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. eiqit BONG THE AUTHENTIC NARF TREASURE DISCOVERED IN 1 ISLANDS IN THE YEAR 190aGIVEN TO THE.PUBLIC. (2? Richard Le' copw/curr or double . I Book I. h V CHAPTER I. p ? It IWH*w<o the Secretary of the Tree#, u dry of His Britennlo Majesty's Government at Nassau, Nsw ProvV a denes, Bahama Islands. Durlnic the summer of 1003 I was f paying what must hare seemed like an Interminable visit to my old friend ' John Saunders, who at that time filled ! with becoming dignity the high-sound* Ing office of secretary of the treasury of his majesty's government. In the quaint little town of Nassau, In the Island of New Providence, one of those Bnhama Islands that He half lost to the world to the southeast of -the Caribbean sea and form a somewhat neglected portion of the British West Indies. Time was when they had a sounding iiifcme for themselves In the world; -when . the now sleepy little harbor jgave shelter to rousing freebooters *nd tarry pirates, tearing In there un- d ?der full sail with their loot from the I Spanish Main. f But those heroic days are gone, and | I Nassau is given up to a sleepy trade I In sponges and tortoise shell, and k peace la no name for the drowsy tenor ' of the days inder the palm trees and the scarlet polnclanas. t. Here a handful of Englishmen. 0 clothed In the white linen suits of | the tropics, carry on the government I after the traditional manner of Brit- I Ish colonies from time Immemorial, | each of them, like my friend, not with- j out an English smile at the humor of 1 the thing, supporting the dignity of . | offices with Impressive names?lord " chief Justice, attorney general, speaker of the house, lord high admiral, i u colonial secretary and go forth. My friend the secretary of the . treasury Is a man possessing In an uncommon degree that rare and most at* ? tractive of human qualities, companlooobleness. As we sit together In the * hush of his snuggery of an evening, ( surrounded by guns, fishing lines and v old prints, there are times when we scarcely exchange a dozen words between dtnilfcr and bedtime, and yet (> we have all the time a keen and sat- ^ lsfylng sense of companionship. It Is ? John Saunders' gift. Companionship .seems quietly to ooze out of him, without the need of words. v And occasionally we have as third h In those evening conclaves a big, slow- (> .smiling, broad-faced young merchant v sof the same kidney. In he drops with . :a nod and a smile, and takes his place ? In the smoke cloud of our medltatlous, u uradlatlng without the effort of speech n that good thing?humanity; though ^ one must not forget the one subject f on which now and again the good ( Charlie Webster achieves eloquence c In spite of himself?duck shooting. ^ John Saunders' subject is shark a flshlhg. Duck shooting and shark c fishing. It is enough. Here, for sen- j slhle men. Is a sufficient basis for lifelong friendship, and unwearying. In- ? exhaustible companionship. a It was In this peace of John Saun- j, ders' snuggery one July evening in f: 1003, the three of us being duly met and ensconced In our respective arm- \ ,chairs, that we got onto the subject i of burled treasure. It was I who started us off by asking John what he j, knew about burled treasure. At this John laughed his funny little "? quiet laugh. "Burled treasure P he f said; "well, I have little doubt that the Islands are full of It?If one only n knew how to get at It." "Seriously?" I asked. ^ "Certainly. Why not? Weren't li uew isianas ror nearly tnree centu- t ries the stamping ground of all th? pirates of the Spanish Main? Morgan k was here. Blackbeard was here. Th? very governors themselves were lktW c ibetter than pirates. This room we arc < sitting In was the den of one of thi I '.biggest rogues of them all?John Tin < ker?the governor when Bruce wai here building Fort Montague at th< \ east end yonder; building It avrinal pirates, and little else but pirates al * the Government house nil the time. A t great old time Tinker guve the pool' fellow. You can read all about It lc > Ms 'Memoirs.