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cautiously .teered. and the crew was get TO

cautiously steered. and the crew was set 70
work at once at landing the stores.
the vessel in celebration OF the ruccessful ter
m%ination OF the voyage. during which the rum
carpenter and one Of the sailors. however. held
aloof from these orgies, remaining on deck pre-
pared TO leave the vessel should mattsrn come
to a crisis. Matters did come tn q crisia with. y
poor. frishtened Stewardes. into the cabin and
company. The big ruGian with q liyld scar, who
claimed to be an American, declared that Sho
Spaniard ATTEMPTED to force matters by draw
nR q knife, but the American anticipated him
right and left. In a moment the Hght became
general: out of tho cabin and mp onto the
deck they tumbled. shooting and cutting and
cursing In a manner that was frlRhtful TO hear.
Halt OF them would have been killed or wound
ed had 1t not been for an accident that drew
that threatened them all In common. In the
scufle In the cabin n large lamp Was overturned.
t"mcs The Whole S CABIN Wss In a 6i,ss. Without
trying to save the vessel. al hands piled into
a sss f II sbs a sSat Ts%S,nlgs And i'S snos6s Sn .sr %nn
ly wounded on deck. Thus a. he stores. tools,
&c. except a few provisions "nien had been set
together with the poor wounded wretch on deck.
The next morning q party set out to explore
bimssif, a sort Of Robinson ,Crusos life, titled q
that night some Of the more desperate spirits
of the party proposed that they should steal one
land. seizs small vessel and bring il back othe
island with moro provisions and tools. The
carpenter and the sailor, who had Joined him
putting the plan into execution. but they per-
sisted and sailed away the next day. In about
abe wns beachec, an emaclated wounded wretch
crawled out. tho sole survivor Of the crew that
Before be died he told how the rascais had suo-
ceedea in, reaching the coast safely, and with
s s..' sui asalpI 10 the, a1 purp lSsha They . s%a't 10 v sst
away With It In the night. but the owner di.-
covered them and attempted to interfere, With
knife slaah which settled him In a minute. But
the plrates did not get far away before they
one OF them was hanged except the teller OF the
tale. who had escaped. but had been MORALLY
The carpenter and the sailor prospec,ed daily
about the ravine and the beach; but having
a sSsR @sS ssiif ii9ia sh prnr Fntss' sill slih ,S Ms'f pio E SS ou.
Of the crevasses a considerable amount of gold.
One day they borrowed 3 hs,ehst from The old
up lns side n, OF ,hs one SoS OF the the mSn rms so me
p9sed of soft. rotten stone impregnated with
gold in large quantities In fack the entire
precious metal. As they worked, however.
tns'r m. i'u msr, were .,d IN constant "a DANCE;
With poisonous reptiles. scorpions, sarSntaias.
&c. Tho danger frUm these pests grew so
ss1' sni ., 4, shsS A ss a Ssss,r ,hs' t NIX ,ns AMY s COVE
tented themselves with working about the foot
of the mountain; They remained on this island
nearly two months before they were taken OF
by "a passing vessel which stopped to oil her
water Casks,
Shortly after their return to the iathmus the
sailor was taken down with iathmus feyer and
died. The carpenter then took the gold and,
Maine. whsrs he bought q bo,el. He intsnded
some time TO return to the island, but one win
ter day he fell on the ice, receiving an injury
that resulted In narnlvsis and n wear later he
also died. But before be did so he told / 10 a q
friend who had nursed him all the details of his
strange adventure in the southern Pacific, drew
n plan OF tho island. described its location and
topography. and gave such an accurate descrip-
ton that any one familiar with the coast could
The carpenter's friend did not survive him
long, hut before he died he likewise relAtsd the
e,arpenter's story to the sea CAPTAIN In Melrose,
knowing that the latter was familiar with the
waters of the Southern Pacific.
The Captain, took his chart Of the Pacific
found that the carpenters story was essentially
consistent The island was there. although the
ia .ds sy varied pn. about n, forty niies; an error easily
longitude. The distance Of the island from the
mainland was correct. rs were also several Allu-
4. made plausible. 100, by the fact that tho
island lies in q belt which, the Captain main
metal. Tho only fact which IL is dld1cult 20
reconcile with the description Of the island I.
that the islands In the Southern Pacific are said
shsrefors. not Of Z 90 so! edls riGnaaA sEar.e e%a.
Now, however. ten years after the last telling
one OF them perfectly familiar with the countrT,,
backed by q party OF men who are willing 10
venture upon such a Wild apest. The two men
v wM. = Vii i0P Be G se.ei On ont ;hs and ,a'h manS, Ihs w,,S E
natives for the purpose of locating the island
and discovering what basis there Is for the
story of It's golden treasure.