed this grid contral that signal strength is increased 25 per cent. in the ease of critical circuits, such as the Reinartz Natural wave length is the length of the \ usually measured in meters, produced by aerial’s capacity and induction. Roughly sp ing, the natural wave length can be calculated by multiplying the length of the aerial by 414, and change from feet to meters divide by three. T will give the natural wave period of a singh double wire horizontal or vertical swing aer: Getting scratchy noises in a set, which something on the order of static? Invar is due to loose connections. Look ove:
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- pearing. This fault can be checked up by rattling the condenser shaft and noting what effect it has on the signals. Another place where trouble is likely to locate is in the jacks. The jack should have sufficient pressure to make a firm contact _ with the plug when it is inserted. --One suggestion that may help to eliminate - noises in an amplifier is to ground the cores of the - amplifying transformers. Another suggestion is ‘to ground the negative terminal of the A battery. Sometimes the B batteries themselves become aged from remaining on store shelves, and when placed in a radio cireuit produce peculiar frying noises. A storage B battery is good but will not eliminate the trouble if the circuit is incorrectly wired. Replacing the set with new B batteries ‘will sometimes remedy the trouble. ay _ Frequently relief from stray capacity may be secured by inserting tinfoil in small sheets on the ack of the panel and especially about the dials. ¢ will also be worth while to try out some of the anti-capacity dials which are now being marketed. en using tinfoil make sure that the shafts of e dials are kept clear from the grounded tin- ‘oil or whatever other method of shield you in- tend using. Autoplex Circuit is the latest to attract the a feftion of those who like to build their own “gets andywho are forever seeking something dif- ferent. The autoplex circuit is, in reality, a su- - per-regenerative, set. It makes use of two stand- ard variometers, one for the grid and the other or the plate, an L-1250 coil in the antenna- und circuit; a filament battery, rheostat, and cuum tube; and the usual “B” battery and lephone or Joud-speaker. Indeed, the autoplex ~ will operate a small loud-speaker without am- pl ification, which makes it rather unique among the usual run of receiving circuits. As it now stands, it appears that the autoplex circuit is by 5 means a polished product. Unless it is proper- onstructed and maniulated it produces dis- d sounds: Nevertheless, it represents some esting experimental possibilities for those in- sted in the experimental side of radio. Stuart Ballantine in his excellent book “Radio ephony for Amateurs,” describes a form of sformer which he calls a “vario- or, but as- es FAME AND FORTUNE WEEKLY 2 25 each stage does not tune sharply the vario-trans formers have to be placed far apart. As an audio frequency amplifier the C299 vacuum tube should be ordinarily operated with 40 to 80 volts on the plate. A grid bias should always be provided in order to secure minimum distortion and also to prevent possible overload at the higher plate voltages. Various methods may be employed for securing a small bias by . utilizing the voltage drop in the filament rheostat. This is sufficient when the plate voltage is not over 45 volts and when head telephones are used, but above 45 volts on the plate and particularly when a loud speaker is used, a grid or “OC” bat- | tery should be added to the amplifiers. With a shunt condenser of .0005 mfd. capac- ity ten turns of No. 16 wire will be sufficient. No. 20 wire is rather fine. The hum that is heard is probably due to the proximity of the house wires which carry alternating current. Using a larger condenser will increase both the maximum and minimum wave lengths to which the set will re- spond. Better signals will be obtained by em- ploying the small condenser and adding more | turns on the loop. ? : RADIO AND THE CENTRAL STATION With the production and sale of electron tubes ‘for use with radio sets already reaching 300,000 a month, the new prospect of energizing these tubes directly from the lighting socket makes the subject or radio of even greater interest to the central] station company, states Electrical World in one of its recent editorials. The Bureau of Standards has now pointed out how vacuum tubes may be operated on the usual lighting current, thus doing away with troublesome storage bat- teries. And this brings up this thought: The most perplexing problem of the radio boom has been the question of how to finance the cost of broadcasting through revenue to be obtained from the receiving station that enjoys the service, So far no way has been found. Interesting possi- bilities are suggested, ‘however, through the com- bining of carrier-current broadcasting over the lighting lines, as is now being done experimental- ly by General Squire in Washington, and this new use of central-station power in place of storage batteries. The consumption of energy by the re- ceiving set, plugged into the nearest socket, would + — automatically provide a revenue directly credita- ble to broadcasting. This reasoning sounds good ae to a certain point. It seems to us that if the filaments are operated directly from the socket, no storage batteries will have to be employed. Now storage batteries ate used, and these must be recharged at regular intervals on lighting cur- _ rent. Inasmuch as storage batteries take far more current to recharge them than they ac- — tually deliver it would seem to us that the elec- — jtric companies are now getting more revenue — from radio than they might from the direct use of the current. The suggestion, however, is in- teresting qo te ap oe tyes eo es