* Nae-sm, ..as J.o ren e dezvous for all the cutthroats of th< j Caribbean sea. Here they came 1e j with their loot, their doubloons anc t pieces of eight ;'* and John's eyes twin I kled with enjoyment of the rich ole g romantic words, as though they wen old port. v ' e "Here they squandered much of It I t no doubt, but they couldn't squander II' all. Home of them were thrifty knave* , too, and these, looking around foi | aorae place of safety, would nat until] , think of the buah. The niggers keei j their little hoards there to this day.' \ MIt Is their form ot stocking," pat li Charlie Webster. t "Precisely. Well, aa I was saying tate of Ohio. City of Tolodo, Lucm County, so. Prank J. Cboaoy raakoa oath that bo U aonlor partner ot tho flrm of P. J. Cheney 4k Co., doing buetneee In the City f Toledo, County and State aforeeetd, and that said flrm will pay the lum of ONE HUNDRED DOLLARI for each and every caee of Catarth that cannot bo the uee of HALL'S CATARRH MjCDfClNB. FRANK J. CHENEY. worn to before me and eubecrtbed In aaypreoence, this tth day of Docember, A. D. ISM. A. W. OLBASON. Ifflfll) Notary Public. Hall a Catarrh Medicine la taken In* temaily and acta through the Blood oa tho Mucoue Surfeoea of the Byitem. Send ' tioee old fellows would bury their . 1 onrds lq some cave or other, and then | 0 off?and get hanged. Their ghosts [ 1 erhapa came back. But their money j 1 still here, lots of It, you bet your 1 fe." | ' "Do they ever make any flndaT" I . 1 sked. "Nothing big that I know of. A jug | jll of old coins now and then. I , Those Old Fellows Would Bury Their Hoards." ound one a year or two ago In my arden here?burled down among the oota of that old flg tree." "Then," put in Charlie, "there was hat mysterious stranger over at North 'ay. He's supposed to have got away kith quite a pile." "Tell me about him," said I. "Well, there used to be an old eo entrlc character In the town here?a mlfbreed by the name of Andrews, bhn will remember hlin?" John nodded. "He used to go around all the time i'lth a big umbrella, and muttering to iltnself. We used to think him half razy. Gone bo brooding over this ery subject of burled treasure. Beter look out, young man I"?smiling at i:e. "He used to be always grubbing boat In the bush. Well, several years go there came a visitor from New 'ork, and he got thick with the old | ellow. They used to go about a lot ogether, and were often olT on soailed Ashing trips for days on end.' Lctually, It Is believed, they were fter something on North Cay. At all wonts some months afterward the few Yorker disappeared as he hud nine and has not been heard from Ince. But since then they have found sort of brick vuult over there which as evidently been excaVhted. I have een It myself. A Hort of walled cham>er. There, It's supposed the New rorker found something or other, 'hat's the story for what It's worth." As Charlie finished John shipped his :nee. I "The very thing for you I" he said; why have I never thought of It beore?" "What do you mean, John?" we both sked. "Why down at the office I've got the ery thing. A pity I haven't got It iere. You must come in ond see It omorrow." "What on earth is It? Why do you ;eep us guessing?" "Why, It's an old manuscript that ame Into my hands a short time ago. 'harlle, you remember old Wicks?old lllly Wicks?'Wrecker' Wicks, they oiled him?" "I should say I do. A wonderful old lllaln?" | "But the document, .for heaven's nke," I said. "The document first; he story will keep." ( "Well, they were pulling down Vlcks' own house Just lately, and out >f the rafters there fell a roll of pa>or?now I'm eomlnir tn If?? w?n n? taper, purporting to be the account of he burying of a certain treasure, tellng the place where It la burled, and riving directions for finding It?" Charlie and I exclaimed together; ind John continued, with tantalising lellberatlon: "It's a statement purporting to b? nade by some fellow on his deathted?some fellow dying out In Texas? t quondam pirate, anxious to make lis peace at the end and to give his 'riends the benefit of his knowledge." "Oh, Johnl" said I, "I shan't sleep i wink tonight." "I don't take much stock In It," said i ESSBBHi rohn. Tm Inclined to think It's s wax. Someone trying to fool the old fellow. . . . But, boys, It's bed:lme, anyhow. Come down to the >ffice In the morning and we'll look t over." 80 our meeting broke up for the Ime being, and taking my candle I vent upstairs, to dream of caves overlowing with goldpleces, and John Tinier, fierce and mustachioed, standing >ver me, a cutlass between his teeth ind a revolver In each hand. CHAPTER II. rho Narrative of Henry P. Tobias, ax-Pirate, as Dictated on Hie Deathbed, In the Year of Our Lord 18S9. The good John had scarcely made lis leisurely, distinguished appearance it his desk on the morrow wljen I too entered by one door and Charlie Webster by the other. "Now for the document," we both exclaimed In a breath. "Here It Is," he said, taking up a rather grimy-looking roll of foolscap from In front him, which, as he pointed out, was evidently the work of a person of very little education, and began to read as follows: County of Travas, State of Texas, December 1869. Feeling my end Is near, I tna.