The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1890-06-14
A NEW TREASURE ISLAND.
an IRISH BOZ FROM NOVA SCOTIA
TkELS A GOOD STORY
Ips All About n Chart, n Pirate. Smart
Sailor, aud ooId-Would Somebody Like
t. Buy the Chart and Try His Luck

Ips All About n Chart, - Pirate. . smart
Sailor, aud ooId-Wouid Somebody Like
ts Buy the Chart and Try His Luckt
Mark Brennan, a young. briRht-eyed Irish
boy, who came from Cape Breton, Nova Scotia.
six months ago to take the responsible though
not very lucrative place OF assistant porter In
st. Johns Roman Catholic College In Fordham.
thinks he has brought from Cape Breton to
this town the news OF q lost treasure. and he Is
naturally anxious to learn through THE SUN
how tho treasure may be recovered. Marks
story Is curious ono. and 1t would be, per-
haps. more interesting II he had In his possess
sion more explanatory connecting links oil the
story than he has. As the main facts OF the
story concern his own family, however. the
reader Is, OF course, bound to trust the boys
veracity.
1t is a tale OF n wicked pirate, n shrewd sailor
man. a treasure island. and n chart.
Itseems that Marks fathers name is Thomas,
and at the time Mark was born Thomas was n
hardware merchant in st. Johns Newfound-
land. That was eighteen years ago. Mark s
mother died and his father married. few
years afterward. the widow Of n sailorman who
had died at ripe old age many years before.
To her husband Marks stepmother one day
told the story OF the treasure island.
There was In the first hal! OF this century.
Mrs. Brennan said, wicked pirate named
Morgan. who belonged to band of bold buc-
cancers that sailed in and out OF Newfound-
land ports. So bold and successful had
they become that the English Govern
ment offered heavy reward for the can,ure
we're take and hanged, but Morgan was be-
friended by Mrs. Brennan's sailor husband.
m mansd IN hiding Ehs 'T on the sad until the
search for him was over. being three months
Of the time in Keatings house. after which
pool gu an east bound vessel that touched at
st Johns. The pirate said at parting;
saved my o have fG no moae here
Is n map OF an island in the Pacific Ocenn;
of the coast Of California, on which me and
treasure in gold Study faithfully the chart
attached to the map and you will SEQ the way
concealed. Farewell / shall never be pirate
Mark isn't sure these we're the very words
uttered by the pirate. but he knows that that
was the meaning OF what the pirate SAID. Nor
gan was, never heard from again and Mark
believes he died in his bed after spending N "a
the British Government, hanging a pirate
n4meu Morgan who came from NeWtonnid a q,
he doesn't remember the name Of the treasure
island, in what direction 1t lay from San Fran
stepmother related, however. that her first
husband on securing the chart OF the island
said never aword to any one, but concealed It
in his money belt when he went TO sea.
hood II the treasure island Heating revealed
to the Captain Of the vessel. The Captain eager
~ absorbed the Information and siGnlned MS
willingness to go halves In G%nsideration OF ms
done" and they proceeded to the island. ana
making an excuse TO the crew that they we're
going after fresh water. went ashore in small
boat They found q treasure. and the CAPTAIN
loaded himself down with 1t. 1t was all In gold
Marx thinks t was IN iumns pHt or ne t Eas So
isn't quite sure what was its shape: He re-
members. however. that strange thing hap
sell The small boat was capsized in the break
ers. and the Captain, who had filled bis belt and
his with G0b a saRS his 9
sand. intending TO return alone aitel u. chung
to the boat and was rescued. keating was
the Captain. because tho Captain was known
to be an excellent swimmer. or course Neat
ing couldn't explain that 1t was the goa Ii IN me ne
sending him to ,Davy Jones's locker; and he
was in a dreadful pickle for time he finally
object in numbering the Captain. and that tho
Captain died OF cramps In his legs; Going to
unearthinG the treasure and getting back to
the ship with it unobserved. Gold is heavy
and there couldn't have been very much of it
o. ken Ing returned eD to Johns Newfoundland
with his booty and lived life OF ease for some
e,
TO the Pacific islands In quest OF sheIl Tor pur
poses OF ornament he tethouGht himself OF
lis treasure island on whose shores were the
most dazzling shells to be found anywhere
He went before the mast TO avoid observation.
and directed the CAPTAIN where to go for pretty
shells. Tho result was he brought back more
treasure than before.
In his old nge heating repeatedly told his
wife that he had not made n beginning OF a
hole in the pile OF gold the pirates had left. Gqt
he was too old 10 90 after more himself lie
bequeathed the chart TO his wife, and after he
Joined the silent majority the widow came TO
New York and got some Capitalists Interested
in hunting for the treasure: They were bad
and situation Of the treasure island
chart cha at good round sum. with all tho right
to the treasure, the bad men snapped their
a snap for your chart. We will find the treas
But the bad men didn't And now Mark, who
seems to have no lear that he may fall into the
hands OF other similar bad men. thinks his
father and stepmother might DO made rich and
he needn't be assistant porter or his brother a
shoemaker to the students in st. Johns, Col
lege II somebody will buy the chart. which his
father still holds. and find the treasure island
and the treasure.