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ee - FAME AND FORTUNE WEEKL NEW YORK, FEBRUARY 22, 1924. TERMS TO SUBSCRIBERS 8 Cents Postage Free $ “ Ty ses ‘1. 2. Weivesseeee — 4, HOW TO Money Order, Check or Registered Letter; remittances SEND MONEY — At our risk send P. O. ‘ in any other way are at your risk. We accept Postage Stamps the same as cash. When sending silver wrap the Coin in a separate piece of paper to avoid cutting the envelope. Write your name and address plainly. Address letters to z HARRY E. WOLFF, : » Publisher, Inc., 166 W. 23d St., N. Y, ——————————EEEEEEESESESES—— _ ITEMS OF. INTEREST A SAFETY DOOR LOCK __A protection for the housewife who is timid about answering door calls is gurnished by the door guard that grips the floor. It may be pushed into place or released by a movement of the foot, ‘When in place, an intruder cannot possibly open the door beyond the point at which the guard “holds it, unless he smashes the panels. _ The device consists of a bracket which is at- tached to the door, a lever and a rubber shoe that grips the floor. The latter is described by its - inventor as “100 per cent. non-skid.” -Unlike chain bolts, this device permits the door to be - opened as far as the person within the house de- Aig SITES: See The lock can be attached easily and is man- --_-ufactured in various sizes so that it can be used on practically any door. Charles E. Nylander, Sec. Harry E. Wolff, Pres. L. F. Wilzin, Treas, KANSAS WAR ON RABBITS The plague of the jack-rabbits which does wide damage to crops and young trees is being lessened at the rate of four million head a year in Kansas. --With a bounty set at 10 cents a head the extermi- nation of these four million rabbits means an ex- ~ penditure of $40,000 annually by the State. The bounty formerly was 5 cents, but this was doubled last year by the Legislature when the swarms of rabbits were found to be greatly on the increase. ' Jack-rabbits gather by the thousands in the al- falfa fields of Kansas and after they have con- - -gumed other available roots turn their attention to the crops, to the ruin of many a farm. Grey- hounds are employed to run them down in many cases, as, due to their fleetness of foot; thé rabbits are able to escape with ease from hunters armed with shotguns, A GOLDEN GATE BRIDGE The proposed bridge across. the Golden Gate at San Francisco would span a gap of 6,800 fect and for this purpose would have a 4,000-foot cen- ter span and two shore spans of 1,320 feet each. _. As the self-weight of the cantilever limits its spans between piers to about 1,800 feet maximum, a bridge is proposed which combine the cantilever FAME AND FORTUNE WEEKLY =f and suspension principles. The cables of the sus- pended span, instead of extending the full length of the center and side spans, tie into the ends o the cantilever arms at points which are so s lected as to secure the economical length for both types of construction. In this ease, for the single span of 4,000 feet there would be needed only a suspended cable span length of 2,640 feet. Thi design is known as the “cantilever-suspension” — bridge. The span will provide a clearance of 200 feet for the passage of ships. The two main piers will be 200 feet from base to top, and super- — imposed on them will be steel towers 747 feet — high. Their maximum width at the base will - 115 feet. The total length of the bridge proper is 6,640 feet. The two main cables will be 20° inches in diameter. The cross-sectional width of the bridge is 80 feet, providing for two trolley tracks, two lines of motor cars in-each direct and two 7-foot sidewalks. The center span is 400 feet greater than that of the Manhatta Bridge and 750. feet greater than that of the pro- posed Hudson River Bridge. The estimates call for a total cast of about $17,000,000. : LAUGHS Photographer—Look pleasant, please. - Victim —I guess you'll have to move that “Terms Cash” sign, : “Our .cook gives us the same thing at’ every. meal.” ‘What, does she give you?” “Indiges- tion,” ¥ ay Wife—Mr. Whistler seems a very sensible fe low. Husband—Oh, pshaw! He doesn’t kno enough to ache when he is in pain. = She—Do you love me for myself alone? He- Yes, and when we are married I don’t want of the family thrown in. Foie “Pop!” “Yes, my son.” “I know why peo} walk in their sleep.” “You do? Why is “Because their feet don’t go to sleep.” ‘ Reilly—Pat was drowned yesterday. Fitzp rick—Couldn’t he swim? Reilly—yYes, but he w. a sen man. He swam for eight hours and t quit. mls Kind Lady—I have a book at home on “S help” which I think you-—- Beggar—No 1 : peddled it for two weeks, an’ didn’t make a ar. : me “Fred, dear, why are some women called azons?” “Well, my dear, you remember our geog~ raphies said the Amazon has the largest mouth ” But she went out and slammed the doo before he could say any more. : “Tt was simply a question of veracity b us,” said the oldest inhabitant. ae id I) a liar, and I said he was one.” “Humph joined the village postmast “That's” time I ever he 2