<e tbe following statement of my own free will and without solicitation. In full exercise of all my faculties, and feel that 1 am doing my duty by so doing. I was born In the city of Liverpool, England (on the 6th day of December 1784). My father was a seaman and when I was young I followed the same occupation. And It happened, that when, on a passage from Spain to the West Indies, our ship eras attacked by free-traders, as they called themselves, but they were pirates. W? all rilri ah, h,.i .. ? ?... V?. wva%, WUi ncio UVOI powerod, and the whole crew, except three, were killed. I wae one of the three they did not kill. They carried us on board their ship and kept ue until next day when they asked ue to join them. They tried to vet ue to Join them willingly, but we would not, when they became enraged and loaded three cannon and lashed each one of us before the mouth of each cannon and told us to take our choice to Join them, as they would touch the guns and that damn quick. It Is useless to say we accepted everything before death, so we came one of the pirates' crew. Both of my companions were killed In less time than six months, but I was with them for more than two years. In which time we collected a vast quantity of money from different ships we raptured and we burled a great amount In two different lots. I helped to bury It with my own hands. The location of which It la my purpose to point out, so that It can be found without trouble In the Bahama Islands. After I had been with them for more than two years, we were attacked by a large warship and our commander told us to fight for our lives, as It would bo death If we were taken, nut the guns of our ship were too small for the warship, so our ship soon began to sink, when the man-of-war ran alongside of our vessels and tried to board us. but we were sinking too fast, so she had to haul off again, when our vessel sank with everything on board, and I escaped by swimming under the stern of the ship, as ours sank, without being seen, and holding on to the ship until dark, when I swam to a portion of the wrecked vessel floating not far away. And on that I floated. The next morning the ship was not seen. I was picked up by a pnsslng vessel the next day as a shipwrecked seaman. And let me say here, I know that no one escaped alive from our vessel except myself and those that were taken by the man-of-war. And those were all executed as pirates?so I know that no other man knows of this treasure except myself and It must be and Is where we burled It until today and unless you get It through this statement It will remain there always and do no one any good. Therefore. It Is your duty to trace It up and get It for your own benefit, as well as others, so delay not, but act as soon as possible. I will now describe the places, locations, marks, etc., etc., so plainly that It can be found, without any trouble. The first Is a sum of one million and a half dollars (H.500.000)? At this point John paused. We nil took a long breath, nnd Charlie Webster gave a soft whistle and smacked hla lips. "A million and a half dollars. Whal hoi" Then I, happening to cast ray eye through the open door, caught sight of a face gazing through the ironwork of the outer office with a fixed and glittering expression, a face unythlng but prepossessing, the face of a halfbreed, deeply pockmarked, with a coarse hook nose and evil-looking eyes, unnaturally close together. It was evident from his expression that he had not missed a word of the reading. "There Is someone In the outer office," I said, and John rose and went out. "Good morning, Mr. Saunders," said an unpleasantly soft and cringing voice. "Good morning," said John, somewhat grumpily, "what Is it you want?" It WHS Hnmp duto 11 A# o/i/tmin# being dispatched, the inan shuffled off with evident reluctance, casting n long, Inquisitive look at us seated at the desk, and John, taking up