The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-03-22

rested on the black. who seemed to be
the one referred to as Boru by Madison.
did the nigger tell YOU where ne
found me?" | asked, looking at Tom.
mo, Boru isn't communicative, and
it was just about all he could do to
speak at all by the time he got YOU up.
But where do you think you were?'
"1n the hold of the Spanish galleon,
to he sure" | said promptly, within
couple of feet of the treasure
"The devil you were!" exclaimed
Tom, i'm a startled tone.
Look here, Tom" | said, as l pro-
ceeded to get up. "if it hadn't been for
that brute of fish, I'd have brought
gold enough on board with me to con-
vince all hands, and as it is I'm going
back to get it,"
Toms face looked puzzled. as If he
hardly knew what to think, but there
was no hesitation about the captains
jolly visage as he exclaimed. Not
you, my hearty! That laundering devil
fish has got into yer head, but yen be
all right when we've ha an hour or
tMos SnOoze."
| put my hand on Toms shoulder.
Come on below, old man." | said, land
I'll tell YOU all about it,"
The skipper nodded to Madison
'rhat's talkin' now" he said Get
him to lie down for bit, till he gets
| over it, Mr.. Madison. / should like 10
hear about it myself, only I've got to
go ashCre again now. Keep the yarn
till ] come back. Mr.. Hall; yell tell it
all the Letter for a sleep
Nov, what's to be done, Madison?"
| | asked, as we sat half an hour later
| on opposite sides of the table in the
| little saloon of the brig.
you're dead sure there was no mis-
| take, IIall?" he said. "lt was coin you
saw trickling INTO the water|'
'Su"e?' | calculated, with contempt.
Should | want to go back again for
| fun, do you suppose
"Well,' he said after thinking for
| half a minute, there's only one way
! that I can think Of-you'll have to go
down again. ia go myself in a mo-
men. old man, but the chances are l
shouldn't find it,"
l jumped up and gripped Tom by the
| hand as | exclaimed: That's what |
say, but how are we going to manage
it? They'll try to stop my going
THE skipper would, sure enough" i"
said Tom, with a laugh, but | can
manage the others while he's gone
ashore. I'll go and talk to the mate
now while you get into the togs again.
I'll have to offer him a share, though,
| | expect"
"Oh," l said, "of course we'll all
share, Tom. There'll be something for
everybody, if we can once get it up
Ten minutes later | went on deck
ready to face it again, and the moment
| | locked a the men / could see that Tom
| had been as good as his word. There
| was more curiosity than ever in the
| glanCeS they cast at me, but there was a
| look of suppressed eagerness about the
mates face that convinced me ne would
forward my enterprise by every means
in his power.
Look here, sir" he said, coming up
/ to me-" de ye think ye could pilot us
| somewhere near the spot? Mr.. Madi-
son tells me ye saw it from the deck,
| and | should feel more easy in my mind
| if could feel sure as there We're no mis-
| take afOre ye went down"
The idea seemed good one. and in
| less than five minutes we We're in the
beat, two sailors rowing, and the mate
| and Tom peering over the gunWale on
each side, while | did my best to direct
the men as | sat in the stern. We roWed
some little distance, and then | made
them turn and come back, but as yet
! we had seen nothing. Surely we We're
| close to the brig now. thought, and yet
i we seemed to have taken the right
track, too. | stoored over the side and
gazed into the CLASSY depths, and even
as did SO a shadow seemed to rise from
the bottom. | grasped the gunwale and
stared into the water. Yes; there IT
/ was again. The same shapeless yet
suggestive rock | had looked at from
| the brig.
stop rowing!" l shouted; "bacl; vat
er, mem"
In another minute we lay perfectly
still, and to my surprise not more than
Il thirty yards from the brig. Tom AMI
i the mate sazed downwards for some
seconds without speaking, and then the
latter looked up
Well, I'll be jsgered," he exclaimed
"if | don't believe as it is a ship aftel
J.. al.y
put on the helmet which lay on the
seat beside Inc, and Tom saw TO the fas-
Jennings. | mutiuncd to the men to pull
a stroke and then to stop. Tom saw
that the gear was clear and the hands
: on the brig looking after the pump, and
in another instant l had lowered my
!. self over the stern. Tom put large
butchers knife into my hands anC
nodded, Then l let go, We had judged
our distance we'll. for when | felt my
feet touch the bottom and looked
around | found that l was STANDING
once more on thes loping deck of tho
Spanish ga!leon. \ step or two and
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