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f BRIEF BUT PAY ON PENNSYLVANIA EATS HALF 29) OF EACH DOLLAR More thafi half of every dollar the Pennsyl- vania Railroad received last year went into sal- aries and wages according to a report on the company’s “dollar” just issued. Of each dollar, 1.4 cents went to the 220,000 employees. _ Materials and supplies consumed 17.07 cents, coal 7.29-cents, taxes 4.54 cents, and loss and damage payments and depreciation 6.41 cents, with ~some miscellaneous rentals included. To pay fixed charges 7.72 cents was used up. The remainder in each dollar for the stockholders and the upholding of the company’s credit 5.56 cents. A LITTLE CONGO GORILLA ‘The gorilla prowls in broad daylight and visits every village garden and plantation, gathers iousands of pineapple plants, many chickens and ill eludes the traps and decoys set for him. The singular fact is that these animals never have been seen Bpproseging the village gardens and no one knows just how they manage to reach them without being discovered. In retreating, owever, they appear to be quite indifferent about being seen, as a dozen at one time have been ob- served returning to the jungle after making their raids. They cover their approach to a village garden by the clever tactics they employ and their system of scouts, pickets and signals, car- vied out with such skill and precision as to defy 1 attempts to circumvent them. Seemingly, a of ingenious radio system has been invented. ry movement of the band appears to be di- ed by one in command; but one mystery is ow he communicates his directions of his warn- 1g of danger. Everything is done in silence, ‘no signal so far has been detected; yet the cert of action indicates that they are prompted some definite means which all observe and un- erstand. 3 ; & SERIE a ee ’ WER FROM THE ROAD AS YOU DRIVE f the plan devised by French engineers, and rtly to be tried out in France, proves success- motor cars may yet spin along highways fhout the use of an internal power-plant, The ‘e that-drives the car will come from the road “or rather from a few inches under the says Science and Invention. ieee. ; . basic idéa of the plan is to provide electric for driving vehicles which can be “picked s the cars progress. 5 ar equipped with a motor will have under dy a coil of wire forming a collector, much, oop antenna is used on a radio set. A short ce under the road surface a cable will run, ied with current from a central station. This ill be picked up by the collector coil on ‘and used to run the motor, _ : lan presented certain ‘difficulties which allowed the central station z jopietend . FAME AND FORTUNE WEEKLY solved until the invention of the radio ~ 27 POINTED be strung under the roads; two will carry cur- rent in one direction, and two in another. The position of these cables will be indicated by lines painted on the road itselfi—red, perhaps, in one direction and green in the other. Current from the. central station will be sent to \substations where it is stepped up into high-frequency alter- nating current. In such form it can be picked up by the collector coils under the cars. A mer ~ cury-vapor rectifier in the car itself will change — the high-frequency A. C, to low-frequency D. C. which can be used to drive the motor. Speed control is accomplished by the use of a choke-coil which allows more or less current to pass. Cars — will carry an auxiliary storage battery for emer- gency and for use on non-powered roads. It is also proposed to drive railway trains by means of overhead wires from which the current .~ is taken by induction, thus doing away with trol- leys or friction contacts. ee INTERESTING ITEMS So keen is an elephant’s sense of smell that he can. scent a human being at a distance of a thousand yards. The Nile is noted for the variety of its fish. An expedition sent by the British Museum brought home 9,000 different specimens. é _ A single bee, with all its industry, energy, and innumerable journeys, will not collect more than a teaspoonful of honey in a season. Fish pedlers in Japan sell their fish alive. They convey them from house to house in tanks on tri- cycles, or in little wagons, Eight hundred men are employed in the Paris sewers, and the most of them are vigorous and \ healthy, and free from zymotic diseases. A novel attachment for women’s hand bags holds four nickels so they may be quickly with- drawn when its user boards a pay-as-you-enter street car. The smell of peppermint is very disagreeable to mice, and a little oil of peppermint placed about their haunts will soon make them look for other quarters. : After being nearly totally blind for nineteen years, Hiram Fry, of Lincoln, Pa., had an opera: tion performed on his-eye and the same proved so sucgessful that he is able to see. : “London has over 7,000 “Sandwich men,” who _ make of themselves walking advertisements, Most of them have been gradually forced into this un- pleasant line of business by an uncontrollable de- sive for drink. A “sweating stone” is one of the attractions of the farm of John Owens, near Columbus, Qhio. It never fails to give a forecast. of rain, farm, and one of the stones used in th Seven- ’ ‘ty-five years ago a barn was built on the Owens _