the manuscript once more, resumed: .... a sum of one million and one halt dollare?burled at a cay known at Dead Men's Shoes, near Nassau, In the liuhama Islands. About fifty feet (SO ft.) south of this Dead Men's Shoes la a rock, on which we cut the form of a compass. And twenty feet (30 ft.) Eaat from the cay in another rock on which we cut a cross (X). Under this rock it Is burled four feel <4 ft.) deep. The other la a sum of one million dollars (|1.000,000). It Is burled on what was known as Short Shrift Island; on the highest point of this Short Shrift islund Is a large cabbage wood stump and twenty feet (20 ft.) south of that stump la the treasure, burled five feet <6 ft.) deep and can be found without difficulty. Short Shrift Island In a place where passing vessels stop to get fresh water. No great distance from Nassau, so It can be easily found. The first pod was taken from a Spanish merchant and It Is In Spanish silver dollars. The other on Short Shrift Island Is in different kinds of money, taken from different ships of different nations?It Is all good money. Now friends, I have told you all that Is necessary for you to know to recover these treasures and I leave It In your nnnan and It la my request that when you read thla, you will at once take atepa to recover It, and when you ret It, It Is my wlah that you usA It In a way most rood to yourself and others. This Is all I ask. X ass, truly your friend, HJ&NRY P. TOBIAR. "Henry P. Tobias?" said Charlie Webster. "Never heard of hltn. Did you, John?" "Never!" And then there was a stir 1n the outer office. Someone wna asking for the secretary of the treasury. 80 John rose, "I must get to work now, hoys. We can talk It over tonight." And then, handing me the manuscript: "Take It home with you. If you like, and look It over at your leisure." As Charlie Webster sad I passed out Into the street I noticed the fellow of the sinister pockmarked visage standing nw tbg window of the || ner office. The window was open, and anyone standing outside could easily J have heard everything that passed . Inside. As the fellow caught my eye | he smiled unpleasantly and slunk off down the street. "Who Is that fellow?" I asked Charlie. "He's a queer-looking specimen." "Yes! he's no good. Yet he's more \ "Who Is That Fellow?" I Asked Charlie. j half-witted than bad, perhaps. Ilia face la against him, poor devil." And we went our ways till the evening, I to post home to the further study of the nnrrutlve. There, seated on the pleasant veranda, I went over It carefully, sentence by sentence. Willie I was reading, someone called me Indoors. I put down the manuscript oil the little bamboo table at my aide and went In. When I returned a few momenta afterward the manuscript was gone! CHAPTER III. I Charter the "Maggie Darling." 1 As luck would have It. the loss, or rather the theft of Henry P. Tobias' 1 narrative was not so serious as It at first seemed, for It fortunately chanced that John Saunders had had It copied ; , hut the theft remained none the less mysterious. However, leaving that mystery for later solution, John Saunders, Charlie Webster and I spent the next evening In a general and particular criticism j , of the narrative Itself. There were 1 several obvious objections to be made against Its authenticity. To start with, Tobias, at the time of his deposition, was un old man?seventy-five years old?and It was more than probable that his experiences as a pirate would dnte from his early manhood; they were hardly likely to have taken place as late as his fortieth year. The narrntlve, indeed, suggested their taking place much earlier, and there would thus be a space of at least forty years between the burial of the treasure and his dcnthbed revelation. It was natural to ask: Why during all those years did he not return und retrieve the treasure for himself? Various circumstances may have prevented , him, the Inability from lack of means to make the Journey, or what not; , but certainly one would need to Imagine circumstances of peculiar power that should be strong enough to keep a man with so valuable a secret In his possession so many years from taking advantage of it. For a long while, too, the names given to the purported sites of the treasure caehes puzzled us. Modern maps give no such places as "Dead Men's Shoes" and "Short Shrift island," hut at last. In a map dating hack to 17<kJ, we came upon one of