The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-06-06
IN A BUCCANEER HAUNT.
sCOTOHMAN'S VISION or THE
TOBACCO RENDEZVOUS.

and tho Lecatieu or the Trensure-The
chests Found In Accordance with His
vision. but the Celia ana silver HGissins.
eft was In the summer OF 1891 that q party Of
ps, Ave in number, making a little pleasure trip
among the windward Islands In the steam yacht
swallow, put into Scarborough in tho island OF
Tohago. Hero wc landed to pass two or three
DAYS ashore as guests OF Tom McKillop," said
Andrew Gremke OF Trinidad. now visiting New
York. Everybody down that way knows Nc
KilIop, and his o~pen-handed hospitality 10 q
proverb, SO II 10 needless to say that We were
royally entertained at his house. There were
cards. and Scotch whiskey and soda for an even.
ins's entertainment, and when We went to bed
at midnight on the first night ashore II was with
the promise from our host that no would show
us something of the island on the morrow.
Among our party was q Scotchman named
Grayson-Alexander Grayson-who had arrived
IN Trinidad not long before from Glasgow. He
yNA u quiet man, rather reserved in manner,
IN no way differing from the type Of many OF his
Iowland Scotch compatriots except in q certain
dreaminess of expression that came upon his
face now and again. He had never been on To
baso before, and knew nothing whatever about
the island and Its history beyond what he might
have gained from some chart or atlas. We
began our card playing SO promptly after din.
ner. and tho interest Of the same was SO
great. that only the briefest reference was mado
IN our talk during the evening to our plans for
the next day, and the points we were to visit
were not even mentioned. I nm particular in
relating these circumstances, for they enhance
the strangeness OF the dream, or vision. which
came to Grayson after he had gone to bed and to
sleep that night, and which, with some hesita-
ton, he related to us at breakfast next morning.
The details OF the dream sounded SO BIZ
-...o .nd ,,oln1r,p,at;, In TIA tallin. &h.t
some OF us were disposed to question and
chatf Grayson about his narrative and hint
tina, 1t might be the vaKary Of an inventive
mind stimulated by whiskcy and soda But /
observed that McKillop, who. In the beginning
Of Grayson's story. had listened with q half
smile OF incredulous amusement on his lips,
quickly took on a look OF interest. which deep
sucd into amazement as the narrative devel-
oped. AT the end he asked the Glasgow man.:
DO you tell me that this Is your first visit to
the windward Islands; that you never were at
Tobago beforef
~ do answered Grayson.
And that you have never read or been told
Of these things that you now tell us-never have
talked on the subject with any one familiar with
the island
"'Never until now-with you There could
be no doubt Of the sincerity with which Grayson
spoke.
"McKillop said no more. but the look of won.
der, almost of CONSERVATION. on his face was
unmistakable. The other listeners thought little
ofthe dream. for none Of US then knew. what we
learned later. that In the neighborhood where
Grayson was born there was o popular belief
that some members Of his family, in every gen.
Grafton. possessed the gift Of clairvoyance-sec-
ond sight they called 1t. The occasional mani
i~Sstations OF this power in him he did not try to
eynlHtn. and he never consciously exerted 1t.
This is the story OF his dream as he told It:
Some time after dropping OF to sleep in my
bel bfound myself standing upon the end of q
pont Of land making out into the sea- he said.
Twas looking shoreward. across . bay or har-
boz. upon q steeply shelving beach Of sand,
backed by q stretch Of low country in which
grew palm and banana trees, and beyond this
,uprose a moutain chain. Fast in q great rock
on the shore was an immense iron ring. and by a
tackle attached to this a band of men had drawn
q sailing craft up from the water far enough
upon the beach to careen 1t, and now were
basily at work polishing It's copper bot
TOM :. R ma snS. eT TSs I psss OF va It q shine nns,a Sri sha-
masted affair, with old-fashioned high poop and
: :ssnn; aas Ssfs sSal Rr snai part gsra. s0lf sa for 4 fn the and sp!
pearance Of the vessel was strange. that Of the
men at work upon It vas stranger. Bearded.
siad in GARMENTS e e e q coss = .' geith the fss{ hair Ge on
the outside-a sort Of sleeveless shirt worn
AiO'C - III " oAokS UANCNhC VI ~ bailio ma
Rag way ~ to the knee: and straw
gar Of Various kinds completed their
costume. There was a single exception in the
s ssss ToqseS Gns nas rie 3ns a Ran; H N a w siis do S u
e. SIDE Of his breSsd.SSi%Sied. Rlshsrownsd
discern the butts of several big hintlock pistols,
hives. such as were stuck in the belts OF each
"'As this strange, crew worked away with
he most extraordinary things and doinas when
" stst the Sot,o IN OF OFT the e0 Bay sp Clearly @ qsy EeeI f i1 al
IL depths, with the swimming hah. sharks, the
%. o. rp e4nAf Equ siig+ / Sn1 aware AVE- Tn Of some thing
hidden deep In the around q few PAGES to the
sssel o. q 1 Sreat chests fsss t aiied 't @ith D trsss Si the
plhte OF all. kinds. church ornaments Of gold
s sISis siTsFi rings, 6r rp2c6 scI ns.eSalafie s ,S and dh rish
could see as plainly as ] saw the chests or the
ass that 1 the f treasure @rs was "a the sssr sni and Z t dhaa eman
Ia sss II H. si SaS dFeS IS 1n GisPta and With a,t.b the 7 . pignSs;a a
gance wander toward the place where II was
slried, beyond the tree, as he supervised the
SSsS Of cleaning the vessels, bottom. AS he
sood ~ the iron ring In the rock i could
ssSseen him and the treasure. I noted also
- 49, thtslS " ulTpCIly III huO DC-
Itsetn the end Of the point where I stood and
ne summit OF the highest peak in the mountain
t,esnge, which rose in shape IKE a sugar loaf. Then
me scene, with the men working away at the
~ .sssel,s bottom and their Captain In brave
snlre leaning against the rock, where the ring
vas, vanished as ] woke to find myself here in
Ms house in bed. But 30 wildly was every
ming that ! had seen In my dream impressed on
ne mat / made this little chart OF the bay and
t2Te the first thing after getting up
6rsyson took from his pocket q scrap OF
Eper and handed IL 10 the man next him, and Ii
Nto passed from one IN another round tho table,
soae 81 US recognized the drawing as tho por-
" ~ a. q any place he had ever seen. until u got
@Mcklllop He looked at 1t with serious inter.
~ tarned round in his chair SO as to square
M; ,1o ehaFt With the points OF the compass. and
uacsa the lines out with his fingers.
May keep this he asked qrayson, who
~ ts ssSered Certainly and Mckillop put the
soon after breakfast the horses and carriage
Va y brought round to the door and, with our
~ nriying, we started on our tour Of tine island.
t.ySsaso = about eighteen miles long, by seven
~ a half miles broad in the widest place, and a
nnv |. chain. with peaks in II 1000 feet high.
M iengihwise OF II along the centre line OF the