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28 READING FISHES’ SCALES A single scale from a salmon will tell you its - owner’s age, and whether his pickings have been slim or the opposite. When viewed through a microscope, the scale will reveal tiny lines, which _. have developed at the rate of sixteen a year. Lines crowded close prove that the salmon has been living high. Lines widely spread indicate a scant diet. : : FIRST CIGAR IN AMERICA The 125th birthday of the American cigar will ‘be celebrated next month in connection with Nat- - ional Tobacco Week and the Tobacco Industries ' Exposition, to be held in the Seventy-first Regi- ment Armory, Thirty-fourth street and Park av- enue, New York City, January 28 to February 2. The first cigar was made by Mrs. Prout of Windsor, Conn., in 1801, after two years’ ex- perimenting. It now has a progeny of 10,000,- 000,000 cigars annually. * The 300th anniversary of systematic tobacco cultivation in America and the 200th anniversary of the meerschaum pipe also will be celebrated. Senator Copeland and Theodore Roosevelt, As- - gistant Secretary of the Navy, will speak at the ~ Tobacco Salesmen’s Association’s annual banquet. SMALLEST NATIONAL RESERVATION - On the Missouri side of the Mississippi River just below the village of Wittenberg is a pic- ~ turesque rock which is said to be the smallest national reservation in the United States, it hav- ‘ing been declared Government property several years ago to prevent its destruction for com- ‘mercial purposes when quarrymen threatened it. ‘Since the time of the early adventurers it has ~ been known as the “Rock of the Cross.” In a re- port of a voyage in 1699 Father St. Cosme tells of climbing to the top of this rock, upon which he planted a cross with ceremony. , In the nearly two and a half centuries since «the rock has been one of the picture places along the Mississippi and one of the marks by which _ river pilots guide their boats, and for many years _ was one of the distinguishing points by which strangers penetrating the wilderness that lay west of the rock were.directed. SPICES IN HISTORY The tantalizing flavor and piquant qualities of ‘pices have made them sought after from the earliest days of mankind, and an adjunct to civ- lization at all periods. % _ In the early days of history spices were worth fabulous sums, owing to the difficulty of obtain- them and the high cost of transportation. When oo the Goth conquered Rome in 410 FAME AND FORTUNE WEEKLY : eee ITEMS OF GENERAL INTEREST _ the “fraternity of pepperers,” and it was in thi fourteenth century that the name was changed to the “guild of grocers,” which depicted on its coat of arms six cloves. - ; es a Venice at its height traded in spices to the amount of $10,000,000 annually, and it vied with Portugal in securing cargoes from Far Eastern ports. Columbus was bound for the spices of the East when he chanced upon a new continent, and Vasco da Gama, the famous sea fighter, made o1 of his most important voyages to secure a carg of pepper, cinnamon and ginger from India, — The. Dutch succeeded the Portuguese in th supremacy of trade in spices, later to have snatched from them in the sixteenth century the English and Germans. : THREE MAJOR DISASTERS TO AIRSHI Three major disasters, involving the loss scores of lives and many million dollars’ wo: of property, have occurred to dirigible ai of the Zeppelin type within the last two and a half, and a fourth tragedy was only avoi by a hair when the Shenandoah was torn } her mooring mast at. Lakewood recently, where she was undergoing a week’s test preliminary to her designation for the -Arctie flight. 5 On August 24, 1921, the navy dirigible ZR-2, while undergoing tests in flight over Ges land, preparatory to her delivery to her Ameri: crew by her British builders, buckled in mid igniting the hydrogen gas with which her balloon ettes were inflated. She fell in flames in 1e. River Humber and was totally destroyed. teen American naval aviators and twenty- British aeronautical experts perished with The disaster was variously attributed to tural weakness and to the discharge of electricity accumulated by atmospheric frict during flight, On February 21, 1922, the dirigible Rom chased by the United States Army ‘air from Italian designers and builders, while over the naval base at Hampton Roads, N: Va., plunged 1,000 feet to earth when her elevz ing rudders jammed. Her nose struck a nest o high tension electric wires, exploding the hydr gen.gas with which she was inflated. Thirt men of her officers and crew were bur death. —* Just before Christmas, 1922, the super-! pelin Dixmude, taken over by the French fr her German builders, was lost when gales p vented her return to her hangar after a over northern Africa. She was the largest 2 7
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