the two names. So far the veracity I ot Tobias was supported. "Dead Men's Shoes" proved to be the old name for a certain cay some twenty miles long, about a day and a half's sail from Nassau, or.e of the long string of coral Islands now known as the "IOvuma Cajs." Put of "Short Shrift island" we sought In vain for a trace. "All the same," said I, "the adventure calls me; the adventure and that million and a half dollars?and those ' 'I ?ead .Men's Shoes'?and I Intend to I AM GLAD 1 PERUI Glad to Try Anything "Three years ago my system was In a terribly rm down conditio* anil I was broken out all over my body. 1 began to be worried about my condition and I was clad to try anything which would relieve me. Perona wan recommended to me as a fine j blood remedy u,,d tonic, and I soon found that It was worthy wr.t.n A feu/ hflttlhl cllhnmil my condition materially and In a short time I wan all srer my trouble. I own my restoration to health and HtrenKth to Peruna. 1 am (lad to endorse It." Hold BvffywkCTe A III M*?Ti'B*ck I cm Doesn't ff I K Help You. p HE Ask Voui ^ Dt Ut?IHt Ki.xr I if Sold bjr The CHESTERFI undertake It I am not going to let your middle-aged skeptldRin discourage me. Treasure or no treasure, there will be the excitement of the qtieHt, and all the fun of the sea." "And some duck perhaps," added Charlie. "And some shark Hahlng for cer* tain," said John. * t * The ^ext tl:lng was to set nbout getting a boat and a crew. After looking over much likely and unlikely craft we Anally decided on a two-masted schooner of trim but solid build, the Maggie Darling, 42 feet over all and 13 beam; something under twenty tsna, with an auxiliary gasoline engine of 24 horse power, and an alleged speed of ten knots. Next, the crew, "You will need a captain, a cook, an engineer and a deckhand," said Charlie, "and I have the captain and the cook ull ready for you." That afternoon we rounded them all up, Including the engineer and the deckhand, and we arranged to start, weather permitting, with the morning tide, which set east at six o'clock on July 13, 1003. Ship's stores were the next detail, and these, Including fifty gallons of gasoline, over and above the tanks and three barrels of water, being duly got aboard, on the evening of July 12 all was ready for the start; an evening which was naturally spent In a parting conclave In John Saunders' snuggery. "Why, one Important thing you've forgotten," snld Charlie. "Machetes? and hi??i<1??b nnH nl^UoT'ou ,''1 take h few sticks of dynamite along with you too. I can let you have the lot. We'll get them uhonrd tonight." "It's a pity you hnve to give It awny that It's a treasure hunt," said John, "hut then you can't keep the crew from knowing. And they're a queer lot on the subject of treasure, have some of the rumtnlest superstitions. I hope you won't have any trouble with them." "Had any experience In handling niggers?" asked Charlie. "Not the least." "That makes me wish I were coming with you. They are rum beggars. Awful cowards, and Just like a pack of children. You know about sailing anyhow. That's a good thing. You an captain your own boat. If need be. That's all to the good. Particularly If you strike any dirty weather. But let me give you one word of advice: Be kind, of course, with them?but keep your distance all the same. And he careful about losing your temper. You get more out of them by coaxing?hard as It Is, at times. And, by the way, how would you like to take old 'Sailor' with you?" "Sailor" was a great Labrador retrlever. who at that moment turned up Ids big head with a devoted sigh from behind his master's chair. "Itnlher," I said. So "Sailor" was thereupon enrolled as n further addlj tlon to the crew. "Old Tom," the cook, was tlrst on hand next morning. 