The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-05-22

North of T,mor Laut about seventy.three. Enter
Bring ar IN line with three tall trees on highest point
Spring OF trss, water to left of big on ror:
The articles OF clothing were. tossed aside.
and We at once sat down to carefully study the
chart The drawing was probably meant for
Sea- faund the Island e Of Tm"r taut and then
measured Off seventy three miles to the north.
Ths b5Gu tSo vast st IN h sa IDS
the rude drawing. and finally settled on, the
the drawer. OF the chart Neither of us had
ever landed there. but understood that the
Island was not inha bitei ,ou o,,tos that
We had found the island. but a. 10 the writ
ing we could come to no conclusion. The in:
bns on at Esss fn SPOT "o % ~
existence OF >prin: was meptioned but why
ss1s e fnsFS
why had it been chartered and the chart car.
red ar9nnd by sailor Why hadn't na the
to o The Spring g i hint 10 this direston
and over. but could make It no palmer; It was
natural und'r the circumstances that our
minds should run t9 buried treasure. Indeed.
sailor who had died in the hospital had plant:
ed something OF value on Pope Island. and
for it. What hastened our decision was con
versation overheard between two sal iors who
had the bay aa
his secret before he entered the HOSPITAL; 49,
'hRs s% III ffhsy
lieved in the existence OF o treasure. AMI
a a csar Was
from sydney for tho spice Islands; carrying
three Malay seamen and COOK. and so lar ~
we knew no ono had any suspicion OF US. 1t
Tfa ana IN Ss
n al here was Voyage Of U0V miles out a and
hack. 1t took every shilling we had and run
" as at ha e t. aa s s en1 5
port when both of us were ready t. throw up
tho Who'll. affair; and but for tho coming Of 2
have put about and returned to our legitimate
V think it was on the twenty; third day out Of
long and at the spot whore we dropped an
G GbS ii eSs.
and and The Canan and q cneS went HshGre
have legends Of such a stone. and believe that
w Viii SLEEPS with II u"aeEb hS pillow ysry
wealthy. On reaching the shore we ,fopn,!
tho sprInG but a. y" se s% Sfss sbo we licked
next move The island was thickly wooded.
nnd we soon realksi that We had better
group and the spring. We found tho treas
standing back II quarter OF a mile from ths
beach with never n mark Of my sort on tho
trunks to furnish us II hint. The spring was
about 200 feet ahove high tide. hut nothing
around it furnished the clue We were after.
For n week after our arriva! we had every
man ashore on the hunt. We paced of ~
many PAGES from the srringin every direction
and then dug into the earth. We dug about
the roots Of the, throe tall trees, and then ut
ten. twenty. and thirty paces. When the tide
was out we dug w the beach in y dozen places.
Tho island was finally explored In every d-
ion. hut we had our toilsome work "a re-
ward. On the afternoon Of the eighth day We
gave it NJ. We did not dou bit the existence ~
a treasure there. but we were satisfied that We
couldn't lay hands on It,. We pulled of to the
schooner nbout 3 o'clock In the afternoon. and
had there been any breeze we should have
weighed anchor and put to sea at once. 1T
had fallen dead ca m. and the day was hot.
On getting aboard tile Captuln and sat
down to luncheon while the Mnlnys went
overheard for a bath and q froic in the water.
We heard them shouting and splnshing. hut
We were very Glum; We'd made failure OF 1t
and we're financially busted. Under such cir
culnstancns some one must be held blamable.
The Captain suddenly began to blame mo for
the biggest fool that ever lived. and In the
course of n couple of minutes our cOnvers alton
was great deal hotter than the weather. Ned
been "pards" a long time without word. but
were now on the point OF walking into each
other tooth and toe nail when wild yell from
the Maays called Q halt
"Nipped by a. shark. Just es / eEpected!"
crowded the Captain ~ he made dash for the