The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-05-27

,rgnr.se nsen 1orgcp rraft that mas cnf rIed
ON such traffic as our hold represents. You'll
not find Inc venturing myself nor the schooner
into any of your ports for men. No, no, my
friend. am in no stuPor now, you Hnow;
and I've slept the punch of also, dye seci
What betray our treasure, and be hanged
for our generostyT
He made me an ironical bow, grnning
with wrath.
Lets get the schooner aaoat first, y said l..
"Ay, that's all very well, he cried but
better stop here than dangle in chains. No,
nv friend: our plan must be very different
one from your proposal. | suppose you want
YOUR share Of the bootyf said he, swapping
bis fingers.
~ deserve it, said /, smiling, that might
Often his passion. -,
"And We, YOU would convey the most noted
pirate Of the age, with plunder in her to The
value of thousands of doubloons, To- port IL
which We should doubtless find ships OF war
4 garrison. magistrates. governors. prisons
and the whole of the machinery II II our busl
ness 10 give our stern 70! Ma foi. Mr. Rod
ney, surely YOU are out IN something more
than your reckoning of timef
CIV hat do You propose SiId l.
"iIa~ he exclaimed. while his little eye
twinkled with cunning, now you speak sen
sibly What do propose! This, my friend
We must navigate the schooner to an island
and bury the treasure; then head for the
shipping highways, and obtain help from any
friendly mcrchantman we may fall III with
Home with us means the Tortugas. There
we shall find the company we need 10 recover
for Us what we shall have hidden We shall
come by our own then. But to sail with TIM
treasure OH board-without crew to defend
the vessel-hy this hand the first cruiser
that sighted Us would make IA clean sweep
and then no for the hangrnan, NJ. Rodney
How much | relished this scheme you viii
imagine: but 10 reason with him would have
been mere madness knitted ny brows and
seemed 70 reflect, and then said: Well
there is great deal Of plain, good sense m
what you say. | certainly see the wisdom OF
your advice in recommending that we should
bury the treasure Nor must we leave any
thing on board to convict the ship Of her true
character.
His greedy eyes sparkled with self-com-
placency. He tapped his forehead and cried
Trust 10 thisl There is mind hehlnd this
surface Your plan for releasing the
schooner j. great; mine for preserving the
treasure is great too. You are the sailor,
the strategist, by combining our genius we
shall oppose an invulnerable front TO adver-
sity, and must end our days as princes. Your
hand. Pauir'
laughed and gave him my hand, which
he squeezed with many contortions OF face
and figure. but, though ! laughed, don't
know that ever so much dislllIed and dis
trusted and feared the old leering rogue as at
that moment.
Come" cried ], jumping NJ, "iets get
bout our work. And with that | pulled
open a bag Of matches and fell 10 testing
them. They burned well. The fire ate into
them as smoothly as if they had been pre-
pared the day before. They were all Of one
thickness. ] cut them TO equal lengths, and
fired them, and waited, watch in hand, one
was burned out two minutes before the other,
and each length took about ten minutes TO
consume This was good enough TO base my
calculations upon.