1 took to him at once. A simple, kindly old "darky" of "Uncle Tom's Cnbln" type, with faithfulness written all over him. and a certain sad wisdom In his old face. "You'll find Tom a great cook," said Charlie, patting the old man on the shoulder. "Many a trip we've taken together after duck, haven't we, Tom?" "That's right, suit. That's right," said the old man, his eyes twinkling with pleasure. Then came the cnptaln?Capt. Jabee Williams?a younger man, with an Intelligent, self-respecting manner, somewhat noncommittal, businesslike, evidently not particularly anxious as to whether he pleased or not, but looking competent nnd civil enough. Next came the engineer, a young hulking bronze giant, a splendid physical specimen, but rather heavy and sullen and not over-Intelligent to look 111. i in* iHM-Kiinnn proven 10 ne 11 xhuckly, rather silly, effeminate fellow, suggesting Idiocy, but doubtless wiry and pood enouph for the purpose. While they were busy pettlnp up the anchor of the Mapple Dnrllnp I went down Into my cabin to arrnnpe various odds and ends, and presently came the captain, touchlnp his-hat. "There's a party," he said, "outside here wants to know If you'll take hun passenger to Spanish Wells." "We're not taking passengers," I answered, "hut I will look hhn over." A man was standlnp up In a rowboat, leaning against the ship's side. "You'd do ine a great favor, sir," he begun to say In a soft, Ingratiating voice. I looked at hhn with a start of rec? ;p ENPORS^. Run Down Condition ? Twll Mlsa Rleka Leopold, 28S Lavco St., Menanha, Win., Sec'y Llederkranx. Mlas I^eopold's letter opposite conveys In no uncertain way the gratitude she feels for Peruna. e | Mgdl and Tablet Form *1 van troubled with female cjmlalnt for several years. My husband rocured for me a bottle of STELLA riTAE, from Mr. L. Hamrick, our aerchant, which helped me so much hat I used two more hottles, and th? hree bottles completely cured me. I ,m certainly thankful for thin great emale tonic." - Mra. J. P. I,ee, Ga. THXCHER MEDICINE CO. Chattanooga, Taaa* U. S. A. HOW H uayteneI UPEPHER fa ELD DRUG COMPANY. SERVIG If you demar your Bankin you to connc THE FARM RUBY, SOUTI F. H. BURCH, R. M. NI President. V Our Saving Pit II ^ I I ?T\ f> . s\ JjatiK ot g The Oldest, Larg< Bank in Cheri 4 Per Cent. Paid en Saving* Dei See I C. C. Doug R. E. Rivera, President. M. J. Hough, Vice-President. i ~ *" I ognltlon. He whs my pockmarked | friend, who had made such an implead- 1 ant impression on me nt John Saunders' office. He was rather more gen- j ' tlemiinly looking than he had seemed , at the first view, and I saw that. : though lie was a halfbreed the white blood predominated. "I don't wunt to Intrude," he said, "hut I have urgent need of getting to Spanish Wells, and there's no-boat going that way for a week. I've Just missed the mall." 1 "I didn't think of taking Hny passengers," I said, f "I know," he said. "I know it's a j great favor I ask." He spoke with a i certain cultivation of manner. "But | I am willing of course to pay anything I you think well for my food and my I passage." I waived that suggestion aside and stood Irresolutely looking nt him, with ! no very hospitable expression In my ! eyes, I dare say. Rut renlly ray distaste for him was an unreasoning prej! udlce, and Charlie Webster's phrase came to my mind?"Ills face Is aguinst I the poor devil!" It certainly was. Then at last I said, surely not over graciously: "Very well, (let aboard. You can help work the boat;" and i with that I turned away to m> cabin. (To Be Continued Next Week) CITATION NOTICE The State of Smith rhirnlinu I County of Chesterfield. Ily M. J. Hough, Probate Judge: Whereas, T. R. White made suit t< me to grant him Letters of Adminis tration of the Estate and Effects of Mrs. Wilmer Rivers, deceased: j These are, therefore, to cite am1 admonish all and singular the kindred and creditors of the said Mrs Wilmer Rivers, deceased, that the> be and appear before me in the Cours of Probate, to be held at Chesterleld, S. C., on 3d of July, next, after publication hereof, at 11 o'clock in the I forenoon, to show cause, if any the> have, why the said administratior should not be granted. Given under my hand this 17th dn\ of June, Anno Domini 1910. M. J. HOUGH, Probate Judge CITATION 'I he State of South Carolina, County of Chesterfield. Ity M. J. Hough, Probate Judge Whereas, Mrs. A'uora Raley mad suit to me to grant her Letters of Ad ministration of the Estate and Effect, of A. J. Raley, deceased. '! ht-sc? arc therefore to cite and ad monish all and singular the kindre ami creditors of the said A. .1. Haley ioceused, that they he and appear b( fore mc in the Cwurt of Probate, t be held at Chesterfield, S. C., on 16ti , of June next, after publicatioi hereof, at 11 o'clock in the fore noon, to show cause, if any they'have why the said Administration shoul< not be granted. Given under my hand this Mist day of'May, Anno Domini, 1919. M. J. HOUGH, Probate Judge NOTICE Notice is hereby given. 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