Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1889-03-14
CHAPTER Xxxrv.
AND so THEY WE'RE MARRrEp9 y

AND SO THEY WE'RE MARRIED."
Tragic was the fate of Haydee. but more
awful vet was the end of her murderers!
Fifteen men, all store deads Lying scat
tered, helter-skelter, here and there gashea
and bloody, and not one Of them with his
back TO the foe-brave, if bad
All that was dreadful fight, a fearfoi
slaughter And all through greed of gold
But thus was the cruel death Of Haydee
avenged.
What should be done with their bodiesl
Should they leave them to rot there on
Afric's burning sands for the foul birds
towering high in air to gorge themselves
upon! Or cast them on the ebbing tide.
food for the carrion fish of the sea-
They fought like brave men Give them
brave mans burial - quoth Fairfax.
'Wheresn queried Nebbitt.
"Didn't they come to find the wellrr-
this with grim humor. "Then show it to
them"
Why should we prolong the tale of their
African adventures by telling how they
cleared away almost every vestige of tina.
frightful scene Of carnage; how they tenn
porarily heaped the hideous pile Of corpses
behind the walls of the tower; how they left
the treasure still hiding in the WE'LL how,
when morning and the ''Namovna'' came,
they lay lolling about on the sands, smoking
and chatting as unconcernedly as if they
had Rot passed a night OF horror; how they
satisfied the captains questionings with the
remark that their universal condi ton arose
from little tussle with some wandering
vagabon65 IN shore; and then ferociously
'.sat down" on all further queries on his
part-"by the way, we scared 'em well with
those cannon how Nebbtt and Fairfax
cleverly improvised holiday at Tangiers
for the entire crew, captain and all, much
to their amazement; how, when the men
were well ashore, the five heroes, all alone,
steamed back to the tower and how there
they completed the work begun by the dead
Matteo and his associates, and, too with
the tools Of the latteri
Haydees description Of her fathers
wealth fell far short of the truth. Casks
yes, casks upon casks completely filed
and packed and literally bursting with
thousands and thousands of crisp silver and
gold coins, long bars Of yellow bullion Of
the purest Of virgin gold, great slabs Of
rich, white, shining silver, box after box
loaded and grooming with diamonds before
whose brilliance those Of Solomon's mines
were as colorless glass, pearls, whose opal
luster would have dimmed and made pale
those of Cleopatra, rabies, amethysts,
garncts, onyx-stones, opals, a thousand,
yea ten tunes thousand priceless flashing
gems of purest water wealth that days
Of ceaseless counting could scarcely enumer-
ate
Lastly, they found a golden, iewelcd cask-
et in which was a scroll whereon were
written these words:
= To thee. Haydee my daughter, bequeath
my own wealth. increased by that OF Mu-
ley al Halcf, the last and greatest astrol-
oyer. who was buried with his treasures
every slave VINO took p4rf in the burial.
being at once put 70 death BY his n.stress,
with whom the secret died. Accident 70
Scaled 10 nc his tomb. Thy riches will
make thee a Princess
Casting the eorpses Of the dead sailors
down the well, ihev sealed the iopwith stone
over which was again spread the turf
Nebbitt had a private room on the INA
movna IA which he sometimes kept his val
uabics He alone possessed the key and
never allowed a1sT one 70 enter This was
exactly suited Tor receiving the treasures
Of tho well And there they packed them
high aud close. aud lashcd them securely
down, % keep the casks aud boxes from
rolling about in q storm; and, having made
az fast, they shut the door and Nebbiti
turned the lock again and put the key in bis
safe