The Morning herald., 1877-01-24
b AND CREESR.
kHAPTER XIII,
HE OCEAN DEPTHS.

nj l A1AS
HE OCEAN DEPTHS.
| for a moment in deep doubt.
j he look? Could he venture
the dark hold and explore?
he hope to find any thing there,
Trims of that interior where
khains lay, perhaps all mingled
|ere they had fallen II would
|er time to find it than he had
Uosed. Yet would he falter?
ber than give up he would pass
mn he had dlsmembered the
and strewn every particle of her
|yer the bottom Of the yea. Yet
I'D to solve the whole mystery
|isit; and now, since he saw NJ
Thing like treasure, he was for
oss what to do. l
stcr had summoned him, and he
Where was the treasure?
Why could not that figure arise
i'm? t"H
Re his thoughts. Yet these
be result Of excitement that was
y, soon gave rise to others that
cted that perhaps some other
/ what he had at first imagined
inspired that grim old Eng
len he took his seat there and
bwn on that seat rather than
Some other feeling, and what
Some feeling which must have
rongest in his heart. What
The one which had inspired the
be oesire to secure still more
Re for which he had toiled and
bis last act was to send the mes
Should he not have still borne
1t in his mind and carried it till
Teton was at one end, supported
Two po is projected on eacf
heavy oaken chair stood there,
once perhaps been fastened te
Brandon thought that he woulc
inc that wall. Perhaps ther.
pine opening there.
the skeleton in his arms rever.
proceeded to lift it from III
le could not. He looked NOR
Pnd saw a chain which had beel
ound it and bound it to the chair
Rs the meaning Of this2 Ha'
utinied, bound the captain, AM
I'D the Spaniards seized the shi
Had they recovered the spoi
Jed in this way t.4e plunderer {
ons, by binding him here to tn
bling the ship, and sending hiu
le bottom of the sea?
Of the possibility Of this mad
ck with anxiety. He pulled th
:, putt on one side, and bega
the wooden wall by runnin
Flong it. There was nothin
perceptible. The wall was Q
fthest from the stern, and almo
He pounded it, and, by tt
ew that it was hollow behin'
10 the door which Was on on
passed in behind this very wal
nothing there. 1t hid once pc
USED as part Of the cabin. H
dlsconsolately, and stood on Il
where the chair had been.
be calm" he said to himse]
erprise is hopeless. Yes, Il
captured the ship, recovered Il
pa drowned my ancestor. LII
deceived. Let me cast avs
search here without any idle 9.
y as he thought he felt the flo
giving away beneath him. +
! before he could move or ev,
mat direction to 60 the floor ga,
at once sank with it downwar
pot been that the tube was
ent, and had been carefully ida
to guard against any abrupt d
Pc the rocks at the bottom Of I
sudden fall might have end
career forever. As it was
quickly, but without accide
breast was on q level with I
ment the truth flashed uponhl
zen standing on a trap-door viii
pm the cabin floor into the h,
P Over this trap.door old Ral
mad seated and bound hims,
guard the treasure? Was it'll
await his descendant, and Il
alcate to him the place where
W the fever of Brandon,s confi
end fear grew more intense II
Yet been through all this day
Le stopped down to feel what
.ay under his feet, His hi
sv.a;,,ysning, the very touch of VIII