The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-11-18

as clear as the sky. Out Of il flying
fish leapcd. and through it dolphins
swan in pairs. and over it sargasso
drifted like cloud shadows.
Captain William looked down. Was it
over these placid waters that tie storm
had made wreckaCc many years ago?
Was it here that the CXultant Spanish
sailors had felt the shock that turned
joy into terror. and sent the ship reel
ing down, with the spoils of Indian
| caciqucs, or of Incarial temples, or of
An dean treasures?
The old Indian pointed to sunken
ribbed wall in the clear sea.
Tho hearts Of the sailors thrilled as
they stood there under the fiery, noon
day sky.
Down went the divers-down.
Up came one presently with the en-
thralling news-"the wreck is there:
we have found it,
"Seamh." cried Capt. William, with
q CHAD wife and 4 gab!ed house in Bos-
ton town lying before his eyes.
Down"
Another diver came up bringing a
bag. 1t looked like a salt bag. In It's
encrustment was human bone.
An officer took an AK and severed the
bag. The salt flew. the bone dropped;
the sailors threw up their hands with Il
cry-out of the bag poured glitter
ing stream of gold.
Capt. William recled. His visions
were now taking solid form: they had
created for him a new world.
Down! down." he commanded.
Heavens. What was that? a diver
rose with skeleton. How strangely
the bones looked as they shone through
the clear blue water. The skeleton was
clinging to a bag. What was in it.
Here is a dead Don" cried sailor
They broke open the bag which was
like a crystal sack In it was treas
ure and n goblet of gold.
They shouted over the treasure. held
up the golden cup to the balmy air and
threw away the bones. The don would
need them no more.
More salt bags Of gold. The deck was
covered with gold. 1t Is related that
one of the officers of the ship went mad
at the sight. But Capt William did not
go mad as he surveyed the work of the
men in the vanishing of twilight He
had been there in spirit before; he had
expected something. and he was on
familiar ground when ne had found it,
He had been q prophetic soul
He carried the treasure to England
and, soul OF honor that he was, he de-
livcred every dollars worth of it to the
duke, his partner. His name filled
En- cland; and his honesty was ma
tional surprise, though why it should
have been we cannot say.
The duke was made happy and began
to cast about how to bestow upon him
a fitting reward.
What can l do for you?" asked his
highness.
Il have wife in Boston town, over
the sea. She is a good woman. Her faith
in me made me all I am. She is the
world to me, for she believed in me
when no one else did"
You are fortunate man. We will
send her the goblet of gold, and 1t shall
be called the Aibemarle Cup"
The imagination of Capt. William
Phipps must have kindled and glowed
as he received the dead don's cup
| which in itself was fortune.
And to you, for your honor and hon.
esty. shall be given an ample fortune,
| and there shall be bestowed upOn you
the honor of knighthood. You shall be
able to present to your good wife,
| " hose faith has been so well bestowed,
the Albcmarble Cup, in the name of the
| Duke of Alhemarble, and of Sir Will
liam Phipps!"
The Albemarble cup! The fame of it
| filled Boston town. There it stood in
massive gold. in Lady Phipps' simple
| parlor among humber decorations.
| How strange it looked to her as she
SAW III. I0en rose Delore ncT tne bpy
| from the Maine woods one of twenty
| six chOOl-denied children: the un-
| calmly young sailor with his not tenn
| per and scars; the dreamer of golden
| dreams: the captain. the fortune find
er. the knight. Another link soon was
| added to this marvellous chain of
| events. The house OF gables in the
green lane was offered for sale. Sir
| William purchased it, and the Abe
marble cup was taken into 1t, amid fur
| nishings worthy of a knight and lady.
The two looked out of the upper win
| dow over Boston town.
| But no sooner had the knight full
| filed so much of his vision than he be-