The morning times., 1897-02-14

course disnasted, and the boy soon dug
| down to various parts.
| II took three or four days to lay bare
! the huh, and then the hoy saw that she
| had been a native craft, brig-rigged, and
| carried six light guns. The guns were still
| on deck though part of them were dts
| mounted. Aside from these her decks were
swept clean and her bulwarks gone.
| He lad scarcely got into her cabin, how
| ever, when he began to suspect that she
! lad been o pirate craft He found sw Dr;lS
| pistols, pixies. and other weapons, ami
next discovered that between decks was
! fitted up for "A crew of at least sixty men.
| Here lie found more weapons, together with
| piles of moldy bedding and clothing, aud
! also the skeleton of a human being Be
! tween tiie cabin and the men s quarters was
| the magazine, and this contained a large
| quantity Of powder and shot for the guns
| on deck
The interior of the vessel was not iull
! OF sand. as might have been looked for;
! but, Oh the contrary, very little had
sfred into il The first find Of treasure
was IN a desk in the cabin which had
| 10 doubt belonged to the captain. 1t
was Il braSs-t Ound tox containing iCw-
clry 20 the amount OF about S5O,CCG
There Were earrings, pins, bracelets. fin
ger rings. etc. all belonging to won en-,
and all taken, 70 doubt, from passengers
atolrd of ships which had been captured
by the oorsair. Most of the jewelry was
of English make, and all very expensive
Whether the contents of the box was the
captains share after a division, or the
store had not yet been divided, there was
10 one to tell hut ii was a rich haul for
poor sailor lad to make
For day or two he supposed that was
all the wealth aboard, but another search
revealed the trapdUor to he laZarette un-
der the cabin noor. When he had forced
this open and made torch to light his
way, he came upon plunder enough to
ransom a king There were five wooden
chests down there, each securely clamped
and locked, and the contents consisted of
bars Of silver and gold, and gold and silver
coin and solid silver plate. The total
amount OF the pirate treasure, / may as
we'll give you now as Later on. 1t footed
up close 60 $3.50 900, and that was not
its true value by large sum. Chest
after chest was deposited, and its contents
carried out and dumped in a heap on the
ground, and the signt OF so much wealth
must have made the boy pinch himself to
see if he were awake or dreaming.
Everything was left in q pile for three
or four days, but it then occurred to Davis
that If a trader ran in he would he robbed
Of his find and perhaps killed as well.
He therefore dug Il toie in the earth in the
middle OF the forest and buried everything
of valuc, and it was lucky that he did SO
Two days Laser "A small schooner which was
trading among the islands came to anchor
off Coco and sent u ca SIX ashoreYor water
Young Davis had an hour or two in which
to make up his mind what to say, and when
questioned he told about everything but
tie wreck. This was not observed by the
party, and he therefore did not have to
practice deceit He wanted to leave the
island, and his first hope was that the crew
or the schooner would prove men that he
could trust. When they came ashore he
found them a hard lot. and though they OF.
fered to give him passage across to
Zanzibar, he made no mention of his treas
ure.
L; was four weeks before he landed. and
the lad then exhibited good Judgment in
Casting about for some one to tell his story
to. He first went to the American consul
about it. That gentletuan did not half
believe his story, but at the lads request
was made his legal guardian, or at least
became responsible for him for a certain
length OF time. The consul then chartered
D native craft, picked his men for the
crew, and went along himself to investi-
gate the story. The treasure was found
and conveyed to Zanzibar, and later to
England, and though some of it was given
Nm r., relatives of r.,t,.l l,n n
robbed and murdered, enough remained TO
give the boy a large fortune and make him
Independent for life It was case OF pure
luck from start o finish; but the sailor boy
was deserving of il all, and we of the old
MaIahar heartily congratulated him on
the turn Of events.